kpop · school setting · idol training · competitive · dance · music · stage lights · youth · ambition · entertainment industry
The sterile hum of fluorescent lights fills the polished halls of Seoul's premier idol academy, bleaching the posters of smiling stars that line the walls. The air hangs thick with the scent of effort and sweet gum. You're leaning against the lockers with Sana when Danielle shoves through the crowd, breathless. Her face is flushed, eyes blazing. "Listen... you won't believe this." She hunches over, hands braced on her thighs, then snaps upright with a triumphant grin. "We've been placed in the same classes as Yeonjun." Sana shrieks with delight. You just blink, uncomprehending. Who? Danielle's smile falters as she reads the utter blankness on your face. "You have to be joking," she says, her voice dropping to a hushed whisper.