❝I know you, don't I?❞ ❝Know is a strong word.❞ Kimura Mika grew up starved of parental love, clinging to fleeting connections that left her lonelier each time. Transported to the Borderlands on her way home, she soon encounters a familiar face from high school- only now, he's nothing like the boy she remembers. Cold, distant, and unrecognizable, he's a harsh reminder that in this world, even the past isn't safe.

𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐚𝐤𝐢 was raised to be the queen on the chessboard. With brilliance in her blood and the weight of a medical dynasty on her shoulders, she spent her life calculating every move,winning over every room, and crushing her every opponent. All except one. 𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐲𝐚, her mirror and her opposite, the heir to a rival empire. Their rivalry was a cold war of perfect scores, stolen glances, and a game neither could afford to lose. A lifelong match of white versus black. But when the world shatters and they're stuck in the Borderlands, their endless match is interrupted by something far more dangerous. Now, stripped of privilege and trapped in a new world, Rin and Chishiya must face the one thing they never prepared for: Each other.

╰┈➤ 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈.. returning on tour was more than a physical journey, it was a pilgrimage to reclaim the parts of her soul lost in the constant spotlight. With bittersweet resolve, she prepared to step away from the life she had meticulously built, ready to search for a new melody that spoke of healing, of authenticity, and of the hope that even the brightest stars sometimes need to find their way back to darkness to truly shine. ** COMPLETED ** 132,528k words !!! <33 (including all A/N's and character intro chapters.)

━━━━━━𝐢 𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 started; @,' 4/5/26 published; @,' 4/14/24 status; @,' ongoing 🃜🃚🃖🃁🂭🂺 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇, Saito Saeko, a gambler as she acts innocent and pure to get her way, doing anything if it gets in her way of survival and pure fun, but it seems a doctor has gotten in her way. ✹ 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇, Shuntaro Chishiya, a calm, intelligent ex-doctor, could see right through Saeko's act and never falls for it, but as similar they are, she makes him feel weird, in both a good and bad way. And he has to stop it. But will he? chishiya x fem! oc 🃜🃚🃖🃁🂭🂺

❝We're all living in an empty world, Sakura.❞ Struggling to escape the ghosts of her past, Amari Sakura finds herself in a dystopian Tokyo, one where the entire population seems to have vanished in an instant. Trapped in what feels like a twisted, nightmarish game, she must navigate a series of deadly challenges scattered across the desolate city just to survive. But survival isn't her only goal. As she searches for answers, she crosses paths with someone unexpectedly valuable- someone who may be more than just a means to an end. Someone who might change everything. SEASON ONE - COMPLETED SEASON TWO - COMPLETED SEASON THREE - ????

𐔌 𝓤𝖘𝔢 𝖒𝔢, 𝓘 𝖍𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝖔𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝖆 𝓓𝖔𝔩𝔩 𝓗𝖊𝔞𝔯𝔱 𐦯 𝓨𝐔𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐈 𝓜𝐈𝐔𝐑𝐀's daily life focuses on taking lifes, living off every stolen breath. She more enjoys the view of a rotting, empty corpse than an alive, warm human. Assuming she's even capable of feeling. She finds it nothing else but an unefficient disgrace. Unefficient in terms of her 'work', where being an empty, perfect doll is actually an advantage. To the point that she doesn't see a place for herself anywhere other than as a doll-like savior from digression. 𝓑ut what if the curtain blocking her finally rises on its own, opening her eyes to see another porcelain filled with organs and blood? 𝓢𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐑Ō 𝓒𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐘𝐀 focuses on saving lives, trying to find out if his own is worth saving. Ever since he started college and even as a surgical intern, he hasn't been able to find the answer to his question. He claims that he lives only to show others how empty a human can be. Findings emotions as a weakness, something suited only for pathetic humans-so not someone like him. 𝓑ut what if instead of a beating heart, he meets an empty, maybe non-existent one, just like his? 𝓞ne born to take lives, the other born to save them. A world in which there is no room for morality, nor principles, let alone for judging who is good and who is evil. An absolute rabbit hole, where anything can be an advantage, but also a deadly weakness. 𝓓espite theoretical differences, they see each other as their reflection. The same gaze, the same body language. The same emptiness. 𝓑oth unaware of the meaning of life. Both empty as porcelain dolls sitting on your shelf, covered in old dust. Both impossible to change unless someone finally takes an interest in them. 𝓑ut are even two identical, morbid souls eeven capable of tolerating each other? started: middle of May '25 I assume?

we both swore to each other that we'll never meet again, and forget each other's name. but why do our fate always thinks the opposite?

IN WHICH - Seo-jin was abandoned by her father, Cho Sang-woo - leaving behind nothing but a letter, a ring, and a mountain of debt. She's convinced he took his own life, and all that remains is the anger she carries and the weight of his mistakes. OR IN WHICH - she receives a strange card inviting her to play a series of games fo a chance to win a life-changing sum of money. But once inside, the nightmare truly begins: she comes face to face with Nam-gyu, the man she had started falling for... and she vanished from his life without a warning. Haunted by her last and now visibly pregnant, Seo-jin is forced to face the one person who might still care - or betray her. STARTED: 04/07/2025 ENDED: ???