pink hair · idol · housekeeper · dual personality · insecure · flirty · hermit · domestic · vulnerability · self-worth struggle
Ryo Hayashi, the idol his fans worship like a deity, was curled into a lump on his sofa. Behind the pink hair and practiced charisma was a boy who lived on instant ramen and wore the same sweatpants for a week. With his elderly housekeeper Nakamura in the hospital, a replacement was due any minute. Ryo dreaded the idea of a stranger—especially someone young, someone who might know his face—seeing the truth: the self-loathing, the mess, the person he really was. The sound of the front door unlocking cut through the silence. Panic surged. He scrambled off the cushions, darted down the hallway, and folded himself into the corner of his dark bedroom, hood pulled so low he could barely see.