trying too hard

1 introduction 

2 The boy who walked into the lion's den 

3 first claim 

4 The Beginning of Obsession 

5 jealous 

6 The Night Something Changed 

7 Teasing 

8 softened 

9 Why Do You Make My Heart React? 

10 A New Visitor… 

11 The Glass Garden Room 

12 The Emotional Breakthrough 

13 Why Does He Affect Me Like This? 

14 The Rival Gang’s Message 

15 HATES the Trainer Guy 

16 They ALWAYS Ruin Moments 

17 Only I Can Call You That 

18 The New Bodyguard 

19 Don’t Ever Walk Away From Me 

20 Side Couples Spy 

21 tae Gets Targeted 

22 Emotional Patch-Up 

23 jealousy 

24 Sit With Me… No, On Me 

25 heartbeat 

26 Stay With Me… Even When I’m Scared 

27 sleeps on jungkook ’s chest 

28 Almost Confession 

29 Heartbreak 

30 Draft 

31 kook 

32 Nickname 

33 Cute Moment After the Scare 

34 The Night That Changed Everything 

35 Later That Morning 

36 A Soft Moment Before the Storm 

37 If Fear Touches You, It Touches Me First 

38 The Threat Gets Closer 

39 The Thing He Tries to Hide 

40 The Quiet Warning 

41 The Space Between Goodbye and Return 

42 Waiting Is the Hardest Part 

43 The Weight of Waiting 

44 Small Moments of Comfort 

45 When the Past Knocks 

46 Arrival 

47 An Uneasy Afternoon 

48 Smiles That Cut 

49 Enter the Snake 

50 trying too hard 

51 Lines Drawn in Silence 

52 Where Loyalty Lives 

53 When the Air Changes 

54 When Love Becomes a Shield 

55 Fire and Truth 

56 His Softest Weakness 

57 author's note 