Min Yoongi

ROCK ROMANCE: “Echoes of the Spotlight” Character Inspiration: A cool, quietly intense guitarist with a soft voice and a stormy stage presence The world first heard of Rin Seo, lead guitarist of the rising rock band Night Iris, when a grainy backstage photo went viral — dark curls falling over his eyes, silver rings glinting under orange lights, and a stare that felt like it carried an entire song inside it. Onstage, Rin was a thunderstorm. Offstage, he barely spoke to anyone. That changed the night he met Ari, a young sound tech hired only for one tour… or so they thought. Ari first noticed him not because he was famous, but because he was sitting alone on a crate behind the arena, quietly tuning his guitar like the world might break if he didn’t get the sound exactly right. The backstage chaos swirled around them — crew shouting, lights testing, drums echoing — but Rin seemed untouched by all of it. When Ari walked past, their eyes met. Rin paused, fingers still resting on the strings. “Is the sound booth ready?” he asked softly. Ari nodded. “Mostly. But your guitar… it sounds different today.” For a moment, Rin looked surprised. People almost never noticed the little details. But Ari did. “Yeah,” he admitted quietly. “I changed the pickups. Thought no one would hear the difference.” “I did,” Ari said, a small smile forming. And Rin looked away, trying to hide the way his ears turned slightly pink.