Beyond the Spotlight

Kim Taehyung - The One Who Believes in Love

Taehyung was the kind of person who carried sunshine without even trying.
A 24-year-old art student working a part-time café job, he lived simply - sketchbook always in his bag, headphones on, dreams tucked quietly in his chest.

He'd never been in a real relationship, but he believed in love the way some people believe in magic - softly, stubbornly, without proof.
He didn't want anything dramatic; he just wanted someone to look at him like he mattered in their world.

Bright, warm, a little clumsy, a little dreamy - Taehyung moved through life like a soft breeze everyone felt before they noticed it.

But he also hid loneliness behind his smile.
He'd spent years watching couples in movies and whispered, "One day, maybe."
He wanted to know how love felt, how being held felt, how being chosen felt.

He never expected his quiet life to collide with someone the whole world already loved.

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Jeon Jungkook - The Idol Who Doesn't Believe in Love

At 26, Jungkook was one of the biggest idols in Asia - a flawless performer on stage, a mystery offstage.
He had the looks, the fame, the success... but not a single belief in love.

Not because he was cold -
but because love, in his life, had always been something broken.

His parents' divorce had turned him cautious. Growing up in a world full of cameras, contracts, scandals - he learned early that loving someone came with consequences.
He didn't date.
He didn't let anyone in.
He sang love songs he didn't personally trust.

To the world, he was confident and golden.
Inside, he was quiet, guarded, and tired of being treated like an image instead of a human.

He didn't think he could ever fall for someone without destroying their life too.

Until he met a boy in a café with soft eyes and a coffee cup in his hands -
a boy who smiled like love was still possible.

And suddenly...
Jungkook began to wonder if maybe, just maybe, some people were worth rewriting your entire life for.