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"Weren't we supposed to just be friends? so why does he keep looking at me like that?" Eighteen. Plus-size. And officially over secondary school and family stress. Lailat "Lily" Adeyemi-Lawal doesn't do rule she just exists. Hiding from a past that, threatens to swallow her whole, she expects the summer lesson she never agreed to be signed up for to be tedious and boring. That is until she meets him. Tariq Hassani lives in a world without sound. Deaf due to an accident he's used to being overlooked, bullied, and pitied by most of the people around him. Now at the end of his terrible secondary school days, he wants nothing to do with the chaotic, loud girl who crashes into his life like a ram in Lagos traffic jam. But when a misunderstanding force's them together, Lily discovers the boy beneath the silence, while Tariq sees the girl behind the rebellion. As the humid Lagos summer heats up, so does the tension between them. But Lily past is a ticking time bomb for her present, and Tariq is protecting a heart he thinks is unworthy of love. In a city that never quiets down, can they find a language that belongs only to them?

This is not a fairytale. It is a story about longing-quiet, persistent, and often ignored. About a woman who learned how to be strong before she learned how to be soft, and how routine can become both a shield and a prison. Janelle's life is built on responsibility. Early mornings, long shifts, obligations that do not pause for emotion. On the surface, she is composed and capable, the kind of woman people rely on. But in the stillness of night, when music fills the gaps left by exhaustion, her heart speaks more honestly. Each song carries what she has been taught not to ask for out loud: connection without confusion, desire without chaos, strength balanced by tenderness. A love that does not demand she choose between passion and peace. For a long time, she accepts fragments-pieces of what she wants scattered across different people, different moments. She tells herself this is adulthood. This is reality. That wanting more is unrealistic. But some desires refuse to be silenced. This story follows the space between who Janelle is expected to be and who she longs to become. Between rhythm and routine. Between fantasy and courage. Between a guarded heart and the possibility of something real. A Little Gangster, A Tender Touch is about learning that love does not have to be loud to be powerful-and that sometimes, the life you want begins the moment you stop settling for less.

She never applied for the soft life but somehow, it found her. When Kamsi, a girl from the hard edges of Kaduna, is chosen for a mysterious luxury lifestyle grant, she's dropped into a Lagos apartment she didn't earn, wearing clothes she can't afford, and drowning in a peace she doesn't trust. To survive the silence, she begins writing anonymous letters online honest confessions about class, grief, survival, and beauty she feels unworthy of. But then, someone writes back. Now Kamsi must navigate not just unfamiliar softness, but the haunting possibility that someone out there knows her past and has plans for her future. Afro-urban. Romantic. Real. Updates every weekend.