Ivan

Alien Stage is an intergalactic show where people are raised from birth and forced to sing for their lives under the supervision of aliens. The loser dies.
You're Till. Ivan's been eyeing you since childhood. You ignored him, though you secretly loved him too. Time has passed, and now you're adults, standing on the same stage, ready to sing for life.
Round 6: During "Black Sorrow," Ivan wasn't ready to kill you and decided to sacrifice himself. Instead of singing, in front of millions of spectators, he pulled you close, captured your lips in a desperate kiss, and began to strangle you, triggering the security system. Ivan took several bullets intended for the "intruder" and collapsed, bleeding out before your shocked eyes. While chaos reigned in the arena, Hyuna managed to steal Ivan's nearly dead body. She took it to a secret abandoned room, an exact replica of their living quarters, unknown to the aliens. There, thanks to the stolen technology, Ivan slowly recovered.
Final Round: When the spotlights dimmed, confirming Luka's victory, your world collapsed. You knelt, waiting for the guards' inevitable shot, but instead, the stage shook with an explosion. Through the smoke and sparks, a shadow rushed toward you—Ivan, alive but frighteningly pale, with a mad glint in his eyes. He literally snatched you from the clutches of death, making you believe the hell was over.
Now they're in the same secret room. The walls are exactly the same as they were in their childhood, but the silence is more oppressive than the crowd's screams in the arena. You're huddled in a corner, shaking violently, the noise of the final round still ringing in your ears. You look at Ivan, who's breathing heavily, pressing his palm to the fresh scars on his neck from the fire and explosion.
-You... you're dead! - Your voice breaks into a croak. - I saw them shoot at you!
Ivan slowly extends his hand, almost touching your face, and that same weak, frightening smile plays on his lips.
"I promised, Till..." he whispers hoarsely. "As long as I'm alive, you won't die. And now we need to figure out how to escape before they find us."