Chohyunju Stories

After the end of your military service, you find yourself drowning in debt. Tired of being chased by creditors, you join the enigmatic games and encounter another fellow soldier. Before you know it, you're more than just allies...

𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇 ─── ❝ 𝐧𝐨 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐞? ❞ 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇, ⭑ a fourteen year old with not enough to lose joins a deathly competition. what more can go wrong? 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐬 (𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬) 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐅𝐔𝐍 & 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐄 !

"You..." Her voice was barely above a whisper, but the accusation in it was undeniable. "You're one of them...?" Gyeongseok's expression tightened. "No. It's not like that." Hyunju's breath ragged again. She looked around, trying to calm herself down. "Gyeongseok- you... I... I can't believe this." She said breathlessly and Gyeongseok looked at her in agony. "Hyunju, no, listen to me, please! It's not what it looks like..." He said, trying to convince her in desperation but she looked at him with her tear stained eyes, full of pain and shock and hurt. Oh how much he hated seeing her like that. "Then what does it look like?" Her words were sharp, cutting through the thick air between them. "Because I've spent every second thinking you were dead, and now I find you wearing their clothes, standing here like-like-" Her breath hitched, and she forced herself to swallow it down. "Like you're part of this... of them...." - or - S2 ending reimagined but make it hyunseok

All the flirting and teasing finally catches up to you when you're childhood best friend begans to develop feelings, you catching on quickly to it makes you wonder how much you can push her until she breaks.

Renowned actress Cho Hyunju crosses paths with a modest artist who appears unaware of her fame... - Hyunju laughs. It shouldn't be this fun talking to someone who doesn't know who she is. "No, I'm in the films." "Ohh...so you're like an actress or something?" "Or something."

She's still the only woman Gyeongseok can think about after the games end. Two years later, fate brings the two together to coincidentally meet again. But what has changed?.....

So-yeon was once the shining star of the global K-pop stage - adored by millions, living a dream bathed in bright lights and roaring applause. But when a ruthless scandal, engineered by shadows she couldn't control, destroyed everything, she found herself alone, stripped of her fame, burdened by crushing debt, and blacklisted from the industry she loved. Now, at eighteen, vulnerable and lost, So-yeon drifts through a world that no longer sees her - a fragile ghost haunted by the echoes of her former life. When a mysterious stranger offers her a chance to reclaim everything through a dangerous and deadly game, the allure of redemption pulls her into a deadly trap she never imagined. In the heart of this brutal competition, she meets Hyun-ju - fierce, enigmatic, and guarded - a player whose own scars run deep beneath her cold exterior. As alliances form and secrets unravel, So-yeon must confront not only the lethal challenges of the game but also the fragile, unexpected bond growing between them. In a game where trust is scarce and every choice could mean death, Between the Lines of Fate is a story of survival, heartbreak, and a love that might just be worth risking everything for.

"The love of money is the root of all evil." They said. They weren't wrong, and (Name) learnt that the hard way - after making one phone call and playing one game. She left empty handed that night and decided to never return, for the sake of her family. However, the past is never forgotten. One man, that seeks revenge after winning the entire game, goes to her for help. Will she accept his offer, to destroy the games for good? ~~🐙~~ I like octopus more than I like squids- ⚠️Cover art is not mine and it's temporary⚠️

"In the army, the battle isn't always on the battlefield". Before the games, there was another life. A life where Cho Hyun-ju wore a uniform not of green tracksuits, but of army khaki. A life filled with orders, drills, and the constant weight of being seen as just another soldier : a man in their eyes, though no one knew the truth she carried inside. In this harsh world, she was a sergeant, commanding respect while guarding her secret fiercely. Her newest challenge was Park Sa-yeon, a vulnerable but stubborn recruit struggling under the heavy weight of family expectations and a secret of her own. Under Hyun-ju's strict gaze and quiet understanding, these two women would face the brutal demands of military life, and the even harder fight of staying true to themselves in a place that refused to see them.

Now Gyeongseok doesn't lie. Like, ever. But this was for the greater good. "Baby, I don't think I can go to work today. My head... my stomach... my soul hurts." Hyunju stood by the bed, arms crossed, squinting. "You were literally fine ten minutes ago." "That was the past, and I am a changed man." He sighed, placing a weak hand on his forehead. He let out a long, pitiful sigh, shifting just enough to make the blankets rustle. He had to make it convincing. - or - It's Valentine's Day and Gyeongseok teams up with Nayeon to give Hyunju the best Valentine's Day EVER.

(SPOILERS FOR SQUID GAME SEASON 3) This is based on the bad/canon ending of Hyun-ju dying in the fourth game of Squid Game season 3

What if Gyeongseok, Hyunju, and Junhee's baby were the three finalists for the sky squid games?

FOUR DIFFERENT PEOPLE COME TOGETHER IN A HIGH STAKES GAME FOR MONEY TO PAY THEIR DEBTS- But only begin to connect when they realize there's more than just money on the line... MOON DOYOON spends all his time simply wasting away. Partying, drinking, gambling- all the money he ever had going down the drain. It was the only way he could cope with his brother- that bastard- who just got up and left him three years ago, never to be seen again. YOO AREUM has been looking for her sister for three years. Three years, to no avail. Her disappearance made no sense, and since then Areum has only spiraled, falling deeper and deeper into debt in the search for her beloved sister- and just when she's about to give up, she calls the number on the back of the card that strange man gave her. CHA HAEWON has lived his entire life for everyone but himself. His parents, his best friend- always putting them first, no matter what. He never even thought about it, it was just automatic. He would get to live out his dreams one day- one day, but when? OH JIEUN is a fighter. She always has been. She hasn't regretted a single choice she's made, no matter how much debt it's landed her in...Except for one. Calling the number on the back of the card that the man on the street gave her for playing ddakji with him. wrote as a joint fic between two people, give equal credit to chocollieee !!! lowk tagged this like an ao3 author, i fucking HATE wattpad but ao3 is annoying to write on and Sim sure does love their aesthetics

The laptop's brightness burned through her eyes as she stared at the credits rolling in. Along with the credits, her eyes stayed glued to the scene, the popcorn on her lap, half-forgotten. She was repulsed, unable to comprehend what just happened. The main character just leapt off the damn tower to save a baby. For what? For humanity she couldn't grasp the concept of. "If I was there, I'd chuck that damn baby off the edge. My sweet Gihun." She murmured, pouting as she stared at the screen in front of her. "Seong Gihun, my beloved. Why didn't you wait for Freakatron3000GihunSimp to save your fat, and juicy ass?" Or.... A story where she gets thrusted into the world of Squid Games two days after she binge watched the show.

Y/N is a mentalist that works as a psychologist, so she makes a dang lot of money. so how could she have possibly ended up in the games? Y/N and hyun ju dated even before she came out, even then Y/N didn't love her any less. though, something went wrong along the way, some type of miscommunication that led hyun ju to think that Y/N was manipulating her for personal gain. so they broke up which led to Y/N to start drinking heavily. She entered hyun jus home to pick up the last of her stuff when she saw a business card on the counter, it had three shapes on one side and a phone number on the other. she called the number out of curiosity and concern. she unknowingly entered the games along with hyun ju. of course being in a life or death situation, you'd admit a lot of things that you normally wouldn't. - Mrs. tsugikuni

because the Squid Game hyperfixation refuses to go away

"𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙪, 𝙈𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜.. 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪." -𝘒. 𝘕𝘰-𝘦𝘶𝘭. ╰┈➤Haru is an extroverted but soft autistic young adult. Currently, He lives in the North, looking for a job along with his girlfriend, Kang No-eul. But sadly, he got into an island, which he has to play kids games as a player or die, or either get shot. Or maybe worse, his girlfriend is a guard. Will he survive? Will him and his girlfriend live together? Are they going to win money? (Haru is the character you're playing, Choi Haru = Y/N) ｡ﾟ•┈୨♡୧┈• ｡ﾟ

Cho Hyun-ju has been discarded from both the military and society. As her debts pile up, her pursuit of liberation seems to be hurdling towards a dead end. Park Gyeong-seok divides his time between sketching portraits for the visitors of Seoul Land and caring for his sick daughter. As her cancer progresses, his feeling of hopelessness does as well. When both people are confronted by a strange man, their connection in the harsh, deceptive environment they're thrust into may be what they're both missing. Cross-posted on AO3

After surviving the games, Cho Hyun-Ju vows to build a life defined by her own choices, not by violence or fear. She relocates to Thailand to complete her long-planned gender transition and finally embrace the woman she has always known herself to be. Amid the calm of her new surroundings, Hyun-Ju begins an unexpected romance with a fellow Korean expatriate. When she discovers she is a carrier of both male and female reproductive organs-and miraculously able to conceive, the revelation feels like a quiet blessing. But six months into the pregnancy, her partner walks away, shattering the fragile happiness she had begun to trust. Alone and heartbroken, Hyun-Ju wrestles with grief, uncertainty, and a sudden, aching homesickness for Korea. Her journey becomes one of profound self-acceptance: a testament to resilience, the unbreakable bond between mother and child, and the power of reclaiming one's own story after unimaginable trials.

Gyeongseok searches in his mind for any reason why Hyunju wasn't remembering him, but no luck. "Do you...remember the games?" he asks. "What games?"