Cheong Mi-kyung has spent her life barely scraping by, burdened by the crushing weight of her father's medical debt. As his only child, she carries the responsibility alone, working tirelessly to keep them afloat. But when a chance encounter in a subway station leads her into a seemingly harmless game, she soon realizes she's made a fatal mistake. Now trapped in a deadly competition alongside 455 other desperate souls, Mikyung must fight to survive childhood games twisted into brutal trials. With every round, alliances form and shatter, trust becomes a gamble, and survival demands sacrifices she never thought she'd make. How far will she go to pay off her debt? And when everything is at stake-her life, her morality, and even her heart-will she still recognize the person she becomes?

With plenty of struggles, 𝐘𝐔𝐙𝐔𝐊𝐈 𝐁𝐀𝐘𝐀 and 𝐒𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐎̄ 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐘𝐀 made it out of the Borderlands safely. Now their lives are becoming peaceful. At least, as peaceful as life gets with three kids. Chishiya was convinced he'd never experience something worse than being buried alive, but when his youngest daughter 𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐀 starts to show a little too much interest in Arisu and Usagi's son-𝐊𝐀𝐄𝐃𝐄-, he begins to long for the coffin again. In ancient myths, realms like the underworld are never truly destroyed; they only get put 'to sleep' by powerful anchors- linchpins, for example. So when the linchpin's oldest son gets too close to the everlasting playing cards, he 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 something familiar.

𝐓𝐎𝐗𝐈𝐂 𝐓𝐈𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐃 ───"oh..we were toxic til the end.." In the brutal game of survival, former fiancés Nam-gyu and Seon-yool find themselves on opposite paths. Nam-gyu's ruthless and selfish nature drives him to dominate at any cost - but when it comes to Seon-yool, his cold heart shows no mercy. Meanwhile, Seon-yool drifts through the chaos, numb and broken, struggling to find a reason to keep fighting in a world that has already taken everything from her. 【 namgyu x fem!oc 】 【 player 124 x fem!oc 】 【 squid games fanfiction 】

For 𝐘𝐔𝐙𝐔𝐊𝐈 𝐁𝐀𝐘𝐀, all worlds contain dangerous elements- though she might even be safer in the Borderlands; the laws she broke don't apply here. 𝐒𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐎̄ 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐘𝐀 knows about her actions all too well. He's not interested in redemption, yet something about her piques his curiosity. Perhaps the fact that her illegal activities affected him on a daily basis. Once they enter the Borderlands, they pretend not to know each other. But both of them are always keeping a sharp eye out. Waiting for the other to crack. Waiting, maybe, for the moment they lose a game. 𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 - a vision seen in sleep; a dream Chishiya x OC Alice In Borderland

You knew Carl from before all this happened. Your moms were best friends and would sip wine on your back porch while the two of you played pretend in the backyard. The day the world went to shit, you were dismissed from school early and Lori had to take you home. You never thought you'd see Carl again after you slid that mini van door closed... ------------------------------------------------------------ ~ENGLISH ISN'T MY FIRST LANGUAGE so I apologize for anything I may get wrong! ~each chapter is named after a song that fits the vibe ([name] - [artist]) making a little playlist by the end of the book! (the title is a reference to Ribs by Lorde btw [Carl Grimes coded song imo]) ~also this work is now cross-posted on AO3 and Quotev, so feel free to check it out there if you'd prefer!