*completed* Soulmates. It might just be the best thing in the world. the feeling that someone, your other half, the love of your life, is out there, waiting for you. Knowing that you're not alone. You'll never know when you meet them but once you two meet, you'll know it's them. Maybe through a touch of a hand or your eyes meeting. Isn't it just wonderful to fantasize about it? Wondering what they would look like. I can dream about it all day. Would he be waiting for me just like I'm waiting for him?

Y/N has always known how to disappear. Not in the dramatic sense-she shows up to class, hands in assignments on time, smiles when someone makes eye contact. But underneath the surface, she's mastered the art of blending in. Of becoming the kind of person no one asks too many questions about. The kind of person who's always "fine." Behind the quiet exterior, though, is a girl carrying too much. Pressures from home she never talks about. Expectations that weigh her down like wet concrete. A constant, exhausting effort to be good enough-for her professors, her peers, her family. Especially her family. Her world is small, predictable, and carefully managed. Until she meets him. Bang Chan walks into her life like a warm breeze in the middle of winter. He sees her in a way no one else does, and that alone is terrifying. Because Y/N isn't used to being seen. And she definitely isn't used to being understood. This is a story about quiet pain and louder healing. About the people who sneak into your life when you need them the most. And about the courage it takes to stop hiding-even from yourself.

𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐄 | bang chan ♡︎ i hate the way he looks at me. i hate that stupid smirk he always wears. i hate him. and god, i think i want him anyway. ♡︎ warnings: - strong language - sexual content - mild violence best rankings: #1 hwanghyunjin 12.09.25 #1 jisung 23.11.25 #1 chan 28.12.25