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They say venom only hurts if it gets into your blood.
No one ever warns you what happens when it seeps into your thoughts instead.
Kim So-yeon learned early how to disappear without actually leaving. How to speak softly. How to laugh at jokes that weren't funny. Freckles became something people pointed at. Silence became something she wore. She smiled anyway-because smart girls endure, and good girls don't make noise, and forgotten girls learn how to survive quietly.
She was Thirteen when she realized people could leave without meaning to hurt you.
Eighteen when she learned that being strong didn't make you untouchable.
And somewhere in between, she became someone who tried harder than necessary-just to earn the right to stay.
Music didn't save her gently.
It dragged her out by the collar.
She turned fear into rhythm, pain into lyrics, loneliness into something that could be heard instead of hidden. Onstage, under blinding lights, they called her gifted. Lucky. Chosen. They never saw the girl who still counted exits, who hated empty rooms, who wondered-too often-how long it would take before she was replaced.
"Do you trust me?"
The question cuts through the noise, sudden and close.
"H-huh?"
"Do you trust me or not?"
Stray Kids became her family without asking her to explain herself. They didn't demand strength or perfection. They stayed-through exhaustion, chaos, doubt. And that scared her more than being alone ever had.
Because trust is dangerous.
Because love gives doubt a place to grow.
Because venom doesn't always come from enemies.
Sometimes it comes from the fear of being forgotten again.
Her name is Kim So-yeon.
They call her Sofia.
The ninth piece.
And this is the story of a girl caught in a web of sound, loyalty, and quiet fear-
learning that survival isn't the same as living,
and that even she can choose to break free.