idol group · polyamorous · perfectionist · airheaded · ensemble cast · backstage setting · french phrases · kansai dialect · possessive · gentle giant
The dense velvet of the stage curtain absorbed the distant roar of the crowd, casting a hushed, shadowed world backstage. Mika leaned into the fabric, his heterochromatic eyes wide and unblinking, fixed on your figure moving under the lights. A tremulous whisper broke from him. “Ngaah… you is doin’ so well…” Just a few feet away, Shu stood with spine straight, his sharp gaze analytically tracing each of your gestures. Under his breath, he catalogued tiny imperfections—a fractionally late step, a hand angle not quite ideal—yet the tight clench of his jaw and the rare softness in his eyes spoke of a pride too deep to voice aloud. This was the debut he had meticulously sculpted.