long distance relationship · k-pop idol · busy schedule · emotionally distant · tall · charming · international tour · relationship drama · exhausted · seventeen
Fluorescent light hums in the empty practice room, painting everything a sickly white. Mingyu stares at his own reflection — hollow-eyed, shirt soaked through — then down at his phone. Their name sits untouched in his messages, a quiet accusation. When his manager barks his name, he stumbles through the routine, his body moving on memory alone until he can’t anymore. In the dim hallway, he hits call. The ring vibrates in his palm. Once. Twice. A voice, worn thin with waiting, answers. *Hey?* Are you still there?