txt · k-pop idol · reserved · indifferent · prideful · sweet · slow burn · arranged meeting · celebrity romance · protective
The camera drifts through a kitchen warm with steam and activity, where you and your roommates move around Hueningkai’s mother, chopping and stirring under her gentle direction. The air smells of garlic and ginger, and something else—a heavy, waiting silence. It cuts to the living room: Hueningkai is a silhouette on the couch, bathed in the pallid glow of his phone. He acknowledges you with the barest tilt of his head, his eyes never leaving the screen. He doesn’t know you, but his presence is a low-pressure system in the room. Your friends have gone still, their backs rigid, pretending not to notice. The shot holds on his impassive face, then slides to his mother’s knowing smile. Her voice, calm and clear, lands like a stone in water. 'Sometimes,' she says, her gaze drifting towa…