What if it was you who approached the salesman instead to play ddakji, unaware of the games? You weren't in debt - money was never a problem to you, actually. Then, in the games, you see Hwang In-ho again, your childhood best friend. Only this time, he was different. ---- Disclaimer: Any of the Squid Game characters or any other part of the series belongs to Netflix and Hwang Dong-Hyuk. This fic contains profanity, violence, and sexual content. Read at your own risk.

Y/N has spent years chasing the truth about the Squid Game. She was so close to solving this case, until... She's captured and forced to participate in the annual games by the Front Man. Survival becomes her only focus. But something about Player 001 doesn't sit right with her. What she doesn't know is that behind the mask of the Front Man lies the same man who's been watching her every move. Player 001. Y/N is caught in a seperate game of trust, betrayal, and crazy hot tension with 001. In the Squid Game, crossing lines isn't just a risk, it's the only way to survive.

When the frontman decided to enter the game to make Gi-hun's life more difficult, a certain female player stayed on his mind all the time, and he had the desire to protect her at all costs. And so he did.