They met as kids - a new girl in homeroom, a boy who couldn't stop staring, and a friendship that slowly, quietly became something more. What followed were years of ordinary moments turning into everything: convenience store snacks, arcade rematches, a bench by a broken fountain that meant more than it should have. But growing up doesn't wait for anyone to catch up to it. Paths pulled apart before they were ready, and the two of them learned the hard way that love isn't enough on its own - it has to be chosen, again and again, even when it's hard. Years later, life brings them back into the same orbit, older and changed, carrying the weight of everything left unsaid. Some things fade with time. Others just wait quietly in the dark, for the right moment to be found again. A story about first love, growing apart, and what it takes to find your way back to someone through the dark.

Years after a painful breakup, NingNing receives a new solo song from one of the industry's most private and successful producers-Y/N, the man she once loved. At first, she doesn't realize the song was made years ago. But as she listens, familiar melodies and memories begin coming back. With Winter as the only person who knew the truth, NingNing eventually discovers that the song wasn't written after their breakup. It was unfinished when they were still together. And it was always meant to be a message to her.

"She lived in the spotlight. I came from the shadows. Neither of us knew how to ask for help-until we saw each other." - Y/N was once the golden boy-top of his class, destined for something great. But life unraveled too fast; burnout, depression, and a quiet collapse that left him clinging to the edges of survival. Now, with hospital bills piling up and no real options left, he lands the most unexpected job of his life, assistant manager to one of the most famous girl groups in Korea, aespa. The girls are everything the world wants them to be-beautiful, talented, untouchable. But behind the lights, they're barely holding on. The pressure, the endless schedules, the constant scrutiny, it's taken a toll. Especially on Kim Minjeong, the group's quietest member, who sees more than she says and feels more than anyone knows. As Y/N navigates the chaotic world of K-pop management, he finds himself drawn into something deeper than just a job. Behind every stage light and camera flash, there's a story no one sees. And maybe, just maybe, he's not the only one trying to remember how to feel again. A slow-burn, emotional journey of trust, healing, and the quiet moments that change everything. -

( M/F/G Reader ) Well... Regardless of your age, you're not supposed to be here, let alone to read this book.

A high school student named Y/N (Yeonu) woke up from a disorienting dream that felt so vivid. Like he lived a whole life inside that one night-falling in love, hurting, and running away from danger. ───────── ❉°∘ "A whittling memory of what could've been is the danger. You were given another chance to right your wrongs, not follow them." - Bim ───────── ❉°∘ Author's Note: Hi! It has been quite a while and I finally came back to all of you for a reason or two. I stopped making stories since university got a little overwhelming. "A little too overwhelming." But I'm here now! ───────── ❉°∘ Sadly, F.R. has gone out and away to continue her studies. Very, very determinate person and competitve. I wish her well. Proofreader - C. Manaya (Koko) Formatting - S. Cruz (Sno)

"Agent Y/n call in the office this instant."

You were sixteen when you met her. She was fifteen, three months off a plane from Melbourne, crying through a Korean class she couldn't pass. You were the kid from Koreatown who sat down next to her and explained the grammar point. She became Rosé. You got cut. Fourteen years later you're a soloist and an actor with a cabinet full of trophies and thirty-one million people following you - and you are still the name on the second line of every invitation she gets. Her plus-one. The seat next to hers. Her fans have called the two of you 1+1 since 2017: wherever she is, you come free. You've been in love with her since a bench by the river in 2014. You have never said it. What you've said instead - four times now, about four different men - is he's a good guy. Give him a chance. Then your label needs an album. And she tells you about the fourth one. So for the first time in your life, you write down what's actually true. It comes out on a Friday at six. By Saturday, the whole country wants to know who she is. She's the only one still laughing about it.

He has lived too long to care. Across centuries of war, power, exile, and bloodshed, Y/N has worn every role history could offer-beast, king, scholar, executioner. He has buried empires and clawed himself out of graves. Nothing remains of him now but endurance. And emptiness. In the modern world, he hides in plain sight as a reclusive twenty-four-year-old investing prodigy, co-owner of a corporate empire alongside the only person he considers family-Sol, the sister he once chose and saved. Humanity believes he is brilliant. They have no idea he is a monster. When Sol agrees to a reality program that forces a rising idol group to move into their penthouse, Y/N is dragged unwillingly into the spotlight. Cameras. Red carpets. Manufactured smiles. A house suddenly filled with human life. He despises it. The noise. The attention. The fragile, beating hearts moving freely through his home. Yet among the four idols now living under his roof, one unsettles him. She is entirely human. Entirely ordinary. And somehow, she draws his attention in a way centuries of war never have. There is no prophecy. No ancient bond. No hidden destiny tying them together. Only something far more dangerous- Choice. The existence of vampires-and the ancient war that once shattered his former family-remains buried in secrecy. Humanity will never know the battles fought in their shadows. But the past does not stay buried forever. An ancient vampire he once called kin-once trusted beyond reason-has resurfaced. A being tied to the destruction of everything Y/N once belonged to. The war that ended millennia ago may not be over after all. Now Y/N must navigate two worlds at once: One glittering and public. One violent and hidden. And as an old enemy rises in the dark, something equally destabilizing awakens within him. For the first time in centuries, eternity no longer feels like a burden. It feels like something that could be lost.

He was SM Entertainment's newest star. An 18-year-old Japanese rookie known for his incredible dance skills, cold visuals, and calm personality on stage. She was already one of K-pop's biggest idols. Kim Minjeong. Winter of aespa. At first, they were nothing more than senior and junior artists sharing the same company. A greeting in the hallway. A conversation after practice. A dance challenge. A friendship. But in an industry where every camera is watching and every rumor spreads like wildfire, getting close to someone can be dangerous. Especially when that someone slowly becomes the most important person in your life. A semi-realistic idol romance featuring multiple POVs, SM family interactions, secret relationships, career growth, friendship, and the journey from strangers to something much more. ❄ Slow Burn ❄ Friends to Lovers ❄ Secret Relationship ❄ Multiple POVs ❄ Idol Life ❄ Winter x Male Reader

At seventeen, the system decided he wasn't good enough. After three brutal years as a trainee at JYP Entertainment, Y/N packed his bags, flew back to Chicago, and spent the next decade pretending Seoul never happened. He rebuilt his life from the ground up, becoming one of the industry's most respected vocal producers. He made his peace with the past. He just never went back to the company that broke his heart. Until now. Hired as a vocal consultant for TWICE's highly anticipated new album, Y/N returns to a brand-new JYP headquarters. He prepares himself for the ghosts of his past, only to find the old building where he suffered has been demolished. The cramped hallways, the terrifying evaluations, the midnight piano sessions-all gone. The only thing that remains from his trainee days is the woman standing on the other side of the vocal booth glass: Park Jihyo. For ten years, they have lived on opposite sides of an ocean. She is the titan who survived the machine to lead the nation's biggest girl group; he is the boy who left without saying goodbye. But as professional boundaries begin to blur in the quiet intimacy of the recording studio, Y/N is forced to confront the gap between the girl he left behind and the woman she has become. Refrain is a slow-burn story about the weight of lost time, the silence we leave behind, and what happens when two people who survived the exact same system finally stop running.