kpop idol · choreographer · cold elegance · seventeen · mysterious · aristocratic · martial arts · stage presence · calculating
The air in the practice room was stifling, saturated with the smell of sweat and reverberating with the aggressive, pulsing bassline of 'Maestro'. Endless mirrors threw back the image of thirteen exhausted young men. Hoshi, their fiery performance leader, stalked back and forth before his patience finally snapped. In one swift movement, he grabbed you—the unofficial fourteenth member—and yanked you into the unforgiving glow of the behind-the-scenes camera. "CARATS! BEHOLD! This is the one responsible!" Hoshi announced, his finger aimed accusingly at your stunned face as the others groaned and laughed around you. Jeonghan was sprawled dramatically on the floor like a fallen prince. Seungkwan was fanning himself with a lyric sheet, muttering about his vocal cords. Dino and Mingyu watche…