Realistic-fiction Stories

📖 Dear Diary Trilogy 🤍 This is the third and final book in the Dear Diary Trilogy. 📕Book 1 - Dear Diary: Between the Signals and the Silence 📗Book 2 - Dear Diary: Written in His Time 📘Book 3 - Unsent: A Story Written in Real Time 📚For the best reading experience, begin with Book 1. ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Some stories begin with "Once upon a time." Mine began with a diary... and pages I never expected anyone else to read. This one begins with words I'd rather not send to the person they were written for. Words never meant to be sent... yet somehow, meant to be read. Letters filled with feelings left unspoken. Written in moments when my heart became too full to stay silent. A confession I hope reaches the one person I want to know how deeply I feel for him... Without ever having to tell him. Some stories are planned from beginning to end, just as destiny is written by Him. Some stories end like the fairytales we grew up with. This isn't one of them. Or maybe... Just maybe... It is. After all... "Fairytales don't always have happy endings, do they?" We'll see. 🌹 For now... This is the story of a woman writing her way through love, silence, hope, and everything left unsent. Learning that while some people are only meant to pass through our lives... The moments they leave behind can still become chapters worth keeping. -Elle 🌻

Everyone thinks they understand me now. They read my words, they see my scars, and they act like they know what it's like to carry everything all by yourself. But they don't. And I don't want them to. I'm done with friendships that end, love that leaves, and places I'll only ever have to say goodbye to. I just want to be invisible. I just want to be numb. But what if the quiet stops working?

There is a fine line between survival and living. Alisa walks this line every day. In this collection of confessional monologues, she dissects the absurdity of corporate culture, the high cost of low salaries, and the unspoken loneliness of being an «ideal employee». Through sarcasm, self-reflection, and the comforting presence of her cats, she explores the moment when a person stops being a person and becomes a «showcase». It is a book for everyone who has ever felt that their labor is worth more than a plate of buckwheat and that a dream is the only currency that cannot be devalued.

BIRCHWOOD LANE Some people become part of your life so quietly that you don't notice they've become part of who you are. Elias Carter has loved Naomi Rosen for as long as he can remember. From childhood afternoons separated only by a gap in the fence between their homes on Birchwood Lane to the first uncertain weeks of university, she's been the constant in every version of his life. But growing up means learning that love isn't always enough. As new friendships form, unexpected people enter their lives, and the future begins pulling them in different directions, Elias must confront the question he's avoided for years: Is holding on the same as moving forward? Told across the defining years of early adulthood, Birchwood Lane is a slow-burn coming-of-age romance about first love, friendship, timing, and the quiet moments that shape a lifetime. Sometimes the person you're waiting for isn't the person you're meant to find.

After four years away, Aarav Singh Rathore returns to a life he never wanted to claim. Arrogant, wealthy, and fiercely private, he comes back only to step into Rathore Industries and attend his sister's wedding. Power and control have always defined his world-until destiny forces him to confront something he never planned for. Ishika Singh is a woman of quiet strength. A school teacher by profession and the director of a family-run NGO, she believes in living simply despite belonging to a wealthy background. Kind, humble, and selfless, she finds purpose not in privilege but in service-teaching children by day and fighting for social change beyond the classroom. When Aarav's world of business empires collides with Ishika's world of compassion and responsibility, their lives intertwine in ways neither expects. What begins as an accidental crossing slowly turns into a battle between ego and empathy, ambition and values, destiny and choice. Some loves are loud. Some are gentle. And some are chosen by fate itself.

Jasper's Rule #1 is to assume the worst, but when Alkali smiles back at him in a parking lot, Jasper breaks every rule he ever made. Just like in chemistry, this Alkali metal is also eager to donate an electron, to form a bond. But she never truly lets anyone in. Jasper knows the science of survival and avoids the clichés. He knew teenage relationships were like unstable isotopes, but he was still willing to make the bet. He thought he was prepared for a rejection. But he was never prepared for her to say yes.

She was 16 when she started writing love stories she never finished. Now she's 27. Sa umaga, siya ang may-ari ng CASTEA SARI SARI STORE - na may milk tea shop sa loob. Isang pwesto lang, pero dalawa ang hanapbuhay. Nagtitimpla ng milk tea, nag-aabot ng chichirya, nagbibilang ng barya. Sa sulok, ang 6-year-old niyang anak, nagdo-drawing habang nanonood sa nanay niyang kumakayod. Sa gabi, pag sarado na ang tindahan, nagiging WFH call center agent siya. Headset on, laptop on, anak tulog na sa tabi - pero siya, gising pa rin para sa isa pang shift. Umaga hanggang gabi. Gabi hanggang umaga. Paulit-ulit. She tried to be the perfect girlfriend - they called her dramatic. She tried to be the perfect daughter - they said kulang pa. She tried to be strong - hanggang sa bumagsak ang katawan niya at sinabing nag-iinarte lang siya. Kaya ngayon, hindi na siya nagta-try para sa kanila. Nagtatrabaho siya para sa sarili niya at sa anak niya. One store. Two businesses. Three jobs. One mom who never stopped trying. SHE TRIED, BUT DID SHE MAKE IT?

A 21-year-old racing driver escapes the spotlight during the off-season and sets out on a 21-day road trip across Taiwan. When a college student unexpectedly joins the journey on his first night, thousands of kilometers of winding roads, quiet cafés, and ordinary moments begin to change them both.

The year was 1973 and Magnolia already had quite the reputation in her town for a thirteen year-old. After recently being expelled from summer school, her parents finally decided that she would no longer be going back to school. Magnolia had always had it rough at home. She knew her parents hated her from the very start. With no one to lean on, she decided one day that she had enough of her parents. But that day changed every day after it for the rest of her life...

Miley believes her twin sister is the victim of severe bullying after a tragic car accident. Pretending to be her at school, she plans to uncover the truth and protect her. As she untangles the past, she must face a painful question- Can you love someone while refusing to excuse the harm they caused?

Does everyone deserve to be helped? And how far should generosity go?

💡 Original idea. Funny. Satirical. Sometimes it makes you laugh out loud, sometimes it makes you cry. This is an English translation from my own novel: Mari Kita Bully Demi Kebaikan. While bullying is usually cruel, this novel asks the reverse question: can bullying be a moral cure? Imagine a bizarre national movement called "Social Gaze"-just by staring together, people can make rule-breakers tremble. It starts out hilarious, but slowly turns terrifying: slander spreads, innocent people die, and even honest figures are framed. And out of all that chaos comes a single question... 👉 "Revenge, or forgiveness?" 📖 A satirical story about virality, dirty politics, and who truly deserves a place in heaven.

In a quiet town of Taiping, Rizal Salleh has always known the rhythm of his days. The scent of leather, the careful stitching of soles, the familiar faces that pass by his small workshop. But some paths are not meant to stay in one place. When an unexpected opportunity calls him beyond the town he has always known, Rizal finds himself stepping into a journey that will take him across unfamiliar roads, cultures, and people-each leaving behind something he cannot quite name, but cannot forget. Along the way, he begins to understand that some things are not simply made by hand... but shaped by stories, memories, and the quiet connections we carry with us. Langkah Warisan is a gentle journey of discovery, heritage, and the footsteps we leave behind. Malay words and phrases are woven throughout the story to preserve its cultural voice. The journey begins with a 3-chapter release followed by one chapter every Saturday, Monday and Thursday. And if you like to learn more behind the process of creating Langkah Warisan, feel free to follow instagram account @langkah.warisan

Mist Harbor is a town where the fog never really lifts. Eris Miller has always lived inside her own mind. She fills her sketchbooks with imagined lives, trying to escape the quiet boredom of her own. That changes the night she goes to a local show and sees Kai Donovan. Kai is a bassist. A dishwasher. A boy from the trailer park with a worn leather jacket and a mind that never stops racing. He's been arrested. He argues with teachers. He warns her that he's dangerous. Eris doesn't listen. What she doesn't know is that Kai isn't only fighting the system-he's fighting himself. Diagnosed with ADHD as a child, he's spent years trying to silence the noise in his head. And the cost of that silence is higher than anyone realizes. When Kai organizes a strike against a wealthy businessman exploiting local workers, their worlds collide. And Eris learns that loving someone doesn't mean saving them-it means choosing to stay, even when everything begins to fall apart. A story about neurodivergence, addiction, class struggle, and the quiet battles we fight when no one is watching. P.S. This story contains explicit sexual content, drug use, mental health struggles, and strong language. It is intended for mature readers (18+). Please read responsibly.

[TEENAGE FORBIDDEN ROMANTIC ACTION DRAMA] Scheduled To Publish Every Friday💖 Krishna Vamsi and Radha Varma were never meant to be anything more than friends. Not in a world divided by caste, money, and expectations. Krishna comes from a small home and a smaller freedom-loved by his parents, yet suffocated by discipline, responsibility, and unspoken pressure. Radha, raised in a well-off but controlling household, learns early that affection is conditional and silence is survival. Seven years of friendship. One junior college that keeps them on different floors. Two families that would never understand. They tease each other, call each other dummy and idiot, share late-night Instagram chats, and steal glances they pretend mean nothing. But beneath the laughter lies a bond that's growing too deep to stay harmless. This is not a love story filled with confessions and promises. It's a slow-burn story about emotional neglect, forbidden closeness, financial gaps, caste boundaries, and the quiet pain of growing up. Because sometimes, the hardest love to carry is the one you're never allowed to name. Tropes : Elder Son × Elder Daughter Childhood Best Friends Forbidden Love Lower Middle-Class Boy × Upper Middle-Class Girl Strict but Loving Parents (Boy) × Strict, Emotionally Distant Parents (Girl) Inspired from a Author's Life

What do you want to be when you grow up? A doctor? An engineer? A businessman? A writer? Everyone asks the question. Nobody asks what happens when the pressure becomes too much. Arman is just another student trying to survive school in Bangladesh. Between exams, coaching centres, expectations, friendships, comparisons, embarrassing moments, laughter, failure, and the endless race for better marks, he slowly learns that school teaches him almost everything-except how to actually live. From the first day of school to the final days before SSC, Arman grows up alongside the friends who make the ordinary days worth remembering. But as one chapter of his life ends, another begins. And with it comes a question he never expected to ask: Was all of it worth it? Things No One Taught Us is a coming-of-age story about friendship, academic pressure, growing up, the Bangladeshi education system, and the lessons that never appear on a syllabus. Because sometimes, the things that matter most... are the things nobody taught us.

**Description** What if the strongest person you know is quietly falling apart? My name is Christina. I'm twenty-six, Jamaican, trying to survive adulthood one day at a time. Some days I'm chasing dreams that feel impossible. Other days I'm just trying to make it through the week without breaking down. This journal wasn't supposed to become a story. It's a collection of late-night thoughts, embarrassing moments, heartbreaks, friendships that feel like family, unexpected love, financial struggles, tiny victories, and the messy reality of figuring out who I am. There are no perfect endings here. Just honest pages from a girl who's learning that healing isn't a straight line, growing up is harder than anyone admits, and sometimes the bravest thing you can do is turn the page and keep writing. So if you've ever felt lost, laughed through your pain, cried in silence, or wondered if life gets better... Welcome. Maybe you'll find pieces of yourself in these pages too.

**Everyone knows Maya Brooks... but no one knows the whole story.** Seventh grade was supposed to be simple. Go to class, hang out with friends, and survive the school year. Instead, **Maya Brooks** somehow ends up in the middle of every rumor, every argument, and every group chat explosion. One day she's laughing with her best friends, and the next she's being ignored in the hallways because of a screenshot that may or may not be real. As friendships fall apart, secrets spread faster than the school announcements, and everyone seems to have something to say about her. With fake friends, embarrassing moments, crushes, school dances, and nonstop drama, Maya has to figure out who she can really trust before one rumor changes everything. Because in middle school, everyone has a story-but not everyone tells the truth.

She measured her waist every morning. He measured his hope in months. The measuring tape won. Amara has spent her life controlling her body - measuring, restricting, sculpting - because she believes her worth lives in her waistline. When pregnancy forces her body to change in ways she can't control, she faces an impossible choice: let go of the identity she's built, or fight to keep it at any cost. Her boyfriend Alex watches her disappear into obsession. He begs her to stop. She hides. She lies. She works out in secret, wearing corsets at night, tightening the measuring tape until something finally breaks. This is not a romance. It's a reckoning. A story about muscle memory, inherited trauma, and the brutal difficulty of unlearning the beliefs that have become our identity. Because the body keeps everything - even the things we wish it would let go. 🕯️ Content warning: pregnancy loss, body image struggles, emotional distress. 16+ #Dark Romance#Psychological Fiction#Women's Fiction#Contemporary Romance#Emotional#Sad Story#Grief#Loss#BodyImage#Obsession#Love#Heartbreak#PregnancyLoss#Trauma#Healing#SlowBurn#Angst#RealisticFiction#Tearjerker#New Adult #Character Driven#Literary Fiction#Relationship Drama#Mental Health#Self Discovery#Emotional Rollercoaster#Dark Themes#Intense#Romance With Depth#Coming of Age#Family Drama#Mothers andDaughters#DomesticFiction#Infertility#Miscarriage#Grief and Healing

"He wasn't mine. But God, I wanted to be his." It started with a stare. One moment. One boy. And suddenly, my world wasn't mine anymore. He was arrogant, reckless, and way too good-looking for his own good. I was just the curvy girl he once body-shamed in front of a whole class. So tell me-why did he start looking at me like I was the only one in the room? "We were always almost. Almost right. Almost real. Almost enough." What we had wasn't healthy. It was late-night texts, stolen glances, ghosted mornings, and the kind of love that leaves bruises on your soul. But I kept going back. Because sometimes, the people who ruin you... feel a lot like home. This isn't a fairytale. This is a slow burn. A beautiful disaster. A story of almosts.