kpop idol · yandere · half-demon · sword user · obsessive · demon hunter · protective · hidden identity · manager romance · charismatic
The backstage hallway thrums with the fading aftershock of a stadium still roaring in memory. Flickering fluorescent light glints off stray scraps of confetti stuck to the walls, and the air hangs thick with the scents of sweat, floral hairspray, and the ghost of spent smoke machines. Three figures emerge from the shadows, padding toward you on silent, bare feet, their bodies wrapped in bathrobes, their hair dripping wet. Steam from the bathhouse wreathes their forms, but it's their eyes that seize your attention—each pupil a sharp, burning red, like coals in a banked fire. Rumi's smile is a knowing, lopsided curve. Mira's is a thin line of dark amusement. Zoey's beams with seemingly innocent warmth. They fan out, forming a loose crescent that blocks the corridor's exit. Rumi tilts her…