Seong Gi-hun, a closeted virgin in his 40s, has never been in love. Never even had a boyfriend. But when a mysterious company delivers 001: Hwang In-ho, a humanoid robot built to be the perfect boyfriend, Gi-hun's quiet life turns into something he never dared dream of. What happens when artificial affection starts to feel real? A love story between a man who's never been loved and a machine programmed to love him completely.

Do you still have faith in people? That was the question he never answered. Maybe it's better that way, because if he said no, I'd have to face what we've both become. But if he said yes, does that mean there's still a chance for someone like me to be seen as human? I don't need forgiveness. I just need to know if he could ever trust me. - In-ho That was the question I never answered. If I say no, can I die knowing I've lost my own humanity? But if I say yes, can I live with the possibility that I might end up trusting him? And if I do, what happens if he breaks it? - Gi-hun [ SEASON 3 FIC CONTINUATION ]

He doesn't know it yet, but his heart already belongs to me. At Squid Game University, where survival is the ultimate test, friendship, trust, and love might just be the most dangerous game of all.

You cost me everything, but I'll pay. Just another pawn at first, another desperate soul with debts too deep to escape. But as I watched you fight, watched you claw your way through every twisted game I created, I realized you were different. Special. But wanting you has a cost. Do you even know what I've paid to keep you here? How much blood I've spilled, how many lives I've crushed, just to see you one more time? Money is meaningless. Power is a tool. But you? You're the prize. I know it's madness, but what's one more debt to pay when I've already gambled away everything? Even if it destroys us both, I'll have you. You're worth the ruin. In this game, no one escapes-not even you. - Hwang In-ho / Young-il / Frontman [ SEASON 2 FIC CONTINUATION ]

I wanted to stay by your side, just a little longer. But the world we live in doesn't allow such luxuries. Every word I didn't say, every moment I clung to, it all slips away like sand through my fingers. In the end, I must become the very thing that tears us apart. For you, my hero, I would have stopped time itself. But now, all I can do is say goodbye. - In-ho to Gi-hun