Everything is already decided for them. Mina has a life built on certainty-a boyfriend, a future, a path she's never questioned. Chaeyoung has a fiancé-an engagement that looks perfect on the outside, a promise she's expected to keep. They are not missing anything. Except... something doesn't feel right anymore. It starts quietly. A look that lingers too long. Conversations that mean more than they should. A tension neither of them planned for-and neither of them knows how to end. Because when two people who *shouldn't* want each other... do- It's not just complicated. It's dangerous. And some mistakes don't stay hidden forever.

"Say my name, and everything just stops. I don't want you like a best friend...Only bought this dress so you could take it off~" -Dress by Taylor Swift Will Myoui Mina, the school queen bee of Nozomi High end up with her long-time best friend or the new student who captured her heart at first sight? Who knew that prom could change a student's life so much overnight? Started: May 18, 2025 Ended: July 15, 2026

Chaeyoung lives loud and careless, with money, music, and no attachments. Mina moves in next door carrying exhaustion, quiet strength, and a baby. They start as strangers divided by thin walls. They become something neither planned. A story about noise, silence, and the slow collapse of a life built on emptiness.

I don't like Son Chaeyoung. She's loud, reckless, and always where she shouldn't be-messing with my routine, my focus, my control. So I made a list. Seven reasons why I hate her. It was supposed to be simple. But the more I watch her, the less those reasons make sense. And now I'm left with a list I can't finish- and a feeling I don't understand. Because if this is hate... why does it feel like something else? #1 - MICHAENG

He smoked behind hospital buildings after shifts, wore tattoos his girlfriend's parents hated, and carried exhaustion like it was stitched beneath his skin. She was everything soft life had never given him.

"The first fall of snow is not only an event. It is a magical event." - J.B. Priestley ##### Five years ago, she confessed to her. Five years later, she still loves her. The fate of two friends lies in the blessing of the first snow. Can they make up for all the lost time? ##### Five years apart | Forever at heart This is a Michaeng one-shot. ##### Completed: 2/6/2018

They say that life begins at 40. Others say it begins when you least expect it. But Son Chaeyoung, is different. Hers starts at 1 AM. But in every 1 AM her life starts differently.

A Michaeng short story.

Chaeyoung works as a bartender. People she serves often open up to her out of the blue. She met a certain brunette with problem. Will she be able to help her too?