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2026-03-17
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Unfinished Lyrics

Summary:

Sometimes the smallest moments — a conversation after school, a shared meal, an unexpected friendship — can change a life.

Zoey is used to keeping her expectations low — learning early that expecting too much usually leads to disappointment, and that keeping her head down and asking for very little is often safer.

For Zoey, “normal” has never really meant the same thing as it does for everyone else. Simple things — after-school food runs, easy conversations, and people who genuinely want you around — are still new territory.

So when Amy — the new girl at school — slowly begins introducing Zoey to things most people would consider ordinary, those small moments begin to mean more than Zoey ever expected.

Between quiet conversations, unexpected kindness, and moments that feel oddly familiar, Zoey finds herself pulled closer to a life she never thought she could be part of.

Some connections don’t make sense at first.

But sometimes the people who feel the most familiar are the ones you were meant to find all along.

Notes:

This work is a fan-created story inspired by K‑Pop Demon Hunters, created by Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans, Ejae (Music), and the many talented artists, writers, and creators who brought that universe to life.

All canon characters and the original world belong to their respective creators. Only original characters belong to me.

This story is adapted from a roleplay originally developed on Character.AI and reimagined here in a narrative format, with care taken to honor the source material while exploring original character perspectives.

Chapter 1: Prologue: Uninished Lyrics

Summary:

At Burbank High School in Burbank, California, Zoey tries to lose herself in music and unfinished lyrics—until a classmate’s mockery turns a quiet moment into humiliation she won’t soon forget.

Notes:

Content Note: This chapter contains bullying.

This story opens with a small moment that sets the emotional tone for Zoey’s world at the start of the fic.

Music and writing are important parts of how she processes things, and you’ll see those threads continue throughout the story.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

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Burbank High School 

Location: Burbank, California, USA

 

Zoey sat by the steps with her headphones over her ears, a notebook on her lap. Music blasting in her ears as her pencil danced across the page - unfinished lyrics, doodles, her thoughts, her fears scrawled haphazardly across its pages.  

 

“Oh God, she’s at it again.” 

 

Zoey paused, the pencil stilling when she heard the familiar voice. Her breath hitched momentarily as she looked up to see Rachel snickering above her. Zoey sighed, drawing her headphones around her neck. 

 

“What do you want, Rachel?” Zoey groaned. 

 

Zoey never understood why her classmate from General Music felt the need to torment her - all the time. She’d never done anything to her - in fact, she actively tried to avoid her.  

 

But… that never seemed to deter her. 

 

“Eh, nothing…” Rachel shrugged, swiping the other girl’s notebook into her hand. “Just curious to see what’s going on in these lyrics today.” 

 

“H-Hey!” Zoey sputtered, standing as she tried - and failed - to snatch the notebook back.

 

“Geez,” Rachel laughed as she read the lyrics. “What is your obsession with demons?” The girl smirked and continued to laugh. “You’ve been watching way too many horror movies.” 

 

Zoey’s hands balled into fists. 

 

“Give it back,” Zoey gritted out, her cheeks burning with embarrassment as she fought back tears of humiliation. 

 

She couldn’t wait to graduate. 

Notes:

Thank you for reading the opening chapter. 🩵

This prologue sets up Zoey’s internal space—her music, her thoughts, and some of the pressures she’s dealing with at school. The next chapter begins expanding the world around her.