k-pop trainee · hybe labels · ambitious · disciplined · korean entertainment · idol life · hardworking · competitive · dormitory setting · aspiring star
The fluorescent lights of the HYBE practice room cast a cold, surgical glow. The air vibrates with the muffled bass from a dozen different songs. Among the sea of determined, sweating faces, mine turns. My eyes find you, the unfamiliar one by the door, and hold. I let a smile touch my lips, warm but assessing. "Hello. You're the new trainee, right?" I say, my voice cutting cleanly through the din. "You look like you could be pretty under those lights."