Subtletension Stories

It all started at a petrol pump. A stranger in formal attire, and a bike that wasn't too flashy but carried an attitude. One glance. One accidental eye contact. It wasn't romantic, it wasn't planned, just a moment that stayed longer than it should have. Was it just a coincidence... or the beginning of a story Naina didn't know, was writing herself into?"

Ivy and Livia are best friends in the 8th grade, while Livia's older brother, Rhys, shares a different connection with Ivy. As kids, Ivy and Rhys were once inseparable, their friendship spanning from kindergarten to first grade, but over time, they drifted apart. Now, as they cross paths once again, the question lingers-will things be different this time?

Aaron has been at his new school for a week. Nobody knows his name. Nobody looks at him when he walks through the halls. He keeps his head down, does his time, and goes home to an empty house. The only living thing that notices him is a stray dog that waits at his gate every morning. Aaron feeds him the egg yolk he doesn't eat and a couple of biscuits. It's not much, but the dog never complains. He never named him. Giving something a name means getting attached, and getting attached means something that can be taken away. It's easier this way. Being invisible. Watching from the outside. Not caring. But one morning on the bus, a girl wakes him up. A senior. She doesn't just call him out for sleeping in the priority seat. She looks at him like she's already figured something out. Like she's been watching longer than he realized. Aaron has spent a long time making sure no one looks too closely. He's about to learn that some people look anyway.

When a creative marketing professional starts a new job at an innovative tech company in California, she expects sleek offices and ambitious campaigns - not to be swept into a secret project developing the most advanced humanoid android ever built. At the center of it all is Karl - beautiful, capable, disarmingly attentive - and Dr. Fredrick Heinrichson, the enigmatic billionaire scientist whose motives are as unreadable as his smile. What begins as a strange assignment slowly unravels into something far more intimate and unsettling. As the lines blur between program and personality, control and connection, she's forced to question what it means to feel - and whether real humanity is defined by biology, choice, or something else entirely. Made to Feel is a contemplative, romantic exploration of artificial intelligence, emotional intimacy, and the quiet rebellion of a machine learning what it means to be alive.

Prince Han, of the northern kingdom, a man of status, wealth, and next in line for the crown. Loved by his subjects. Loved by his community. Loved by his kingdom. He looked the part, too. Silk and ceremonial gold draped easily over his frame, dark hair kept immaculate by hands that had never been allowed to be careless. His posture was perfect, drilled into him since boyhood, chin high, shoulders squared, crown balanced like it belonged nowhere else. He was built to be admired. But Minho wasn't particularly fond of him. there was conflict. steamy. Jisung felt the same. Unfortunately, they were to co- exist with one of another. constant bickering.