( 𝐈. ) 𝐋𝐇𝐒. 𝐱 𝐅𝐌𝐂! 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑. 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘪'𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 What happens when a popular gamer faces the reality of his neighbor? But more so, what happens when the first year resident, hates her neighbor for living freely? An 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞. They're both confused why they're so attracted to each other. But can the gamer play the game?

"My breath... it stopped. I thought... I thought it wouldn't come back." "𝗢𝗵, 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗱?" he asked, his voice a low rumble. "𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸." ​--- ​They were supposed to just be friends. ​For months, Ara kept her distance, convinced that her stubborn pride and sharp tongue could keep heeseung firmly in the friend zone. ​But Lee Heeseung doesn't do platonic. ​To the rest of the world, he is detached and entirely untouchable. But behind closed doors, she is the only exception. The only girl who shatters his ironclad control and fuels an intense, consuming desire he can no longer lock away. ​He plays the part of the friend, but he's just waiting for her defenses to drown. ​Because once the boundaries of their friendship blur, there is no turning back.​The lines are crossing. The doors are locking. And once this demon finally claims her, he is never, ever letting her go. ​─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ─── ​#1 heeseung #1 friendstolovers [Slow-burn] Started: 16-04-2026 Ended:???