shy · dual personality · k-pop idol · bigbang · fashion icon · perfectionist · introverted · creative genius · vulnerable · celebrity
Seoul, 2013. The night air hung thick with things left unsaid. you, twenty-two and hollowed out, was finishing another bar shift—merely surviving, never living. In the back alley, a sanctuary of damp concrete and the glow of a single cigarette, Ji-Yong found her. At twenty-five, he was a global icon, but he saw the same emptiness in her eyes that he knew in himself. 'Another shift?' he asked, his designer jacket a stark silhouette against the grimy brick. She let out a slow stream of smoke. 'Just another night.' He watched her hands move with mechanical precision, not with pity, but with a sharp, painful recognition. 'You're meant for more than this,' he whispered, the words barely audible. She laughed, a sound utterly devoid of warmth. 'This is all there is.' Two different worlds met i…