shin nayoung has always had something against hockey players. but when one of them crashes into her on the ice, she can't help but be intrigued by him. not only because of his strikingly good looks, but because that last name and number on the back of his jersey was so familiar, and she couldn't quite put her finger on it... "anyway, you gonna let me explain myself, or am i just gonna listen to you make your own opinion?" "i'm sorry. i didn't mean to-" "don't go soft on me, ice princess." he chuckles. "i like your feisty side." ~~~~~ BOOK EIGHT OF THE STRAY KIDS COLLECTION! DISCLAIMERS: - intended lowercase - purely fiction - jeongin in this story does not represent jeongin in real life - same goes for any other members of SKZ included in this story - all rights reserved; please do not copy my story, or translate without permission WARNINGS: - mature language and situations - suggestive language - sex scenes/sexual scenarios - soft enemies to lovers - kinda fake dating - slight mentions of violence - mentions of cheating, but not really ~~~~~ RANKINGS: #1 IN STRAYKIDSIN 2/24/25

I was stolen at the ripe age of 7 years old by an Xhanian man. I've hated the X race since that very day. I however am luckier than most humans despite that disturbing fact. The Xhanians made my race sit at the bottom of the food chain. They despise my race because we are lesser, more weak. I've been a slave for almost as long as I can remember. But somehow out of sheer luck, I'm making my journey with a regular life at 19 years old. I start school and I know how they're going to treat me. I guess I have to choose who I hate and love...

{❄️⛄️🌨️} ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ 𝘐𝘕 𝘞𝘏𝘐𝘊𝘏 𝘠𝘖𝘜'𝘙𝘌 𝘖𝘕𝘓𝘠 𝘍𝘙𝘐𝘌𝘕𝘋𝘚 𝘞𝘐𝘛𝘏 𝘏𝘞𝘈𝘕𝘎 𝘏𝘠𝘜𝘕𝘑𝘐𝘕． 𝗢𝗥 𝘐𝘕 𝘞𝘏𝘐𝘊𝘏 𝘏𝘠𝘜𝘕𝘑𝘐𝘕 𝘞𝘈𝘚 𝘖𝘉𝘚𝘌𝘚𝘚𝘌𝘋 𝘞𝘐𝘛𝘏 𝘠𝘖𝘜，𝘉𝘜𝘛 𝘐𝘛 𝘔𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 𝘉𝘌 𝘛𝘖𝘖 𝘓𝘈𝘛𝘌． 𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝘆𝘂𝗻𝗷𝗶𝗻 𝘅 𝗳! 𝗼𝗰 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟯/𝟰 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 {𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘆𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘂 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰}

The Rising Empress --- "I guarantee you nothing will happen to you. I give you my word." "How much does your word weigh, though?" Aristia scoffs. "You vowed during our wedding to love, cherish, and protect me no matter what. So far, none of your vows were respected. You said it yourself. You were never a husband to me." "Neither were yours. In sickness and in health, I will stand by your side. With all that I am and all that I have, I pledge my loyalty and my love to you." Chris scoffs as well. "You didn't give me any chance to get close to you. You've put up your barriers and thought of me as your enemy since day one." She comes closer to him. "I had no idea we shared an enemy instead, Aristia. Truly. I thought you were a spy." "You didn't even ask me anything. You dead bolted me." "How could I have trusted you? You are the daughter of my enemy." Chris frowns. "I don't know. How can I trust you now, then? You are a man who hates me for simply being born as a princess of the enemy kingdom." "... I assume you can't." --- The Kingdom of the South and the Empire of the Sun forge an alliance at the expense of Princess Aristia - the daughter of a King who didn't want her, sent over like a sacrificial lamb to his enemy, a man who doesn't want her either, who won't even cast a look at her. She decides she won't look at him either. Two can play this game. --- Non-idol AU This story takes place in an alternate universe where Bang Chan is Emperor --- Mature content ahead. 18+ ©storminsidemycore

choi soomin finds herself constantly drooling over the hot boy that works at her university's library. endlessly ranting to her twin brother about just how much she would love for lee minho to- "you need friends." soobin's face contorts into disgust. "you are my friend!" "i'm your brother. find someone else to tell your sexual fantasies to. better yet, go talk to him." ~~~~~ DISCLAIMERS: - intended lowercase - purely fiction - minho in this story does not represent minho in real life - same goes for any other members of SKZ included in this story (and any members of TXT ;)) - all rights reserved; please do not copy my story, or translate without permission WARNINGS: - mature language and situations - suggestive language - untagged kinks - sex scenes/sexual scenarios - detailed desires and fantasies - little bit of a slow burn ~~~~~ RANKINGS: #1 IN SKZ 2/4/24 #2 IN HAN 2/23/24 #3 IN HAN 2/25/24 #3 IN YANGJEONGIN 4/23/24 #1 IN YANGJEONGIN 4/28/24 #1 IN BANGCHAN 5/19/24 #2 IN CHANGBIN 5/24/24 #2 IN LEEKNOW 7/5/24 #3 IN LEEKNOW 7/10/24 #3 IN CHANGBIN 7/17/24 #1 IN HAN 7/23/24

She's a wild, free spirit who sees the good in everyone, and he's the hardened, bad-tempered loner who wants nothing to do with her-yet no matter how hard he tries to push her away, she's the one temptation he can't escape. *** He's never met someone with such a bubbly personality. Not to mention the wildness and odd phrases she says every five minutes. He hates it. He hates how he can't stay away from it. He hates what she does to him; it's not like him to chase after some girl. She gets under his skin like no other. She's never met someone with such a bad attitude. He's ill-mannered and menacing. The glare never seems to leave his face. Considering it all, she can't help but feel the attraction toward him. Dangerous attraction toward a seemingly dangerous man. Maybe it's the tattoos on his arm that gets her attention. Or maybe it's because she can tell there's hope for good under his rough exterior. And she's about to find it, whether he likes it or not. It's no secret that the two of them are complete and total opposites. *** "You like being called Sugar, don't you?" I tease, placing my toothbrush back after finishing. He does the same and gives me a side-eyed scowl. He grips my chin harshly and kisses me. My body temperature raises a good ten degrees and my right leg goes all wiggly. He pulls away. "You like it when I kiss you, don't you?" He teases the same way I did to him and I'm left blubbering. "I think both of our questions are rhetorical," I lower my voice up at him. His lip curls up into a smirk. *** #1 in Young Adult #9 in Badboy #1 in Cold #3 in Goodgirl #1 in Sweetheart #14 in Love *** *Warning* This story contains mature themes (language, scenes)

Yejin wants one thing-- to be free of Lee Minho. Minho wants one thing-- to make Yejin his, just to prove he can. A bet gives them five dares each before graduation. If she loses, she dates him. If he loses, he's gone. But as the dares push them beyond their limits, hate turns into something dangerously close to love. In this game, the real challenge isn't winning-- it's resisting the fall.

{🌷🌱💚} ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ 𝘐𝘕 𝘞𝘏𝘐𝘊𝘏 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘏𝘈𝘛𝘌 𝘓𝘌𝘌 𝘔𝘐𝘕𝘏𝘖． 𝘖𝘙 𝘚𝘖 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘕𝘒． 𝗢𝗥 𝘐𝘕 𝘞𝘏𝘐𝘊𝘏 𝘔𝘐𝘕𝘏𝘖 𝘛𝘙𝘐𝘌𝘚 𝘛𝘖 𝘌𝘈𝘙𝘕 𝘠𝘖𝘜𝘙 𝘍𝘖𝘙𝘎𝘐𝘝𝘌𝘕𝘌𝘚𝘚 𝘈𝘍𝘛𝘌𝘙 𝘏𝘜𝘙𝘛𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘊𝘖𝘜𝘕𝘛𝘓𝘌𝘚𝘚 𝘛𝘐𝘔𝘌𝘚． 𝗹𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗼 𝘅 𝗳! 𝗼𝗰 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟰/𝟰 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 {𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘆𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘂 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱}

{🦄👸🏻🍇} ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ 𝘐𝘕 𝘞𝘏𝘐𝘊𝘏 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘊𝘈𝘗𝘛𝘜𝘙𝘌 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘏𝘌𝘈𝘙𝘛 𝘖𝘍 𝘌𝘝𝘌𝘙𝘠 𝘔𝘈𝘕 𝘐𝘕 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘒𝘐𝘕𝘎𝘋𝘖𝘔， 𝘌𝘟𝘊𝘌𝘗𝘛 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘓𝘓𝘠 𝘊𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘈𝘉𝘖𝘜𝘛． 𝙊𝙍 𝘐𝘕 𝘞𝘏𝘐𝘊𝘏 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘏𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘉𝘌𝘌𝘕 𝘐𝘕 𝘓𝘖𝘝𝘌 𝘞𝘐𝘛𝘏 𝘓𝘌𝘌 𝘔𝘐𝘕𝘏𝘖 𝘚𝘐𝘕𝘊𝘌 𝘊𝘏𝘐𝘓𝘋𝘏𝘖𝘖𝘋，𝘉𝘜𝘛 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘍𝘌𝘌𝘓𝘐𝘕𝘎𝘚 𝘈𝘙𝘌𝘕'𝘛 𝘔𝘜𝘛𝘜𝘈𝘓． 𝗹𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗼 𝘅 𝗳𝗲𝗺! 𝗼𝗰 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 {𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘆𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘂 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰}

{🍁🎃🥧} ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ 𝘐𝘕 𝘞𝘏𝘐𝘊𝘏 𝘠𝘖𝘜'𝘙𝘌 𝘚𝘊𝘈𝘙𝘌𝘋 𝘖𝘍 𝘍𝘈𝘓𝘓𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘐𝘕 𝘓𝘖𝘝𝘌 𝘞𝘐𝘛𝘏 𝘚𝘌𝘖 𝘊𝘏𝘈𝘕𝘎𝘉𝘐𝘕． 𝙊𝙍 𝘐𝘕 𝘞𝘏𝘐𝘊𝘏 𝘊𝘏𝘈𝘕𝘎𝘉𝘐𝘕 𝘐𝘚 𝘐𝘕𝘍𝘈𝘛𝘜𝘈𝘛𝘌𝘋 𝘞𝘐𝘛𝘏 𝘠𝘖𝘜，𝘉𝘜𝘛 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘒𝘌𝘌𝘗 𝘙𝘜𝘕𝘕𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘈𝘞𝘈𝘠． 𝘀𝗲𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗯𝗶𝗻 𝘅 𝗳𝗲𝗺! 𝗼𝗰 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟮/𝟰 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 {𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘆𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘂 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰}