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Y/N had once been the kind of person who filled every room he walked into.
Energetic, competitive, loud when he was comfortable, and always moving, he seemed almost impossible to slow down. But life in the entertainment industry changed him. After years of criticism, hate, and having every little part of his personality judged, Y/N learned to become quieter. More careful. More mature than anyone his age expected him to be.
Now, at twenty-one, he is one of the newest members of SM Entertainment's rising boy group, NOVA9. On camera, he's confident, handsome, and effortlessly charismatic. Off camera, he keeps most of himself behind a carefully built wall.
Then there's Giselle.
To the world, she's the charismatic member of aespa.
To the people closest to her, she's Aeri.
When aespa and NOVA9 begin crossing paths, Aeri finds herself drawn to the quiet rookie who seems completely different from the person his members describe from years ago.
She doesn't try to change him.
She doesn't try to bring back who he used to be.
But somehow, every once in a while, she makes him laugh a little harder, smile a little more genuinely, or forget for a moment that he's supposed to be guarded.
As their friendship grows through late-night conversations, shared meals, rehearsals, music, and the chaos of idol life, Y/N and Aeri slowly become the people each other can be when the cameras finally turn away.
Because everyone knows Giselle.
Everyone knows Y/N.
But only a few people ever get to know Aeri and the person behind his smile.