He was SM Entertainment's newest star. An 18-year-old Japanese rookie known for his incredible dance skills, cold visuals, and calm personality on stage. She was already one of K-pop's biggest idols. Kim Minjeong. Winter of aespa. At first, they were nothing more than senior and junior artists sharing the same company. A greeting in the hallway. A conversation after practice. A dance challenge. A friendship. But in an industry where every camera is watching and every rumor spreads like wildfire, getting close to someone can be dangerous. Especially when that someone slowly becomes the most important person in your life. A semi-realistic idol romance featuring multiple POVs, SM family interactions, secret relationships, career growth, friendship, and the journey from strangers to something much more. ❄ Slow Burn ❄ Friends to Lovers ❄ Secret Relationship ❄ Multiple POVs ❄ Idol Life ❄ Winter x Male Reader

Ten years ago, I was supposed to debut. Instead, I disappeared. After a tragic accident left me in a coma, the world moved on without me. The friends I trained alongside became some of the biggest names in K-pop, while I remained nothing more than a forgotten trainee known only through rumors and old stories-the "Ghost Trainee." Now, after waking up to a world I barely recognize, I'm forced to rebuild everything from the ground up. Learning to walk again is hard enough, but facing the dream I lost may be even harder. With my childhood best friend, Kim Chaewon, by my side and my longtime friend Ahn Yujin helping me adjust to a decade of change, I slowly begin finding my place in the industry once more as LE SSERAFIM's manager. But as old memories resurface and new feelings begin to grow, I realize some things never truly disappeared. Not dreams. Not friendships. And maybe not love either. A slow-burn romance, healing journey, and second-chance story between a forgotten trainee and the girl who never stopped waiting for him.

When Ningning, the main vocal of aespa, finds solace from the crushing pressures of fame in Y/N's unassuming cafe, a sweet connection blossoms over flour-dusted counters and secret midnight strolls.

At seventeen, the system decided he wasn't good enough. After three brutal years as a trainee at JYP Entertainment, Y/N packed his bags, flew back to Chicago, and spent the next decade pretending Seoul never happened. He rebuilt his life from the ground up, becoming one of the industry's most respected vocal producers. He made his peace with the past. He just never went back to the company that broke his heart. Until now. Hired as a vocal consultant for TWICE's highly anticipated new album, Y/N returns to a brand-new JYP headquarters. He prepares himself for the ghosts of his past, only to find the old building where he suffered has been demolished. The cramped hallways, the terrifying evaluations, the midnight piano sessions-all gone. The only thing that remains from his trainee days is the woman standing on the other side of the vocal booth glass: Park Jihyo. For ten years, they have lived on opposite sides of an ocean. She is the titan who survived the machine to lead the nation's biggest girl group; he is the boy who left without saying goodbye. But as professional boundaries begin to blur in the quiet intimacy of the recording studio, Y/N is forced to confront the gap between the girl he left behind and the woman she has become. Refrain is a slow-burn story about the weight of lost time, the silence we leave behind, and what happens when two people who survived the exact same system finally stop running.

A Karina fan fiction that portrays the fanboys/fangirls in a way so that they can relate mostly to the story. The main character, Yeonu(Y/n), is a highschool student who has problems in the past and present. His parents aren't very supportive, so he needed to do everything on his own. One day, he went to a near by coffee shop and he found her, Karina.

If only I had the courage... I'll hear you out... Why are you here..? I'm sorry but, it won't work out... Cowardice is a defense mechanism to combat fears. It's human nature. But cowardice, at times, leads to regret. So we, as humans, are obligated to learn from regrets and make better choices in our lives. But there are also times when cowardice becomes our push to choose what we truly want, to choose who we truly love. However, this only truly happens, when we've wholeheartedly moved on.

A high school student named Y/N (Yeonu) woke up from a disorienting dream that felt so vivid. Like he lived a whole life inside that one night-falling in love, hurting, and running away from danger. ───────── ❉°∘ "A whittling memory of what could've been is the danger. You were given another chance to right your wrongs, not follow them." - Bim ───────── ❉°∘ Author's Note: Hi! It has been quite a while and I finally came back to all of you for a reason or two. I stopped making stories since university got a little overwhelming. "A little too overwhelming." But I'm here now! ───────── ❉°∘ Sadly, F.R. has gone out and away to continue her studies. Very, very determinate person and competitve. I wish her well. Proofreader - C. Manaya (Koko) Formatting - S. Cruz (Sno)

it started with rain. one small café tucked into a hongdae side street. one man behind the counter who keeps emergency towels for strangers, puts blankets on sleeping people like it costs him nothing, and calls a world barista championship medal "just a thing on a shelf." he's not trying to be anything. he's just - him. quiet and warm and completely, genuinely unaware of what he does to people. unfortunately for karina, winter, ningning, and giselle - he does a lot to people. a/n: Updates when my heart is full enough to write. Which, with these five, is always.

At Hanseong Academy, names matter more than people. Jang Wonyoung has spent her entire life trapped inside hers. Yoo Y/N abandoned his. To the school, he is only a violent scholarship student with bloodied knuckles and too many rumors attached to his name. To her, he is the first honest thing she has ever seen. But Y/N despises the world Wonyoung comes from long before he understands her, and Wonyoung falls for the boy called Yoo long before she learns he was never truly ordinary at all. Some people fall in love before knowing the truth. Others learn the truth after already falling too far to leave.

SIGNALS is a rom-com slice-of-life story about two idols at the top of their game who fall for each other without any grand catastrophe pushing them together. There is no tragedy, no trauma to overcome, no industry conspiracy. Just two people whose professional overlap becomes personal, whose friendship becomes something more, and whose supporting casts see it long before they do. ON PAUSE