"Taesan, I'm so sorry, but I can't accept this. I know you think you're in love with me, but I have to be honest-you're not. You're just still holding onto the memory of her, and I can't be the person to fill that space. I know you're hurting, but this isn't about me. It's about what you've lost, and I can't pretend it's something it's not."

𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥?𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵? ☆"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶,𝘏𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘯."☆ ☆"𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦." 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮.☆

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘛𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘏𝘦𝘦𝘫𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭. ___________________________________________ 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘮-𝘤𝘰𝘮 "𝘋𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺" 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 ♡ [Slow updates and ongoing] • Han Taesan x fem oc • Slow burn (kinda?) • Fake dating 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥: 09/02/2026 finished: ---

"𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒." 𝐼 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒, 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟.

He's her brother's best friend. Which means one thing- absolutely, definitely off-limits. Y/n's just trying to survive her final year of high school without murdering her annoying, overprotective brother Taesan. But when his best friend Jaehyun starts showing up more often - charming, sweet, stupidly attractive Jaehyun - things get complicated. They don't talk. Not really. But he's always there. Smiling. Watching. Breaking every rule in the sibling handbook. And the worst part? She's thinking about breaking a few herself.

Burned out from city life, Y/n returns to her hometown, expecting peace - not Sungho, the calm, annoyingly perfect small-town favorite who openly dislikes city people. Between meddling friends, unexpected reunions, and old wounds resurfacing, Y/n finds herself torn between the life she left behind... and the one she might be falling for.

Y/n's college life is ordinary - until she bumps into Park Sungho, a quiet, polite classmate from one of her lectures. After that, strange accidents and coincidences start happening, and somehow Sungho is always there when she needs help. Slowly, Y/n begins relying on him, even as her ex-best friend, Myung Jaehyun starts noticing that things around her aren't quite right.

Y/n's got big ideas, worse time management, and a talent for accidentally breaking the office printer. Her boss, Han taesan, runs on schedules, silence, and exactly two cups of black coffee. They're both stubborn. Both too busy to breathe. And somehow always stuck dealing with each other. She drives him up the wall. He keeps ending up in the mess she leaves behind. It's strictly professional. Obviously. Probably.

When her grandfather dies, Y/n expects to inherit the estate that was practically promised to her. What she doesn't expect? A clause in the will tying everything to a name she hoped never to hear again: Myung Jaehyun, her childhood nemesis turned insufferably handsome nightmare. The catch: To claim her inheritance, she must marry Jaehyun-and stay married for exactly one year. He's the boy who once made her life hell. Now he's a successful, emotionally-unavailable cold-blooded businessman with a smirk she wants to wipe off his face. Permanently. She needs the money. He has his own reasons for agreeing. Neither of them wants this marriage-but with secrets, old wounds, and undeniable chemistry simmering beneath the surface, a year might be harder to survive than they thought.

They meet in college-two chaotic, ambitious messes trying to figure out life, love, and who the hell they're meant to be. What starts as friendship turns into something deeper, slower, and achingly real. Through assignments, 2AM rants, bad decisions, and quiet Sundays, they grow up side by side. It's a story about building a life together-messy fights, gentle makeups, shared dreams, and growing pains. A love that feels like home. A connection that never lets go. But growing up? It's never that simple.