Write a story from the point of view of a “sasaeng” (an obsessive fan).

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“The World On A Pedestal” by Jed Cope

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He is totally amazing! He really is. I’m not just saying this. I mean, I know I am biased because I am his number one fan. I still find that funny. Of course I am his number one fan. I was there from the very beginning. I’ve been there every step of the way. No one knows him like I do. No one has shared his struggles and his pain. No one has seen what I have seen. It may have been a short road to the stardom and fame he so richly deserves, but it wasn’t always like that for him and I know. I know in a way th...

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“What it Means to be Your Fan ” by Mia Marie

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I am roused from my 10 a.m. slumber by the sound of a phone notification going off. Fuzzy dreams of black wavy hair and crinkled-eye smiles still linger in my head as I reach for my phone on my shelf. My initial thought is not that it could be you because I haven't heard from you in days. Although, who else could it be? My only friend is someone I've known since fifth grade, who is now 25 years old and married. She only reaches out to me once every two months through random Instagram messages from her favorite cat lover account to let me kno...

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“Office-Tel” by Alex Hippenhammer

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“Gombae!” The 4 of us lifted our glasses, Ji-Eun and I shielding ours from view as we sipped the foul liquid. The TV on the opposite wall was playing K-Pop videos. I watched as Jun-Ho of One-Life drove a tiny yellow SUV up a miniature hill until he spilled out. The footage cut to a different field full of purple flowers and ballet dancers with another member of One-Life in the foreground, dancing with a yellow duck floatie around his waist. The video cut once more to a living room scene of the full band in plush bathrobes, jumping on furnitu...

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“First” by Dominique Sade

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Sam Harris remembered when she had first talked to YuMi Jeong. They both were the awkward looking ones, Sam with her bluntly cut shoulder length hair, her hazel eyes hidden behind thick glasses, and her lanky limbs that felt too long for a 15 year old, while YuMi’s long black hair was constantly tied into a signature ballet bun. Sam recalled how YuMi’s mother had been over the moon when she had gotten her growth spurt, explaining how now she could start ballet at any time, something that YuMi had always been hesitant about. The...

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“Perfect Lies” by Jordan Chu

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Warning: This story contains brief periods of disturbing and suggestive language. Read at your discretion. His hair...It's so silky and smooth. I want to touch it...to caress it His eyes...They pop like fireworks, so vibrant, so attractive. They whisper, "You can try, but you'll never be as beautiful as me" His elegant walk...his posture...his frame… It's all perfect. He's perfect. No one will ever be as perfect as Naru Shisuto. No one. I keep his pictures in my room. Maybe too many. I've had all of them signed. Everyone is...

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“Serial Sasaeng” by Sophia Wilkins

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April 4, 2023 I’ve been accused of being a lot of things: creepy, obsessive, a stalker. So when it comes to my love for Han, a member of an underground idol group called ASR, of course, people say I’m a “sasaeng”. I feel so misunderstood. I prefer to call myself an intense romantic. My feelings for Han are real, and I didn’t just see him and fall in love with his looks. It’s the contrast between his cute face and athletic body, his perfectionist personality, the way he jokes around like a child, and not to mention he’s exceptionally talented...

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“I Stare the Audience” by B. Mather

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I watch her name through a screen, flashing online, away, offline. I scroll through our latest chat log. We chat about the everything in nothingness and the nothingness in everything, sometimes repeating topics if we are short.My wife is aware. Her sour apple scowl serrates my impoverished, serpentine spirit, but she has my heart still. She has benefitted from having my soul - or so I hope - for it once broke her cage of isolation, and my own. The screen may have rebuilt that cage. I do not know.I watch her screen name flash green, on, and m...

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“Kookie Jam Jar” by Jay DeBurgh

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"I want you, even if no one else wants you, '' soothed Koo to the photo on his bedside table of Jeon Jung-Kook before heading to the hotel to work."This way Sir", Koo nodded his head showing Park Jimin to the hotel lift."Wait for me," smiled Jeon Jung-Kook. We can have drinks before sleep.The two idols chatted about food and aching legs from dance practice while the hotel person listened, staring at the glass lift to enjoy their reflection."I am sure he smiled at me, I bet he would have asked for my number if Jimin wasn't there." Koo sa...

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“Powder And Polish” by Elisa McGinley

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Pushing a thin stream of air between the shining veneer puddy against my natural teeth, I locked my focus on holding a still, neutral expression. From this point onward, even a wrinkle of an exposing smile could crack my face. Emotion had to be drawn internally into a thin digestible wafer; a bite-sized morsel dissolvable in a passing thought. A furrowed brow could warp my shining image; the moistened corner of an eye was a liability. My heart had to match a perfect powdered face held together by glue. My eyes radiated g...

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“Blood Runs Hot” by Vann Eubank

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TW for police interaction, blood mention, severe mental health issues including delusion, obsessiveness As I sit on the floor of my dingy cell, I scratch a crude portrait of Seo-joon into the cracking paint of the stark white walls. "This could never be a display of all his glory but at least I'm doing something for him. I know he would appreciate my efforts." I say, content with my work. "For the love of God, can you shut up in there!" I hear from the cell next to me. Of course, these commoners would never understand the powerful conne...

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“Juana” by K.C Conali

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Noises came from the Math teacher that he surely intended to be heard as words, but that were received by his many students as nothing more than incoherent ramblings. Class was within five minutes of closing and feet shuffled and hands jerked hesitantly towards their backpacks as students were eager to leave. The teacher’s lecture began to make sense just early enough for the students to hear him dismiss them from the class. Before his sentence was finished backpacks were over shoulders, and feet were moving towards the door like a st...

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“Michael in my Mind” by Tyler U.

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I first saw Michael—as did most people—at the show in September. What I loved about him most was probably how he carried himself. Neither word nor action was excessive, all of it seemed intentional. Of course, you knew that was impossible. No person could carry and spend enough energy to synchronize every facet of their image. It wasn’t a put-on. No, he simply was that way: flawless. Everyone at college seemed to thoughtlessly dote through their lives—even the smart ones. They aren’t really smart, you know? Just lucky to have bee...

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“Sasaeng Security” by Zach Buschman

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Why the incessantly monologging voice inside my head is in English despite me being a nineteen year old South Korean who has never learned English isn’t something answers are readily available for tonight backstage at the Blackpink show, where so far not only have I seen Park Shin-hye flash a peace sign across the room to Park Seo-joon, I’ve also seen G-Dragon in full military getup smoke an entire cigarette in one drag from a filter glittering so brightly I had to put on my Kun - 0004 01 Gentile Monster’s to witness it all the way to the en...

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“Ooh, Kimmy” by Rose Nord

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[Trigger warning: cyberbullying, self-harm, implied abuse/neglect] Kimmy hadn’t meant for anyone to get hurt. She just wanted a chance. Was that too much to ask? A chance at love, for a sixteen-year-old girl, who’s never had love in her life before Jin. And now she’s sitting here, smelling like a dumpster, blood caked into her blouse, tears streaming down her swollen face. Tonight was supposed to be special, and instead, she’s in a jail cell while Jin performs in the stadium across town and she can’t even watch the livestream because the ...

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“She's Everything” by Allyson Pang

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The Cheeto-dust dipped ends of the chopsticks dip back into the plastic bag before getting shoved aside suddenly. The bag crinkles under the force, almost knocked from its place on her desk. Her fingers scramble to click into the site. It had the horrible tendency to crash at the first influx of people trying to get in and she could not lose another chance. Everything is already pre-loaded. Credit card: good. Account: logged into. General info: already set up. It only takes seconds. “Ha!” The phone next to her din...

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Write a story from the point of view of a “sasaeng” (an obsessive fan).

Submissions are closed

✍️ 34 stories

“The World On A Pedestal” by Jed Cope

“What it Means to be Your Fan ” by Mia Marie

“Office-Tel” by Alex Hippenhammer

“First” by Dominique Sade

“Perfect Lies” by Jordan Chu

“Serial Sasaeng” by Sophia Wilkins

“I Stare the Audience” by B. Mather

“Kookie Jam Jar” by Jay DeBurgh

“Powder And Polish” by Elisa McGinley

“Blood Runs Hot” by Vann Eubank

“Juana” by K.C Conali

“Michael in my Mind” by Tyler U.

“Sasaeng Security” by Zach Buschman

“Ooh, Kimmy” by Rose Nord

“She's Everything” by Allyson Pang

🌟 Similar prompts

Set your story at a large entertainment venue, after the show has ended, amongst the discarded plastic cups and confetti.

Write a story about someone who has put “Blood Sweat & Tears” into getting where they are — only to question whether it was worth it.

Write a story inspired by SHINee’s “Ring Ding Dong”, where someone can’t get a song out of their head no matter how hard they try.

Write about someone who has always done something as part of a group, and is now starting to set out solo, or vice versa.

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