The future that Start Up's Han Ji-pyeong deserves.

January 1951. He saved her life in a city torn apart by war during the Korean War. December 1953. The soldier is reunited with the governor's daughter- souls scarred and bodies battered, seeking the second chance that Fate has dealt.

Book 2 of The Carpe Saga [This story is a sequel to Carpe Noctem. This is mainly canon-divergent and includes mature themes (e.g. relationships, sex, self-harm). Please proceed at your own discretion.] A decade after they bade each other goodbye at the century-old lodging they once called 'home', a twist of fate brings Ri Jeong Hyeok and Yoon Se Ri together again in Zürich. They are ten years older than the last time they saw each other, and they learn how time has changed each of them. With the irrevocable present holding both of them back, is it possible to let love bloom once more?

Yoon Seri was a lot of things. A successful CEO, a beautiful woman, a smart business leader... And someone who tried to escape her past. But when her past collided with her future, her life got turned upside down

Yoon Seri is an independent, self accomplished woman, thriving with success despite a disfunctional family and many unhealed wounds. When she unexpectedly finds herself inheriting a house lost in the swiss mountains, she finds there not only some keys to her personal story, but also the key to her future.

Book 1 of The Carpe Saga [This story is canon-divergent and contains mature content. Also on AO3.] In 2012, Se Ri traveled overseas to end her life, but her request was rejected by the institution. They recommended for her to go on a vacation across the country instead, hoping that the experience could change her mind. Stubborn as she was, she went home to Seoul with the same state of mind. Jeong Hyeok lost his brother in the same year, and he had to go home to his family, leaving everything he built in Zurich behind. Months later, he revisits his old apartment at the Old Town to close that chapter of his life for good. Autumn of 2013. Se Ri and Jeong Hyeok meet at a century-old lodging and become neighbors: her being the new kid in town, and him being the outgoing tenant. She comes to Switzerland for that long overdue sightseeing, and he returns to the city one last time to finish some personal business. The attraction between them is undeniable, a force that keeps them gravitating towards each other even when all the time they have left is just seven days. With their pasts and futures holding them back, is it possible to let love bloom in one night?

Yoon Seri is an owner of a coffee shop who meets Ri Jeong Hyeok a lap dog for the mafia. I'm bad at summaries sorry

Yoon Se-ri is a wealthy CEO who finds herself in an unfamiliar part of town in the middle of the night. A man named Ri Jeong-hyeok comes to her aid.

Once again Yoon Seri feels lost and alone. For almost her entire life she has looked for some solace, a north, something that would make her feel alive. And, when she finally returns to Switzerland, determined to find a meaning after facing her great loss, there, Seri finds an old friend from whom she doesn't even remember anymore, but it is in him, that man from the north that she finds everything she looks for.

Following their graduation from Spackman High, our favorite young couple is now in college! Follow Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin on their College Daze adventures, as they tackle young adulthood, studies, friendship and love.