Prologue Before the world called them iconic- they were just two exhausted people standing under artificial rain. One was a global superstar trying to prove he could tell a story beyond music. The other was an actress famous for becoming everyone except herself. They met because of a song. A chaotic music video. Explosions. Arguments. Flooded subway cars. Love loud enough to survive disaster. At first, it was only acting. Stolen glances written into a script. Hands touching because the director said so. Chemistry manufactured beneath cameras and studio lights. But somewhere between dance rehearsals and sleepless conversations- between teasing smiles and emotional scenes- something real began growing quietly underneath the performance. Slow. Dangerous. Impossible to ignore. The strange thing about love is that it rarely arrives grandly. Sometimes it starts with: a shared umbrella a badly timed joke a voice message at 3AM someone remembering how you take your coffee Sometimes it starts with one person looking at another and realizing: there you are. This is not the story of perfect people. This is the story of two artists learning how to be ordinary with each other. Of choosing someone again and again despite distance, pressure, exhaustion, and fear. Of finding home inside another person unexpectedly. And it all began with seven days. Seven nights. And a girl with two faces.

Lea spent most of her life loving K-pop from a safe distance. She admired the idols. Respected the sacrifices. Memorized every survival story from Sandara Park to the legends who survived Korea's brutal industry. But she never wanted that life for herself. Even after being scouted by multiple Korean companies, Lea always gave the same answer: "I'd rather stay myself." So she stayed in the Philippines. Built her own career. Made her own name. And somehow, that was exactly what caught J-Hope's attention. One performance clip. One late-night rehearsal video. One moment that made him pause and say: "Find her." Disclaimer: This story is a fictional work created for entertainment purposes only. While it uses the names or likenesses of real public figures, all events, relationships, and portrayals are purely fictional and do not reflect real life. Please read with an open mind and enjoy it as a creative fantasy.

Shoutout to @Lyn_67 for being encouraging, appreciating my story, and offering an idea for this narrative. I hope this one meets your expectations. ------------------------------------------------------- Prologue Before Paris Every love story looks inevitable in retrospect. People like to imagine that meaningful moments announce themselves-that fate arrives with certainty, that beginnings feel extraordinary while they are happening. But most real beginnings are quiet. They happen on ordinary days, inside ordinary decisions, while people are too busy living to realize their lives are changing. Before Paris, there were two people who had built lives many would envy. Kim Taehyung had spent years moving from schedule to schedule, stage to stage, becoming someone recognized everywhere he went. Success had become routine. Applause had become familiar. Yet somewhere beneath the performances and expectations, he began wondering something he had avoided for years: who was he when nobody needed him to be BTS's V? Far away, Lin Xiaoran lived a different version of the same life. Her world was filled with cameras, scripts, promotions, and constant visibility. She became different people for a living, but sometimes wondered whether she had become too good at appearing fine. Her life was full, successful, and strangely lonely. Neither was searching for love. One wanted quiet. The other simply wanted to breathe. Neither knew that a city they had chosen for entirely different reasons would change everything. Because this story did not begin with a confession. Or a kiss. Or certainty. It began with a bridge. A gust of wind. Scattered pages. And two people who did not yet realize they were about to become each other's favorite place to return to.

What happens when your favorite stranger is your bias and you don't even know it? What if the person who knows you best has never seen your face? Is it still a lie if the connection is real? And is it still a secret if you never meant to keep it? When was the last time someone saw you? Not your reputation, not your face! Just... you? He has 40 million followers. But he waits for one notification. Hers. She knew him as @booksandwalks. The world knew him as RM or Kim Namjoon. Neither knew the whole truth. He wanted anonymity. She wanted honesty. They found both in a stranger's DMs at 3 AM. No faces. No filters. Just two lonely people who forgot to pretend. They both were online friends

Une collaboration à durée indéterminée. C'est ce qui attendait Ella avec ces 7 garçons... Devoir vivre 24h/24 avec eux allait rendre leur relation compliquée.

"Focus, Jimin-ssi. There's a perimeter for a reason." "And there's a reason I keep breaking it, Kyra. I wanted to see if you'd catch me." The wait is finally over. Following their military discharge, BTS has reclaimed the global stage with their most ambitious project yet: Arirang. It's a tour of unprecedented scale, blending traditional soul with modern rock, and at the center of the storm is Park Jimin. He's back with a new look, a new sound, and a dangerously playful attitude. He isn't interested in following the rules anymore, least of all the ones set by his new head of personal security. Kyra is a professional from India who treats her job like a battlefield. To her, the Arirang tour is a series of tactical maneuvers and potential threats. She is immune to the charms of the world's most sought-after man, or so she tells herself. While the world screams his name, Jimin spends his off-stage hours trying to provoke a reaction from the woman who stays two steps behind him. He's a flirt, a tease, and he's determined to melt the ice around Kyra's heart. But in the high-stakes world of a global comeback tour, the "playboy" act might be the only thing keeping Jimin from the crushing weight of his own fame. Two worlds collide under the neon lights. One is there to perform; the other is there to protect. But as the Arirang echoes across the globe, they both might find something worth more than the applause.

For as long as she can remember, Yumi was brought up to take each of her step with her family's name and fame in mind. Each accomplishment or mistake always falls back to her being the only daughter of her parents. What happens when she decides to live outside of her family's radar? Would the pampered heiress be able to survive the vast world she chose to discover? A BTS Fanfiction 2nd Place - The ARMY Awards (8.30.2019) Book Cover by: Twitter: @Purpledvantae IG: @liaebwiu

When fate decides to rock a world meant only for survival, a lingering vanilla-anise fragrance becomes the only invisible thread tying a global superstar to an exhausted midnight cashier. As their lonely lives accidentally collide under the buzzing neon lights of a 2:00 AM counter, will they give in to the unexpected warmth of destiny, or will reality pull them apart?

Best Ranking: #4 "You don't strike me as a professional criminal" "That's what makes me so good at it" -- Kim Ji Yeon; a newly appointed police inspector at Daegu, manages to arrest a lawbreaker- Kim Taehyung. Will the jailbird fall in love with the lady officer or worse, will Ji Yeon let the thief steal her heart? - Mafia!Taehyung - Legal guard Kim Ji Yeon - Lots of fluff and some smut around the corners ;) - Mentions of weapons, drugs, deaths, etc. This book is purely fictional and does not mean to encourage any sort of activities. (In short, respect the law. Don't do drugs) © shooknae

Before returning with the album "Arirang," BTS travel to Los Angeles to finish working on their music. The problem is - they're stuck. No ideas, no inspiration, and an increasingly tight deadline. That's when RM contacts the only person who might be able to help them - Lee Nabi, a former idol who disappeared from public life after a scandal and has spent years working as a songwriter. Nabi agrees to fly to LA, but only for a few weeks. She has no intention of getting close to anyone, especially not Park Jimin - a guy who flirts far too much, far too often, and manages to get on her nerves far too easily. The problem is, the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore the tension between them. Amid sleepless nights, songwriting sessions, and the chaos of global fame, they both begin to discover that maybe the hardest thing isn't falling in love. It's allowing yourself to be loved.