Tea_Tae

Deen, a seven year old boy, arrives in Korea with his mother Mia. With a strong determination to raise her son properly, Mia ensures Deen lacks no love in his life. In her spare time, Mia is a huge fangirl of the Korean boy group, TNT. 

But in an unexpected twist of fate, the mother-son duo end up being the neighbors of D3, another legendary boy group, which happens to be TNT's biggest rival. D3 consists of the short tempered Taewon, gentle Joon Jae and the goofy Jan. 

On top of that, Mia is hired as the personal designer for TNT, which consists of the charismatic leader Soo-Yon and the playboy maknae Cheng. Despite the rocky start, Mia and her son grow closer to all the members of both the groups. 

With time, the members realize they have fallen in love with the same woman, disrupting each group's dynamics. Furthermore, the origins of the hostility between the two groups resurface, making everyone involved question the decision they made a decade ago. 

As secrets unfold, the members vie for Mia's affections, Deen observes that she has eyes only for one of them. But which one of them will she choose?

Note: Please note that the cover is not my original one. This is simply a random fanart I got on the internet. I'll upload an original cover as soon as its ready! Thank you for understanding.

Starred Up

Everyone went silent. This issue was circulating around the fandom blogs for a while. Right after we moved into our new house, two fans tried to sneak in. They trespassed into the house behind ours and were attacked by an invisible force. They were not hurt but the shock left them mute for a few days. A few days later, another fan tried to sneak in through that way. She was also attacked, only this time she was thrown off the stairs by an unseen thing. After that, the rumors spread of the house being haunted. Forums erupted with debates to conspiracy theories. Still, panic begun to spread. Some fans were still determined to get close to us. So we set up spots for them outside our work studio, where we interact with them frequently.


To steer away unwanted attention, the owner of the house put it up for rent, but no would buy it due to the rumors. Fans steered clear of our area after that, which was a relief. They do gather at our gates occasionally but we put extra security there to keep them away. The roads are frequently patrolled by policemen after those incidents.


In reality, the 'invisible force' from the stories was Taewon's Cane Corso. He called her Mona. We rescued Mona from meat poachers when she was a puppy. Her vocal chords were destroyed by the poachers and she was in a dire state. Took them months to nurse her back but she was deemed to be mute forever. Having her around proved to be very useful for us.


Big and black, Mona camouflaged well in the dark. She had the tendency to go and play at that empty house behind our mansion. When the fans tried to sneak in through the neighboring house, Mona was in there. That dog will jump on anyone but never harmed them. She just wanted to play. On sensing people, she leapt on them playfully. But her black fur camouflaged her and those people thought she was a ghost. The second incident was an accident though. The fan simply tripped on Mona's sleeping figure and tumbled down the stairs. Scared and injured, the fan ran away. Of course we cannot tell people that. Netizens will send death threats to the mute dog and ask for her to be euthanized for accidentally hurting someone. But it did give us an idea.


To keep away unwanted sasaengs, we fuelled the ghost story. Even paid the local priest to confirm it for us. Well, the rabies story wasn't a lie. Someone did die there years ago but that house surely wasn't haunted.


That house also worked as an escape for us. Even if fans steered clear of that house, they still found ways to invade our privacy. So when we needed to catch a break, we sneaked in there to chill. Fans who broke in, thought we were out. Who would think their idols were actually next door, chilling?


'That sure was a... chilling tale,' Tae-mong said. He definitely was not convinced. But what can he do?


'Thank you boys, for coming here today,' he exclaimed. He turned to the audience. 'That was D3 for you. I'll see you again, next week.' We all got up and bowed to the audience.


Joon Jae-Chilling Next Door