After the disbandment of IZ*ONE, Kim Chaewon goes on to audition for a new group. She meets Huh Yunjin, who used to be her sworn nemesis turned hallway crush: but has quickly accepted her role as Chaewon's best friend. As the years pass, Chaewon's feelings towards her loveable, energetic best friend only grow: until one day, she has to admit that she is in love with her best friend, Huh Yunjin. But surely they could stay friends, right? Until one drunken night, things take a completely different turn. [PURINZ, LE SSERAFIM, MULTI-GROUP -- Mature] * It was just the touch of a hand, and they'd held hands a million times before; yet as Chaewon looked up to finally and properly meet her eyes, Yunjin forgot how to function. Chaewon's eyes were big, brown and full of everything Yunjin held dear. Her mouth was slightly parted, and her eyebrows furrowed in curiosity. Her eyes flickered down to their hands, and back up again- but Yunjin's eyes lingered on Chaewon's lips, and the shimmer of her teeth. Her face grew hotter and hotter until she had to tear her eyes off her best friend. Instead, she stared at her phone on the table and tightened her grip on Chaewon's hand. "Are you okay?" She heard her best friend's soft voice beside her. Yunjin didn't dare look back in fear of her eyes wandering off again. "I'm fine," She replied in a whisper. She wasn't sure if that was true.

Huh Yunjin is not nearly as enthusiastic as her friends to start the new semester. Maybe, it's because she's a transfer, new school already tainted by the bad experiences of the last one. Maybe it's because her mom hasn't called or because her ex won't stop calling. No matter what it is, it's all made worse when she finds out that her room is directly across from the RA. An RA who she can't stop thinking about. Originally called Room 615 by steadywomp on AO3

Chaewon is just trying to make it through senior year with good grades and minimal drama, but a certain loud junior seems intent on making that impossible for her. https://archiveofourown.org/works/46907839/chapters/118159948 by littleshoemaker

When Chaewon comes out of the doctors office it's with the diagnosis anxiety, depression, stress and a recommendation to a therapist. She doesn't have enough time to let it sink in as her manager is already rushing her to get into the car. It's only two days later when the company puts out a notice: "Le sserafim's leader Kim Chaewon to go on temporary hiatus due to health issues" https://archiveofourown.org/works/49347793/chapters/124526659 by neolesbian

Ever since they reunited to debut in Le Sserafim together, Yunjin has been Chaewon's loud, confident, lovable best friend. One day, Chaewon looks at Yunjin and sees how much more than that she is. She wants to know every side of Yunjin. song: https://open.spotify.com/track/0PqyrHOwAMA43it710rAor?si=d5f4e860e5614db9 https://archiveofourown.org/works/43958703/chapters/110529636 by littleshoemaker

"It's not like- it won't be the first time we've kissed," Yunjin says. Slurs, really, her voice lower and her sentences slower than usual, which is just another reminder that neither of them are really in the right condition to be considering this. She's not wasted, but she's not sober either. "You're drunk, I'm drunk, we're both here, we're both- you know..." No, Chaewon doesn't know. She doesn't know anything anymore because there's no way that Yunjin - Huh Yunjin, her best friend for over a decade, of which approximately half of that time Chaewon has been in love with her for, and who has never been anything but painfully, torturously heterosexual - is suggesting what Chaewon thinks she's suggesting. (or; Chaewon falls in love with her best friend when she's sixteen, and never quite learns how to fall out.) Originally titled "all my nights taste like gold" by lipsouls on ao3