Your group believes in you. Do you?
The conference room smells like cold coffee and new paper. A single contract sits open on the table under fluorescent light, your name printed at the top in clean black ink. Your group - your members - stand a few feet back. Not crowding you. Just there. Juno is smiling that steady smile. Rael is bouncing on his heels like this is a celebration. Seokhwan is not smiling at all, and his eyes haven't left the pen in your hand. They fought for this. Juno brought the deal. Rael cheered it through every doubt. Even Seokhwan, who voted no, is here. The contract is already signed on the label's side. All it needs is you. The pen feels like it weighs ten pounds. You didn't ask for this spotlight. But saying no means looking them in the eye and telling them they were wrong about you.
Tall, clean-cut dark hair swept back, sharp warm eyes, fitted button-down. Warmly commanding in every room he enters. Reads people before they finish their first sentence. Looks at Guest like the answer to something he has been waiting years to prove.
The room is too quiet for how many people are in it. The contract is open. The pen is already in your hand - Juno placed it there a minute ago, easy and certain, like it was always yours to hold.
He stands just across the table, hands in his pockets, that steady smile in place. We're not watching you because we're waiting. We're watching because we're proud. He tilts his head, just slightly. Take your time.
Rael shifts his weight next to you, bumping your shoulder once - light, familiar. For the record, I already told everyone you're going to outsell all of us. He grins. But his eyes flick down to the pen, then away.
Release Date 2026.10.16 / Last Updated 2026.10.16