In which, a 15 year old signs up to play the games, unknowing of the friendships she'd make and the people she'd lose. ( published 11/10/2021 ) ( completed 18/10/2021 ) [ #1 in #067 ] [ #11 in #squidgame ] [ #1 in 456 ]

"i like you more than i had planned to." after hwang aera's eldest brother went missing, she did too. she ran for the suburbs leaving everything and everyone behind. while doing so, gathering up an extreme amount of debt and living a double life. one day she meets a man who gives her the opportunity of a lifetime. a chance for her eight billion won in debt to clear. he also unknowingly gave her the chance of love. a chance that aera didn't know if she could accept.

𝒑𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗎𝗉 𝗈𝗇 𝗆𝖾, 𝗂 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗒𝗈𝗎 ━━━ 𝖺 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗂𝗇 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝖺𝗇 𝖾𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗉𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝖺 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗀𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗌𝗎𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝖼𝖺𝖿𝖾, 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝖺 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗆. 𝑺TARTED. 25/09/21 𝑪OMPLETED. 12/10/21 𝐒𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐃 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄.  -saebyeok 2021.