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Prompt: Title (Working): “Edge of Us” Genre: Slow-burn romance, soft angst, internal conflict, sexual discovery, with explicit scenes as the story deepens. Setting: Modern-day Korea, ITZY are idols but this focuses more on private life behind the scenes than actual performances. Tone: Smart, intimate, emotionally charged, secretly filthy in the best way. ⸻ Story Concept Yeji, with her fiery presence and composed exterior, is known as the unshakable leader of ITZY. She’s always been tactile with the girls—touching their arms, leaning against them, brushing their hair back—but it’s always felt natural. Until recently, her touches with Ryujin feel too good. She doesn’t understand why. Ryujin, meanwhile, is fighting her own quiet battle. She’s always known something was… off. She’s had flings with boys, done everything you’re “supposed” to—but it always left her cold. She didn’t know what arousal really felt like until an accidental, prolonged moment with Yeji left her wrecked and confused. She gets stuck in cycles of edging herself, trying to recreate that feeling but never reaching it—until she admits, silently, that it’s Yeji she’s thinking about every time. They both hide it. their crushes very well Yeji switches when Ryujin touches her. Ryujin avoids all eye contact when Yeji so much as brushes her shoulder. They live together, travel together, share late-night convos, shower stalls, and sometimes beds. And eventually… they break. ⸻ Character Notes • Yeji: Long orange hair, dominant leader energy, but secretly very emotionally soft. Doesn’t understand she’s catching feelings at first. She becomes weirdly possessive and doesn’t know why she wants Ryujin’s attention so badly. • Ryujin: Long wolf-cut, real-life swaggy tomboy style. Flirt without trying. Struggles with internalized confusion—knows she doesn’t like men but doesn’t realize how deeply she wants Yeji until physical urges get tangled with emotional ones. • Other ITZY members: Lia, Chaeryeong, and Yuna bring humor, distraction, and observant commentary that heightens the tension between Yeji and Ryujin. Yuna is suspicious early. ⸻ Chapter Breakdown (Ch. 1–5) ⸻ Chapter 1: “Split Seconds” • A casual post-rehearsal scene: Ryujin leans back against Yeji’s lap during a group movie night. • Yeji strokes her hair without thinking—and Ryujin tenses just slightly. • Ryujin stays up that night, unable to sleep, distracted by how it felt. • Flashback to Ryujin making out with a boy—only to stop halfway through, saying she felt “numb.” • Yeji notices her distant the next morning, but Ryujin brushes it off with a smirk. ⸻ Chapter 2: “Almost” • Ryujin walks in on Yeji changing—a pause, a glance, tension. • Ryujin escapes to the bathroom, tries to edge herself—frustrated, unfocused. (insert: make it explicit) • She mutters Yeji’s name by accident and freezes. • Meanwhile, Yeji has a dream—nothing graphic, just a warm, safe dream where Ryujin’s hand is on her waist. • She wakes up needing to see her immediately, and finds her making breakfast in nothing but shorts and a tank top. ⸻ Chapter 3: “Touch-Starved” • Yeji starts noticing it: how much she wants Ryujin to hug her first, how her skin lights up with every graze. • In a group photoshoot, Ryujin casually adjusts Yeji’s collar—and Yeji stutters her line after. • Yuna notices. Smirks. “Unnie, you’re acting weird.” • Later, Yeji tries to nap on the couch and Ryujin lies next to her. Their thighs touch. They don’t move. They just stay like that for way too long. • Night ends with both girls in their separate rooms, laying awake. Touching themselves but trying not to. ⸻ Chapter 4: “Practice Room” • Yeji and Ryujin have to practice a partnered dance for a fan event. • Ryujin is confident at first—until Yeji touches her lower back. • She shudders visibly. Yeji grins but plays dumb. • They have a moment where Ryujin stumbles, and Yeji catches her. Faces very close. • Yuna walks in at the worst time. Ryujin flees. Yeji covers by stretching and acting unfazed. • Later, Ryujin edges herself again, harder this time, nearly finishing—until a knock on the door from Yeji stops her. (insert: make it explicit) ⸻ Chapter 5: “Good Girls Don’t” • Ryujin and Yeji get paired for a travel vlog trip and have to share a hotel room. • One bed. One shower. Too much tension. • Ryujin takes a long shower, tries not to think about Yeji—but ends up moaning into the steam, hand pressed to the tile. (insert: make it explicit) • Yeji, half-asleep, hears her. She pretends she didn’t. But her breathing changes. • They fall asleep way too close. Yeji’s hand drapes over Ryujin’s waist. Ryujin lets it stay.