"𝙒𝙖𝙞𝙩-𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩... 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮. 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧." ✧༺♡༻✧ In which Hwang Min-seol is desperate for a job and ends up working for the cold, sharp-tongued Lee Minho - only to discover he's also her next door neighbor. 𝓙𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓪 𝓶𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽, 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝔂 𝓫𝔂 𝓶𝔂 𝓼𝓲𝓭𝓮 𝓪 𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻. 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓲𝓼 𝓶𝔂 𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝓻𝓮𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓼𝓽, 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮 𝓭𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝓰𝓸... #1 in hanjisung #1 in yangjeongin ❦ Inspired by the c-drama 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘱 ❦ Sporadic updates! ❦ Please do not copy or rewrite my work without my permission. All rights reserved.

A month's trip to Japan sounds like a perfect break for Dami - big city, small villa, surrounded by her family. That is, until, she realises the month will be spent with her ex boyfriend whom she hasn't seen for the past five months. Dami and Minho mask the perfect couple in front of Dami's family, blatantly ignoring the past five months of tension and unresolved feelings. But, amidst pretence and reality, messy feelings and unsaid words combine, and soon they're not so sure it's pretend anymore.

⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ 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

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.