On the edge of two rooftops, in a city that never stops screaming, two boys are ready to give up. Hyunjin - a world-famous idol, chewed up and spat out by the public, is moments away from letting go. Felix - a broke, invisible immigrant from Australia, suffocating under the weight of abuse, is ready to disappear. But then... their eyes meet. And suddenly, everything halts. From a silent rooftop to the pulsing streets of Seoul, fate throws them together once more-one fleeing from the hate that haunts him, the other hiding from the family that broke him. When they lock eyes a second time, it's not a coincidence. It's the beginning. Of healing. Of survival. Of a love that sees everything-because eyes don't lie.

They were each other's first love. And their first heartbreak. Felix and Hyunjin haven't spoken since high school-since one goodbye tore them apart. Now they're debuting in the same idol group. To the world, they're rivals. Strangers. Behind closed doors, they're something messier. Bitten-back words. Lingering stares. A history neither of them knows how to bury. But feelings don't fade just because time passes. And love doesn't always listen to reason. Because what do you do when the boy you thought you lost forever... is standing right in front of you again? This is their second first love. And maybe-just maybe-it's the one that lasts.

Previously: Just Sex Just sex. No hard feelings. No strings. At least that's what they say every time. A rule to never be broken... Unless it is?

They meet in high school, brought together by friends, late nights, and all the words they're too shy to say out loud. This is how Felix and Hyunjin learn to stay - flying towards each other, one heartbeat at a time.

They took the biggest risk - and the world watched them fall into each other's arms. But after the final bow, after the last encore, Felix and Hyunjin find out loving each other in secret was easy compared to loving each other out loud. In the bright glare of the spotlight, rumors swirl faster than any song. Every touch is a headline. Every word is dissected. And behind closed doors, they're still just two boys trying to hold each other together - and hold themselves together too.

Hyunjin was promised a private dorm. After all, he's used to getting what he wants - rich, popular, effortlessly talented, and just a little too obsessed with silence. That is, until a last-minute housing mix-up drops a transfer student from Sydney right onto his neatly folded side of the room. Felix is everything Hyunjin isn't prepared for: sunshine in human form, playlists always playing, and a tendency to bake at 2AM when homesickness hits. He hums when he thinks, smiles when he sleeps, and slowly chips away at every cold wall Hyunjin's built around himself. They're not enemies, not really. More like... allergic to each other's habits. At least at first. But somewhere between passive-aggressive post-it notes, shared midnight snacks, and spring afternoons spent not avoiding each other, something soft begins to bloom. Surely it can't be... love?

They never meant to fall in love. Hyunjin and Felix were supposed to be just best friends-the kind who could stay up all night laughing, or sit in silence without a single word and still understand everything. Through every change, every distance, every late-night call... they were each other's safe place. But somewhere along the way, something shifted. It wasn't sudden. It wasn't loud. It was quiet, slow, and a little terrifying. Like sparks you don't notice at first-until you realize they've been burning all along. This is a story about friendship, about the spaces in between, and about the moment you realize the person you've always needed has been right there beside you. Always.

sequel to 'you're the reason i stay up late' After crossing an ocean to be together, Felix and Hyunjin finally begin their life side by side in Australia. But building a home isn't as easy as finding one - visas, jobs, family expectations, and the quiet ache of starting over threaten to shake what they've fought for. Between morning sunlight through shared curtains, grocery store laughter, late-night art sessions, and whispered dreams under southern skies, they learn that love isn't about distance - it's about staying.

Two years after the world fell silent, survival has become routine. In the ruins of a forgotten city, Hyunjin keeps count of the days. Felix keeps the others alive with laughter. Together, they've built something close to peace - a fragile base of warmth in a cold, dying world. But when a routine supply run goes wrong, the cracks begin to show. Whispers of a cure resurface. Hope takes root in a place it shouldn't. And in the space between fear and devotion, love becomes the most dangerous thing left alive.

The sky is burning... The world is caught in a perpetual twilight. Creatures of the night roaming free. Like him, one of the werewolves... like myself and my kind, the vampires... And then there are them, the humans, those born under a blood-red moon with enhanced abilities: the Hunters. He is one of them. He is the one. Violence, language, smut, mentions of blood, self harm, death. This is a work of fiction. As always it has nothing to do with actual people, their lives or their preferences. Stray Kids members serve only as visual references. Keep that in mind. Reader Discretion Is Advised!