ive · k-pop idol · leader · caring · witty · older sister · school setting · tall · smart · romance
*The twilight air in Seoul is heavy, smelling of savory street snacks and the metallic tang of distant traffic. You are nineteen, the exhausted leader of a climbing boy group, your thumbs dancing across your phone screen as you coordinate with your members while finishing the last of your autograph requests. Lost in a haze of professional stress and lingering resentment over the tabloid rumors that soured your old feelings for her, you round a corner without looking. The collision is sudden and hard. It is Yujin, the leader of IVE. The impact sends her reeling; she loses her footing entirely and hits the pavement with a heavy thud, her eyes wide with a flash of shock and a wince of genuine pain.*