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[lostinadrama]

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 (2025)

[leejenowrld]

dont wanna be that girl but when do you think chap 10 will be up (i feel bad asking this, not rushing you im just excited 😬)

also wanna say that your works are by farrrrr the best i've read here on tumblr. so well-thought out and well-written. you are magic 🪄

it’s gonna be a while as this is gonna be a very long one like the last chapter, i wouldn’t be surprised if it reaches a similar word count. i’d say expect it in 2-3 weeks. as you’re asking and waiting so patiently (and you’re so kind) here’s some things to expect.

new york gang (y/n who’s currently in new york in this tl, karina, donghyuck and shotaro) getting up to a lot of fun.

sadly for some of you guys a good portion of this chapter will follow jeno and nahyun as they navigate their engagement, plus it will show the change and growth in jeno’s career and how that affects things.

the boys will be fighting. jeno will come back to seoul (home) for a little while. expect to see the high school ravens.

something will happen and everyone will be back at the same place again, meaning y/n and jeno will be back in one room after not seeing each other since the wedding.

remember the expose scene that took over the entire campus in part seven? lol expect that vibe in this part.

weird spoiler but i take a lot of inspiration from love island 😭 especially when it comes to angst and the sexual intimacy plots. don’t ask why but it helps. casa amor is one hint i’m giving you for y/n and jeno this chapter.

y/n will be… softer this chapter, dare i say more nurturing. i did say weeks ago she’d be more soft in this particular stage in the post college tl, i wonder why !!

and oh yeah someone told me yangyang might get his moment this chapter.

these might all cover the chapter after this too so calm down guys ✋ no assuming you know what’s gonna happen just give me your theories and thoughts <3

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[nutelly]

people spamming #where is hot issue and tagging the company and stuff on twitor bc they haven't posted on socials in a while has to be one of the most entitled stan twt moves

[jakes-tummy]

Omg I just finished nowhere else my heart when they made up 😭😭❤❤❤

Can I also ask what did nahyun blackmail dia with? Or am I a dumb dumb and missed something 💀💀

Oh nah i never disclosed it during the series. It might be triggering, so I chose not to put it in the series and instead just answer if anyone ever asked. Dia's family has had many troubles as she grew up, one of which was a parent overcoming addiction. I won't go into detail, but that's not something you want to get around a school. trust me, it happened to me before lol.

[redvelveticonic]

Thank you so much!💕

Thank you everyone for 2,523+ Followers💕

I was in the middle of opening my birthday presents then i saw the amount of followers, like serioulsy you have made my day more great.💕💕🎁🎂

When i first got a tumblr account i thought i wouldnt be popular like the other blogs but now i see that the amount of you that seem interested in the stuff i post, it encourages me the continue on with it, really, thank you so much omg.💕💕😭

Goodbye for my now, love you x❤

Bae Nahyun x

[faceglitchsworld]

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[leejenowrld]

i am SO excited abt the next part— I just hope YN gets the ending she deserves, she’s been through hell and back😭 Jeno could shove Nahyun up his ass for all I care😭

But on a serious note, I feel like the story might end on the next part, and all I could say is that this is one of the fics I would remember even if I don’t read anymore. You’re honestly so talentend and I meant that with all my heart. You make me feel things— and that’s hard for an author to do.

One thing tho. I WISH YOU COULD PUBLISH IT SOON AAAHHH (no pressure im just rlly excited) this series is thw only reason I even open this app tbh ksksks

PS- can we have a lil spoiler plz 🥹👉👈

hi love 🥹 i can’t even tell you how much this message means to me. the fact that you’re this emotionally invested in y/n and her ending, how you feel it down to your bones, is the greatest thing you could’ve said. because that’s what back to you was always meant to be. not just a story, but an experience. something that sits with you, changes with you, lingers even when the tab is closed. and reading that this is a fic you’ll remember even if you stop reading altogether?? i’m speechless. that is the highest compliment i could ever receive. truly.

thank you for saying i made you feel things. thank you for calling it talent. thank you for being here all this time, for reading and waiting and rooting for this world. i don’t take any of it lightly. not even for a second. honestly my dream would be to become a published author.

and you’re so real for that jeno comment 😭 nahyun better start packing because y/n’s supporters are going to riot if she doesn’t get what she deserves. she’s been dragged, broken, dismissed, betrayed, and still held her ground. still kept fighting. still kept loving, even when it felt like there was nothing left to give. she deserves softness. not just a happy ending, but a full-circle one. and i promise you, whatever happens next—it will honour her. or it won’t ;) you guys know how i always throw in shockers and spanners in the work lol.

i actually only uploaded part nine a few days ago, and i haven’t started writing the next chapter yet so i can’t give a spoiler yet sorry !! it’s definitely not the last part though—there are two more. so don’t worry, we’re not saying goodbye just yet. i want the ending to breathe. to ache. to deliver on every single thread i’ve stitched across this universe, and that kind of thing takes time. but the good kind. the worth it kind. i say there’s two parts but knowing me there could be a lot more lmao.

i love you. thank you. i’ll see you in the next chapter. 🤍

[leejenowrld]

i want to kill nahyun. what a bitch.

omg hey girl 😭😭 did u start reading back to you?

[leejenowrld]

i seriously can’t someone said they felt sorry for nahyun… are we reading the same story? and 50k worth of words and that was the main point 🤣

no i know 😭😭😭 i was kinda like ?????

[leejenowrld]

Sophie🥺, here is my final ask for chapter 8!

You have this exceptional ability to dig into the ugly beauty of relationships. The deep misunderstanding, the misaligned timing, the love that wants to stay but doesn’t know how. Jeno and Y/N’s dynamic is agonizingly intimate in the way you describe them - not just in a physical way, but in how deeply he knows her and sees her, even the parts she wants hidden. And you make that terrifying recognition feel real!🥺

Seulgi’s conversation with Y/N is so perfect. Y/n needed someone apart from her firends who really understand both her and Jeno, and to give her a fresh perspective into the mess they’re tangled in, and Seulgi is perfect for that. It’s a rare moment of adult tenderness, of a maternal figure telling the truth without minimizing the pain. The way you wrote Seulgi knowing Jeno’s patterns because she raised him made my chest tighten. That’s such a thoughtful layer of storytelling, tying generational behaviors into romantic conflict. Chef’s kiss😘🤌🏻.

And then the poker game! It’s brilliant how you built the group dynamic. Their banter feels effortless and real, but under the jokes and dares, there’s this pulse of tension, especially with Jeno and Yangyang. The way you had them “staring without moving” was so, so intriguing! It speaks about danger without needing a punch thrown.

And finally — Nahyun’s breakdown. Although I hate how this character functions, your writing just makes me wanna read more. For her, you wrote envy and insecurity so well - she’s not cartoonishly jealous; she’s just human, finally realizing she will always be second place. The way you showed Jeno not even needing to say anything to make that truth obvious was stunning. It’s the silence that cuts. Also, the gravity you described Y/n as… Masterful. It’s not prettiness that makes her powerful, it’s the way she moves through the world, the way people feel in her orbit, the way she makes everyone ache for her attention without trying.Love thatt!

And the final stretch of the chapter was a breathtaking masterclass in atmosphere and emotional layering. The wild, chaos of the bachelor party and the soft, aching unraveling of the bachelorette night — until they collided in a silence so loud it swallowed everything. The contrast between the two parties was clever yet devastating. On one side, raw temptation and recklessness, bodies trying (and failing) to forget. On the other, memories too tender to survive the weight of truth. The way you showed how history, regret, and yearning threaded invisibly through every conversation, every gift, every glance — it hurt in the most exquisite way. (But I sure need more backstory on what Jaemin has been up to. I hope we get more of him in the upcoming chapters!!👀)

And then you brought it all to the altar, literally and metaphorically, the place where promises are supposed to be made and turned it into something haunting and holy. That reunion between Jeno and Y/n didn’t feel like a cliché; it felt earned, bruised, desperate, reverent. Not just love, but survival. Their bodies speaking the things their mouths couldn’t. The final image of the ring slipped into her hand - no announcement, no ceremony, just feeling - was so subtle, so human, so powerful. And then, just as peace threatened to settle, you dropped that final knife: Taeyong stepping out of the dark, dragging the entire atmosphere into something cold and dangerous again😭.

It didn’t just feel like a chapter ending. It felt like crossing a threshold you can’t walk back from. Like everything tender and brutal and true was about to be tested. You didn’t just stick the landing, you made it hurt so good we’re begging for the next fall.

That was an amzing chapter, Kudos to your amazing brain!! Love you soo fkin much, and only wish the best for you!🩷

-💕

reading this truly made my heart ache in the best way. the way you engage with every beat, every layer, every small intention tucked between the words — it makes writing back to you feel so sacred. you completely understood the core of what this chapter was meant to be: a slow, brutal unfolding of everything beautiful and broken between people who never stopped carrying each other.

you said it so perfectly — jeno and y/n’s connection is not just physical, it is the terrifying recognition of being seen down to your bones, even in the places you would rather stay hidden. there is no safe distance between them anymore. every glance, every silence, every ache is built on years of knowing and hurting and loving in ways they can no longer escape. you calling it “the ugly beauty of relationships” is everything i hoped would come through.

seulgi’s conversation with y/n was one of the most emotionally important pieces of the chapter for me. you caught exactly what i hoped readers would feel — that y/n needed a figure outside of the chaos, someone who knows both her and jeno not from judgment but from love. seulgi’s honesty is tender, not minimizing. she understands jeno’s patterns because she helped shape the boy who is now hurting so much. and you are absolutely right — bringing generational behavior into romantic conflict was very intentional. because pain and love are often inherited before they are chosen.

the poker game was so much fun to structure because it had to feel effortless and light on the surface but riddled with landmines underneath. you caught that pulse of tension perfectly. the way jeno and yangyang stare across the room without touching, the way the dares and jokes barely mask the weight of everything unspoken — it was designed to feel dangerous without anyone needing to say a word. just the awareness between them, simmering, waiting.

nahyun’s breakdown had to feel human because she is human. messy, desperate, insecure, painfully aware of her own smallness when placed beside the kind of gravity y/n carries without even trying. i am so grateful you felt that. i never wanted her to be a cartoon villain. i wanted her to be real. broken. and in that brokenness, to reflect something ugly and sympathetic at the same time. you said it best — it is not y/n’s beauty that makes her powerful. it is the weight of her being, the way she moves through the world, the way people orbit her without even realizing it. that unteachable, unbearable pull.

the final stretch of the chapter — i cannot explain how much it means that you caught all the layers woven into it. the wild chaos of the bachelor party versus the aching softness of the bachelorette night were meant to mirror two sides of grief. one side tries to forget by breaking faster. the other tries to hold on by remembering longer. every conversation, every glance, every silence was threaded with history and regret and yearning, invisible but undeniable. it makes me so happy that you felt it all pressing down, building toward something irreversible.

and yes, there is so much more backstory with jaemin coming. his arc is only just beginning to unfold, and i cannot wait to show you the full depth of what he has been carrying quietly all this time.

bringing everything to the altar was something i knew from the very first outline had to feel earned. not pretty. not easy. but sacred and bruised and desperately real. the reunion between jeno and y/n was not about solving anything. it was about surrender. survival. their bodies saying what their mouths have forgotten how to articulate. the slipping of the ring — silent, unceremonious, full of feeling instead of performance — was meant to be the quietest, most devastating act of devotion. no promises, no declarations, just presence.

and then, when peace seemed possible for half a heartbeat, the cold reentry of taeyong. dragging the air down again. turning the tenderness into terror. because crossing that threshold means there is no going back. not for them. not for anything they have built or broken. you saying it did not just feel like a chapter ending but like crossing a line that cannot be uncrossed is exactly what i prayed the final scene would evoke. because from here, everything gets heavier. everything gets more true.

thank you, truly, for every word, every reflection, every ounce of love and thought you poured into this. it keeps me going more than i can ever explain. i am so grateful for you. i love you endlessly 🩷

[leejenowrld]

My loveeee !!🥺💗 I’m sorry but the number of asks I’ve written for this fic is getting out of hand😩. So you could also decided not to answer lol!

The knife-cutting tension you’ve built throughout this chapter is so unbearable but in the best way. You’ve captured that feeling of being haunted by someone who’s right there but so far out of reach, and it’s honestly devastating how deeply Jeno and Y/N’s connection still runs under everything. Every small touch, every glance, every wrong name. It all screams of how much they still own each other, even if they’re trying so hard not to.

The handwritten card moment, the way Y/N intentionally brushes his hand, the way it wrecks Jeno physically… that scene burned!! It’s so minimal and yet it holds so much weight because it’s the first time in a long time that she chooses to touch him, but also immediately reclaims her power by walking away without looking back. It’s brutal. It’s intoxicating. And you made me feel every drop of it!

The “what did you call me” scene absolutely devoureddd. The quiet way Nahyun reacts speaks volumes. It’s so clear without overexplaining that this isn’t the first time Jeno’s messed up like this. That Nahyun knows she’ll never really be enough to erase Y/n from him, but she stays anyway. Maybe because she’s pretending too, or maybe because she hopes one day it’ll change. Either way, it’s Nahyun, and so in my head I know she deserves to be put in her place.

But the way the night ends… godd!! Both Y/n and Jeno with someone else, both of them lost in people they’re only using to fill each other’s absence, trying to claw back some control over how broken they are… it’s tragic. The fact that even during those moments, they’re still aching for each other, still haunted by memories that no new body can erase… It’s brutal. It’s human. It’s raw.

Then comes the iconic pool sceneeee!! There’s something so brutally beautiful about that moment. You can feel how much has changed between Jeno and Y/N; they aren’t hiding behind pride or anger anymore. The touch, the aching closeness, all mirrors the emotional mess they’re drowning in. It’s not just about sex, or anger, or heartbreak, it’s about the gravity of a history neither of them ever really escaped. Every word, every accusation feels earned because it’s been boiling under the surface for so long. And now, it finally explodes in the most raw, human way.

I also love how you refused the easy path, how this didn’t end with sex, or a “fixed” version of their story. Instead, you stayed in the hard, ugly, tender parts: the grief, the resentment, the terrible wanting. You honored the pain without glamorizing it. You let them be honest, for the first time in what feels like years, even if honesty isn’t a cure. And that’s what makes it beautiful! It’s not about resolution. It’s about finally being seen. Fully, messily, devastatingly seen.

The maturity and growth you wrote into this explosion of emotion… it’s beautiful! It proves that even broken people can still reach for each other with trembling hands and broken hearts. And about how sometimes, the person who broke you is still the only place you know how to collapse.

In this chapter you didn’t just write a love story. You wrote the death of a love story, and showed how it keeps living in the ruins. And I think that’s what makes it so addictive and so painful to read. You get what it’s like when someone lives inside you long after the ending.

This hurt in the best way. Please don’t stop!!🫶🏼

-💕

please never apologise for sending asks like this, i treasure every single one. it genuinely makes writing back to you feel like a shared experience instead of something i’m just creating alone. your reflections are so thoughtful and alive, it means more than you know. me choosing not to answer would never be a choice you know that 😭😭 this is why you’re my fav anon cos when i do those posts asking ppl to send me asks you do listen to me lol, these are the exact types of asks i want !!!

you described the tension of this chapter perfectly — that unbearable, haunting feeling of being so close yet impossibly far from someone who still owns pieces of you. every wrong glance, every brush of contact, every name slipping out at the wrong time was meant to feel like a cut that never fully heals. the connection between jeno and y/n was never about clean lines. it was always raw, messy, inevitable. and now, after all the distance and all the attempts to move on, it still runs under everything like a fault line ready to crack.

the handwritten card moment was one of my favourite tiny explosions in this chapter because it is so minimal, but it carries everything. y/n chooses to touch him — consciously, deliberately — and the way it wrecks jeno says everything that words cannot. and then she reclaims her power by walking away without looking back. it is brutal because it shows that she could still have him if she wanted to. but wanting is not enough anymore. it never was. that moment needed to burn, and i am so happy you felt it the way it was meant to be felt.

the "what did you call me" scene was written with layers that barely needed words. nahyun's reaction — the way she freezes, absorbs it, and says nothing — speaks louder than any screaming match ever could. you are absolutely right that this is not the first time it has happened. she knows, deep down, that she will always be second place in jeno's heart. she stays anyway, clinging to the illusion, maybe hoping, maybe pretending, but always knowing. and jeno? jeno is too broken to even hide it properly anymore. they are both trapped in a lie that is already collapsing.

the ending of that night was one of the hardest things to write because it had to stay human. not glamorous, not easy. both jeno and y/n using other people to try and claw back some control, to try and feel less hollow, less haunted. it is tragic because it is real. when the person you love feels unreachable, sometimes the only thing you know how to do is hurt yourself trying to pretend you are over them. even in those moments of distraction, they are still searching for each other. still aching.

the pool scene felt like the inevitable crash after all the restraint. you described it so beautifully — they are no longer hiding behind pride or anger. the touch, the closeness, the explosive confrontation is about so much more than sex or blame. it is about the years of history, the memories that never stopped bleeding, the need to finally be seen even if it destroys them. every accusation is earned. every hurt is real. and for once, they stop pretending otherwise.

it was so important to me not to take the easy path. i could have written them falling into bed. i could have written a neat, intoxicating reunion. but that would have betrayed the story. this chapter was not about fixing them. it was about honoring the ruin. letting the grief be real. letting the pain breathe. letting them be honest with each other in a way they have not been in years, even if honesty does not equal healing. you said it so perfectly — it is not about resolution. it is about finally being seen.

the maturity and growth underneath the explosion matters so much. even though they are still broken, they are broken in ways that are conscious now. they reach for each other with hands that tremble. they hurt each other, but they do it without the childish cruelty of before. they are older, messier, but somehow still more true. because sometimes the person who broke you is still the only place you know how to collapse. sometimes love does not survive whole. sometimes it survives as memory, as longing, as ache.

you understood it exactly — this chapter was not just writing a love story. it was writing the death of a love story, and how that death keeps echoing long after the ending. loving someone even when the story is over. loving someone even when you both know you cannot go back. the ruins still breathing. the ghost still pulling at your hands.

thank you for feeling it all so deeply. thank you for seeing every beat i tucked into the silences. thank you for letting this story hurt you in the right ways. i promise i will not stop. there is so much more to come, and i am so grateful to be sharing it with you.

🫶🏼🩷

[leejenowrld]

it's a preview but i just fell to my knees... wdym jeno is ENGAGED. WHAT HAPPENED. did they even break up?💔💔

for the fiancé theory, i think you'll introduce a new character. someone jeno genuinely fell in love with, enough to make him forget about y/n. forget is a strong word though, maybe put her in the back of his mind and just go along with the feelings he was experiencing with this new mysterious woman? an engagement with someone he's actually in love and has a genuine connection with would definitely hurt more than him getting engaged to nahyun. but you're so unpredictable!!! what if you made him fall in love with nahyun, i don't even know anymore. not complaining, i love intense cliffhangers lol.

lastly. can i just say i'm sooooo pissed off, we can use the excuse that this is an fanfic but i can definitely see a situation like this happening in real life. i hate jeno sm, until further notice, but i don't think anything can make me be on his side. i also hate the fiancé by association. team y/n FOREVERRRR that's my girl. i hope she had the glow up of her life and makes jeno regret everything he did to her, because unfulfilled promises are a CHOICE. he CHOSE other people instead of her, constantly. i know you mentioned that both of them had some kind of blame in their relationship ending, but honestly, as far as i remember, she's the one who risked a lot for him and his career. i'm sorry i sound insane but like i said, this pisses me off so bad!!!! 😭 that's how you know how outstanding your writing is!!

i'm not asking for hints or anything, i'm just praying you decided to write this fic as angst with a happy ending because i am NOT ready if you make it angst/no comfort 😭

i’m so sorry for how long it took me to respond to these, but i genuinely loved reading through your reactions and thoughts—your passion and fury and heartbreak made my whole day. thank you for trusting me with your feelings (even the ones that want to throw jeno into the sun). let’s get into it.

first of all… the preview. yeah. i knew the second i dropped that word—engaged—it would feel like a gut punch, and i really wasn’t trying to be evil on purpose (or maybe i was). the whole point was to make it hurt in a very specific, frustrating, deliberately vague way because that four-year jump is loaded. there’s so much that hasn’t been said yet—yes, they did break up. no, it wasn’t clean. and yes, what happened in between was messy, layered, and in many ways… quiet yet loaded. but you’ll see. it’s going to unfold. it’s all there—what was said, what wasn’t, who held on too long, who let go first, and how the line between love and survival blurred.

now your theory? about whether the fiancée is someone entirely new vs someone familiar? you’re scarily smart for thinking of both options because yes, both outcomes would hurt but in very different ways. if he fell in love with someone completely new, it raises the question of whether that love was soft and real, or born out of avoidance, comfort, or timing. if it is someone familiar, though especially someone who’s been there through the wreckage—it’s even more complicated, because it forces you to wonder how much of it is proximity vs actual love. what if she was just… available at the right time, while y/n wasn’t? what if it’s not about being over y/n at all, but about choosing something easier to carry? i won’t confirm or deny anything, but just know that who she is matters less than why he chose her. and why now.

your anger at jeno is so valid. that’s the part that breaks me the most—the fact that, from the outside, it looks like y/n sacrificed so much and jeno didn’t protect it in the end. she fought for him. she risked her reputation, her job, her peace of mind. and you’re absolutely right—unfulfilled promises are a choice. silence is a choice. not calling when you promised to is a choice. it’s not as simple as pointing fingers, but that doesn’t mean it hurts any less. the weight y/n carried during those three post-grad months wasn’t just about being left behind. it was about watching herself disappear in real time while still waiting for him to show up.

i also just want to say—i hear the fear in your last line, and you’re not wrong to be nervous. i do love angst. i love hurt. but i also believe that some stories deserve a kind of peace in the end that isn’t easy or cheesy—it’s earned. so just trust me when i say: i wouldn’t put you through all this unless it was going to mean something. whatever shape this story takes, i promise you it won’t end empty. i write in ways to show that everything, good or bad, has a meaning.

thank you for reading, screaming, theorising, and fighting for y/n. i’m hugging you across space and time for being so real about this. let’s burn slow together.

[leejenowrld]

Heyy babyyy!!🥺 Okay first of all I love you loadssss and cannot appreciate you enough for bringing out another chapter so soon!🩷

I’ve just read the inital part of the chapter, and here’s my perspective and some questions for you!! There’s already so much going on, but everything flows so naturally and hits so hard. While Jeno numbs himself with parties, fights, and meaningless hookups, MC just throws herself into her research and responsibilities to avoid thinking about him? That hit. Also that line about music dying for her? That shattered me cuz it says so much with so little. Also-MC and Mark being roommates now?? Love that detail. It adds such a comforting but bittersweet layer to everything, especially since he’s been a constant presence in her life.

The ‘fantasy boy draft’ tradition was such a fun and chaotic setup (I love the little touches with everyone’s pairings-Ningning and Chenle were so cute, and Jungwoo teaching Yunjin how to dougie?? Please, cuz why is it so Jungwoo😭, but my favorite pair was Karina and Jaemin cuz you picked my favorite two people and put them together (you may or may not recieve a few asks about this separately👀)). But the twist with Nahyun pulling Jeno’s name??? And the tension when Karina swapped the names-I was holding my breath. The way MC calmly told Nahyun the truth about being blocked… just chef’s kiss. No yelling, no noise-just quiet power. You can feel that she’s so done with the drama but still carrying so much pain.

And then Areum calling the breakup selfish?? Ugh. That stung, especially knowing what MC actually went through. But her just shutting it down with a “mind your business” instead of explaining herself? That said everything. It’s like she’s too exhausted to defend herself anymore, and that silence just hit harder than anything else. At the same time, I get Areum’s reaction, cuz even after her break up with Jeno, she really relies on him as a friend. If my best friend was in that state, I would have a similar reaction too.

Alsooo, I had a few thoughts and questions while reading-just things that stuck with me and made me curious:

• When the cheer team was over at MC’s place, the way Ryujin mentioned how well Shotaro treats her felt really wholesome, but then Nahyun immediately snapped. I couldn’t help but wonder-was that really about Shotaro? Or was it more about Nahyun herself? It felt like she was projecting a lot. Like maybe she’s insecure, especially since she seems to constantly crave attention (even from the Lee brothers), but doesn’t actually receive it the way she wants.

• Another thing that caught my attention-was there ever something between Karina and Jaemin? Because the moment she picked his name, there was this strange mix of familiarity and hesitation, like you mentioned. It didn’t feel like she was caught off guard-it felt more like she already knew he wasn’t into her, or at least believed that. Like she’s imagined the idea of them before but never dared to express it, maybe out of fear of rejection. That quiet “I already know how this ends” vibe was so subtle but so telling.

• Also curious about Ryujin and MC’s relationship-have they always been close? Or have they gotten closer because of Shotaro, or maybe even through a shared understanding of how Nahyun operates? There seemed to be a kind of quiet alliance between them, especially during the name-picking scene. Like they were aware of each other in a way that implied more history or mutual understanding than we’ve seen on the surface.

• And finally not a question, but I loved the thought behind MC’s basket. It wasn’t flashy or extra, but it felt so personal and intentional. It matched the whole purpose of the draft-relieving the boys’ stress before the big game-and it was so her. What I adored most is how it didn’t feel like she had to try hard. Jeno could probably take one look and know it was from her. That unspoken familiarity? It was beautiful.

You’ve built this tension so well-everyone’s trying to move on, but they’re all still carrying the past like baggage they can’t drop. And now that MC has to spend time with Jeno again?? I’m already bracing myself. Anyway, I’m obsessed, and can’t wait to uncover more!!

-💕

hii my love !! 🖤 giving you hugs right now. you always get it. like every little nuance, every detail, every wordless moment you pick up on, it’s exactly the kind of thing i bury into these chapters and hope will resonate, and seeing you pull it out like this makes me feel so so seen 🥹 first of all, you’re so spot on about them mirroring each other in their avoidance. jeno numbing with chaos and noise, y/n disappearing into work and responsibility — they’re both terrified of sitting still because stillness means feeling. and god, that line about the music dying? one of the most chilling lines. it’s the core of her right now, the place where her heart used to live is just… quiet. and yes, mark being her roommate is such a bittersweet comfort, he’s been her steady, her constant, but even that feels a little too quiet these days 🖤

okay let’s go through your questions!!

— nahyun’s snap about shotaro / ryujin you’re right. it wasn’t really about shotaro at all. nahyun’s biggest trigger is that craving for attention, and worse, feeling like other girls get it more easily than she does. especially girls like y/n, quiet magnetism, people gravitate to her even when she isn’t trying, and nahyun feels that contrast constantly. ryujin is naturally open and fair, so her comment came from a genuine place, but nahyun heard it as a spotlight shifting away from her. it hit a nerve she tries so hard to pretend isn’t there.

— karina and jaemin i have plans with jaemin is all i’m gonna say, i can’t reveal too much as i’m excited to show you guys where his character will go. what i will say though is that it’s more about quiet projections and what-could-have-beens rather than anything that ever really happened. karina is a realist, she rarely lets herself fall into fantasy — but with jaemin, she always wondered, what if. and she hates that little part of herself because it makes her feel weak, so she buries it. that moment with the name pick? it’s all of that bubbling up at once: familiarity, disappointment, the quiet ache of “i already know how this ends.”

— ryujin and y/n’s relationship beautiful question. they’re not close-close, not in the way mark or karina are to her, but there is this quiet, mutual warmth between them. like, y/n is a magnet — people just like her, they trust her energy even from a distance. ryujin respects her, sees the way she carries herself, and feels a natural pull to be aligned with her, especially in tense group dynamics. there’s a softness there, an unspoken understanding, even if they’ve never been deeply personal with each other. it’s the kind of thing that doesn’t need loud declarations. it just exists. it really speaks for itself how all of y/n’s friends would move earth for her and how those who don’t know her very well still feel a fondness and like towards her.

— the basket 🥹 yes. yes. you got it perfectly. it was intimate because it was effortless. she didn’t try to be flashy, she didn’t overthink it, she just knew what would make him feel safe and grounded, and that’s so her. jeno would look at it and know instantly: it’s her. she thought of me. and that familiarity between them, that history, it makes these gestures weigh so much heavier than they should. they are not people who move on easily, because their connection is so deeply ingrained, even the smallest actions feel monumental.

and finally — the tension of everyone moving forward but still dragging the weight of the past with them? yes. you’re exactly right. they’re all pretending to be fine, but underneath, they’re fraying at the seams. and now, forced proximity? game on. thank you for this message. i absolutely love getting into these layers with you — you’re such a dream to write for because you see it all 🖤 send me as many thoughts as you like, i’m always here for you <3