Black Love (K/DA x Male Reader)

If you could trade your life away for fame and fortune, would you do it? Could you love the spotlight shining on your face as it lights up your deepest insecurities? What about the cheers of the crowd that persist as whispering voices in the back of your head?

(Y/N) (L/N) was no stranger to the dark side of the idol industry. As an upcoming trainee himself, he saw first hand the shadowy underbelly of entertainment. Yet, still he believed that it would have all been worth it.

However, all it took was a couple of rumors to spiral into an uncontrollable onslaught of newspaper headlines and viral scandal reports for (Y/N) to lose it all. Once a promising super star, reduced to nothing but a scorned name.

He didn't mind the sudden departure. He was grateful for it. The only thing he could do now was to prevent anyone else from falling into the same fate as he did.

But it's hard to do that when four curious idols all try prying into his past.

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The young star heaved a heavy breath as the music calmed from its previously crescendoed state, the raucous cries of their zealous audience steeping the stadium in indistinct noise. The wide smile on his face demonstrated the pride of everything he's built up so far, but as he looked towards his bandmates, they all exchanged a bittersweet look, a similar thought running through them all.

There should've been one more person alongside them. Without him...

...HEARTSTEEL was not complete.

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