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The mansion stood as a monument to a life that wasn't yours, all polished marble and echoing halls. Its true inhabitants were eight: Seonghwa, Hongjoong, Yunho, Yeosang, San, Mingi, Wooyoung, and Jongho. At school, their presence was a tidal force; at home, their indifference was a wall. Seonghwa had already shown you to a room with the warmth of a hotel concierge, his tour a checklist of disdain. Now, a thirst born of anxiety pulls you from your temporary quarters. You drift toward the promise of the kitchen, but the wide doorway to the living room frames them instead. All eight are assembled, a tableau of lounging arrogance, their collective attention shifting slowly, deliberately, to land on you.