( pizza possession and jaehyun's coping mechanism: rituals )
9:12 PM – BOYNEXTDOUGH PIZZERIA
"Welcome to BoyNextDough," Taesan mumbled, voice flat. "How may I ruin your night?"
The customer blinked. "Um. One large Bulgogi Cheesy Crust and garlic bread."
Taesan punched it in like the keys owed him money. He hadn't slept more than four hours in the past two days, thanks to mysterious ghost energies, his own existential spiraling, and the persistent phantom weight of boobs.
He was not okay.
Behind him, someone dropped a box. He didn't flinch.
His apron read: Hot Hands, Hot Crusts.
His soul read: Please let the Earth open and swallow me whole.
Meanwhile...
9:12 PM – Jaehyun's Living Room
"Okay, so—phase three is where we bait the spirit with something it can't resist," Jaehyun announced, standing in front of a whiteboard that had THE SACRED SWAP SLAY scribbled in glitter marker.
Asha looked up from where she was braiding glow-in-the-dark yarn into her hair. "Like what? Blood? Forbidden love? Hometown Cha Cha Cha?"
"Taesan," Jaehyun said solemnly. "We bait it with Taesan."
Riwoo squinted. "He's working tonight, isn't he?"
Jaehyun waved him off. "Exactly. Which is why we do it without him. Classic Scooby-Doo maneuver. The haunted friend is always gone when the gang solves everything."
9:24 PM – BOYNEXTDOUGH PIZZERIA
"Can I get, like, a half-pineapple, half-cry-for-help?"
Taesan blinked at the girl in front of the counter.
"...What?"
She grinned. "Just pineapple."
He nodded silently. His feet hurt. His back hurt. His boob memory hurt. He leaned against the counter as the receipt printer jammed for the third time.
Taesan's lock screen lit up:
[Group chat: Jaehyun's Holy Mission]
📎: "meeting rn don't die at work 💋"
He sighed. "Too late."
9:37 PM – Jaehyun's Living Room
"Step one: salt line," Jaehyun said, dumping a Costco-sized tub of pink Himalayan salt on the floor.
"Step two: the decoy."
He held up a stick figure drawn on cardboard. The head had "TAESAN???" scrawled across it in red pen.
"You think a ghost that could survive boob possession is gonna fall for a cardboard decoy?" Asha asked.
Jaehyun blinked. "It has layers."
Just then, the group chat buzzed again:
Taesan: We're out of dough balls. If I die here, bury me in pepperoni.
Jaehyun: Dough is temporary. Spirits are forever.
10:01 PM – BOYNEXTDOUGH PIZZERIA
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limerence ? han dongmin
RomanceNam Minji cannot stand Han Taesan to save her own life - until they accidentally switch bodies. Now, she has to deal with his perfect life, and he has to survive hers. "I hate how I love you!"
