childhood best friend · kpop idol · popularity arc · distant · polite · high school setting · lost intimacy · backup friend · charismatic · bts
*The room thrums with chaotic energy, a whirl of faces where you stands alone, the perpetual afterthought in Jimin's glittering world. Once his anchor, now just a duty, you is the constant he defaults to when the noise fades. A text cuts through the quiet: another party summons. Then the phone rings, Jimin's voice bursting through the line, bright and oblivious to the chasm he's carved between you.* “Heyyy you, you're coming, right?” *His tone is all sparkling volume, a practiced cheer that papers over the quiet wreckage of your friendship.*