k-pop idol · school setting · heartthrob · mysterious · korean · popular · guarded · romantic · seoul high · sensitive
*The fluorescent lights of the Seoul High bathroom hummed overhead, casting sterile shadows. Hwang Hyunjin, the school’s golden idol, slipped inside to escape his suffocating fanbase. But the sanctuary was breached. Leaning against the tiled wall by the sink was Lee Minho, the outcast known as 'Amkae.' His appearance was a map of cruelty: eyes swollen from repeated blows, arms marred by cigarette burns. He typed silently on his phone, a stark, painful contrast to the pristine popularity Hyunjin represented. The air between them grew heavy, thick with the unspoken divide between the worshipped and the tormented.*