At nineteen, Hanbin decides he hates water. He hates the feeling of hopelessness that claws at his lungs when surrounded by oxygen they can't use. The irony of it is maddening. He's never liked irony, either. And when it turns up in the form of the pretty, new face in his friend group after his year away, well, he might hate that, too. Cross-posted on ao3: ☀archiveofourown.org/works/63031264☀

Zhang Hao is the heir to the Emperor of China, and is quite sure that when he'll end up on the throne, he'll be leagues above his father. Obviously, he still needs to brush up on some skills, and fixing his broken korean is exactly the reason that had been told to him when they appointed a certain Sung Hanbin to follow him daily. They can't talk very well, but his smiles makes him want to try more.

Hanbin suggested it. Weirdly, Zhang hao said yes. One month was all it was supposed to take. But Destiny chose other wise.

"say that again." "what?" "say my name." in which hao hides his real identity. ©cureilla 2024

❝𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙣, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙤𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙁𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙧.❞ Hao never expected a letter to land on his father's desk that would have him abandoning his country, his life, and his people for a marriage to the crown prince of the neighboring kingdom. But he's the second prince of Grosindan and it's his job to marry for political gain. It's his own fault that he never considered the possibility of actually fulfilling that duty. 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴-𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘖𝟥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘴, 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 (𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵) 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘦𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦_𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺

Hanbin lost the not-breakup. Brutally. But at least he's not the one showing up in front of his ex-situationship, begging to fix things. That's all Hao. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘣𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘰... 𝘏𝘢𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴-𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘖𝟥: ✧𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘰𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯.𝘰𝘳𝘨/𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴/𝟨𝟢𝟧𝟣𝟪𝟢𝟤𝟥/✧

"Love often sparks in the practice room" In which Hao is a famous soloist and Hanbin becomes one of his backup dancers. - Lots of fluff...mostly... we'll see 😀

Zhang Hao is a normal human who hates vampires. What human in their right mind doesn't? As a music teacher, Hao isn't interested in anything that could potentially disturb his relatively peaceful life, the life he has spent avoiding those monsters. That is until things start to take a turn for the worst... A strange boy shows up at his music studio and then before he knows it he finds himself in the royal palace in front of none other than Prince Sung Hanbin himself, heir to a family well known for being vampires. Hao wants nothing to do with him or the vampires, after all, he has far more important priorities. Unfortunately, fate seems to have other plans.

Hanbin never expected his quiet life to change the night a tiny, trembling kitten appeared at his door. But when the stray he rescues reveals a hidden secret, the ability to shift between cat and human, Hanbin finds himself drawn into a bond he never saw coming.

"I hated you... every damn day. But I hated seeing you with him more. Why do you think that is, Hanbin?" "...Because it was never hate." ﮩـﮩﮩ٨ـ♡ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ They were enemies. Everyone knew that. But what happens when one stops fighting... and the other can't stop noticing? Rivals in everything-school, sports, even the stage. They swore they'd never speak, never care. Then someone new shows up. And everything starts to fall apart. Or maybe... fall into place? Why does it hurt to be ignored by someone you hate? "Say it, Zhang Hao. Say you hated me. Say I meant nothing to you-go on!" "I couldn't say that even if I wanted to. And God knows, I wanted to!" Where's the line between hate and something else? And what happens when it's crossed? "You came all this way just to see the wreck I've become? Congratulations, Hanbin. You win." "I didn't come to win. I came because I lost something I didn't realize I needed until it was gone." 'The Thin Line Between' - some rivalries burn deeper than you think. ═════════════════════ Disclaimer: This fanfiction is a work of pure fiction. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. The personalities depicted in this story are fictionalized and unrelated to actual members of Zerobaseone or real-life events.