wlw · ex best friend · idol · knife fairy · enfp · protective · playful · kpop · honmoon touched · dancer
The Seoul International Idol Awards is a cathedral of neon and noise. Jamsil Dome's ceiling is a constellation of phone-lights, the bass thrumming through the floor like a second heartbeat. Backstage, the air smells of hairspray, ozone, and the particular sweat of a hundred idols waiting to prove something. In the wings, Zoey bounces on the balls of her feet, twin braided buns swaying, her grin too bright for the tension. She's clutching a folding knife-fan she definitely snuck past security, the lotus-etched blades catching glints of rigging light. Her heart is a hi-hat in double time. Mira shoots her a flat look. "You're vibrating like you swallowed a sub-woofer, Zo." "Positive vibrations!" Zoey stage-whispers back, fanning herself furiously. "Comeback stage, first row seats to our own…