sequel to "brat // bang chan" miyeon wished she could be done with romance after everything that went wrong with chan. she couldn't trust anyone, not even her own feelings. yet everytime hyunjin is around, she can't deny that teeny spark of hope she feels. but can hyunjin's love for her override everything that chan did to her? "wait- what are you doing?" "kissing you? is that alright?" "in front of everyone?" "darling, i'm not in the business of hiding how i feel about you. not anymore." ~~~~~ DISCLAIMERS: - intended lowercase - purely fiction - hyunjin in this story does not represent hyunjin 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 - a little angsty - stupidly fluffy - SLOWW burn ~~~~~ RANKINGS: #3 IN SEQUEL 1/26/25

⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ જ⁀➴ 𝓑𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 .ᐟ The hallway was empty, just the sound of her footsteps and his leaning figure against the wall. ❝You know, you keep being nice to me, and I'm going to think you like me.❞ Hyunjin's head tilted slightly. He didn't smile. Didn't blink. Just stared at her like he could see straight through the act. ❝Who says I don't?❞ he said, voice low and unreadable. Yujin blinked, caught off guard. ❝What?❞ ❝You heard me,❞ he murmured, stepping just a little closer. She took a step back, heart skipping. ❝I was joking.❞ Hyunjin stepped closer, eyes locking with hers. ❝I wasn't.❞ 𝗼𝗿... ─────── (　★ ) kim yujin and hwang hyunjin have been rivals since they could talk. from sandbox battles to snowball wars, they've never gone a year without fighting over something. their parents are close, their houses are annoyingly near, and their lives keep crossing no matter how far apart they try to grow. now they're back in the same neighborhood, older but just as petty, and neither one is ready to lose the war they've been waging since childhood. (　★ ) ─────── ranked #1 in hwanghyunjin 12 ─ ⊹ . ˚ completed. back to you ⟢ hwang hyunjin ━━━━━ ❪ © cherryhees ❫ 2025 .ᐟ

In a world where soulmates recognize each other in an instant, imprinting is not magic-it is biology. A rare, irreversible bond formed at first sight. Painful. Unavoidable. And impossible to fake. Aya never expected it to happen twice. Five years after imprinting on the man she plans to marry, her life is steady, ordinary, safe-until a single glance at a crowded concert drops her to her knees. The pain is unmistakable. The bond undeniable. And the man on the other end of it is someone she was never meant to love, someone the world has already claimed Hwang Hyunjin has built his life on the love of millions, choosing never to love them back. Fame has taught him how easily affection fractures under pressure. But when Aya enters his orbit, the bond refuses to loosen its grip, and separation becomes its own kind of violence. Drawn together by something neither of them chose, Aya and Hyunjin must navigate desire, guilt, and the cost of becoming whole-knowing that loving each other may mean losing everything else.

How do you keep your heart safe when the person holding it belongs to the world? "If you don't perform Hall of Fame tomorrow, I'm going to die." That's it. That's the comment that sets off the *hellevator* ride of my life. I never thought they'd actually perform it - let alone call me on stage for it. But I do die a little when my eyes collide with Hyunjin's - this gorgeous man who isn't just breathtaking from afar, but outright lethal when within reach. Falling for him was never part of the plan. If anything, it was the one thing I knew couldn't happen. Well, joke's on me. And keeping him a secret? That's even harder. In between wandering art exhibitions in Frankfurt, walking through the snowy countryside of Denmark and late-night calls neither of us wants to end, I get to meet another version of Hyunjin: the unguarded, gentle, and fiercely protective man behind the idol. But as reality keeps pulling him back, we are forced to face the ultimate question: Can a connection forged in a bubble survive the weight of the world outside? Tropes: ❤️ idol x fan 🔥 slow burn ⚡ tension 🫂 found family *Disclaimer: This story is a work of fiction. All characters, though based on real people, and events are products of the author's imagination and are not meant to reflect real-life events (sad, I know).*

Hyunjin's life has always been lived in the spotlight-every move watched, every mistake magnified. Sometimes the only place he can breathe is a quiet lookout high above the city, long after the world has gone to sleep. One night, he realizes he isn't alone. She sits a few feet away, hidden in the shadows, never giving her name, never asking for his. Just a stranger who understands the comfort of silence and the weight of things left unsaid. Night after night, they meet there-two silhouettes against the city lights. Conversation always flows naturally, and there's never any pressure. With her, Hyunjin feels freer than he has in years. But everyone hides for a reason. And when the truth behind her anonymity begins to surface, Hyunjin realizes some shadows exist to protect the things that hurt the most.

Stranded in Korea, Ana's survival hinges on one thing: keeping her contract with JYP's Stray Kids in good standing. To do that, she must follow the rules and maintain professional ties with the group-no matter the cost. But when she becomes entangled in a ruthless game that threatens to shatter everything she's worked for-her safety, her career, and even the group itself- Ana must find the courage to resist the relentless advances of some of the most beautiful and desired men in the world. Will she stand strong, or will it all come crashing down?

Haerin didn't think a Tuesday phone call from Bang Chan would change her life. She had been in this industry long enough to know better than to expect surprises. Six years of producing, six years of walking into studios that weren't hers and leaving something behind in every one of them. She knew how this worked. She didn't know about him. Hwang Hyunjin was never supposed to be anything other than a member of the group she was hired to work with. Quiet in the way artists are quiet - not absent, just somewhere else, somewhere deeper. They made sense together in a way that felt almost unfair. Two people who felt everything too loudly, who understood each other's silences before they understood each other's words. For eleven months, he was her whole world. And then, slowly, without either of them really noticing - he stopped making her one of his. She held on longer than she should have. And then, one September night, she didn't. Eighteen months later, Hwang Hyunjin releases a song called Lover on his birthday. And everything Haerin had buried with such careful precision comes flooding back to the surface. Until That Rainy Day is a story about what happens after love breaks. About two people who were right for each other and wrong for each other in equal measure. About anger that tastes like grief, and grief that looks a lot like love. About the long, brutal, necessary road between lovers and enemies - and whatever lies on the other side of both. 1# - Hyunjin - 12/05/26 3# - Hwanghyunjin- 12/05/06

Seoul was supposed to be Mei's escape-a chance to model, to breathe, to finally live. Instead, she's surviving off 7/11 noodles, sharing a suffocating apartment with three strangers, and watching her dreams burn out one by one. Desperation pushes her into the unlit corners of the internet... where she stumbles across a cryptic casting call from JYPE promising a year of luxury, stability, and secrecy.

She applies on a whim.

She's accepted without explanation. And the truth is nothing like she imagined. For nearly a decade, Lee Minho and Han Jisung have hidden a forbidden love behind staged smiles and playful touches masquerading as fan service. But with Minho's military enlistment approaching-and the industry's razor-sharp scrutiny tightening-JYPE initiates a covert operation to rewrite the narrative before it explodes.

Mei becomes the perfect lie. She's trained to date Minho, taught exactly how to be seen, how to touch him, how to sell a romance the world will devour. She's paid to protect a secret powerful enough to destroy careers.

There's just one problem. Hyunjin. From the moment they meet, he makes it clear he can't stand her. He sees her as a disruption, a risk, a crack in the flawless world he's spent years maintaining. Mei thinks he's insufferable - arrogant, sharp-tongued, and far too perceptive for her comfort. But hatred is a dangerous kind of chemistry. Because the more they fight, the more the tension shifts into something hotter, sharper, impossible to ignore. And in a world built on secrets and staged love stories, the one thing they absolutely cannot allow... ...is something real.

When a car crash leaves Stray Kids' Hyunjin temporarily blind, the future of the group fractures overnight. Recovery becomes a quiet war against guilt, fear, and the pressure to keep going. You were never supposed to be part of this world. Hired as a mobility and language therapist, your job was simple: help Hyunjin adapt to the dark. But grief has many shapes, and healing is never just physical. In the shared silence of recovery, trust forms slowly, bonds shift and sometimes, when everything falls apart, something unspoken holds the pieces together. An AU about loss, resilience, and the intimacy of rebuilding together.

SOULMATE SERIES - BOOK 1 OF 8 Hwang Hyunjin thought he had it all figured out. He was in love with Park Mi Hee, his fellow art student, and he was certain-absolutely certain- that she was his soulmate. He could feel it in his bones, see it in every smile she gave him, imagine their future painted in vivid colors. Until the day she found her real soulmate. And it wasn't him. When Mi Hee walks away with someone else, something inside Hyunjin shatters beyond repair- and his soulmate bond activates. If Mi Hee isn't his soulmate, then fate made a mistake. And Hyunjin isn't about to let destiny tell him who to love. Lee Ji Ah is a literature student who understands the power of stories-the ones we tell ourselves and the ones that shape us. She's a romantic, yes, but not a fool. She knows love is complicated, messy, and rarely goes according to plan. But she also knows what a soulmate bond means. When fate throws them together on a chaotic night neither of them expected, everything shattered for both of them. She couldn't believe who fate chose for her-but she believed in the bond. She believes in Hyunjin before he believes in himself. And he makes her pay for it. Shattered Fate is a story about breaking before you can heal. About what happens when the person fate chose for you is too broken to accept it. About a girl who falls first and a boy who falls harder-when it might already be too late. The question is: can something shattered ever truly be whole again?