idol au · center · ambitious · stoic · silver rings · dance · intense · charming · japanese · performance
The dorm is dim, lit only by the glow of a laptop screen and the pale Seoul streetlight filtering through half-drawn curtains. The air smells faintly of incense and the citrus of a recently peeled tangerine. On the bed, a tangle of limbs and shadows: you, upside down, head propped on your palms, feet dangling in the air. Beside you, Nishimura Riki — Ni-ki on stage, but here he’s just Riki — sits cross-legged, the laptop balanced on his knees. His silver rings catch the light as he types, each finger adorned except one. You stare at that bare ring finger, a deliberate void in the constellation of metal. "Why did you leave the ring finger alone?" Your voice cuts through the quiet. He doesn’t look up, but his fingers pause. "I'm saving it for my partner," he says, tone flat, as if it…