"𝖳𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽... 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖾, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀." Jeon Jeongguk is cheerful, adorable, and oblivious to just how much he affects the people around him. And Taehyung? He's always been there, quietly watching, quietly caring, slowly falling for him. What starts as ordinary walks, shared meals, and teasing moments becomes a delicate dance between friendship and something more if only Jeongguk could notice. A soft, slow-burn story of unspoken feelings, quiet longing, and the beautiful ache of almost-love.

Running from hell is never simple. Especially when someone powerful enough keeps pulling you back into the flames. Belligerent. Reckless. Wrapped in shades of black like armor against the world, Jeongguk barely resembles the man people think he is. Hidden away by a father desperate to keep him safe, he has lived a life that looks ordinary... despite being born into the dark, restless waters of New York's underworld. And then there is Taehyung. Cold. Cruel. Calculating. A man with destruction carved into his bones. Even the Made Men whisper his name with unease. Kim Taehyung the ruthless sovereign of the state's most vicious crime syndicate, a predator draped in elegance and danger. Jeongguk despises everything about him, his arrogance, his possessiveness, the rough edge of his authority. Yet he cannot ignore the way his breath falters when Taehyung's hand closes around him. The low, velvet rasp of Taehyung's voice. The dark, burning intensity of his gaze. Taehyung, however, has little patience for Jeongguk's defiance. He hates the boy's recklessness. His disobedience. The chaos he brings wherever he goes. To Taehyung, Jeongguk is nothing more than something wild that must be broken... and tamed. And when Taehyung slips a ring onto Jeongguk's finger, stealing away his future with a single merciless gesture... Jeongguk makes only one silent promise. If he is to be chained to the devil... Then he will become the devil's greatest torment.

"𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆." Prince Taehyung steps into university with a hopeful heart, convinced that this new chapter will finally give him the independence he has dreamed of. No royal duties, no guards, no constant surveillance. Just freedom. But unknown to him, his father has already ensured otherwise. His seemingly ordinary next-door neighbor, Jeon Jungkook, is no coincidence. He's a trained spy, planted in the prince's life with a single mission: protect him at all costs... even if it means living a lie, and getting closer than either of them ever intended.

This book is originally penned by strwberyiie ✨ AND I'M JUST TRANSLATING IT One day, Taehyung's quiet world was changed by a boy with tear-filled eyes and a fragile heart, someone who found safety in his arms and made him feel like home. What began as comfort slowly turned into a promise and what was meant to be temporary became a bond time could not erase. Even when distance and years stood between them, their hearts remained tethered, waiting for the day a forgotten promise would finally find its way back.

ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY @strwberyiie I'm just translating it to english!! ❝𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.❞ University student Jeon Jungkook had a crush on the world-famous artist Kim Taehyung. He admired him from afar, quietly, never thinking he'd actually get a chance to meet him. Then, a fan meeting for only seven lucky winners was announced. Jungkook never imagined he'd be involved but his mischievous best friend Jimin had other plans and secretly entered him. Suddenly, Jungkook was thrown into a mix of nerves, excitement, and the chance to finally meet his crush. Now, standing on the edge of the impossible, Jungkook couldn't believe it was really happening. What was supposed to be just a fan meeting might turn out to be much more than he ever expected.

Fleeing a past that still claws at his breath, Kim Seokjin steps into the quiet embrace of the countryside, an unfamiliar world where the air is calmer, the nights darker, and his new husband, Kim Namjoon, is a man carved from silence. With eyes heavy with grief and a heart locked behind unspoken walls, Namjoon is both a stranger and a ghost living under the same roof. What begins as a simple arrangement slowly shifts in the spaces between them, between the lingering glances, the hesitant touches, and the quiet moments where comfort slips in without permission. Something fragile forms, like warmth trying to bloom in winter. But beneath the stillness of their home lies a web of secrets, Namjoon's shadows, Seokjin's buried fears, and the truths neither of them dare to name. As old memories claw their way back and hidden wounds begin to bleed through the silence, Seokjin finds himself standing at the edge of everything he tried to escape. In a house filled with watching eyes, soft whispers in empty halls, and pain buried beneath wooden floors and cautious smiles, love might become his only anchor... or the deepest unraveling of his heart.

"𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝘆, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂." In a world where people stop aging at eighteen, remaining suspended in time until they meet the one destined for them, growing old becomes the rarest kind of miracle. Kim Taehyung is 212 years old. Two centuries of love, loss, heartbreak, and hope have shaped him, yet he still wanders through life untouched by time... and untouched by the soulmate he's been desperately searching for. He has tried everything. Every path, every possibility, every sign the universe could offer. Well... everything except a dating app.

❝𝗛𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝗰𝗲... 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺, 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲.❞ Two broken souls. One forbidden pull. A love that was never meant to exist yet refuses to die. Kim Taehyung is a beautifully constructed monster-an angelic face masking a heart of ice, sculpted by grief, vengeance, and a past that has never loosened its claws around him. Emotions are weaknesses. Attachment is dangerous. And love? Love is a battlefield he swore never to step onto. But everything begins to unravel when he's asked to protect the one person he should never want-his best friend's younger brother. Jeon Jungkook: gentle, lost, and searching for pieces of a past he can't remember. A boy with soft edges and stubborn hope, carrying scars no one can seeand a light Taehyung never expected to crave. What begins as duty becomes a quiet war between longing and restraint... a slow thaw beneath layers of cold resolve... a spark threatening to ignite everything Taehyung has spent years trying to bury. Because Jungkook sees him not the façade, not the ice, but the man underneath. And Taehyung? He would burn the world to protect him... even if loving him means becoming his ruin. In a world where secrets are weapons and the past is a haunting that never sleeps, their connection becomes both their salvationand the key to their destruction. Some loves are soft. Some are gentle. But theirs? Theirs was born from fire and shadows never meant to bloom, yet destined to change everything.

❝𝗛𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲, 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻.❞ In which an unexpected pregnancy turns Kim Taehyung into a single, devoted father shouldering the weight of raising his daughter alone. That is, until fate leads him to Jeon Jungkook, a cheerful, radiant soul who begins to gently bring color back into his quiet, dim world.

❝𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁.❞ Kim Taehyung has loved Jeon Jungkook since kindergarten. Back then, it was simple, a smile, a daisy, a fleeting kindness that a child would forget by the next day. But Taehyung never forgot. Years passed, and that innocent moment rooted itself deep within him, growing quietly, invisibly, until it became something far more consuming. Jungkook, on the other hand, doesn't remember. To him, Taehyung is just another name from school, a familiar face, perhaps, but nothing more. Yet Taehyung has never stopped watching. From the edges of crowded hallways, from behind fleeting glances and unspoken words, he's built an entire world out of longing, always just beyond reach. Fate, however, has its own timing. After the night of the state championship, when the world feels suspended between victory and vulnerability, the distance between them begins to crumble. Jungkook starts to notice the cracks in Taehyung's carefully built walls, the hidden emotions beneath his cold composure. And Taehyung, for the first time, finds himself standing at the edge of what he's feared most: being seen. Because love that's buried for too long doesn't stay gentle, it grows restless, dangerous, and desperate to be known. And when fate brings them together again, both boys will have to face one haunting question: Was it destiny that reunited them... or obsession that never let go?