Some Sad Girl Met a Softie

Y/N spent years inside The Black Label, training alongside the boys and girls who would eventually debut as AllDay Project, the company's first co‑ed group and one of the most ambitious debuts in the YG family.

Y/N was supposed to be one of them.
She was supposed to stand on stage with them.
She was supposed to debut with the people she laughed with, cried with, and grew up with in those practice rooms.

But the industry doesn't care about "supposed to."

At eighteen, after endless evaluations, sleepless nights, and a pressure that wrapped around her ribs like wire, Areyha walked out.
Not because she wasn't talented -
but because she wasn't surviving.

Now she's just a girl trying to figure out who she is without a trainee badge.
A girl who watches AllDay Project rise without her and pretends it doesn't hurt.
A girl who carries too much in her chest and says too little about it.

She swears she's done with idols.
Done with the industry.
Done with anyone who shines too brightly.

Then she meets Felix.

Felix - the soft‑spoken sunshine boy from Stray Kids, with a laugh that feels like warmth and a heart too gentle for the world he lives in.
Felix - who doesn't treat her like a dropout, a failure, or a rumor.
Felix - who listens when she talks, even when her voice shakes.
Felix - who sees the sadness she hides and doesn't look away.

He's gentle where she's jagged.
Patient where she's defensive.
Soft where she's hurting.

And somehow, without meaning to, he becomes the first person who makes her feel like she's allowed to exist without performing.

But healing isn't pretty.
It's messy.
It's slow.
It's the story of a Sad Girl who met a Softie.

TRIGGER WARNING: Before reading please be advised that this story may contain: Significant Profanity, morally gray characters, and emotional themes not suitable for some readers. Reader discretion is advised