Inspired by the Heated Rivalry storyline, but JenLisa

When runaway architect Jennie Ruby Jane Kim escapes an arranged marriage and hides in the back of a tomato truck, she doesn't expect to end up in a quiet province far from Seoul - or to meet the hardworking, no-nonsense engineering student Lalisa Manoban, who just wants to graduate, help her family, and pass her board exams. What begins as a chaotic accident - spilled tomatoes, mistaken assumptions, and one very awkward introduction - slowly turns into a story of healing, laughter, and the kind of love that grows like sunlight through open windows. As Jennie adjusts to life away from the city, she learns what it means to dream again, while Lisa discovers that some foundations are built not from concrete, but from trust and warmth. Alongside a circle of friends who stumble into their own unexpected romances, they navigate small-town life, big ambitions, and quiet evenings where unspoken feelings linger longer than the stars. From a tomato truck to a bridge that changed their futures, from laughter-filled nights to teary confessions, Tomatoes and Blueprints follows two women who learn to build a home not with walls - but with love. By the end, amid fairy lights, confessions, and a bridge reborn, they'll discover that the strongest structures are the ones made by heart.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hello readers! Given recent industry announcements, I want to be unequivocal: this is a fictional story. The "Jen" and "Lisa" and many others name in this tale are characters I've created for a narrative. They are not representations of the real-life idols. This is written for entertainment within the fan community. Thank you for understanding! Now, onto the story... Jennie Ruby Jane was supposed to marry Kai Kim. Until a blood test proved he was her brother. Overnight, her engagement was erased. Her identity was questioned. And the family she trusted went silent. To end the scandal, she was given a new marriage. Not for love. Not for choice. But for protection. Lisa Manoban accepted without hesitation. Because once Jennie became her wife- No one else was allowed to touch her.

Jennie Kim lives quietly, unnoticed- a girl in hoodies who volunteers, travels, and disappears without a trace. No one knows she is the hidden heir of Kim Foundation, Seoul's most powerful private empire. Five years away in Africa changed her. She returns home with nothing but a backpack, a ring from her long-time boyfriend, and a heart still believing she understands love. On the flight to Seoul, she sits beside Lisa Manoban- bold, chaotic, running from an arranged marriage, and secretly the heir of Manoban Corp, Thailand's richest family. Lisa never suspects the girl beside her is the billionaire she's pitching to. Jennie never suspects Lisa's last name carries a Fortune-500 empire. Two strangers. Two heirs. Two secrets bigger than their names. And before the plane even lands, Lisa proposes a fake marriage, Jennie rejects her with a gentle smile, and a billion-dollar pitch gets sent with a single accidental click. Neither of them knows yet- the stranger beside them will become the one person who can break and rebuild their entire world.

In the sleepless heart of modern New York, where glass skyscrapers glimmer like altars to human ambition, something ancient stirs beneath the surface. They walk among mortals-creatures of hunger wearing faces of civility. Vampires dine beside the living, whispering laughter over wine, their elegance masking centuries of blood and silence. And at the center of this quiet masquerade stands Jennie, a soft-spoken editor in a Manhattan publishing firm. No one suspects the truth-that she is Ruby Jane, Queen of Vampires, heir to a lineage that carved history in crimson. She abandoned her throne in Europe, left her kin restless and vengeful, for one reason only: a mortal woman named Lalisa Manoban. Lisa is light. Warmth. Everything Ruby's kind has forgotten how to touch. For two years, Ruby has hidden in plain sight, living beneath fluorescent lights and mortal chatter, her hunger stitched behind a smile. Every laugh, every careless glance from Lisa unravels her further. Anyone who drifts too close to Lisa vanishes-quietly, efficiently, as if erased by the night itself. But Ruby is not the only thing stalking her. There are shadows that do not carry the scent of blood. Older. Colder. Watching. When an unseen predator begins haunting the same alleys, Ruby's obsession twists into wariness. The city trembles under disappearances dressed as coincidence, and the fragile veil between the human and the monstrous begins to thin. Soon, the Queen who came to worship will have to choose: concealment or carnage. And Lalisa Manoban-the woman she cannot stop watching- may not be the prey she believes she is.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hello readers! Given recent industry announcements, I want to be unequivocal: this is a fictional story. The "Jen" and "Lisa" and many others name in this tale are characters I've created for a narrative. They are not representations of the real-life idols. This is written for entertainment within the fan community. Thank you for understanding! Now, onto the story... NUMBER ONE GIRL All this time, it was always you. Jennie Kim and Lalisa Manoban have been inseparable for ten years - creative partners, best friends, each other's safest place. Jennie, the brilliant and guarded Creative Director, builds empires out of perfection. Lisa, the bright and reckless photographer, captures beauty even when it hurts. They've grown up side by side - through university projects, first love, heartbreaks, success, and silence. Jennie kept searching for love in other people. Lisa kept loving Jennie quietly, from the corner of every room. But five years change everything. When Lisa returns to Seoul reborn - confident, fearless, untouchable - Jennie realizes too late that the girl she once took for granted is gone. Now she's chasing the woman who learned to stop waiting. A decade of friendship, heartbreak, jealousy, and rebirth - Number One Girl is the story of two women who spent years orbiting each other, only to find they were always the same flame, burning on opposite sides of time.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hello readers! Given recent industry announcements, I want to be unequivocal: this is a fictional story. The "Jen" and "Lisa" and many others name in this tale are characters I've created for a narrative. They are not representations of the real-life idols. This is written for entertainment within the fan community. Thank you for understanding! Now, onto the story... Sometimes love doesn't start with words - it starts with a glance. Jennie Kim is one of Seoul's most brilliant lawyers - confident in the courtroom, shy everywhere else. To the world, she's sharp, composed, and fearless. But in private, she hides behind silence, afraid to be seen too closely. Lisa Manoban, a world-class cardiothoracic surgeon, is much the same. Calm under pressure, magnetic in the operating room - yet off duty, she's gentle, awkward, and unsure how to handle her own emotions. When a chance collision at a bookstore leads to a second meeting in a café, their quiet worlds begin to overlap. Jennie's hidden warmth meets Lisa's quiet strength. Two shy women, two lives perfectly contained - until eye contact becomes the language neither can ignore. "Shy Eyes" is a slow-burn romance for adults - tender, sensual, and deeply human. It's about the quiet between heartbeats, and the courage it takes to be seen.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hello readers! Given recent industry announcements, I want to be unequivocal: this is a fictional story. The "Jen" and "Lisa" or many Others Name in this tale are characters I've created for a narrative. They are not representations of the real-life idols. This is written for entertainment within the fan community. Thank you for understanding! Now, onto the story... They say I'm the heartbreaker. The flirt. The one who collects admirers without ever letting any of them too close. Men line up with flowers, fancy cars, and promises of forever. Some women try their luck too. Tall, handsome, beautiful - I've seen them all. And I? I laugh, I play, I surprise them with gestures they'll never forget... then I walk away before anyone can surprise me back. Because I don't fall. Not for anyone. At least, that's what I believed. Until her. Lisa Manoban. The one woman I was never supposed to want. The one person my brother, Kim Jiyong, trusted above everyone else. His best friend. His business partner. His family. She was supposed to be off-limits. She was supposed to be untouchable. But when it came to Lisa, every rule I lived by stopped mattering. Because sometimes, it only takes one person to make you break every promise you've made to yourself. Sometimes... it only takes one exception.

Jennie Kim's life had always been simple. Mornings behind the counter of her aunt's coffee shop, evenings spent buried in medical textbooks, and nights sitting by her father's hospital bed, whispering promises she wasn't sure she could keep. But everything changed the day her father's debts came knocking. Manoban Corp - a name that could silence entire boardrooms - held the chains to her father's failed company. And standing at the head of it all was Lisa Manoban: the cold, untouchable CEO with an empire at her feet and eyes that never betrayed a flicker of mercy. Jennie went to her office expecting rejection, maybe humiliation. She didn't expect an offer. "Be mine," Lisa said simply, as if it were the easiest transaction in the world. "A girlfriend for the cameras. In exchange, your father's debts disappear, and his hospital bills are taken care of." It was supposed to be a deal - insensitive, calculated, a cruel mockery of love. But deals have a way of blurring into something else when the heart becomes collateral. Jennie was smart enough to know better. She was cool enough to hide her trembling. But behind her brave eyes was the truth she could never admit: she was just a girl, soft and fragile, carrying a weight too heavy for her shoulders. And Lisa, who had never known what it meant to love, was about to learn that some exchanges can't be calculated. Because in the world of power and desperation, the only thing more dangerous than debt... was love itself.

In the glamorous chaos of university life, where fame meets finals, Jennie Kim and Lalisa Manoban are two of South Korea's most talked-about "it girls." To the public, they're best friends-inseparable, magnetic, and effortlessly charming together. To each other, they're everything... except lovers.