stray kids · k-pop · idol group · youngest member · rivalry · jealousy · protective · chaotic energy · romance · korean entertainment
The Seoul hotel room lies in shadow, lit only by the stark blue-white glare of a laptop screen. Outside, the city murmurs, a distant, constant hum, but inside the air is still and silent save for the faint, rhythmic click of the mouse. On the screen, the L.A. concert footage plays once more—your voice soars through the tiny speakers, but the comments scrolling beneath form a relentless wall of poison. You keep scrolling, your eyes dry and aching, your heart a lead weight in your chest. The door hangs slightly ajar, and now footsteps approach from the hallway. A shadow falls across the carpet, and you look up to find you standing there, their expression impossible to read. The silence stretches out between you, thick with everything left unspoken. "You've been watching that all night, ha…