Growingup Stories

Michael Cruger was just your average Reefside student who loved writing music and playing until his life turned upside down when a new threat, Mesogog, arrived and now he has to align himself with the new Power Ranger in Reefside, the Dino Rangers.

Every morning Daelyra Targaryen wakes up and chooses violence. (Figuratively, at least.) It might be because she's Daemon Targaryen's daughter. It might be because her soul is from another world. It might be because her dragon blood runs hotter than most, and that means more than she knew it could. It might be because the dragon that chose her is the most vicious of them all. It might be because she's a woman on a mission. So many might-be's, but one thing is certain: she wasn't meant to exist, and the sole fact that she does was enough to knock the world off its axis. Why not push the change further? Or: Targaryens really aren't human and expecting them to conform to human standards rarely ends well, and sometimes an unhinged woman with an unhinged dragon is all the world needs to prevent a disaster long in the making.

A little sneak peek: Chennai, 2014. Highschool. I was playing pen fight with Gokul when Chandru elbowed me in the ribs. "Macha, macha... un aal draaaa," he whispered. (Dude, dude... your girl.) I dropped my pen and looked at the door. Abi entered our class carrying a notebook. She handed the notebook to the substitute teacher. The teacher asked her something and then started signing. Abi used this time gap to look at me. She knew exactly which bench I usually sit on, so her eyes found mine instantly. I raised my eyebrows at her. She glared at me cutely, knitting her eyebrows together and scrunching her nose while slightly pouting her mouth. Damn!!! Suddenly, I became too aware of my hands. My hands were screaming, Bro, what do we do? ------------------------ Welcome to Abi and Ashu's journey. A slow-burn love story about growing up, innocence of school love, long-distance struggles, and the challenge of choosing between dreams and love. Before you begin, here's what you should know: *Inspired by a True Story* This story is inspired by real events from my life. It is written in a journalistic, slice-of-life style, so some parts may feel repetitive because real life doesn't follow a perfect script. The emotions and major events are real, but a few fictional elements have been added to make the story flow better. Also, the present-day portions are completely fictional. The story is mostly told from Ashu's point of view. Some chapters are from Abi's perspective and were written by my real-life girlfriend. These chapters share her side of the story and moments Ashu never saw. The story is set in a Tamil cultural background. Tamil dialogues are kept to preserve the emotions, with English translations included. Note: This is our first time writing a story. I used AI tools only to improve grammar and polish sentences. The feelings, memories, and experiences are completely mine. I hope you enjoy being part of our journey!

Male! Bloom - Pre-Established Relationship Male! Oc x Helia - Pre-Established Relationship [2004-2009; 2011-2019] Act Two Book 16 Rewrite From Season 5+ " Y/n, will you marry me? " Domino has been restored and Isis is thriving. The Winx have taken up the mantel of Guardian Fairies of the Magic Dimension and Nymph of Magix. They may have graduated, but the fate of the world once again rests in their hands...but this time, it isn't their world. The last fairy on Earth needs them. The waters of Magix are polluted. And they're gonna have to learn to say goodbye. " Don't you know, baby, that you're the one Who always made me feel like I'm a queen; The one who's always been there for me? And that's why I will love you endlessly " If you identify as anything other than female, please still feel free to read this and just replace the pronouns. None of the art is mine. Magical Adventure: Season 4: Coming Soon Season 5: Coming Soon Season 6: Coming Soon

Book 2 - Sequel to :Was It Really My Life? Aarna thought she knew what life was. She had spent years adjusting, compromising and learning to live with things she never chose. Now, college gives her something she had always wanted-freedom. But freedom isn't as simple as she imagined. Then she meets a boy who is nothing like her. An extrovert, an orphan, and someone who somehow manages to turn even the most ordinary day into an adventure. He doesn't know her past. He doesn't know what she has been through. And maybe that's exactly why, for the first time, Aarna feels free to be someone other than the girl everyone already knows. But college isn't just about new beginnings. It's about friendships that change, choices that have consequences, people who leave, people who stay, and discovering that growing up means facing parts of yourself you thought you had already left behind. Because maybe real life begins when you finally start living it.

Deux filles qui se sont choisies comme sœurs. Liora et Mia ont construit leur amitié autour de leurs rêves, avec une seule certitude : être là pour voir l'autre accomplir les siens. Elles ont toujours cru qu'il fallait être prêtes, tout prévoir, tout planifier, pour obtenir la vie qu'elles voulaient. Mais si la vie leur montrait que, malgré tous leurs plans, les plus belles choses peuvent arriver autrement ?

Does it take a lifetime to discover who we truly are? Or perhaps, there was never an answer to begin with. Written in Burmese (Myanmar Language).

Three years ago, Caleb McKay changed Rose's life without ever realizing it. Now they're at the same university. But Rose isn't the awkward girl he remembers, Caleb isn't nearly as carefree as he pretends to be, and the friendship between Caleb and his best friend Blake is about to become far more complicated than either of them expects. Caleb has spent most of his life chasing the next distraction, basketball, alcohol, parties, girls, anything loud enough to drown out the suspicion that he will never quite be enough. Rose has spent years trying to become someone worth choosing. And Blake has spent his entire life doing everything right, only to realize that the perfect future waiting for him may be the last thing he actually wants. Between first loves and old wounds, jealousy and loyalty, family expectations and friendships pushed to their breaking point, the three of them will have to figure out who they are when the people around them stop telling them who they should be. Some people come into your life to love you. Some come to break your heart. And some do both.

This is a love story between two kids. Naomi has a crush but Jake doesn't know. Can she hide it? Will he know? Read the story to know!! 💭🧸

The Way We Knew Some people fall in love all at once. For Djou and Lami, it happens in pieces. In conversations that last longer than they were supposed to. In inside jokes, comfortable silences, and the small things they begin noticing about each other before either of them realizes they're paying attention. They grow up together, and somewhere along the way, knowing each other becomes effortless. A look can answer a question. A change in tone can reveal what neither of them is willing to say. But understanding someone and knowing how to love them aren't always the same thing. Through growing up, changing, bad timing, mistakes, and everyone else they try to love in between, Djou and Lami keep finding themselves caught in something neither friendship nor distance can quite erase. Because the question was never whether they knew. They always knew.

This story is about a guy from busan (korea) who develops time powers during an accident and can rewind reality , he realises he's not the only one who have super natural powers but his powers doesn't enhance his physical strength or speed or strength . as the story develops he gets more mature and realises he can't make things the way he wants them to be...

"You're just living in your phone." "Thailand? That's not a real plan." "Be realistic. Dreams like that don't happen to people like you." She heard it all. At 17, she was just a girl from India with an almost impossible dream's - to leave everything familiar behind and build a life in Thailand. A girl who found comfort in Thai BL series, Thai pop music, late-night conversations with people she had never met, and a phone screen that sometimes felt more like home than reality. While everyone around her was planning a "normal" future, she was planning hers differently. Thailand. A scholarship. A new life. A place where she could finally belong. But dreams look beautiful on a screen. Reality doesn't. There will be rejected applications, financial struggles, family expectations, loneliness, self-doubt, societal pressure, and countless people telling her that she's wasting her time chasing something unrealistic. And maybe, for a while, she'll believe them. Maybe she'll wonder if everyone was right. Maybe she'll almost give up. But what if the dream that everyone called impossible was simply a dream that needed more time? This isn't a story about a girl who had everything figured out. It's about a girl who kept walking even when she had no idea where the road would lead. From a phone screen to Bangkok. From watching her dream to living it. From "you can't" to "I did." Because sometimes, the most unrealistic dream is the one worth fighting for. ♡ A story about dreams, rejection, friendship, fandom, growing up, finding yourself, and finally becoming the person you always imagined. And maybe... this isn't just her story. Maybe it's the story of every girl who was told to dream smaller. Welcome to her story. Welcome to the beginning of everything. 🇹🇭✨ "One day, Thailand won't be something I watch through a screen." "It'll be the place I wake up in."

"She roamed the earth with gentle love and felt the pain that laughs at us..." Growing up is a journey of quiet prayers, hidden battles, and unexpected heartaches. We walk through life wearing smiles that cover our deepest fears, hoping someone will notice the look behind our eyes. This poetry collection captures the unfiltered emotions of navigating life, love, heartbreak, and self-discovery and exploring the human heart. From the nostalgic dreams of childhood to the bittersweet ache of watching the ones we love grow up. For anyone who has ever felt lost or misunderstood. I hope you find this a safe place. It is a gentle reminder that while the journey of becoming who you are is messy, you never have to walk it alone.

Kairo has worked hard, training under MUSE to try and become an idol alongside his peers. Whilst being neglected by his elder peers and mocked for his height, Kairo keeps going. however he certainly never expected to walk into an audition for a popular rookie group called NOX who would soon become his entire world. But it doesn't come without challenges. The group is suppose to debut in one month, Kairo now discovering that becoming an idol isn't just about learning choreography, recording songs and stepping onto stage. It's about friendships that become family, secrets that threaten to tear everything apart and feelings that are impossible to hide when millions are watching . Because sometimes the hardest part about becoming a star... is figuring out who you are when the lights go off.

Becoming Me At twenty, Sade Adeyemi should know who she is. At least, that's what everyone keeps telling her. Seven years ago, she left Lagos behind and moved to England with her family, carrying childhood memories, friendships, first love, and dreams of becoming a doctor. She thought leaving Nigeria meant starting a new life. She didn't realise it would mean losing pieces of the old one. Now, caught between the girl she used to be and the woman everyone expects her to become, Sade is struggling to find where she belongs. Between family expectations, academic pressure, complicated friendships, homesickness, and a love she never expected, growing up becomes less about having everything figured out and more about discovering what she actually wants. Because sometimes you don't find yourself by becoming someone new. Sometimes you find yourself by remembering who you were before the world told you who to be. This is Sade's story. This is her journey. This is her becoming.

It is the story of how a little girl slowly became someone even she didn't recognize anymore-and everything she had to go through before she could understand herself again. Because sometimes, people don't change all at once. Sometimes, it happens quietly, through the little things no one thinks are important. And by the time you realize you've changed, you can't remember exactly when the old you disappeared. ------------------------

We made a promise: to be each other's shelter. But what happens when growing up means outgrowing the only safe place you've ever known? Tian, Zhuong, Rui, and Kai-four boys in an elite international school, each carrying a private struggle they hide from the world. Tian speaks in whispers and sketches, his social anxiety a constant storm in a school full of loud, confident voices. Zhuong is the "perfect son" buckling under the weight of family expectations, where every grade below 90% feels like failure. Rui's ADHD mind is a beautiful, chaotic hurricane, clashing with a world that demands he sit still and focus. Kai, the perpetual new kid, is an expert at fitting in everywhere but belonging nowhere. They find each other. In a forgotten music room, they form an unbreakable pact: In here, no pretending. We are safe. But as senior year closes in, the pressures outside their haven grow louder. University applications, family duties, and the terrifying prospect of life beyond school begin to stretch their bond thin. The very friendship that once saved them now feels like it's holding them back from becoming who they're meant to be. This is a story about platonic love, found family, and the bittersweet beauty of growing apart. No romance, just the raw, real heartache of friendship that's deep enough to change you-and brave enough to let you go. For fans of: · Stories about friendship & mental health · Found family that isn't forever · Realistic, tear-jerking coming-of-age · The Perks of Being a Wallflower vibes · Almond by Won-pyung Sohn Content/Trigger Warning: This story contains themes of anxiety, academic pressure, family expectations, ADHD struggles, and emotional breakdowns. It is a story about healing, but the journey is honest and sometimes painful. Genre: Teen Fiction | Realistic Fiction | Coming of Age | Bittersweet | Found Family | School Life | Hurt/Comfort | Slow Burn (Friendship) | Emotional S3

There is an old neem tree in the courtyard of Delhi Public School. Season after season... it has stood quietly beneath the same sky. It has watched children become friends. Friends become strangers. And strangers become memories. It has listened to laughter that echoed through empty corridors. It has witnessed promises made beneath its shade. Silent glances. Unspoken goodbyes. The first stirrings of love that neither heart was old enough to understand. Years passed. Faces changed. Lives moved on. Yet the old tree remained... holding every story that time tried to take away. **The Neem Tree Remembers** is a coming-of-age trilogy about friendship, first love, growing up, and the bittersweet truth that not every goodbye is an ending. Because people leave. Childhood fades. Memories blur. But some places... remember us forever.

Poems about longing, loneliness, overthinking, hope, growing up, and waiting for people you care about.

Sneak peek at my story ✨ "A police officer is trying to talk to me, but I can't hear a thing he's saying, only the muffled sound of his voice. So I sit on the edge of the Ambulance, angry and mad and sad and confused. I just want to see Monday but they took her away from me. As I watch my car continue to go up in flames, I pick at my thumb nail and blame myself for what happened." Miles is a college student who lives a mostly normal life with a Major in dance. Mostly normal. He never knew his biological parents. After being adopted from a Child Care Facility at thirteen, finding a family of his own was like paradise. He lived in harmony with his new sister, Monday, and his adoptive parents that become like family. Until the plane accident. After losing his adoptive parents, Miles does everything to keep Monday safe. And he keeps to that promise. Mostly. After meeting a new dance partner, Miles grows to like him, but pushes the new feeling away. Life in denial was mostly great. Until he lost everything in a car accident, including his hearing. Will Miles over come it? Or will his push his friends and new companion away?