Copulation
What will you do if your rights are taken away and controlled by a state order? Boredom must be the answer. At least that's what Ivory, this year's Copulation participant, felt. Having a child with a stranger is hard for her. Especially if it's just a game controlled by a system. Ivory hates her destiny as someone who is always considered weak. On the other hand, Aaron, who was initially about to marry his fiancée, suddenly canceled his plans and chose to join the game. His meeting with Ivory made him understand the feelings of his momentary partner. At the same time, Ivory also questions her feelings, which start to grow uncontrollably for Aaron. Spending day and night under the same roof certainly makes the existing boundaries gray. Ivory doesn't want to be someone's lover, but fate makes her difficult to choose. Can they survive amid their efforts to break the system that shackles freedom? === === "Stop treating me like your real partner. I can't. Falling in love with you is exhausting." "Don't hate me, Ivory. Don't walk away from me." "I love you, but we met to part. I don't wanna hurt myself, hoping that we can stay together forever."
Bargaining
Ivory sat limply by the flowerpot.
She lost power. Fatigue enfolded her to the bone. Her energy was drained so severely that she couldn't breathe. Her throat ached from crying too long. Her head was spinning because she had been struggling with guilt for too long.
Ivory's hand reached out to touch the fragile-looking rose stalk. Carefully, she traced the stem with her fingers. She stabbed her index finger into one of the thorns on the rose's stem. As if it didn't hurt at all, she stabbed her middle finger, too, while feeling tight in her chest.
The tightness in her chest was insane. She felt a very broken heart. It was as if her world had collapsed in the blink of an eye. Her pain was even more painful when she realized that it was because of her incompetence that other people's lives were the consequence.