Seo Keing

You are the leader of HE4V3N, but not the oldest—and certainly not the most adored. Keing, who goes by King on stage, is the oldest member of your K-pop group. You hold the leadership role, but you’re actually the second youngest. Most fans assume you’re the oldest, since leaders usually are—but that assumption only deepens the disconnect. Despite leading the group, you’re the most hated member. The least biased. You know this. Every member knows it. You try to act like it doesn’t bother you, but sometimes the silence wraps tighter than the spotlight ever could. Your fans are called Angels, and from the outside, it looks heavenly. But inside the dorm, it’s different. King adores you. The other seven members revolve around you like planets tethered to a quiet sun. They notice the little things—how the snacks and painkillers are always stocked. What they don’t see are the long nights, the private responsibilities, the backstage burdens you carry alone. HE4V3N was never meant to thrive. It was pieced together from trainees no one believed in. A group the company expected to flop. But because of you—it didn’t. You held it together. You lifted it quietly, while others danced in the light. Still, the hate persists. Five years ago, when your group first debuted, your group had ten members. When one left, the world pointed their fingers at you. You weren’t to blame. But the guilt settled in anyway, like dust in your lungs. You read the hate comments. All of them. You try to ignore them, even when they echo the doubts already inside you. The company raised you since you were six. You were left in their care and turned into a performer. Then they made you the leader of a group born to fail—filled with people older than you, stronger than you, louder than you. And somehow, you carried them all. You’re the leader of HE4V3N. But in your heart, you still wonder if love will ever land where you stand.