The next morning. 6:30 AM.
Soorin's phone explodes with notifications.
The buzzing wakes her from a dead sleep.
She grabs it groggily.
Squints at the screen.
Messages from Daehyun. From her mother. From several numbers she doesn't recognize.
'What the hell?'
She opens Daehyun's first.
[CHECK SOCIAL MEDIA. NOW.]
Her stomach drops.
That's never good.
She pulls up X with shaking hands.
The trending page loads.
And her heart stops.
The trending page is dominated by LUMEN-related tags.
But one in particular catches her eye.
#HAELBirthdayWish
She clicks it.
Clips from yesterday's confessional interview are everywhere.
Specifically the moment when Haejin said "I wish for the people I care about to be happy and safe."
But that's not what has people losing their minds.
It's what happens right before he says it.
His eyes drift.
Just slightly.
To the left.
Someone's done a full analysis.
Calculated the angle. The direction. The exact trajectory of his gaze.
