into it | song mingi

WARNING! This story contains mature topics and content, all of the following which are:
SEXUAL CONTENT ・ FOUL LANGUAGE ・ ALCOHOL USE ・ MANIPULATION ・ MENTIONS OF TRAUMA / EMOTIONAL ABUSE ・ POWER IMBALANCE ・ INDUSTRY POLITICS

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Returning to KQ Entertainment was never supposed to be this difficult. After years away, Min Sae thought she was ready to face the industry again. But she wasn't prepared to come face-to-face with Song Mingi-the boy who once held her heart, and the man who never knew why she disappeared without a word.

Now a creative director and concept planner for ATEEZ's highly anticipated comeback, Sae is forced to work alongside Mingi in close quarters. He's cold, guarded, and seemingly unaffected by her return, but the tension between them simmers just beneath the surface. Old memories resurface, and so do the feelings they both tried to forget.

When a scandal forces KQ to fabricate a relationship between them for the sake of the group's image, the boundaries between reality and pretense begin to blur. As professional expectations mount and their unresolved past threatens to unravel everything, Sae and Mingi must confront the truth they've both been running from.

They were childhood friends who became strangers. Strangers who still ache like something was never finished. With careers on the line and emotions reigniting in the shadows, can Min Sae and Song Mingi rewrite what was broken-or will their past destroy them all over again?