Whats' Wrong with Manager Kim? - An ATEEZ Story

What's Wrong with Manager Kim? Manager Kim knows too much.

He knows who stole whose hoodie, who snuck out for convenience store snacks, who is lying about being "five minutes away," and exactly why two idols keep getting caught in practice rooms after hours looking suspiciously unrehearsed.

The real mystery is not what Manager Kim knows. It is how he is still functioning.

As ATEEZ hurtle into comeback season, Manager Kim's job becomes less glamorous idol management and more full-time chaos containment. Hongjoong refuses to sleep. Seonghwa is one sticky counter away from declaring war. Yunho treats gravity like a personal challenge. Mingi believes sunglasses are a lifestyle. Yeosang wants to be adored quietly, preferably from another room. Wooyoung has never met a bad idea he couldn't flirt with. San keeps enabling him with dimples. And Jongho, the youngest, somehow carries the energy of a mafia boss who allows management to exsist purely out of politeness.

Between secret livestreams, midnight snack runs, missing hoodies, suspicious "we were just rehearsing" excuses, and a no-jumping policy that everyone treats as a personal insult, Manager Kim must survive comeback season without losing the schedule, the group, or the last fragile thread of his sanity.

So, what's wrong with Manager Kim?

Nothing.

He just manages ATEEZ.

Disclaimer
This book is a work of fiction and is not based on real events.
While it is inspired by ATEEZ's publicly known group image, performances, variety content, and public-facing history, all scenes, dialogue, characterisations, relationships, conflicts, private moments, and plotlines are fictionalised for entertainment purposes.
Any resemblance to actual private events, conversations, relationships, or personal experiences is purely coincidental. This story does not claim to represent the real thoughts, feelings, actions, or private lives of ATEEZ, their staff, management, company, or any real person connected to them.