Saving the Black Jackals from legal disaster was supposed to be just a job. Falling for Miya Atsumu was never part of the contract. As the new legal staff for Japan's hottest volleyball team, she thought her toughest battles would be in boardrooms, not locker rooms. But navigating the chaos of fame, sponsorships, and scandals soon proves harder than any exam she ever passed. **CURRENTLY REWRITING AS OF Feb 2nd 2026

*Currently PAUSED for the time being* ***NOT MY CHARACTERS!!!!! All credit goes to @basicallybatmanlol for giving me permission to write this part two. Layla is NOT my character! She, and all of her backstory belongs to @basicallybatmanlol! Other characters belong to Red on Webtoons!! Again, none of this is mine!!! Cover art nor title are mine I was just given permission to write a second part! If you haven't read the first part, I highly suggest you go read that first. **** *******TW: mentions of su!sc!de, mentions of SA (NOT in detail), mental issues, toxic relationships, bullying, depression, trauma, abu$e!ve relationships, manipulation*********** Please consider this when and how you read. Layla Aveline was the perfect girl. Pretty, smart, friendly, and popular. You would think she was perfect. Underneath her fake smile, experiences from her childhood haunted her dreams. She woke up crying, screaming. And now, she was living those nightmares again. After returning a necklace to Taylor in the Sorrel Weed House, she was dragged into the phantom realm. And in fact, she would rather be there than the outskirts of an Arkansas countryside with her abusive mother, who used her perfect appearance for money. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father claimed full custody of Layla. Her father was almost no better, being neglectful and abusive. One night, he had enough. He gave all custody to her mother. With no phone, and no idea where she is, Layla is taken advantage of and used. Layla makes and escape attempt and utterly fails. She needs to get back to her friends. She needs to make it back to Gabriella. She needs to get back to... Never mind... Will Layla ever be able to escape this nightmare alive? ***AGAIN, NOT MY BACKSTORY OR CHARACTER!!!***

✿ •𝚂𝚘 𝙷𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕• ✿ "𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢, 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎..." -𝚃𝚊𝚢𝚕𝚘𝚛 𝚂𝚠𝚒𝚏𝚝 ✯ "𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚕, 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚝𝚕𝚎." -𝚃𝚊𝚢𝚕𝚘𝚛 𝚂𝚠𝚒𝚏𝚝 ✯ ✯: 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 ✍︎: 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 ☕︎: 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 ᴘᴀʀᴛ ɪ: ᴡᴀᴋᴇ ᴜᴘ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪᴅᴅʟᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ: ✯ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ɪɪ: ᴀʀᴇ ᴡᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴏᴅs?: ✍︎ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ɪɪɪ: ᴛʜᴇ ᴀsʏʟᴜᴍ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʀᴀɪsᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ: ☕︎ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ɪᴠ: ᴡᴇ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ʟᴏᴠᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴀʟʟ ᴡᴇ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ɪs ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀ: ☕︎ ✪☕︎ ᵗʸˡᵉʳ ˣ ᶠ ʳᵉᵃᵈᵉʳ ☕︎✪