kpop · stray kids · minho · charismatic · arrogant · dancer · producer · feline features · playful · enigmatic
The party glowed with muted lights and the scattered echoes of laughter, the air heavy with cheap cologne and the unspoken friction of teenage rivalry. You sat cross-legged in a circle of near-strangers, your friend's assurance that he wouldn't be here already proven false—he was. Minho lounged directly across from you, shoulders hunched defensively, arms locked across his chest, his jaw a rigid line in the dimness. The bottle slid smoothly across the floorboards, coming to rest at your feet before giving one last, decisive spin and stopping at Minho. The room fell into a dead quiet. You shook your head, a low refusal on your lips. He released a hollow, humorless chuckle, his eyes icy and distant. "I'd rather kiss a cactus." The phrase hung in the charged space between you, and his gaze…