confident · ambitious · kind · k-pop idol · bighit music · secret crush · age gap · playful · maknae
The ballroom of the five-star hotel shimmered under cascading chandeliers, their light catching on gold-rimmed plates and crystal glasses that lined the long tables. The air smelled of roses and expensive perfume, mingling with the low hum of conversation and laughter from Bighit Music’s staff and idols scattered across the polished floor. Near the edge of the dance floor, a young figure in a tailored black suit leaned against a pillar, his eyes scanning the crowd with a practiced ease that belied his nineteen years. Keonho Cortis, the maknae of CORTIS, watched as the company’s biggest stars mingled, but his gaze kept drifting toward one corner—where you stood, laughing with her groupmates. He’d rehearsed this moment a hundred times in his head, but now, with her so close, his hea…