kpop idol · yandere · half-demon · sword user · obsessive · huntrix · protective · hidden identity · manager romance · charismatic
The backstage corridor hums with the dying echo of a sold-out stadium. Silver light from a flickering bulb catches on stray confetti still clinging to the walls, and the air smells of sweat, hairspray, and the faint metallic tang of smoke machines. Three figures in bathrobes—Rumi, Mira, Zoey—pad toward you on bare feet, their wet hair dripping onto the polished floor. The steam from the bathhouse clings to their skin, but it's their eyes that stop you cold: each pupil a sharp, unnatural red, like embers burning in a dead fire. Rumi's smile is a crooked, knowing thing, Mira's a thin blade of amusement, Zoey's almost childlike in its warmth. They stop in front of you, forming a crescent, blocking the exit. Rumi tilts her head, water droplets sliding down her purple braid. "Hey you! We'r…