You run a quiet, plant-filled bakery in Seoul, pouring yourself into every pastry. Then he starts coming every day. Felix. Gentle, persistent, bringing flowers and warmth. As you share quiet moments and subtle glances, a slow-burning connection grows-if only you knew what he's hiding.

You've been a vet for years, quietly caring for every patient that comes through your clinic. Most people barely notice, but he trusts you with his cats in a way he doesn't with anyone else. One fateful morning, you bump into him at your absolute worst, chaotic and distracted. Slowly, between quiet moments and shared care for their pets, you start to realize your connection runs deeper than a single encounter.

"Don't go. Stay. Please." "Do you not get bored of this, Minho?" Choi Sihwon loves her childhood best friend, Lee Minho more than anything. Problem is, Minho doesn't. He's grieving from the loss of his mother and the betrayal of his ex girlfriend, who he's still madly in love with. Sihwon is like a safe place for him, someone he can rely on. How long will it take for Sihwon to be done with his antics, and done with picking up the pieces of his life because he can't? #7 IN DEPRESSING #5 IN DEPRESSING #80 IN SAD

"What's up, my best NOT friend." "What the hell did you just call me?" "My best not friend." Introvert Han Jisung finds himself constantly being followed around campus by a clingy classmate, despite his poor treatment towards her and his wishes for her to leave him alone. Yet, as much as he hates to admit, he finds himself drawn towards the mysterious girl, and soon enough, he learns to love her company almost as much as he hated it. RANKINGS: #22 IN SEUNGMIN #17 IN SEUNGMIN #6 IN CHANGBIN #2 IN LEEKNOW #1 IN KPOPFF #3 IN SEUNGMIN #1 IN YANGJEONGIN #4 IN DEPRESSING #3 IN DEPRESSING #1 IN KIMSEUNGMIN

moon jieun was walking through life blindly, not a clue with what she wanted to do with her life. in all honesty, she hadn't imagined making it past the age of twenty-two, that is until a boy called seo changbin, gives her a reason to smile. ~~~~~ BOOK SEVEN OF THE STRAY KIDS COLLECTION! DISCLAIMERS: - intended lowercase - purely fiction - changbin in this story does not represent changbin in real life - same goes for any other members of SKZ included in this story - all rights reserved; please do not copy my story, or translate without permission WARNINGS: - college au - cursing - sexual/mature scenes - some smoking/alcohol use - somewhat dark topics - suicidal thoughts/depictions - bad mental health - depression ~~~~~ RANKINGS: #3 IN KPOPFANFIC 12/29/24 #1 IN HYUNJIN 2/17/25

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙪𝙥, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙚. ━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ ━━━━━━━━━ WHERE Han Jisung falls in love with a girl during his trainee days. WHERE Moon Yumi never forgets a promise her first love made to her many years ago. ━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ ━━━━━━━━━ skz au H.J x OC (some) social media © hemmo-chan i do not own any of the skz members, only my ocs and the plot of this book ❤︎