ivoryfable
Moving to South Korea was supposed to be a fresh start for Seo Yuna.
Instead, it became a disaster wrapped in neon lights, bad decisions, and one dangerously kind boy.
Reckless, fearless, and emotionally untouchable, Yuna has spent her whole life running from attachment after losing her mother as a child. Sent to Korea by her overprotective billionaire father, she plans to survive university the same way she survives everything else - with sarcasm, fists, and zero emotional commitment.
But everything changes the night she catches a quiet student being cornered by bullies in an alley... and beats them up without hesitation.
The boy turns out to be Kang Jiho - her classmate.
Quiet. Brilliant. Broke.
A scholarship student juggling university, part-time jobs, his little sister, and his grandmother's medical bills.
He's everything Yuna hates: kind, patient, responsible... impossible to ignore.
When Jiho starts tutoring her to stop her from failing classes, the two become entangled in late-night convenience store runs, chaotic arguments, accidental jealousy, and feelings Yuna refuses to admit.
Because falling in love means having something to lose.
And Yuna promised herself she would never hurt like that again.
But the more she pushes Jiho away...
the more he becomes the only place that feels like home.