Some loves never really fade, no matter how far you try to run from them. When Lena returns home, an unexpected reunion forces her to face the woman she lost, and the five-year-old secret that grew while she was gone. --- Home was never a place, It's You

In the humid embrace of Bangkok, amidst the electric pink haze of university beginnings, the world moves in a chaotic symphony. For Miu, a freshman woven from sunlight and laughter, life is a series of bright, fleeting moments-until the noise stops. High in the stadium bleachers, gravity shifts. It isn't the heat that steals Miu's breath, but a figure on the field: Lena. A senior. A Drum Major. A woman of steel spines and obsidian eyes who commands the thunder of the percussion line with the flick of a wrist. Miu is the orbit; Lena is the sudden, terrifying center. Driven by a heartbeat that no longer obeys her, Miu makes a reckless vow: she will bridge the distance between the stands and the stage. But down on the asphalt, where Lena lives in a fortress of 4/4 time and perfect discipline, a rogue beat has already struck. A stranger's blinding smile has pierced the Drum Major's armor, leaving a ghost of a memory she cannot shake. One is chasing a dream; the other is haunted by a smile. When their paths collide, will their rhythms finally synchronize?

From scraped knees in kindergarten to the dizzying complexities of college, Lalina's world had always revolved around Miu. Her devotion wasn't just protective; it was a smothering, obsessive shroud, shielding Miu from every whispered secret, every potential suitor, every hint of closeness with anyone else. It was her purpose, her reason for being. For Lalina, it was the purest form of love, fierce and unyielding, a love that demanded nothing in return, or so she told herself. But for Miu, it was a suffocating cage, an invisible leash that tightened with each passing year, breeding a quiet, seething hatred deep within her, a hatred Lalina refused to see. Then, Miu dared to fall in love with someone else. Despite Lalina's fervent contradictions, despite her desperate, tear-filled declarations of unwavering love, declarations that now felt like pathetic pleas, Miu shattered the cage. She married. For Lalina, the world imploded, the sun extinguished, leaving her in perpetual darkness. Accepting a fate she couldn't control, a fate that felt like a personal betrayal, she fled Thailand, vanishing for twelve agonizing years, each day a hollow echo of what could have been. But destiny, a cruel puppeteer, had not finished its dance. When news of her mother's ailing health finally drew Lalina back, the universe conspired. A chance encounter, brutal in its suddenness, thrust her face-to-face with Miu once more. What future awaited them? Could she bear to lose Miu again? Or was she destined to relive the same heartbreak, forever trapped in the echo of a love that could never be?

From TikTok Short Story: https://www.tiktok.com/@torianne201/playlist/RUMOR%20HAS%20IT-7590163003956218644?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc Author's disclaimer This is just a fanfiction, something written by a fan. Please don't take it too seriously. Just relax and enjoy the story.

kami hanya berpisah, itu saja.

Livxene Antonette Aldarde has lived a life carefully constructed by tradition and expectation. Married for eight years to her college sweetheart in an arranged union blessed by both families, her marriage appears enviably perfect-stable, respectable, untouched by scandal. She learned early how to be a good wife: composed, loyal, unquestioning. That illusion fractures the night she discovers her husband is having an affair. The betrayal ignites something sharp and unfamiliar in Livxene-not grief, but resolve. She refuses to be the woman who is quietly replaced. Determined to "fix" what was broken, she sets her sights on the other woman, believing that if the threat is removed, her marriage will return to what it once was. But when she comes face to face with Madeline Gwyneth Quizon-the woman she believes is threatening her life's foundation-Livxene's certainty begins to crumble.

The weight of "what ifs" is a heavy thing to carry, especially when the love never actually died. After a decade of working in the UK, Lena finds herself back in Bangkok, only to be thrust into a high-stakes medical environment where she must work with her first love, Dr. Miu. ​Miu has built a new life, yet the magnetic pull between them remains. Amidst sterile hospital corridors and a tension-filled reunion, they are forced to confront years of suppressed memories and a connection that time and distance couldn't fully erase.

Lena has always loved reading, but one story affects her more deeply than any other. In the pages of a tragic novel, she meets Lady Lorena-a brilliant and beloved duke's daughter who shares her name and charm, yet lives a life destined to end in betrayal and death. The cause of Lady Lorena's downfall is Princess Natasha, whose envy slowly turns into cruelty, leading to Lorena's tragic fate. Unable to accept such an unjust ending, Lena weeps for Lady Lorena and finds herself hating Princess Natasha more than any villain she has ever read about. But fate has other plans. When Lena suddenly awakens inside the very book she read, she realizes she has become Lady Lorena herself-standing at the beginning of a story she knows will end in death. Armed with knowledge of the future, Lena must navigate noble society, confront Princess Natasha's growing jealousy, and make choices that could alter the course of the story. Can Lena rewrite a fate already written in ink? Or will the pages inevitably lead her to the same tragic ending?

Pada akhirnya, cinta akan berlabuh di waktu yang tepat pada seseorang yang memang seharusnya mendapatkannya. Retta-Tania-Jingga kembali hadir untuk menemukan pelabuhan hati mereka dengan perjalanan cinta yang tidak mudah. Sekali lagi, kisah mereka bertiga akan diuji dengan permasalahannya masing-masing. Reminisce season final akan menemani malam-malam kamu selama beberapa waktu ke depan. Selamat membaca!

Hiraeth: A longing for a home you can't return to, or one that was never yours. Menceritakan sebuah perjalanan menemukan kembali titik balik yang sudah lama Naya lupakan. Proses panjang pencarian sebuah makna dari kata 'rumah' yang sudah tidak berarti lagi untuknya. Dilatarbelakangi masa putih abu-abu, semoga cerita ini bisa memberikan hal baru dari cerita saya lainnya. [Peringatan] Cerita ini akan banyak mengandung kata-kata kasar dan juga beberapa hal yang bersifat dewasa. Jadi untuk kalian yang masih di bawah umur, harap dengan bijak membaca cerita saya ini. Terima kasih. Enjoy!