Two cousins. Two brothers. Four apartments. Zero boundaries. And one unspoken game: Pretend you don't know you're being watched. Joong and Pond live on the 9th floor of an apartment building, sharing noodles, drama, and a deep mutual fear of initiating conversation with hot strangers. That is-until they both fall hopelessly in lust/love with two breathtaking strangers in the park. They never spoke. Never approached. Just stared. Ached. Yearned. And then-the stalking began. But here's the twist... Joong and Pond know. They know about the shadows in the hallway. The soft clicks of a camera from across the street. The anonymous notes. The emails "from the gas company" that say "You looked good in red today." Only-they like it. And they'll never, ever let Dunk and Phuwin know. Joong (smiling sweetly as he opens his blinds): "I wonder if he's watching again." Pond (deadpan, sipping iced coffee): "He has a folder named 'Joong Smiling JPEGs.' Of course he's watching." Phuwin (in his room, eyes glued to his laptop): "Why does he always drop things when he walks past the window? It's unnatural." Dunk (without looking up): "It's bait. Don't take it." Pause. Phuwin: "I want to be caught." From apartment windows to late-night grocery runs, a delicious psychological cat-and-mouse game unfolds-where both sides think they have the upper hand. And where attraction simmers beneath every forced coincidence, every accidental touch, every withheld confession. Because sometimes, the only thing hotter than being watched... ...is knowing you're being watched-and giving them a damn good show.

Dunk Natachai, a student at Chulalongkorn University is in his senior year... when he makes a shocking discovery... he has a secret admirer?! Frustrated at the fact that his "secret admirer" does not have the guts to face him, Dunk starts a "little" well-planned treasure hunt... but what starts out as a "well-planned" trap soon turns into a chaotic failed snare Now... Dunk is in a relationship with a college nerd, who was non-existent to him till he became his boyfriend!?

At Evergreen Ivy University, Professor Joong Archen is known for one thing above all else-perfection Cold, brilliant, and painfully professional, the young professor has spent years building walls no one dares to cross. Emotions are distractions. Attachments are weaknesses. And chaos has no place in his carefully ordered world Then Dunk Natachai arrives Sharp-tongued, stubborn, and endlessly troublesome, Dunk has a talent for turning everything upside down. While everyone fears Professor Archen's icy gaze, Dunk finds amusement in it Annoying him becomes a game Watching the perfect professor lose his patience becomes his favorite pastime They are complete opposites One thrives in silence The other lives for chaos And somehow, fate keeps pulling them together Dunk offers a deal: his body in exchange for the grade he needs. It is a cynical, transactional proposition meant to test the limits of Joong's moral foundation Joong, who has spent his entire professional life suppressing his base instincts, does not reject the offer Instead, he accepts, rationalizing it as a way to "handle" the problem student As months pass, Dunk realizes he no longer wants to win He wants to stay But Joong recognizes the truth before either of them can admit it-and does the only thing he believes is right He walks away Not because he doesn't care But because he cares too much Heartbroken and angry, Dunk is left with a choice that could destroy the man who shattered his heart Yet despite the pain. Despite the betrayal. Despite every reason he has to hate him. He can't. Because some people enter your life like a storm. They ruin your peace, steal your heart, and leave you wondering whether surviving them was ever the point Maybe some loves aren't meant to save you. Maybe they're meant to ruin you beautifully. OUR BEAUTIFUL MADNESS A Professor × Student Romance Sometimes the most dangerous thing isn't falling in love It's realizing you'd burn the world before letting go

This isn't a retelling of ‚The Heart killers'. It's a bit more complicated... A bit more emotional... A bit more different... Four Stories told in one... The Heart Killers... Me and Thee... My School President... Star in my Mind... And every one of them has their own twist... #1 kantbison

Long before the rich scent of vanilla bean and spun sugar filled La Crème de la Crème, the universe played a quiet, ruthless game of balance. There were three players, though none sat at the same table. I. The Prisoner of Memory: Inside the painted Chateau de la Lune, the clock had been dead for a hundred years. Joong, a Vampire King five centuries old, stood before the grand, symmetrical windows. He had broken the fabric of time to keep a single night alive, only to be trapped inside his own creation. Outside his painted cage, his kingdom-the Stilled Val-Noctis-was burning. His ruthless step-brother, Dew, sat as a false regent on a stolen throne, while Joong's last loyal vanguards, Gemini and Fourth, fought a desperate, century-long shadow war to keep the true King's legacy alive. While he was doomed to eternally relive the exquisite elegance of a world without the man who painted it. II. The Architect of Balance: Far away, in the starless cracks of the cosmos, the Ancient One kept watch. He was the enforcer of nature's laws, the one who locked the cage. He did not sleep, nor did he care for the petty, bloody wars of vampires. He knew that even immortals have a fatal flaw, and he waited for the inevitable moment the frozen King would find a new reason to hope-so he could finally strike. III. The Key: Decades later, the warm aroma of caramelized sugar filled the brightly lit kitchen of La Crème de la Crème. Dunk wiped a streak of flour from his forehead, listening to the quiet, comforting hum of his ovens. He was just a brilliant pastry chef, fiercely protected by his closest friends, Phuwin and Pond-a defector vampire and his human anchor who hid in the daylight. Dunk remained completely unaware of their cold skin, just as he was unaware that the blood in his own veins was the ink of an ancient spell. What happens when a universe built on absolute balance collides with a mortal who doesn't know those rules exist? The clock starts ticking.

He was the boy who loved too quietly. He was the man who realized too late. Joong Archen once gave Dunk Natachai everything he had - his loyalty, his silence, his trust, and the kind of love that could survive almost anything. Almost. But some choices cannot be undone. Some words cannot be taken back. And some heartbreaks do not end just because two people walk away from each other. Now Joong is no longer the same man Dunk once knew. He is colder. Sharper. Harder to reach. And Dunk, who once played with love like it was something he could control, is forced to face the one thing money, power, and pride cannot buy back: the heart he broke. But when pain turns into silence, guilt turns into obsession, and love refuses to die quietly... Joong and Dunk are pulled back into a game neither of them knows how to win anymore. This time, it is not about who falls first. It is about who survives the consequences.

Joong rules the Bangkok underground. Undefeated on the asphalt, lethal in the fighting cages, and universally feared on his university campus, he is untouchable. He has never lost a fight, and he has certainly never lost a race-until a nameless, masked driver in a borrowed Supra tears his perfect streak to shreds and vanishes into the neon-lit night, leaving behind nothing but the faint scent of expensive fabric softener and a bruised ego. Dunk Boonprasert is the picture of aristocratic perfection. As the tightly controlled son of a powerful governor, his daytime life is a suffocating series of rules, expectations, and icy indifference. But underneath the tailored clothes and deadpan exterior lies "Nova"-a legendary, adrenaline-fueled street racer from the northern mountains who uses the asphalt as his only escape. Now, Joong is utterly obsessed. Driven by wounded pride and a dark, consuming fascination, he is determined to tear the city apart to find the phantom who humiliated him on his own track. What the undisputed king of the streets doesn't realize is that the ghost he is hunting isn't hiding in the shadows. He is sitting right next to him in his daytime engineering lectures, hiding behind a flawless, untouchable mask of wealth. A dangerous, high-stakes game of cat and mouse begins-and the only thing moving faster than the cars is their inevitable collision.

Joong Archen works at the Natachai company as nothing more than a regular employee. Quiet. Poor. Easy to overlook. Dunk Natachai is the chairman's son - rich, beautiful, reckless, and the kind of person who treats love like a game he already won before it even started. And Joong falls for him anyway. Not because Dunk is kind. Not because Dunk deserves it. But because Dunk knows exactly how to make himself feel impossible to leave. A soft voice after midnight. A jealous look that lasts one second too long. A kiss that feels real until morning comes and Dunk pretends it meant nothing. That is how he keeps Joong. Never enough to call it love. Always enough to keep him waiting. While Dunk disappears into other nights, other people, other bodies, Joong stays behind rebuilding the pieces of himself Dunk keeps breaking apart. Because the cruelest thing about Dunk is not that he hurts Joong. It is that he knows exactly how much Joong loves him - and uses it anyway. But love built on crumbs cannot survive forever. And one day, after too many lies and too many chances, Joong reaches the point where he still loves Dunk... ...but cannot survive him anymore. And for the first time in his life, Dunk Natachai learns that sometimes the person who forgives the most is also the one who leaves for real. _______ Story wish inspired by: @odronatachai ♡ Thank you for trusting me with your idea and letting me turn it into something of my own. While the original inspiration came from the request above, the entire storyline, plot, character development, emotional arcs, scenes, dialogues, and overall structure of this AU were fully created and written by me.

In a world where omegas are rare and often "matched" through dowries, Joong, a lonely alpha with modest means, never imagined he'd find someone like Dunk. When a matchmaker presents him with an older, clever, and self-assured omega, Joong thinks he's merely rescuing Dunk from a less-than-ideal fate-but the omega proves to be far more than he expected. As Dunk settles into Joong's home, he quickly establishes himself as both indispensable and irresistible. Their days fill with flirtation, laughter, domestic chaos, and tender vulnerability, as they navigate pride, grief, and the boundaries of trust.

Dunk wakes up with no memories, no past... and absolutely no sense of personal space. One minute he's lost and alone... the next, he's living with 5 very complicated alphas who have way too many issues and not nearly enough boundaries. There's Joong, the calm (but secretly unraveling) doctor. Santa, who clings like a human blanket. Perth, who pretends he doesn't feel things (he does). Pond, who's too busy failing at flirting with a certain barista. ... and Pepper... who should have stayed gone. Dunk just wants food, warmth, and maybe a little affection. Unfortunately, he's about to become the center of everyone's problems. And the more he smiles, the worse it gets.