Growing-up Stories

Sometimes, destiny doesn't arrive gently-it collides. One decision leaves Mannat uprooted from everything she knows, branded an outsider in her own family and sent to a place that feels like exile. What follows is not healing, but confrontation-with a past she didn't choose and a man she never wanted to meet again. Vedant stands at the centre of her undoing. And slowly, against all reason, at the centre of her becoming. Bound by circumstance, silence, and emotions neither dares to name, this is a slow-burn story of loss, growth, and two hearts learning to see each other beyond the ruins of their first meeting. Story Highlights: • Ranked #1 in #CEO - 27 November 2025 • Ranked #1 in #growingup - 27 November 2025

Belonging was only the beginning. Josephine St. Claire thought the hardest part of her journey was adjusting to life without her mother, life with the family she was never meant to know. But as she settles into their world, guarded secrets and buried truths beg to come to surface. [Book Two in The Turning Seasons Series]

This is a collection of poems born from silence, survival, and identity. Written by someone who was told to hide, and chose instead to speak. Every poem is a quiet war. Every line, a piece of light. _________________________________________ 'And Strangle them with a rainbow shirt, Because Little broken boys just don't seem to hurt.' - From 'Too young' 'You're a man now, not little anymore, Still so little, Evermore...' - From 'My Favourite little Man' 'Would I too break my toys, if I did belong?' - From 'Mirror World' ______________________________________________ ⚠️BEWARE⚠️- There's too much going on in my poems ;) If you don't relate to my poems, I feel sad for you. If you do relate to my poems, I feel sadder for you. ______________________________________________ 1st Runner-Up In 'The Fathomless Verse Awards' 🏆 _____________________________________________ Remarkable Rankings! #6 in poems out of 222k books on 10/31/25 #4 in Poesia out of 16k books on 11/11/25 #20 in short out of 160k books on 11/11/25 #7 in inspiration out of 30k books on 11/11/25 #2 in Poesia out of 16k books on 11/13/25 #13 in short out of 160k books on 11/13/25 #1 in Personal out of 28k books on 11/15/25 #2 in Poems out of 222k books on 1/14/25 #1 in Poesia out of 16k books on 12/16/25

I spotted her sitting on the edge of the rooftop railing, her pencil scratching away at her sketchbook. I couldn't resist. I sauntered over, a plan forming in my mind. As I approached, she looked up, her eyes narrowing slightly as she sensed my presence. I flashed her a lazy grin, and her gaze dropped back to her paper, but I could see the tension in her shoulders. I snatched her sketchbook from her hands, holding it out of her reach. "Hey, what's the masterpiece?" I teased, flipping through the pages with a chuckle. She glared at me, her eyes flashing with annoyance, but I could see the spark of amusement dancing in their depths. I loved that about her - she couldn't hide her emotions, not even when she was trying to. "Give it back," she demanded, her voice husky and adorable. I held the book closer to my chest, enjoying the game we were playing. I loved teasing her, loved watching her try to get under my skin. And I had to admit, I was a little obsessed with getting her attention. ________________________________________ Set in the 90's, this story follows a close group of friends through school days filled with laughter, games, cassette tapes, and holidays. At its heart is a quiet love that begins in friendship, grows with time, breaks with distance, and waits through adulthood. A journey of love, loss, and memories that never fade. Some friendships grow into love. Some love never lets go.

The Next Generation: Sonic The Hedgehog is dead. His self sacrifice ends the war. Finally, it's all over. A massive baby boom hits as Tails, Rouge, Knuckles, and even Shadow, all have children. Ten years later, the sound barrier breaks. Who is it? But when all the parents are kidnapped, the House of Phronshentico proves that they are still the greatest family of them all.

Enter a world of luxury, prosperity, and the most important one of all, richness. This rich world is a mix-up of drama, contentment, and secrets-where it is centered around the cities of California. As the focus isn't on the parents and originators, the attention is on their legacies and how they deal with being in the eyes of Hollywood while becoming the youngest socialites. Meet the young Hollywood socialites who were born into a wealthy family-and discover their paths with friendships, relationships, and most of all, drama. Cover Credit: TheUrbanRoyalty

A new school year feels like a reset button-new classes,new people,and the chance to start over. Just a little bit of Sunshine follows a girl learning how to find her place again as she steps into a new chapter of her life.Between navigating new friendships,holding onto old ones,and dealing with emotions her herself still can't quite explain or comprehend just yet. School becomes more than just a classes,crowded staircases when changing periods and soon to be familiar hallways,it becomes a place she learns to grow into. At the center of it all is her boy best friend.He's constant,familiar,and safe.In her class for the fourth year even after they left primary school,understands her silence without asking questons,knows exactly what she's going to say just by how she says "Guess what?",their friendship is purely that no tension,no confusion-just loyalty,comfort,and the kind of bond that truly feels like home in a person. As she experiences new feelings,unexpected connections,and the possibility of new oppotunities,she begins to learn what she wants from love,her friendships moving forward and most importantly herself. Through small moments and emotional discoveries,Just a little bit of Sunshine is an on going story about growing up,choosing the people who choose you,and realizing that the most important relationships are the one that aren't romantic at all....

ငါတို့ရဲ့ "တိတ်တဆိတ် ထာဝရ" Nanda Oo Swa × Han Oo Lwin

There's no such thing as a general truth.

Anna is thirteen years old and already holding more than most adults ever will. In a small town, in a house that never quite warms up, Anna moves through her days quietly, waking her sisters, stretching meals, smoothing the sharp edges of a life shaped by poverty and fatigue. Her mother works. Her sisters depend on her. At school, she is helpful, invisible, careful. No one asks how much she carries, or what happens when the weight slips. Anna is a novel about eldest daughters, and the quiet cost of being the one who never breaks.

REVOLUTIONARY is a work-in-progress novel about the Romanian Revolution, seen from the height of a 6-7-year-old child - the one place where truth shouldn't be complicated, yet life makes it so anyway. Through his eyes, the "adult world" begins to speak in whispers, doors close more often than usual, grown-ups change their faces from one hour to the next, and words like freedom, fear, and gun suddenly enter a universe that only yesterday was about sweet bread, chewing gum, and a Pioneer scarf. The story doesn't unfold in a straight line. It shifts - sometimes almost chaotically - between moments from Before the Revolution (B.R.), with its communist routine and quiet absurdity, and scenes from After the Revolution (A.R.), in a still-young democracy learning how to walk... sometimes in the dark, sometimes at a run. This isn't a history lesson. It's a childhood caught between rumors, sirens, silences, and the kind of courage you don't know you have until you're asked for it. A novel about what a Revolution looks like when you don't fully understand it - but you feel absolutely everything.

Hello everyone! Welcome to the journey of Abi and Ashu. A slow-burn romance story about growing up, the innocence of school love, the struggles of long-distance, and the harsh realities of balancing ambition with a relationship. Before you dive in, here's a little about what you're about to read: 1. Based on a True Story This story is heavily inspired by actual events from my life. Much of the narrative is drawn directly from my personal journals. Because of this, the writing style is journalistic and slice-of-life; it may feel repetitive at times, but that's because real life doesn't always follow a perfect movie script. While the core emotions and events are true, some fictional elements have been added to stitch the narrative together smoothly. Some chapters will also feature simple illustrations to bring certain moments to life. 2. The POV System The main story is told entirely from Ashu's point of view. You'll also notice some decimal chapters (like Chapter 5.5). These chapters are written from Abi's POV by my real-life girlfriend, the Abi to my Ashu. These chapters retell moments from her perspective or include scenes Ashu never witnessed. These are not strictly mandatory to follow the story. 3. Language The story is set in a Tamil cultural context. Tamil dialogues are used to maintain the authenticity of emotions, and English translations are provided either immediately or through context. 4. A Small Disclaimer This is my first time writing a story. I'm not a professional author-I'm learning as I go. I've used AI tools to help with grammar and structure, but the heart, emotions, and experiences are entirely my own. Please forgive any rookie mistakes along the way. I hope you enjoy living through our memories. Happy Reading!

With her great-aunt fed up of her behaviour, Mackenzie De Niro is in for the ultimate wake-up call when she is sent to live with her estranged brothers. As she navigates this new chapter in her life, Mackenzie is forced to find a way to confront her issues and trauma head-on. Can this rebellious girl adjust to her new life and mend her broken relationships with her family or will she only push them away? ...and what secrets will she uncover along the way?

I wrote most of these poems after 10 p.m. when I was feeling either sad, nostalgic, or lonely. It started as just a way to put words to feelings, but it has become so much more than that. I hope you can resonate with some of these poems, like I do, and that these words are there for you when you need them most :)

Myra lives her life in a loop-school, work, home. The same streets, the same faces, the same quiet routine. It's safe. Predictable. She's spent years convincing herself that comfort is enough, even if it means never chasing what she really wants. Then one rain-soaked evening leaves her dazed on the sidewalk-and waking up in a flower shop owned by a kind stranger and his infuriatingly charming son, Kai. Where Myra hides behind silence and scribbled thoughts, Kai is all laughter and light, the kind of person who turns mistakes into stories and dreams into action. He's everything she isn't-bold, spontaneous, fearless-and somehow, he won't stop showing up. As their paths keep crossing, Myra finds herself pulled into Kai's world of color and chaos, and he finds something grounding in her quiet steadiness. What starts as reluctant company slowly blooms into friendship... and something deeper neither of them were ready for

In the small town of Blissfield, a dropped stack of books in a high school classroom sparks a love story no one sees coming. Season One follows Zeke and Yairah from their first awkward meeting as teenagers to the moment they begin building a life side by side. Through exams, family expectations, calling, and sacrifice, their bond grows from young affection into something tested and chosen. As graduation approaches, futures take shape - the firehouse opens its doors, new recruits arrive, and unfamiliar faces step into town. Some friendships form easily. Others begin with friction. All of them will matter. From first glances to forever promises, from classrooms to call sirens, this is the season of beginnings - where love takes root, paths are chosen, and four lives quietly move toward the center of a much larger story. This is where it all begins.

"Eight friends. too many feelings.❤️‍🔥💛 and love that never really left."🫂🌸 From classroom crushes❤️ to grown-up reunions from holding hands to holding pain🫶🏻🦋 Kahish is about the people🤌🏻💖 who loved too deeply. and waited too long.🥺🤍

"I know ok?!" - Izuku screams, he never screams. Shōto flinches and fights the instinct to cover his ears as he stays put with his back against the bedroom door. Fuyumi frowns with the headphones in her hands, ready to place them over his ears, but for once Shōto wants to know. "He's not special! He's just-" - the sentence stops, Inko warns him to stop as it often happens and somehow Shōto wishes Izuku wouldn't stop. He needs to hear it, he needs someone to say that word. "I'm your son, you birthed me, and still I'm never a priority..." - Izuku says and his voice breaks. It's quieter this time. Shōto opens the door and takes a tentative step outside, not really knowing why: maybe to confront Inko, or maybe to comfort Izuku. The entrance door slams and he's faced with only Inko. She looks at him with so much guilt she might as well just have killed a man. "I'm sorry..." - she says and Shōto doesn't understand what she's actually sorry about. ~ To sum it up: Tōya decided to run away from his abusive household with his sibling. Endeavour face a trial for child abuse that lead to his immediate hero career decline and incarceration. While Tōya manages to run away with Natsuo, Fuyumi and Shōto end up in a foster home. The foster family just happens to be the Midoriyas. ⚠️𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙨 ⚠️ • It's a boyxboy (don't like it ➡️ don't read it) • Canon divergence • Might contain mention or reference to child abuse • ASD & PTSD • Quirkless Izuku

10th grade wasn't supposed to feel this complicated. 😳💫 For Teju, tuition was meant to be simple - notebooks, formulas, and a quiet escape from the noise of life. But lingering glances, unspoken moments, and emotions she can't quite name begin to rewrite her story. 🌙📚 Some say you meet your soulmate more than once - the first two times when the timing is wrong, the last when the universe finally aligns. And somewhere between fate, friendship, and feelings she never planned for, Teju discovers that the hardest equations aren't in math... they're written in a heart she never expected to solve. 💖✨

It started in a bookstore. And it should've ended there. But some people don't leave your life the way they entered it. Bookmark of Their Silence is a quiet story about connection, family, and the things we don't say.