"Vampires... they do exist."
Life was ordinary, attending school, hanging out with Dani, and stealing glances at things I could never have-Her. My days blurred together in a haze of longing and the kind of yearning you never admit aloud. That was, until she walked into my orbit.
Kang Haerin.
Her hazel eyes weren't just mesmerizing; they unraveled me, piercing through skin, bone, and soul. Sometimes, her gaze would deepen, glowing red-a crimson so vivid it made my heart stutter. But instead of fear, I felt a magnetic pull, a craving to get closer, to lose myself in that hypnotic intensity.
Her skin was pale, almost luminous, like snow under moonlight. Cold to the touch, like the Everest peak, yet when her fingers brushed against my hand, I swore I felt a strange warmth radiating from her. An impossible, alluring paradox. I yearned for her touch.
And her lips... bloody red like they'd been stained with forbidden fruit. They haunted my dreams, vivid and sharp. I imagined them pressing against mine, tracing paths down my neck. I wanted-no, needed-her to bite me, to mark me, to take from me until there was nothing left. Let her fangs sink into my skin, draw out my blood, my life, my everything-I wouldn't care.
I would give her all of it. Gladly.
I wasn't scared. I wasn't running. I was drawn to her, like a moth to the flame, desperate to burn.
Kang Haerin, you are all what I need. And I will make sure I am what all YOU need is, no matter the cost.
A sunshine girl. A stone-faced genius. One mission that just might change everything.
Nora Johns believes in smiles, sparkles, and second chances. The chirpy, creative girl with a heart full of glitter is the type to write strangers' names in her journal just because they looked sad. So when she gets paired with Choi Seunghyun-the top student with the icy stare, sharp tongue, and absolutely zero facial expressions-for a semester-long mentorship project, she sees it as more than bad luck.
She sees it as a mission.
Operation: Make Him Smile.
Seunghyun doesn't care for bubbly girls or forced friendships. He prefers his silence, his books, and his hoodie pulled over his head. But Nora... she's loud. She's weird. She's everywhere. And somehow, she's always trying to make him laugh-with terrible jokes, cheesy pick-up lines, or glitter-stuffed sticky notes in his textbook.
What starts off as a silly game becomes something more when Nora learns that Seunghyun's frown might be hiding something heavier than just grumpiness. And as Seunghyun begins letting her in-grudgingly, clumsily-he starts to realize that maybe, just maybe, the girl he once found annoying is the light he didn't know he needed.
A heart-fluttering story of sunshine and shadows, late-night texts, accidental hand brushes, and a smile worth falling for.