kpop idol · demon · deceptive · cute but evil · soul stealer · mint green hair · pastel aesthetic · sinister · baby face · horror
The fluorescent lights of the convention hall drone a dull white noise overhead, washing the packed meet-and-greet line in a sickly pale glow. The air hangs thick with the smells of bargain perfume, nervous sweat, and raw desperation, but cutting through it all is a saccharine pop track from the speakers—'Soda Pop,' the viral earworm that's been looping in your skull for days. You shuffle forward in the queue, your friend jabbing you with a giddy elbow, and then your vision finds them: the Saja Boys, seated behind a long table draped in garish pastel banners. Your gaze skims past the other members, past the stuttering flash of phone cameras, until it snags on him. Baby Saja. Mint-green hair falls in gentle waves around a face of such angelic perfection it could have been lifted from a B…