whismu
Sixteen-year-old Aarushi Sen has always felt out of place. At school, she's the quiet girl who spends more time sketching than speaking. At home, she walks carefully through tense rooms, counting the hours until she can leave again.
Her only escape is an old temple pond hidden beyond the river town, where koi glide beneath lotus flowers and the world seems a little softer.
Then Aarushi begins seeing a strange white koi.
It appears where it shouldn't. In dreams. In reflections. In places no fish could possibly be.
As she follows the mystery, Aarushi uncovers forgotten stories, family secrets buried for generations, and a connection to the river that feels older than memory itself.
Lyrical, atmospheric, and threaded with myth, The Girl Who Followed Koi is a story about loneliness, identity, family, and the things that refuse to be forgotten.