Hello everyone, I'm Lumin. 🍒🌷 The Pieces of Us is not just a book-it's a growing collection of stories, each carrying emotions we've all felt at least once in our lives. ✨ This is not about perfect love or happy endings. It's about the moments we often keep to ourselves-the quiet hurt, the longing, the friendships that changed, the invisible pain of feeling like you don't quite belong, even when you're loved. 🌚 These stories don't follow one specific path. Some might be about family, others about grief, distance, or just the small unnoticed feelings that stay with us. Every piece is different, but real in its own way. 🎀 The stories may feel slow sometimes-and that's okay. I love writing slow burn stories. I believe taking it slow gives space for the emotions to grow, to be felt deeply, just like in life. I've also added fictional elements, because even though these are fiction, the feelings behind them are very real. A little bit of imagination, a little bit of truth-that's what this book is made of. I won't say this is my first time writing-I've written many stories before, some in my lost notebooks, some that still live in my mind. But yes, this is the first time I'm sharing them like this-openly, online, with all of you. I'm still new to this space, and my writing might be different, maybe even imperfect-but it's honest. 💐 Also, English isn't my first language-it's actually my third. So if the words are simple or if there are small mistakes, I hope you'll look past them and feel the heart behind them. If you're here looking for a romantic love story, this might not be what you're expecting. But if you're looking for something real, something beyond the usual-a story that makes you pause and think "this feels like me"-then maybe you'll find something in these pages. ✨ Thank you for being here. I hope The Pieces of Us feels like home, even if just for a while. 🌷🍒 With love, Lumin 🎀