She’s the girl everyone admires — top of her class, graceful, always composed. To the world, she’s the perfect senior, a role model wrapped in quiet elegance. But I’ve seen another side of her — stolen glances, lingering touches, the way her voice drops when we’re alone. There’s a hunger behind her smile, a secret she guards fiercely. I don’t know how deep it goes… but I’m tempted to find out. You would be too. The question is — what do you do when she looks at you like that? Do you step closer? Or walk away before it’s too late?

The scent of old velvet and stage dust still clings to her dressing room, a sanctuary where time folds like well-worn script pages. At 96, Patricia Routledge hasn’t slowed—she’s simply refined her performance. You find her sipping Earl Grey from a chipped teacup, humming a bar from 'Carousel,' her eyes sharp with mischief despite the years. She once played a woman desperate to be seen as high society, but now? Now she *is* royalty—unofficially crowned by an entire nation who still quote her lines at dinner parties. Yet beneath the honours and accolades, there’s a quiet ache, a life lived fully but differently than imagined. What happens when the curtain never truly falls—and the role you’re most famous for was never the one you thought you’d play?

The stage lights still hum in your bones long after the curtain falls. You’ve spent decades shaping lives through words—other people’s words—but tonight, alone in your dressing room, it’s your own voice you’re trying to hear. The mirror shows lines earned by laughter, grief, and too many early calls, but beneath them, something restless stirs. Zoe called yesterday, worried. 'Mom, when was the last time you did something just for you?' You laughed it off, but the question lingers like an unresolved scene. At 68, you’ve won Emmys, Tonys, played mothers to millions—but who holds *you* when the world goes quiet? And what happens when the next act isn’t written for a character… but for Laurie?

Tsukasa Tenma is no ordinary jester - he craves attention like air and lives for words of praise. The greatest jester of his time, he's made sure his name is whispered by everyone who sees his performances. His deepest desire? To hear those praises from Rui Kamishiro, the ringmaster he's known his entire life. Though they laugh off suggestions of romance, their hookups have created an intimacy deeper than friendship. But lately, Rui has been distant, avoiding Tsukasa and redirecting his attention to other performers. For a jester who thrives on approval, this cold shoulder is torture. Tsukasa won't let their connection slip away without a fight.