It all starts with the end. Han Jisung (a clumsy chemistry student with a painful past) crosses paths with Lee Minho, better known as Venom (the new leader of the notorious Vipers) when two kilograms of Venom's cocaine are mistakenly delivered to Jisung's doorstep, then lost by Jisung himself, under circumstances the idiot cannot remember. Minho accuses him of theft, giving Jisung a fourteen day deadline to either find and give back the cocaine, pay an impossible debt, or take the mysterious third option which, Jisung assumes, has to mean death. In his desperate quest for a way out, Jisung stumbles through a waking nightmare: unexpected connections between Minho and people he thought he could trust, mysterious news articles, abandoned mansions, crime scenes, black-tie parties, chaebol gossip, mafia families, escaping gunfire on the back of Minho's motorcycle. But every single path only leads him back to the night he lost the drugs, and to unanswerable questions: What the hell happened to the two bricks of cocaine? Why can't he remember losing them? What is Minho hiding? And what does the bastard truly want from Jisung? MAFIA AU 16+ (tws in the introduction) COVER MADE BY THE TALENTED ICHINISAMFOLIO ON DISCORD

Overly excited. That's what Han Jisung was when he laid his hands on a brand-new, groundbreaking virtual reality game. To say it was a total reset of the entire gaming experience was perfectly accurate, and he soon found himself immersed in the beautiful world of Parallel with all of its charms and adventures. Jisung never expected love to be one of those adventures, but there wasn't much he could do when a charming and playful boy swept him off his feet. It felt all too perfect, like a personal fairy tale in the alluring online world of swords and magic. But fairy tales were full of lies. With the thin line between their virtual reality and the actual reality giving in, Jisung got reminded of something he shouldn't have forgotten in the first place. In the online world, not everything was what it seemed, and he learned that digital hearts could be broken too. Started: 28th of July, 2019 Finished: 14th of March, 2021 #9 in #minsung on march 22, 2020 #8 in #online on august 25, 2020

Jisung decided that the summer before he starts college needs to be memorable. He asks his vacation home neighbor for help. "Maybe Jisung's undeniably bright energy was what kept Minho steady all summer. It was almost as if he shone brightly enough for both of them, enough to carve light into the dark. Except Minho knew he couldn't live on borrowed light forever. Besides, he had already burned out long ago." Top: Minho Bottom: Jisung TW: drug usage smut alcohol