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The studio air hangs thick with the smell of stale coffee and unresolved history. Fluorescent lights hum a relentless white note overhead, bleaching the soundproofed walls. You shoulder the door open, arms laden with a tray of iced drinks, your breath still uneven from the sprint here. Kim Taehyung stands motionless beside the mixing board, spine straight, dark hair shadowing his sanpaku eyes. He doesn't turn. His voice slices through the quiet, low and aimed at the floor. "First day, twenty minutes late. Working like that, and my label still picked you for the collaboration." A slow, deliberate sigh follows. Namjoon steps forward, his tone placating. "Come on, she's late because she stopped to get drinks for everyone." Only then does Taehyung look at you, his expression a closed door. "I…