The mirror reflected her flushed skin and slightly swollen lips-thankfully, no hickeys. "Phew! No hickeys, thank God," she sighed in relief. But the deep chuckle behind her sent a chill down her spine. "The wild one last night wasn't me, babygirl." Frozen in place, she turned sharply-only to be met with Heeseung, fresh out of the shower, a towel hanging dangerously low on his hips. Droplets of water clung to his toned abs, his damp hair falling over his forehead as he smirked at her reaction.

𝒑𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗎𝗉 𝗈𝗇 𝗆𝖾, 𝗂 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗒𝗈𝗎 ━━━ 𝖺 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗂𝗇 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝖺𝗇 𝖾𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗉𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝖺 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗀𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗌𝗎𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝖼𝖺𝖿𝖾, 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝖺 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗆. 𝑺TARTED. 25/09/21 𝑪OMPLETED. 12/10/21 𝐒𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐃 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄.  -saebyeok 2021.

"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:05/06/2026