Kim Mingyu's life is built around love, loss, and responsibility. At just 26, he's a single father to his four-year-old son, Hansol, after losing his wife during childbirth. Between his demanding job as an architect and raising a child on his own, Mingyu barely has time to breathe, let alone take care of himself. But he keeps going-for Hansol, for the memory of the woman he loved, and for the quiet promise he made the day she passed: "I'll give him everything." When work becomes too much and his parents begin pressing him about moving on, Mingyu knows something has to change. At the recommendation of his best friend, Seungcheol, he hires Jeon Wonwoo, a soft-spoken barista with a gentle smile and calm eyes, to help look after Hansol. Wonwoo expects nothing more than a simple babysitting job. But what he finds instead is a small family still grieving, still healing, and still learning how to love again. Hansol latches onto Wonwoo almost immediately-calling him "Mumma Woo" and drawing crayon pictures of the three of them like it's always been that way. Wonwoo doesn't want to get attached, but the warmth of the home, the sound of Hansol's laughter, and the quiet way Mingyu smiles when no one's looking make it impossible not to. Everything becomes more complicated when Mingyu, out of desperation, tells his visiting parents that he has a new lover-hoping to stop their constant pressure to move on. But now they want to meet the supposed boyfriend, and with no one else to turn to, Mingyu asks Wonwoo to help him one last time: "Just pretend... just for a week." Wonwoo agrees, for Hansol's sake. For Mingyu's sake. Maybe even for his own. But fake smiles start to feel real. Late-night conversations blur the line between pretending and longing. And the way Mingyu looks at Wonwoo when Hansol falls asleep in his arms makes it harder and harder to remember what they're not.

[ON HOLD] 'If our love is tragedy, why are you my remedy?' Life has its own ways of wounding us, sometimes by taking people away, other times by the sting of betrayal from those we trusted most. In a world where 'family' and 'love' felt like distant words to her, he became someone who redefined what they truly meant. For him, a life marked by loss and heartbreak had left him guarded, yet she became someone he longed to protect and cherish. When two broken souls cross paths, it often seems they are destined to collide and shatter further. But instead, with their contrasting personalities and scarred hearts, they found a way to embrace each other, creating a strength neither had ever known alone. 'If our love's insanity, why are you my clarity?' A sequel to Daylight To Her Midnight by Shiru_kx ♡

After nearly seven years, Wonwoo returned to Seoul, slipping back into familiar places and old habits as if time had never moved. Mingyu welcomed him easily, laughter filling the spaces where silence could have settled. Days passed in a blur of late-night talks, shared meals, and nostalgia-until one evening, beneath the dim city lights, Mingyu's eyes caught something he hadn't noticed before. The ring. Resting on Wonwoo's fourth finger, quiet yet undeniable. A detail so small, yet suddenly, it felt as if it had rewritten every moment they'd shared since his return. ↯ "A ring on the ring finger... it means someone belongs to another, doesn't it?" The words hovered on his tongue, waiting to be spoken. But the weight of them was too much.

---Love comes in many forms--- Little did wonwoo know that a simple apple could change something within Mingyu for all his life...

In a world ruled by power, fear, and blood, Kim Mingyu stands unchallenged-an untouchable businessman, a ruthless mafia boss, a man who bends the world to his will. Nothing matters to him... until a boy from a humble background becomes his husband. Bound by a contract, yet drawn by forces neither fully understands, their worlds collide in tension, desire, and danger. Loyalty, power, and forbidden love blur together in a house where every step is watched, every word measured, and every heartbeat could ignite a war. In the heart of a man feared by all, can love survive-or will it burn everything to ashes?

Mingyu's always had his eyes on Wonwoo since their debut days. He's finally had the courage to confess to him and tell him his true feelings. Will wonwoo feel the same?

"One heart searches for home, while another builds a love to call their own."

>Wherein Jeon Wonwoo the president's son, tries to capture the attention of his seemingly serious bodyguard, Kim Mingyu through playful challenges. As they interact more, Wonwoo discovers that beneath Mingyu's professional exterior lies a surprisingly clumsy and comical personality.

Two best friends in a room...they might kiss ~ ♡♡♡ Kim Mingyu and Jeon Wonwoo- two people who have been best friends for YEARS Mingyu is the most popular guy in the school, and Wonwoo is his right hand man They tell each other EVERYTHING, well, with the exception of one thing The thing is, Wonwoo is gay...and in love with none other than Mingyu Wonwoo has always kept this secret from Mingyu, and he intends to continue doing so Mingyu is straight af (and a bit homophobic too) If Mingyu discovered that Wonwoo had feelings for him, it would be the end of their friendship In order to maintain his close relationship with his best friend and crush, Wonwoo chose to remain in the closet However, everything changes when a girl shows interest in Wonwoo and starts to flirt with him Mingyu has some mixed feelings about it, but he ignores them But then something goes wrong, and the two have a heated argument that ends their friendship Without Wonwoo, Mingyu finds himself feeling empty and alone While he works to repair their bond, will Mingyu discover that what he wants with Wonwoo is more than just a bromance? Or is there no possibility of the two ever becoming more than friends?

There was a time when Kim Mingyu thought he'd spend his whole life by Jeon Wonwoo's side. When they were six, it was pinky promises and scraped knees. At ten, it was sleepovers, shared secrets, and warm smiles over convenience store ice cream. And at twelve, it stopped. No warning. No fight. Just a silence that stretched six years wide. Mingyu didn't know what he'd done wrong. All he knew was that one day, his best friend stopped looking at him like he mattered. Now at eighteen, Mingyu is everything people expect him to be-tall, popular, good at everything. A golden boy with a golden smile. And Wonwoo? He's distant. Quiet. A ghost in the halls who only seems to let one person close: Kwon Soonyoung. They live just two doors apart in the same school dorm. But they might as well be worlds away. What Wonwoo does not know is that Mingyu never really stopped waiting. Waiting for a glance. A word. A reason. Anything that would explain why the boy who used to protect him like a secret suddenly vanished behind cold eyes and clipped nods. And then, one night, something breaks. Something shifts. A scent, a moment, a closeness too dangerous to name.