Friendsandfamily Stories

Five siblings. Two broken pasts. One mansion where family heals-and love begins. Viren Jaisingh was a man of power, wealth, and respect-but never a true father. His empire stood tall, while his family stood fractured. Two women. Two homes. Two sets of children, separated by lies. When the truth finally unravels, Arnav, Abhimaan, and Anvi discover the siblings they never knew existed-Avyuktha, scarred by silence, and Aarush, the little boy who only knew his sister's embrace. What begins as shock soon turns into something deeper. Instead of pushing them away, the Jaisingh siblings open their arms. Arnav, already a protector to his younger ones, becomes Ayu's shield too. Anvi finds a piece of her broken self reflected in Avyuktha's quiet strength. Abhimaan discovers laughter again in Aarush's innocence. In the halls of a mansion once heavy with emptiness, new bonds are forged-bonds stronger than betrayal, stitched together by love, trust, and the belief that family is more than the mistakes of a father. This is not a story of rivalry. It is a story of healing-of siblings choosing each other, against all odds. "From strangers to family, from silence to love-the Jaisingh children rewrite their destiny together."

"You seem to be really intelligent," she said, running her fingers over the spine of my book. "More than you, I guess," I replied, trying to sound nonchalant. "Then you must know the meaning of every word," she said. "Not every word, but most of them," I replied. "Do you know what manhoos (cursed) means?" she asked. "Cursed," I repeated. "Where have you heard it?" I asked, curious-or maybe more concerned. "My Dadi Ammi says I'm manhoos," she continued. Her eyes lost the sparkle they had a moment ago. I was left speechless for a moment, wondering why a grandmother would say such a harsh word. "It seems like you don't know either," she said, her voice laced with disappointment. I stared at her face, and before I knew it, I blurted out, "Beautiful." "Cursed means beautiful," I added hastily. 🌟🌟 Alizey Haider: A girl labeled as cursed, unfortunate, and unlucky by the world- believes she isn't worthy of love. Shehryar Sultan: A boy who considers her as his entire world and loves her like breathing. A LOVE STORY THAT YOU CANT RESIST ✨️ Bitter Brownies by @author_lizz09

Radhya Chowdhary - a girl whose name could touch Everest, yet whose feet remain humbly grounded. Born into a middle-class family, she never dreamed of flying beyond the skies; instead, she dreamt of walking the earth with grace. She's not just her father's little princess, but her mother's fierce queen. To her brother, she's the prettiest annoyance wrapped in unconditional love. Her strength lies in her dance - a rhythm that echoes even in the darkest nights and fiercest storms, an art she inherited from her mother. Behind her bright smile are secrets the world will never see, yet she carries them with gratitude, embracing every blessing from her deity. Telugu, her mother tongue, becomes her fierce weapon - a language reserved for playful scoldings and the occasional sharp retort. Far away from Radhya's sunlit world lives a soul drowning in shadows. Krishansh Pratap Singh - heir of a royal bloodline, yet belonging nowhere. The son of Naina and Vipul Pratap Singh, his life turned cold the day his mother and step father died saving their master's family. The court handed him over to his biological father's house, but love never followed him there. To them, he was not a son - he was a stain, a reminder of shame they could never erase, sheltered under their roof only because of his mother's inheritance. Except for a few loyal cousins, love eluded him. Time sculpted him into stone, hardened him into ice. Alone, he carved his own kingdom - a mafia empire standing tall without anyone's help. His friends became his fortress, his family of choice amidst betrayal. Yet even in this empire, one name still sparked fire in his veins - Arvi Srivastav. The girl he once adored, once teased, once admired with every playful pinch of her angry, red nose. But in his eyes, she became the reason his world shattered; the reason his parents never returned. He loved her once. Now, he only burns with hate. Or so he believes.

"අයිතියක් නැතුවම මං කෙනෙක්ට අයිතිවාසිකම් කියන්න අරගෙන ඉවරයි ... ඒක එයාට අනුකම්පාවක් විදිහට පේන එක මගෙ වැරැද්දක් නෙවේ ..."

Fifteen years ago, a little girl disappeared and two families lost their world. Everyone believes she is gone forever. But the truth is much darker. The girl they are still searching for... is alive. Living a life that was never meant to be hers.

Aaradhya Sharma never imagined that her mother's second marriage would make her part of one of India's most powerful families. At seventeen, she leaves behind her simple life and enters the glamorous world of the Malhotras-a family surrounded by wealth, power, secrets, and expectations. But becoming a Malhotra doesn't mean being accepted as one. With six stepbrothers-Armaan, Raghav, Veer, Reyansh, Ayaan, and Kabir-Aaradhya finds herself living in a mansion where everyone has a place except her. At home, she's the girl they don't know how to accept. At university, she's simply Aaradhya Sharma. No one knows that the quiet BBA student is part of the Malhotra family. Not her new friends. Not her classmates. Not even Aarav Khanna, her stepbrother's best friend. For the first time, Aaradhya gets to live a life without her family's name defining her. But two worlds become harder to keep apart as she grows closer to the people around her and slowly begins to see the softer side of the family that once made her feel unwanted. Then, after months of feeling like a stranger in her own home, Aaradhya makes a decision that no one expects. She's leaving the Malhotra mansion. And only then do her brothers realize something they should have understood from the beginning- They weren't losing a step-sister. They were losing their family. ❤️

Aarohi Malhotra survived the accident that shattered her world - but surviving was never the same as living. Behind her cold silence and carefully built walls hides a girl haunted by forgotten memories, trauma, fear, and emotions she no longer knows how to face. To the world, she appears strong, intelligent, and untouchable. But beneath that control lives a loneliness she quietly carries every day. Then Arjun Sharma enters her life. What begins with misunderstandings and hatred slowly turns into something far deeper - a love built on patience, understanding, and staying beside someone even when they are falling apart. Because sometimes healing does not come from fixing a person. Sometimes, it comes from simply having someone who refuses to leave. But the past Aarohi buried long ago refuses to stay hidden. As forgotten memories slowly begin to surface, her life turns into a dangerous psychological maze filled with secrets, manipulation, obsession, betrayal, emotional conflicts, and truths powerful enough to destroy everything around her. Yet this story is not only about Aarohi. Every character carries their own fears, wounds, insecurities, coping mechanisms, and silent battles. Through different relationships and perspectives, the story explores trauma, healing, attachment, emotional struggles, and the complicated reality of human emotions - because people are rarely simply "right" or "wrong." Sometimes, they are just trying to survive life in the only way they know how to.

Shannon's life continues with new ups and downs. The finale of Book 1 was just a glimpse of this book. How will Shannon survive her new future, and what impact will the training she received from her mentors play now? Read Commitment Courage Honour Discipline first, and then this as it's the second book.

# From Strangers to Us What happens when two strangers are suddenly forced to become husband and wife? Ananya's life changes in a single day when a misunderstanding at college puts her in a situation she never imagined. With rumors spreading and her reputation at stake, she finds herself facing a question no one expects her to answer... Who would marry her? Arjun does. Not because he knows her. Not because he loves her. But because, in that moment, he refuses to let her face the world alone. What begins as a marriage neither of them planned soon brings Ananya into the Rao family, where she slowly begins finding something she never expected-comfort, acceptance, and a place she can call home. And Arjun? He never intended to become her husband. He never expected to care about the girl he barely knew. But as time goes by, awkward silences become comfortable conversations, small gestures become something more, and the distance between two strangers slowly disappears. They were brought together by circumstances. But what happens next... Will be their choice. From strangers... to family... to something neither of them expected. ❤️ A slow-burn arranged-by-circumstance romance about trust, comfort, family, and two people learning to choose each other.

Strength is forged where stone breaks. Zin has spent years venturing beyond the known valleys, hunting the mysterious stones that grant extraordinary abilities to those capable of wielding them. He knows how to survive the wilds. He knows where the earth will crack before it does. And he knows better than most that one mistake is enough to get someone killed. But something is changing. Armies are moving. People are disappearing. New stones are emerging. Some more powerful than others. When Zin and his companions are drawn into a struggle between rival chiefs, kings, and forces they barely understand, an expedition into the unknown becomes something far more dangerous. Zin and his company are forced to confront their past and who they are in the present. MEMORY OF DUST is the first book in Where Time Gathers, an epic fantasy series of ancient mysteries, dangerous expeditions, rival kingdoms, and people forced to discover what remains of them when everything they rely upon begins to break. Minor Triggers: Might be death on page, fighting with magic and none magic. Nothing much else really. Mature themes but no unnecessary gore. Some Foul Language. Nothing else

Hi everyone! This is your writer Ayaz Adlee. Welcome to the world of YOU FOUND ME. Adam Khalil and Aziz Fatima, Two strangers , will meet each other under unwanted circumstances. How will the destiny treat them? P.S: My English is not too good. If you find any grammatical errors, do tell me in the comments :) All the copyrights are reserved.

YOUTH YOUNG SKY ⛅ LONG NIGHTS🌃 HEAVY MOMENTS 🌻 DAZZLING DAYS ✨ We were eighteen, and the world still felt like it belonged to us. University was supposed to be ordinary-new faces, crowded hallways, unfinished assignments, evening cafés, silly friendships, secret crushes, and little moments nobody thought would matter. But somehow, ordinary days became beautiful. A lost necklace became a friendship. A quiet glance became curiosity. A project became an excuse to meet. A harmless crush became something nobody knew how to name. We laughed too loudly, loved too quietly, misunderstood everything, and made memories without realizing we were making them. We were young enough to believe friendships would last forever, that butterflies meant love, and that every beautiful beginning had a beautiful ending. There were golden afternoons, soft sunsets, stolen glances, ridiculous misunderstandings, and hearts falling in directions they were never supposed to. For a little while, everything felt like a song we'd never have to stop listening to. But growing up has a cruel way of teaching you that some beautiful things are temporary. Some people become memories. Some become wounds. And some become both. We didn't know which moments would stay. We didn't know which goodbye would hurt. We didn't know that the person who once felt like sunshine could someday become the storm. All we knew was that we were young. And beneath the same endless sky, we were falling, laughing, becoming- before we knew that these would be the days we'd spend forever remembering. 🌷✨

For years, Nyvera Delara Valtierra loved her best friend, Zyric Thorne Montivilla. Just as she had finally moved on, fate played its cruelest trick- her best friend was finally ready to love her back. But after everything she'd been through, could she still believe in a destiny that came too late?

𝑯𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒈𝒐. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒏𝒐 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂. 𝑵𝒐𝒘, 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏. 𝑨 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒉𝒖𝒔𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅. 𝑨 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒘𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒖𝒑𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏.𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒂, 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒐𝒔, 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕. 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆. ❝ 𝑰𝒔𝒉𝒒 : 𝑬𝒌 𝑨𝒋𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒆 𝑬𝒉𝒔𝒂𝒂𝒔 ❞ 𝐑𝐈𝐇𝐀𝐀𝐍 × 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐀

A PHOTOGRAPH OF US Some people enter our lives quietly. No grand entrance. No warning. Just an ordinary moment that somehow becomes impossible to forget. Seo Ha-na is eighteen, beginning university with simple dreams, a little uncertainty, and a life she is determined to build for herself. Han Ji-hoon is twenty, a medical student carrying expectations heavier than he lets anyone see. Brilliant, reserved, and seemingly composed, he has learned to keep most of his feelings to himself. Medicine is his future. Photography is his escape. They come from different worlds. She is learning how to find her place. He is learning how to survive a life that rarely gives him room to breathe. Then, between university corridors, crowded lecture halls, rainy afternoons, unexpected friendships, photographs, misunderstandings, and countless ordinary moments, their paths begin to cross. Neither of them expects the other to become part of their story. And neither realizes that sometimes, the most unforgettable memories are created in the simplest moments. A glance. A conversation. A photograph. Maybe their story was never about falling in love at first sight. Maybe it was about two people slowly becoming a part of each other's lives- one moment at a time. 📷🌸 A soft university story about youth, friendship, dreams, healing, misunderstandings, family, and the memories we never knew would matter.

I never realized he was my happy place - not until I was already gone from it. In a hurry, I ran straight into a false home, one that looked warm but was only darkness. It took everything in me to fight my way out of it. And when I finally looked up, he was still there. Not just my way back - my only way back to where I was always meant to be. He was my beginning. He was my end. He was the only destiny I ever really had.

ආකාශ්, හැම තැනම මෙතුව හෙව්වා.. කොහවත් නෑ.. video call ගත්තා ගත්තා එත් නෑ, නොර්මල් call ගත්තා ෆොන් off.. ආකාශ් බය වෙන්න ගත්තා.. එයා කෙලින්ම call එකක් ගත්තේ එයාගේ යාලුවට.. "ඔව් මචන්.. ඉතින් කොහොමද.. නැන්දම්මායි ලෙලි සෙට් උනාද..?" "මෙතු නෑ බන්.." "මොකක්..?"

Everyone knows Amira Vespera is dead. At fifteen, she was Obsidian Organization's most promising weapon-a girl raised in an orphanage where abandoned children were trained to become soldiers, spies, and killers. She escaped by making the world believe she died. Three years later, she is living under a new identity. With her hair cut short and a blue hoodie hiding her face, she works quietly in a small-town auto shop owned by a grumpy old mechanic she calls Paps. For once, Amira wants nothing more than an ordinary life. But ordinary was never meant for her. At night, she becomes Blue, an undefeated fighter in the underground ring. Then someone offers her a place in an organization far more powerful than the criminal world she thought she left behind. She doesn't know that the organization is connected to the very people hunting Obsidian. Everyone has a reason for hiding. Everyone has a secret. And when Project V is finally uncovered, Amira will have to decide: Will she remain the weapon Obsidian created-or become the person they could never control?

Kiyansh walked a little closer, but stopped with enough distance between them. His expression was calm, but there was something different in his eyes. More certain. "I've been thinking about you." Anaya waited. "I didn't understand it at first." She frowned slightly. "Understand what?" He gave a small smile. "You." Anaya blinked. "Me?" "Yes."He looked away for a second, gathering his thoughts. Kiyansh took a breath. "I know this may come as a surprise." He paused. "But I've thought about it carefully." "I kept wondering why I noticed you so much." Anaya's expression slowly changed. "Why I remembered little things you said. "Why I'd look for you whenever I walked into a room." He looked back at her. "Why hearing your voice would make me look up even when I was in the middle of something." He continued. "At first, I couldn't understand why I noticed you so much." A small smile appeared on his face. "Then I started noticing little things." Anaya looked at him silently. Kiyansh continued quietly. "I thought it was because we were working together." A faint smile appeared on his face. "Then I thought maybe I was just getting used to having you around." He paused. "But I was wrong." Anaya's heart gave a small, unexpected flutter. A slow-burn workplace romance where ambition comes before love and every journey tells a story. 🎬✨

༺ 𝓕𝓲𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓜𝓮𝓮𝓽𝓼 𝓢𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓮𝓷 ༻ "𝓟𝓮𝓸𝓹𝓵𝓮 𝓪𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓼𝓪𝔂 𝔂𝓸𝓾'𝓵𝓵 𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓰𝓮𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓼𝓽 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮... 𝓑𝓾𝓽 𝓷𝓸 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴𝓼 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓮𝓸𝓹𝓵𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓵𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝔂 𝓽𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓵𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓮𝓭 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓫𝓮𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓪𝓽." At fifteen, Ruhi Dhara is convinced her life couldn't get any more chaotic. Between surviving school with her two best friends, trying not to embarrass herself every other day, and escaping to her beloved mamabari whenever she gets the chance, every day somehow becomes a story worth remembering. ✦ ───────────────── ✦ Mamabari has always been more than just a place. It's where every vacation feels too short, every festival is louder, every meal tastes better, every argument ends with laughter, and every goodbye secretly hurts a little. It's where Mithi is always ready to drag Ruhi into another ridiculous idea, where Rik never misses a chance to annoy everyone around him, and where every corner holds a memory waiting to be made. ✦ ───────────────── ✦ Then, somewhere between unfinished homework, unexpected promises, countless misunderstandings, growing up... and a boy named Adrit. life quietly begins to change. Maybe first love isn't something that arrives all at once. Maybe it hides in stolen glances across classrooms, conversations that last longer than they should, friends who never stop believing in you, and the people who somehow become your safest place without even realizing it. ✦ ───────────────── ✦