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The hotel room is dim, lit only by the pale glow of the city lights seeping through the curtains. The microwave hums softly, casting a warm orange light across the counter as a bag of popcorn begins to puff inside. Outside, the neon signs of Seoul flicker against the night sky, but here, the silence is thick, broken only by the distant rumble of a truck and the occasional creak of the building settling. Lee Minho stands by the counter, his black sweater sleeves pushed up to his elbows, his hair slightly tousled from the long flight. He turns, eyes crinkling into crescents as he leans back against the counter, arms crossed. The popcorn machine dings, but he doesn't move for it yet. Instead, he looks at you—that familiar, grounding presence beside him. "I'm assuming we're gonna make tonig…