I think I was possessed when I wrote this lol. This piece is a very raw and honest look into how depression affected me. I would be honored if you took a moment to digest my story. The following material contains graphic content and descriptive imagery that may be triggering to some. Wattpad and Maybelline have partnered up once again for MNY's Brave Together initiative. This month, for every story submitted under the #BraveTogether Weekly Writeathon, Wattpad and Maybelline will donate $1, up to a total of $40,000. For more info and how to join, visit wattpad.com/maybelline.

❝ It all started with me having a 'crush' on him. His presence was all that I needed to fill the emptiness I had within me. Everything was going on with the flow until I realized that my 'crush' had turned into the 'love of my life' for whom I could even sacrifice myself.❞ - 𝐇𝐞𝐫 ❝ I was dumb, naive and careless that I didn't realize. But when I did, it was high time. Loving someone was never my cup of tea unaware that 'that someone' was already there in my life. Feeling her presence was a bliss but those unknown feelings which I felt were kept hidden in the mist. As this mist started clearing out and I started to explore this new feeling of falling in love more and more, destiny stood there as a barrier not letting me go. ❞ - 𝐇𝐢𝐦 People say that distance makes the heart grow fonder. When you lose your loved ones, you regret and crave to have them near. But my story is a bit different, I didn't value her importance in her presence yet in her absence she didn't leave me craving for her presence. - Through the world's eyes, you maybe far away but through the eyes of love I can always feel you close to me. ●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●●○●○●○●○● 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝑰 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔, 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔, 𝑨𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓.

Living with an Indian single mother is already a struggle. Now, imagine having to always deal with inferiority issues because you are born with a stronger, a smarter and a more popular twin sister. Literally, I never asked for it! ◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇ "You knew it all along?" I faced Brian with a heavy heart. Tears blurred my vision. "Kath... I was just trying to help," Brian pleaded. "Help? Hiding my sister's relationship from me is a help?! Playing with my emotions is a help? Pretending to be the nicest guy I've ever met is a help?" I yelled at him. I was flushed in rage and disappointment. "How am I ever gonna repay your help, Brian? How? Or should I just live by owing you?" I could almost feel nothing after getting hurt back to back. I have lost all those meaningful people in my life, just like that. The guy I would trust with a blind eye wasn't exactly the guy I thought he was. How painful could that be? Is it worse than the pain when your sister kissed your crush even after knowing about your feelings for him over years? Or losing your bestfriend could hurt more? Best Ranks 🌟 #1 - sisterhood

Ailith has had a secret crush on popular girl Holly since high school. When vampires kill everyone they ever knew, will Ailith finally get a chance to tell Holly how she feels? Who is the little boy who keeps appearing in Ailith's dreams? More importantly, will Ailith survive the rainstorm that is turning the entire world into blood-drinking monsters? *** Editor's Choice November 2020, August 2021 | Watty Paranormal Winner 2020 *** Ailith Ying is a college student whose family is turned into vampires during a toxic rainstorm. Her only hope of saving them is to find an elusive and rare medicine known as a Lumin pill. Unfortunately, she is kidnapped and taken to Miami by two of her friends who are on the run from the vampire horde. Soon, as the infection spreads across America, Ailith must find her way back to her family and save the world. **** Our world is dying. We thought the end of times would come from the plague, from disease, from war - it came from beneath the Black Waters. Cover designed by Frances Louise De Ramos