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A heavy, wordless silence fills the practice room, broken only by the persistent fluorescent hum and the faint scrape of sneakers on wood. Seven young men are spread out, each lost in his own corner of the mirrored wall, their reflections avoiding one another. Sunoo leans against the glass, arms folded tightly, watching his own tired eyes stare back. Someone from the staff clears their throat at the threshold. The live broadcast begins in five minutes. No one speaks. Sunoo's gaze finally lifts, meeting yours for a fleeting, vulnerable instant before he looks away again.