It all started with a bet, a challenge thrown by a friend daring New to get close to the one person everyone assumed was untouchable. Loud, reckless, and used to controlling the chaos around him, New thought it would be simple, a game he could win without effort. But Tay was nothing like anyone expected. Quiet, composed, untouchable in a way that felt deliberate. He never revealed his moves, yet somehow he always seemed a step ahead, watching without reacting, calculating without showing his hand. What began as a bet turned into a collision neither of them fully understood. Rules were broken, routines unraveled, and control slipped from both sides in ways neither of them could predict. What started as a challenge soon became a question neither of them could ignore: when chaos meets control, who is really playing whom?

Three generations of friendship built a perfect legacy. Tay and New ruined it. They've been rivals since preschool-locked in a cold war that followed them through elementary school, high school, and straight into university. To their families, they're polite, distant sons. To each other, they're enemies who know every weakness, every trigger, every move. Tay is the campus popular boy-chaotic, charming, impossible to ignore. New is the untouchable varsity star-cold, precise, impossible to challenge. They share a curse: the same taste. Every person New has ever liked, Tay has wanted too. Now it's happening again-with Inn, a quiet Business major who becomes the newest prize in their lifelong war. "It started on a playground. It followed us to university. We never learned how to share-especially not love."

New never expected to live inside a story. One moment, he's cleaning his sister's room and skimming through the synopsis of some random novel she left behind; the next, he's trapped within its pages-thrust into a world of danger, power, and romance he barely understands. By some twist of fate, he ends up by the story's hero's side-not as part of the plot, but because the hero trusts him, calls him his right hand. And in a world where every choice shifts the story's course, New quickly learns that going with the flow is easier said than done. Then comes the encounter that changes everything: the story's supposed villain-a man cloaked in mystery and shadow-crosses his path. What begins as chance turns into something far more dangerous, and New realizes that even in a world written in ink, fate still knows how to rewrite itself.

A pilot who's never home. A surgeon who never sleeps. Two neighbors who only pass each other in the halls. New lives in the sky, surviving on caffeine and borrowed sleep. Tay lives at the hospital-cold, distant, and permanently exhausted. They share an elevator, a hallway, and schedules that never line up... but not a single word. Until one night ruins everything. Their partners are cheating- with each other. Sometimes love isn't on time. Sometimes it only shows up at odd hours.

New Thitipoom wakes up in an alternate universe. Everything is the same. He's still an actor in Thailand except-the pairings are fucked up and he is not best friends with Tay Tawan Vihokratana. Singto seems like a pretty sweet partner but New wants his best friend back. And perhaps, in this universe, he can make Tay his boyfriend. DISCLAIMER ⚠️: THIS IS PURELY FICTIONAL. TAY AND NEW DO NOT BELONG TO ME. BUT THE STORY DOES!!!!

Tay has a crush on Gun but whenever he attempts to make a move, Gun's bestfriend (New Thitipoom) is always present to thwart his plans. Or The story of how Tay slowly falls in love with his nemesis (New). DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN TAY AND NEW. THIS IS ALL FICTIONAL BUT YOU'RE FREE TO INTERPRET IT AS YOU PLEASE LIKE ANY FORM OF LITERATURE. A/N: THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE DIALOGUE THAN NARRATION. THANKS FOR READING. DROP A STAR, YOU CAN STAR EVERY CHAPTER.

New Thitipoom Techaapaikhun is a foul-mouthed chubby kid who gets bullied a lot. When one day his neighbor and school delinquent Tay Tawan Vihokratana comes to his rescue, he employs the help of the other boy to help him get in shape. But nothing is ever that simple. They have a shared history most of which New does not remember. This is a story about a renewed friendship that grows into something more. ⚠️: This story contains mature language(New swears a lot) And note that this is an alternate universe. I was intentionally vague about the country they are in because I've never been to Thailand and I wouldn't do justice to the descriptions should I set the story in Thailand. I also intentionally left their parents' names out.

THIS IS A SEQUEL. PART ONE IS DEVIL NEXT DOOR. PLEASE DO NOT READ THIS PART FIRST!!!!! IT IS A SEQUEL (Sorry I feel like I didn't state this clearly the first time. People read this part before devil next door) Tay Tawan Vihokratana believes New enrolling in his school is a sign from the universe to set things right He let the boy slip through his fingers once. He'd be damned if he lets it happen again. There's only one problem; New hates his guts. Side couple: OFFGUN DISCLAIMER: THIS IS PURELY FICTIONAL. I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THAILAND SO IV'E KEPT THE NAMES OF THE LOCATIONS AND SCHOOLS VAGUE. I TOOK CREATIVE LIBERTIES WITH A LOT OF THINGS.

"I'll help you. I'll get you a boyfriend." Tay and New are roommates. Tay and New have an arrangement. It is strictly no strings attached. They like it that way. Or do they? When New, out of the blue, decides he's ready for a boyfriend, Tay makes it a personal mission to help him. Disclaimer‼️‼️: I do not own TayNew. This is purely a work of fiction. Background: I was stressed as fuck writing my thesis so I said to myself "Self, I wish there was something to take this pressure off". Naturally, my brain fell deep into the gutter. I started to imagine TayNew studying together and being stressed and... this story was born. A/N: I'm not trying to stress myself further so this is going to be mostly dialogue and some narration sprinkled in between. I hope you like it 💕💙💕💙💕💙

ON THE NIGHT BEFORE HIS ENGAGEMENT TO NEW THITIPOOM TECHAAPAIKUN, TAY TAWAN MEETS A MAN CALLED KAO WHO SHOWS HIM THE BEST NIGHT OF HIS LIFE Or NEW THITIPOOM TECHAAPAIKHUN CANNOT BELIEVE THE MAN HE IS TO BE ENGAGED DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE SO HE INTRODUCES HIMSELF AS KAO PHUNAWAT. Highest rankings: #1 in Thai #3 in TayNew