It all starts with the end. Han Jisung (a clumsy chemistry student with a painful past) crosses paths with Lee Minho, better known as Venom (the new leader of the notorious Vipers) when two kilograms of Venom's cocaine are mistakenly delivered to Jisung's doorstep, then lost by Jisung himself, under circumstances the idiot cannot remember. Minho accuses him of theft, giving Jisung a fourteen day deadline to either find and give back the cocaine, pay an impossible debt, or take the mysterious third option which, Jisung assumes, has to mean death. In his desperate quest for a way out, Jisung stumbles through a waking nightmare: unexpected connections between Minho and people he thought he could trust, mysterious news articles, abandoned mansions, crime scenes, black-tie parties, chaebol gossip, mafia families, escaping gunfire on the back of Minho's motorcycle. But every single path only leads him back to the night he lost the drugs, and to unanswerable questions: What the hell happened to the two bricks of cocaine? Why can't he remember losing them? What is Minho hiding? And what does the bastard truly want from Jisung? MAFIA AU 16+ (tws in the introduction) COVER MADE BY THE TALENTED ICHINISAMFOLIO ON DISCORD

★ "my time's up." ⭐︎ or, lee minho's life is a chaotic mess. that is until he finds a rather cute stranger with a similar fate. ★ [DO read the note]

The story is posted separately on my account. I AM REWRITING IT. I suggest reading the other book instead of this one. "It was you... The one I fell in love with. This entire time, it was you." *** It all started with the end. Han Jisung─an orphan whose only goal for the future is to build a better life for himself and his sister─and Lee Minho─also known as Venom, a notorious personality of the organized crime world─cross paths when the latter accuses Jisung of stealing the three kilograms of cocaine that were mistakenly delivered to his house. Forced to choose between paying an unaffordable debt or dying at the hand of the scary gangster who won't stop following him around, Jisung is convinced that his problem could never worsen, but when Minho reveals his actual plans, he has to face an outcome that's far more terrible than death would have been. Minho drags him into the Mafia, strips him of his freedom, gives him a new identity, and assigns him to a mission that will irrevocably tie the two of them together until death does them apart. Arranged marriage. MAFIA AU 16+ (tws in the introduction) Current word count: 113K Not finished yet. 28/85 chapters written. Updated regularly You can also find this story on Ao3 (I have the same username) Cover made by me

Deadly desires, dangerous enemies and of course the average dead body appearing and bringing up hidden ill intentions. Keeping up a facade had always been a dangerous game. - "You're a terrible person" Hyunjin mumbles with a heavy breath, quick off the tongue as he lifts his hand towards Jisungs face... yet never quite touching his skin. "Says the stalker with my photos on his wall" Jisung smiles,though tense and pinched at some edges.