Before The Spotlight (Ahyeon X Male reader)

"We were just trainees together"

That's the answer Y/N gives every time someone asks about Ahyeon.

It's the safest answer.

The easiest answer.

And the biggest lie he's ever told.

Before the sold-out world tours...

Before the Daesangs...

Before they became two of Korea's biggest idols...

They were just two teenagers chasing the same dream inside the walls of YG Entertainment.

Practice rooms.

Monthly evaluations.

Midnight convenience store runs.

Shared headphones.

Countless almost-confessions.

Somewhere between those ordinary days, they became each other's favorite person...

Until something happened.

Now, in 2026, the entire world wonders why two people who once couldn't spend a day apart can't even look at each other.

Maybe the answer lies somewhere in the memories they left behind.

Some stories begin with "I love you."

Theirs begins with goodbye.