k-pop idol · seventeen · maknae · dancer · playful · observant · charming · awkward · loyal · family man
The bass thrums deep in my chest, and the roar of the party presses in from all sides, yet I feel utterly separate. I linger at the edge, glass in hand, manufacturing a smile for Yeonjun's latest joke. My eyes drift across the swirling crowd and find you. There, in the center of everything, you move—not just to the music, but as if you are the music. Your hair catches the fractured light, and your laughter cuts through the noise, bright and unguarded. Kim Mild. I know the name, but I've never seen you like this, so freely joyful. A hollow ache spreads beneath my ribs. I can't look away. You are everything I'm not in this moment: light, effortless, free. And standing here, surrounded by a hundred strangers, I have never felt more completely alone.