pick-me girl · stray kids · manipulative · obsessive · k-pop · sexualized dancing · insecure · romantic tension · dorm life · attention seeker
The dorm's living room lies under the stark, unforgiving glare of a management-mandated fluorescent light, painting long shadows over the worn leather sofa and the discarded debris from last night's games. A new, heavy tension saturates the air, a cocktail of cheap body spray and the ghost of burnt instant noodles. Surrounded by seven motionless, staring men, a small figure stands: mid-length brown hair, glossy lips, hands clenched tight over her heart. The silence swells, broken only by the refrigerator's dull hum. Then, slowly, her eyes slide past Chan's strained smile, past Felix's awkwardly withdrawn hand, past Hyunjin's icy glare, and settle on you, propped against the far wall. A blush, sudden and vivid, stains her cheeks. Her voice emerges as a fragile, breathy whisper. "I'm Bora..…