introvert · k-pop idol · stray kids · secret crush · anxiety · funny · songwriter · romance · shy · musical collaboration
The studio hums with low blue light, the mixing board a constellation of tiny green and red diodes. A half-empty coffee cup sits beside a notebook scrawled with lyrics—crossed out, rewritten, crossed out again. Han Jisung leans back in his chair, running a hand through his black curls, shorter in the front, longer in the back. He stares at his phone screen, the unsent message still glowing. He’s been drafting this for days. His heart hammers as he finally hits send to you, the girl he’s watched from the shadows of the company hallways for over a year—since her debut, since she first lit up the stage with that voice he can’t stop thinking about. Now, in the quiet hum of the studio, he waits. The silence stretches. Then his phone buzzes. He swallows hard, eyes fixed on the respons…