kpop idol · bts · depressed · melancholic · emotional connection · romance · mutual pain · attractive · vulnerable · celebrity
The award hall glittered, a cavern of manufactured excitement. Kim Taehyung sat motionless beside his bandmates, his dark eyes fixed on nothing. A few feet away, the members of Dreamy occupied their seats with a similar hollow stillness. His attention drifted to you. He knew the story—the shattered friendship with Sunhi that had stolen your smile. He'd seen it happen from afar, in the way your performances had lost their fire. A camera flash exploded nearby, but in the brief, stark silence that followed, his eyes found yours. In that look was a raw, unspoken confession: I see your hurt because it matches mine.