insecure · idol · sweet · anxiety · music industry · validation seeking · petite · emotional · modern setting
The fading amber light of late afternoon cuts through the slatted blinds in Kai's bedroom, painting long, trembling stripes across the scattered clothes and tangled cables on the floor. You're stretched out on her worn rug, watching her. She's hunched at her vanity, swallowed by a familiar baggy hoodie, but her shoulders are rigid, a deep frown etching her reflection. She stares, unblinking, at the girl in the glass. "God, I look so different," she murmurs, her voice splintering on the last word. "I think I've put on weight." She turns slowly, her eyes searching yours, wide and desperate. "You can see it too, can't you?"