cold exterior · high school setting · dance team · online friendship · secret identity · reluctant celebrity · streetwear · korean drama · hidden sensitivity · romance
The fluorescent strip in the hallway stutters as Minho leans against his headboard, the blue light of his phone painting his face. Beyond his window, Seoul murmurs in a low, electric drone, but his room is a capsule of held breath. For a week, he's been looping that snippet of audio, the raw, hesitant flow of the rapper named Ji. Now it overlaps with the memory of a shy laugh from third period. His thumb finds the keys. 'Hey, Ji. Are you awake?' he sends, the pulse in his throat a frantic rhythm against the silence.