Hanni and Y/N being push into an arranged marriage. What could go right?

Every morning for eleven years, Ninomae Y/N waited outside the same house. Every morning, Aeri was late. They walked to school together, shared dreams about the future, and promised that no matter where life took them, they would never forget each other. Then she left Japan to become a trainee in Korea. Seven years later, Aeri is known around the world as Giselle, a member of aespa. Y/N has built a completely different life of his own. By day, he is an automotive engineer. By night, he is Phantom-the undefeated driver behind Japan's most legendary white Mazda RX-7. During aespa's world tour, an unexpected stop at one of Japan's largest car meets brings their worlds crashing together. She recognizes him immediately. He only sees one of the world's biggest idols. After all... How could Giselle possibly be the same girl who used to walk beside him every morning? Some promises don't fade with time. They simply wait for the right road to bring two people home.

Eight years ago, two children made a promise on the rooftop of a quiet apartment building. If we ever get separated... we'll become friends again. Life had other plans. After moving overseas as a child, Y/N returns to Seoul with a university degree, empty savings, and no luck finding work. Every rejection makes him wonder if coming back was the right decision. One evening, while walking home beneath the city lights, he glances up at a massive billboard featuring aespa's leader, Karina. For just a moment... Her face feels familiar. A forgotten rooftop. A child's laughter. A promise he can't remember making. He dismisses it as déjà vu. Karina never forgot him. The only problem is... He no longer remembers her. As fate slowly brings their lives together again, long-buried memories begin to surface, revealing a childhood neither of them truly left behind. Sometimes the heart remembers long before the mind does.

In the world of K-pop, Kim Minjeong (Winter) is the "Paradoxical Perfectionist"-a woman who survives by outworking everyone, hiding her introverted, empathetic soul behind a sharp, chic mask. In the world of global football, Y/N is the "Maverick"-a creative genius who was cast out of Korea for not fitting the system, only to conquer Europe at Real Madrid by seeing spaces no one else can. When a sudden tragedy brings Y/N back to the soil that once rejected him, a chance collision at Incheon Airport intertwines their lives. One is running from the noise; the other is drowning in it. As Y/N navigates the grief of his parents' death and the vultures of the Korean media, and Minjeong struggles with the burnout of her idol persona, they find the only person who can see past their public branding is the one person they were never supposed to meet. It is a story of elite pressure, the cost of genius, and finding a "safe space" in a world that never stops watching.

Two lonely souls in the midst of Seoul's chaos, a K-pop idol trapped in a life of pressure and a toxic relationship, and a foreign architect struggling with the harsh realities of life.

ONESHOT | demon! winter x male reader ALSO PUBLISHED IN MY TUMBLR AND FANPROSE !!

Behind every perfect stage is someone no one sees. Yun Haru was one of them. Quiet. Reliable. Replaceable. Until the mistakes started. What others called as carelessness... was something he couldn't explain. The lights were too bright. The screens too unclear. The world around him... was slowly disappearing. And the one person who noticed might be the last thing he ever sees clearly. Before he forgets.

When South Korea's most acclaimed young actor, Y/N, and the nation's top idol, aespa's Karina, are cast as co-leads in a massive tvN prestige romance drama, the internet collectively loses its mind. To the public, it's a brilliant crossover pairing guaranteed to sweep the ratings. To the production crew, their on-screen chemistry is so intense and visceral that it feels entirely unscripted. But when the cameras stop rolling, the temperature on set drops to absolute zero. What the public, the paparazzi, and their own friends don't know is that Y/N and Yoo Jimin share a deeply buried history. Eight years ago, they were inseparable best friends in the quiet suburbs of Bundang-until a single, panicked phone call on the eve of her SM Entertainment audition destroyed everything. He said something unforgivable. She built an empire out of spite. They haven't spoken a single word to each other since. Now, trapped in a relentless filming schedule that demands whispered confessions, longing gazes, and romantic blocking, they are forced to confront the wreckage of their past. As the undeniable tension between them begins to blur the line between performance and reality, Y/N must figure out how to apologize to a woman who refuses to look at him, and Karina must decide if her eight-year grudge is a shield protecting her heart-or the only thing keeping her from the one person who truly knows her. They say they have no chemistry. But lying to the cameras is easy; lying to themselves might be impossible.

They've heard his songs a thousand times. They've cried to them. Fallen in love to them. Found pieces of themselves in them. But no one knows who made them. He was supposed to stand on stage once. He didn't. Now, he writes for the people who did. And watches them slowly become something he chose to run from. Until one night... she hears a song that was never meant to exist. And for the first time- someone listens to him. A story about being loved... and being known. - - - - (slow burn. producer reader x chaewon.)

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