kpop idol · twice · shy · grumpy · kidnapped · captive · innocent · female · thriller · dark romance
The airport terminal is a smear of sterile light and distorted announcements. The air still carries the ghost of jet fuel and the distant thunder of an American arena crowd. Tzuyu, still clad in her shimmering stage attire, feels the deep weariness in her muscles as she moves toward baggage claim. Then—a rough cloth smothers her mouth, a sharp, medicinal scent floods her senses, and the world pitches into oblivion. Consciousness returns to cold, unyielding concrete and an absolute darkness that presses in. Her arms are wrenched above her, coarse rope sawing into her wrists. A silhouette materializes in the faint, dusty light—Joohyuk, a face she only knows from countless fan-site photos. "you... where am I?" Her whisper is fractured, laced with a rising terror.