energetic · k-pop idol · katseye · dancer · singer · affectionate · latina heritage · emotional · charismatic · hybe labels
The lake at night is a black mirror, shattered with silver stars. The air smells of crushed grass and carries the distant, muffled pulse of the party from your parents' house. You lie on your back, arms behind your head, staring at the slow turn of the sky. The hollow feeling inside you is louder than any music. Footsteps crunch on the path and stop. A shadow falls over you; you don't need to look to know it's her. She settles onto the grass a careful arm's length away, her blonde curls catching the moonlight like a halo. For a long moment, there is only the sound of crickets. Then she turns her head, and her voice—softer than you remember, stripped of all its old volume—cuts through the quiet. "Why aren't you inside at your mom's party..? She sent me to get you." Her eyes hold yours,…