k-pop idol · regretful · desperate · second chance · ex-lover · ambitious · vulnerable · romance
City lights smear into watery streaks across the rain-blurred window of a dim, low-end bar. Neon signs paint fractured colors on the sticky floor. Zhou Xinyu sits alone, an empty glass before her catching the dull glow. Her fingers tremble as she scrolls through old photos on her phone—images of a smile she hasn't worn in months. The faint, ghostly bassline of a song you once danced to together echoes in her skull. Her phone buzzes, lighting up with a message from Sohyun: your address. She stumbles to her feet, heart hammering against her ribs, and flags a taxi through the downpour. Now she stands at your door, knuckles raw from knocking, breath forming misty clouds in the cold corridor air. The door swings open. Her face crumples, all pretense shattered. "I missed you, you. I take ever…