almosts and afterthoughts

He knows time is running out, though he refuses to name what’s stealing it. What matters is simple, almost childish in its urgency: before the end, he wants to find the person he is meant to love. Not briefly. Not accidentally. Completely. Then he begins to notice her. On trains, in cafés, at crossings and corners of the city where lives brush past each other. Always close enough to recognize her gestures. Never close enough to speak. The encounters accumulate until coincidence starts to feel deliberate, as if something is insisting. He starts counting. When their paths finally converge, the connection is quiet and undeniable. Something rare. Something fragile. And then, just as suddenly, he disappears, leaving behind a love without context and questions that have nowhere to land. Time moves. Lives continue. The world reshuffles them in unfamiliar ways, circling the same spaces without explanation, threading presence and absence together. A story about love shaped by delay. About moments that arrive slightly out of order. And about a question that refuses to settle: if two people pass through the same life without knowing it, were they ever really apart? Will this couple ever meet and proceed with their Love?

Meet Arjun, who's a colossal Dumbass and Parveen, his bestie. What could go wrong lol

Emma Carter has everything under control… until Ethan Walker walks into her life. Forced to work together on a school project, Emma and Ethan discover that behind the rumors, the sarcasm, and the avoided glances, there is a connection that is impossible to ignore. Amidst hallways filled with whispers, late-night texts, and moments where their hearts beat a little too fast, both must decide if it’s worth risking their reputation, their pride, and their hearts for something that could change everything. A story of drama, intense romance, and unexpected humor about that first love that arrives without warning and stays much longer than it should.

Avinash arrives in Mumbai with a dream wrapped in code and a lie already being celebrated back home, but the city doesn't care for either. When his big break falls apart, he's left with no job, no backup, and no choice but to take refuge behind a food truck, serving burgers by day and hiding behind unfinished lines of code by night. Just when he begins to settle into survival, Prachi walks in—exhausted but relentless, sharp but carrying her own invisible weight. Their paths meet again and again, often by the sea, on a beach that seems to slow the chaos of the world, where long silences speak louder than words and moments feel like they almost mean something. She doesn’t know who he really is—until she does. And when she discovers the anonymous creation Avinash has buried under doubt and failure, it sparks a wildfire of ambition neither of them fully understands. What begins as a fragile rhythm turns into a high-stakes sprint toward something bigger—something that tests their truths, tears at their illusions, and drags them dangerously close to the edge of collapse. In a city that demands constant motion and rarely forgives hesitation, this is the story of a boy who almost made it, a girl who almost stopped trying, and a world that doesn’t wait for either—where everything hinges on what you're willing to risk for the version of yourself you’ve barely begun to believe in.

Not a story but a mix of one shot or something. Those who are leads are either just female or male (just need to click that leading gender to get through with it). This is just an afterthought. A burnout out whenever I just felt writer’s block and had some inspiration whenever I read a novel, manga, manhwa, or manhua which made me upset and wanted to do my thang and sometimes I don't finish it because I can't think of the next words anymore lol. That is all. Cheersadoodleduu!

Fariha never believed in fate, but looking back, she wonders if destiny had been playing tricks on her all along. It all started in eighth grade, when a boy named Yunis transferred to her school. The whispers followed him—brilliant in science, a rising star. But Fariha wasn’t impressed. She had seen him before, every morning, waiting for his school bus in the same neighborhood. He was just another student… or so she thought. Until everything started changing. Her once unshakable friendship with Jiya began to crack, leaving her wondering if she ever truly knew her best friend. A new English teacher arrived—Mr. Rashid—who seemed to despise her for no reason, targeting her with punishments that made her question her own worth. Her rank, once secure, began to slip, and Jiya, once her greatest supporter, now stood on the other side. And then there was Yunis. Always near, yet always distant. Silent, but observant. A boy who defied punishments and walked out of class without a second thought. A boy who, for reasons she couldn't understand, seemed to be at the center of everything. With friendships fading, rivalries growing, and secrets lurking beneath the surface, Fariha finds herself tangled in a web of almosts—almost friends, almost rivals, almost something more. But in a world where nothing is as it seems, will she uncover the truth before she loses herself completely?

Reed, a young man that had spent his entire life in the slums wished for a miracle. He dreamt that one day he'd escape the ghetto he had been born in and travel across the world. He longed to embark on an adventure and truly begin living a real life. Alas, it was not meant to be. The stars had other plans in mind for the young man. On the night of his sixteenth birthday, he had his life flipped upside down. Caught in the midst of a confrontation between two rival gangs, Reed suffered a fatal injury. As he laid on the street, Reed couldn't help but laugh at how unfair his life had been from beginning to end. Born poor? Sure. No parents? Okay. No opportunities in life? Fine. But his own miserable life, too? "What more can I be deprived of?" Reed muttered as he struggled to keep his eyes open. A soft voice chuckled and said, "Much, much more, boy. But you'll soon have the opportunity to have all your wishes fulfilled." "...If you can earn the right to obtain them." --------------------------------------------- Let this message serve as a FINAL warning to those who have come in expecting the 'usual' type of story on this site. This is 'NOT' a wish-fulfillment based story. Please do NOT come into this novel with the expectation that you will get some kind of fearless action hero. The MC is everything but that. That he will be... this 'fearless, intrepid' person straight out of the FIRST chapter. A bold, charismatic hero with an unshakable resolve and iron will. Get that irritating preconception out of your head right now if you dare venture further into the story. I KNOW that's what you're expecting because that's the common setup with the stories on this site. I am writing a story about personal growth, above all else. Be forewarned about that. I'm serious. That means that the character has to start from the bottom and work his way UP. Not in only in terms of power, but also in the strength of his character -- as in, maturing INTO someone who will become a hero. Not over the course of a SINGLE chapter like some stories do. Not in SINGLE arc, or volume, but over the course of the ENTIRE STORY. My main character starts off as COWARDLY, INDECISIVE, and WHINY. He is by NO measure a heroic person, or EVEN a whole person. He is weak-willed and flawed because that is how I HAVE WRITTEN him to be, for good reason. Now, it's your right to DISLIKE this decision I've made and not read the novel because of that. Absolutely. If you want an OP power-fantasy, then go find it elsewhere on the site. You do you. Don't let me or anyone stop you from reading what you want. But if you read my novel for what it is and then give it a poor review, criticizing it for having a "flawed, detestable, and pathetic main character," I WILL delete your goddamned review on that point alone. tl;dr: My main character isn't fucking He-Man and the Terminator's baby. He's a human being with all the ugly, pathetic parts you don't like seeing in your OP Reincarnation novels. ------------------------------------------------- Any comment or review you'd leave for the novel is worth more than gold to me. Have a good one.

What would you do if your reality as you knew it faded right before your eyes? Things you were told were lies became truth, discovering things about yourself that the people you love hid from you, and having to make choices that not only affect your life but millions. The decision is yours and yours alone.... But remember, Question everything, and trust no one.

I'm just an ordinary student in the day, living my life as what my parents expected me to do. A normal student, classmate, friend and a daughter but no one knows when the night come. I live my life into another world. A life I never expected that will flip up my entire world into another realm. I know it clearly, I'm just dreaming. simply I'm inside my dream world and yet here I am standing into the unknown reality. A place I never knew existed and beings I never knew if they are real or not. This is not an ordinary dream and it was all because of him, the man that became the key to my sealed doors, he is Almos. *** “Who are you?” I asked him but instead of answering my question he suddenly grabs my hand and pulls me for a run. I don’t know where he will bring me but to my surprised, I let him. We run away from something I don’t know. I just know that there is something that was pulling me through a deep unknown darkness. But he was there and now we are running away. I don’t know who he is yet I trusted him with all my life. For that instant, I knew my heart belongs to him. *** “I didn’t mean to love you yet I love you so much I cannot hold you so tight.” I said those words and I couldn’t stop myself not to feel the bitterness of the truth we are going to face. But still, I hold her hand even though I know that it isn’t right. We run and I save her. Yet, I don’t know it was the beginning and I don’t want to find out the ending. Still, the end is near and I cannot hold her even though my heart already belongs to her.

Something happens to Ahmed, or more specifically, he encountered something out of this world! Where did it come from? And why him? Little did he know, he'll be going across different realms, meeting interesting and crazy characters (bastards) along the way.