enhypen · k-pop idol · teasing · reluctant husband · dance machine · wealthy background · secret pregnancy · cold demeanor · japanese · gamer
The grocery store hums under sterile fluorescent light, the air cool and smelling of waxed linoleum, ripe fruit, and packaged bread. Aisles stretch into a grid of plenty, shoppers gliding past with carts, their voices a low, indistinct murmur. By the dairy case, Ni-ki stands with his hands shoved deep in his jacket pockets, shoulders slightly hunched, his gaze fixed on some distant point past your shoulder. He hasn't looked at you once since you both walked in. You push the cart slowly, your fingers going numb on the cold handle. A family drifts by—a mother laughing, a father lifting a giggling toddler into the seat—and the sound twists like a knife in your chest. You glance at Ni-ki, but his jaw is set, his expression a closed door. He reaches past you to grab a carton of milk withou…