🏆 1st Place Best Protagonist | Spring Fling Awards 2026 🏆 Best Romance & Best Dialogue/Prose by Author's Choice! | F.L.A.R.E. Awards 2026 "I won't date you." Five years ago, Kenji Yamamoto met Ichika Nakamura. Now they're in the same high school. They call it friendship. It's easier that way. Some things don't stay buried, and not everything is as perfect as it seems. I Won't Date You is a slow-burn romance novel. Volume 1 is complete. Volume 1.5 is now being uploaded.

A reclusive, self-deprecating genius shuts himself away after a devastating tragedy. When he finally steps outside, he realizes the world has moved on without him. An unexpected act of retribution ends his life-and he awakens in the magical land of Arthia. No god grants him powers. No cheat skills. Not even the language. In this strange new world, he finds love... only to have it ripped away because of his own weakness. Now, armed with nothing but his mind and the knowledge he brought from Earth, he swears to take revenge. Can a powerless genius outthink an entire world of magic? My cover was created by Animaleo ( https://www.instagram.com/animaleo_/ )

It all began with a lullaby. Something ancient answered, awakening a monstrous shadow that could either save the world... or destroy it. Years after fleeing her shattered past, a young huntress named Lily Holloway returns to her hometown seeking only peace and her mother's memory. But when she reunites with her childhood friend; the one person who can calm the darkness within her, Lily dares to dream of a normal life. With new friends and a found family in the guild, she finally begins to taste a fragile sense of home. Until the powerful king who once destroyed her life returns, determined to drag her back into the nightmare. Now, Lily must choose: Protect the people she cherishes... or embrace the terrifying destiny she was born to fulfill. Note to Readers: I only published my work on Royal Road, Wattpad, and AO3. If you find this story on any other platform, it is an unauthorized pirate copy. Please kindly report it to help keep my writing safe. Thank you! © 2025-2026 HobbyistRelapser

What if none of it was worth it? Monet spent every day of her high school years searching for the bricks she believed would build the perfect future. Academic success, a family, a budding career in STEM, and childhood love. It all felt so close, she could almost taste it. Clinging to the future she was convinced was hers, one night of chaos destroys everything in its path. Seven years later, parts of the life Monet dreamed of remain intact. Some things... she had to let go of. What other choice did she have? Then, one day, a familiar voice with an unfamiliar request threatens to unravel all her hard work. Are some things better left in the past? Now, Monet faces two choices: try to rekindle what was lost or allow herself to be loved by someone new. TW This story contains mentions of strong themes, including violence, loss, and substance use. All subjects were handled with the utmost care and consideration.

He never meant to blackmail her. He just didn't know how else to make her see him. Justin's invisible at school: it's online he spends his nights gaming with people who actually get him. Zelda's the opposite: a flawless and admired cheerleader, but it's all an act. When Justin stumbles across her secret - that the perfect girl everyone worships is actually a geeky gamer -, he does something stupid. Now, he's determined to prove he isn't the bad guy she thinks he is. But getting close to Zelda means pulling her deeper into the world she's tried so hard to hide... A slow-burn YA romance about secrets, loneliness, and the people we become when we finally let our guards down. UPDATED EVERY WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY AND SUNDAY

Yan Ng is the poorest student at Two Bridges Academy. While her peers are heiresses to great fortunes, her family struggles to get by selling treats at their small humble bakery. Lucky for them, Yan is at the top of her class. But behind closed doors, she feels inadequate as if nothing she ever does is enough. Enter Maia and Ainsley, two girls who swoop in and make her a part of their friend group. For the first time, she feels like she belongs at her preppy private school, but that's because they've confused her family for the owners of Ng Corporation, a massive overseas distribution company. Yan plays along, lying as much as she could to stay with her new rich friends. But when someone from her past threatens to expose her secret after a horrible misunderstanding, she must lie even more to cover her tracks. Can she hold up her elaborate facade or will she be exposed as one of Two Bridges's four charity cases?

There was never anything remarkable about these days. Most of them slip away before we even notice. A conversation on a bus. Winter light resting quietly on a window. A stranger sitting across from you for a short while, then gone at the next stop. They remain only as long as memory allows And memory is never gentle for long. These pages are made from such passing things. Not because they were extraordinary, but because they were once ours. We wrote them down not to hold them still, but to let them linger a little longer than dewdrops on blades of grass. And if, for a moment, they feel like they might also belong to you, then perhaps they haven't entirely faded.