Never will I again cherish friendship because not everyone is real enough to relate to the Alkaline song "After all". READ THE 📕📖📚!!!

"Move from in front a mi," I say. But it comes out softer. Weaker. More honest than I intended. I'd be on the first plane out of here tomorrow. Nothing that we've said in the past twenty minutes would matter once I am on that plane. We are tied to each other, and our pasts don't have to intertwine any more than they already have. He doesn't move. I step sideways. He mirrors me, like he's tethered to the same gravity. "Kymani-" "Selah" My name in his mouth feels like a dare. A part of me wants it to feel like a promise. I shake the thought. After what feels like a standoff written in the marrow between us, he finally exhales and steps back. Barely. But enough. I don't waste it. I slip from his hold, my heartbeat pounding in my throat, in my ears, in the soles of my feet as I bolt toward the door. I leave him there. Leave the house. Leave the heat still burning between us. And I run. Fast, desperate, the same way I did the first time I left this place. The same way I survived. I don't look back. Not at him. Not at the house. Not at the version of myself that's still trembling inside those walls. Not anymore.

Naomi's a newly divorced, single mother, who's dedicated to herself and, the wellbeing of her daughter. It took only one interaction to change her mind on pursuing another love interest, but with having an intrusive ex-husband/ baby father, her life's about to become a roller coaster. He guarantees her soft-love and in return, She brings him peace. Will it be enough to withhold the hurdles life is about to throw at them? "I'm focused on only my baby and myself, I don't think I'm re...". As he stood there, waiting for me to continue, I somehow can't. Because truth be told, I'm willing to break all my rules and remove my imaginary walls just to let him in. With a sigh, I say "okay, let's see what life has in store for us".

ғʀɪᴇɴᴅs ᴛᴏ ʟᴏᴠᴇʀs ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ᴀ ᴛʀɪᴄᴋʏ ᴛʜɪɴɢ, ᴄᴀɴ ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ sᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇsᴛ ᴏғ ᴛɪᴍᴇ, ᴏʀ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴀ ᴛʜɪʀᴅ ᴘᴀʀᴛʏ ʟᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴄʀᴜᴍᴘʟᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴅ?

A Don with no concept of what love entails stubbles upon a Nurse who sets his heart straight.

What is wrong with him? I hate that he stares. I hate the feeling it gives me. It's unsettling... Blood rushes to my face... my head... It's... nauseating. And inconvenient. If he would just stop staring, I could get on with my life and my time here. So what if we've met before? He can continue to ignore me as he has been. I can do the same with no problem. None at all. I just... I want him to look away. I need him to. So I can breathe.

𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱🕺🏾 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟯'-𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟯'

Sincere Barlett, a man in his twenties, simply searching for a regular secret security job. His life took an unexpected turn when he came across a strange being he never even knew existed. This meeting took him into a confusing world where nothing seemed real anymore. As Sincere tried to understand this new situation, he began to question everything he thought he knew. He found himself caught up in a complicated story, leaving him to wonder: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠? @-𝐊𝐀𝐘𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

I thought it would just be me and Nori. But then Jasai showed up-loud, calm, dangerous in ways I couldn't name. I didn't expect to want both of them. I didn't expect them to want me back. Now we're all in it. And somehow... it feels right.