read intro. [ oneshot extension ] started: dec 1, 2025. published: jan 8, 2026. republished: mar 13, 2026. -tipsyijoo: All Rights Reserved.

In the city of Kyoto, stands a house with 6 empty bedrooms. Driven by a promise of unconditional love, Nicholas and Euijoo opened their doors to the foster care system. Their lives turned upside down by a chaotic but beautiful whirlwind of seven boys, each bearing with their own scars. *also posted on ao3

Some promises become more than responsibilities.

Prince Maki never asked for the crown-or the grief that came with it. But with his coronation looming and a courtship season he never wanted, duty leaves him little choice. Enter Harua, his new personal guard. Quiet. Unshakable. A little too good at fading into the background... and a little too easy to start noticing. In a palace built on secrets and sacrifice, love was never part of the plan. But, the heart never asks for permission. Updates every Thursday !! Also on AO3 !!

"where the coffee's decent and the staff isn't." - joyuma. - nichojoo. - kuma. - harumaki.

Euijoo thought babysitting the neighbor's twins would be simple. He wasn't expecting their older half-brother to show up in the middle of the night. Nicholas has always put his siblings first, but he's not used to sharing them with a boy who seems too good to be true. Euijoo just wants to keep things easy and professional, even when Nicholas sits too close and watches him like he's something Nicholas can't quite figure out. Between bedtime routines, whispered conversations, and lingering touches in the dim light of the living room, the line between "babysitter" and "something more" starts to blur. Now Euijoo isn't sure what's scarier: falling for Nicholas, or finding out Nicholas might feel the same way. Also posted on AO3 ~Updates will be weekly~ Total of 20 Chapters

𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧: 𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 - 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐤𝐢? 𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬. 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐝. 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐀 𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭? 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐫𝐡𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐦. 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭. 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢'𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲. 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐚'𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐛 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐝𝐮𝐞𝐭. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞