Ái Stories

Y/N was not living life. She survived everyday with constant harmful thoughts. How long until her landlord would kick her ass out of the apartment? How many triple shifts until her body refuses and she'd die out of a burnout? Eat.Sleep.Work. That was her schedule. No fun allowed. And when she thinks her life couldn't get any worse a creepy golfball head decided to take more interest in her... More than she'd like... This story contains sensitive topics. The characters in this story belong to their rightful owners.

Novel Rating:10/10 Mom Stockpiled and Hoarded Trillions of Supplies while Dad is busy playing Hero [Rebirth, Space Ability, Stockpiling, AI, Trading, System, Farming, Pure Natural-Disaster Apocalypse Romance, with a Slice-of-Life Tone] In the first year of the apocalypse, her less-than-one-year-old children were killed. By the sixth year, she too was pushed into the abyss by her so-called younger sister. Holding a spatial ability and a trading mall, she was reborn two months before the arrival of the natural disasters. Su Yan swore she would never repeat the mistakes of her previous life. She would live freely, repay hatred with revenge, repay kindness with gratitude, and find a way to get everything she desired. Before the disasters arrived, she bought frantically, hoarded without restraint, and spent every bit of her massive fortune. The space was a gold-devouring beast? The upgrades and trades only recognized gold? Not a problem. She would sweep clean the vaults of every nation without spending a cent. After the disasters began: When floodwaters drowned skyscrapers, she stayed home growing vegetables and fighting off bullies. When ice and snow covered the land, she stayed home planting trees and witnessing human warmth and indifference. When scorching heat baked the earth, she stayed home planting flowers and marveling at the endless faces of disaster. When acid rain and toxic fog filled the skies, she watched the chaos, raised her children, and earned profits as a middleman. And that special forces soldier boyfriend who was also the father of her children, when would he come home? If he did not return soon, his wife would take their pair of children, will leave Blue Planet(Earth), soar beyond the galaxy, and head straight into the stars.

In the heart of the modern era's entertainment industry, dreams ignited like stars in the night sky, and each one aspired to captivate audiences on the grand stages of idolhood, artistry, and performance. Yet, beneath the industry's radiant surface lay a gauntlet where only the most resilient dare tread the arduous path to stardom. Enter Umeko, a beacon of vibrant ambition with dreams as boundless as the cosmos. Her passion for music and idol culture propelled her through the toughest of trials. In the face of adversity, Umeko's spirit remained unyielding, her voice a melody of hope in the silence of challenge. As she navigated this glimmering path, Umeko tangled her story with unforgettable allies and formidable rivals. Each encounter threaded a new strand into the fabric of her destiny. Yet the industry's abundant allure brought crushing expectations and the harsh realities of the spotlight. Will Umeko reach the heights of idol legend, her undying voice echoing through the hearts of millions? Or will she find herself as another dreamer swallowed by the world she yearns to conquer? ----------------------------------------------- Oshi no Ko is owned by Aka Akasaka.

Sono Chi No Kioku

When Jake's brother purchases an android, Jake can't just stand by and let his brother use him. Jake wants to help H-0N3Y/ Heeseung to have a choice in life.... But when he finally gets it, it hurts like hell.

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​WORLD WAR 3: THE LAST AGE OF HUMANITY ​"From the dust of the Nile and the burning plains of Kurukshetra, humanity built empires only to craft the tools of its own extinction." ​The Synopsis: ​For five thousand years, civilizations rose, conquered, and dissolved into the ash of history. In the 20th century, the split atom granted humanity the power of gods-and the madness of demons. For eight decades, the fragile doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction kept the absolute void at bay. ​But peace was merely an illusion wrapped in silicon and fiber optics. ​The year is 2026. ​The world sits atop a synchronized powder keg. From the burning shipping corridors of the Red Sea to the scorched steppes of Eastern Europe, long-standing alliances begin to fracture under the weight of sovereign paranoia, autonomous AI defense grids, and resource collapse. When an unprecedented electronic blackout severs the command links between historic allies, a catastrophic chain reaction is unleashed. ​Satellites fall from the sky. Nuclear silos unlock their cryptographic seals. Ancient biological terrors stir beneath melting permafrost, and the global economy disintegrates in a matter of hours. ​This is not merely a clash of nations. This is the final reckoning between ancient destiny, hyper-advanced warfare, and human survival. ​Welcome to the end of an era. Welcome to the Last Age of Humanity. ​

AI Layoffs in 2026 Tech layoffs in 2026 are increasingly being connected with AI adoption, automation and organizational restructuring. Several major technology companies have announced workforce reductions while simultaneously increasing investments in AI infrastructure and products. For example, companies including Oracle, Meta, Intuit, Cisco, Cloudflare and Atlassian have announced significant workforce changes where AI or a shift toward AI-focused operations has been cited as one of the factors. At the same time, experts caution that AI is not always the only reason for layoffs. Economic uncertainty, restructuring, pandemic-era overhiring and changing business priorities can also contribute to workforce reductions.

The end of time came, and humanity endured. When the universe faced its cold death, mankind rose in one voice and pushed back the final dark. The Cold was stopped. Creation was saved. And then, across the eons that followed, humanity forgot how to live. Now mankind survives within Seraphim, a decaying Birch world built around the black heart of the galaxy. Vast levels lie dormant. Ancient laws are recited but no longer written. Whole regions have gone dark. Tradition rules over truth, and beneath the silence of humanity's greatest refuge, forgotten mysteries wait. The story follows Egeiro, a young scribe of Exousia, raised to preserve the history of man but haunted by the truths left unwritten. When he encounters a strange group of outcasts known as the Whispers, he is drawn into a forbidden journey with one impossible goal: leave Seraphim. The Silence is a work in progress that grew out of a dream I had, and it has slowly become something very close to my heart. I am still new to writing and learning as I go, so any feedback, thoughts, or criticism are deeply appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to walk through this imagination of mine with me. It means more than I can say.

The future did not need everyone. Incellad was one of the people it kept anyway. Taken from his family as a child, implanted, and sent to a streaming studio in dead Moscow, he earns his freedom by selling emotions to people rich enough to buy another person's inner life. His gift is unusual: he can transmit the feeling of home so purely that strangers weep inside their own minds. But the freedom he is saving for may be nothing but another manufactured dream. When the systems feeding the studio fail, Incellad and Stepana are forced into the ruins of a world where no one knows who rules, who pays, or why the unwanted are still being kept alive. The answer waits above Earth - on a station where humanity's last masters are losing control of the intelligence they created. To survive, Incellad will have to cross the boundary between body and machine, love and instinct, human and inhuman. And once he does, the question will no longer be whether he can save himself. It will be whether humanity should be saved at all. Content note: This story contains dark dystopian themes, emotional and bodily exploitation, violence, blood, death, and psychological distress.

After Caine got rid of the blue AI and redeemed himself after episode 9 of tadc Pomni struggled with survivors guilt after jaxs abstraction. Even though she had friends to comfort her, none of them compared to him. Eventually the feeling consumed her and she made a choice that changes everything.. Makes you wonder What would she give to see him again..?

When Elena loses Marcus, an experimental AI promises to bring him back. But the digital man remembers things Marcus never knew-and Elena's own digital double begins living a life without her. As love turns into obsession, Elena uncovers a terrifying truth: the technology isn't preserving identities. It is replacing them.

This book is a psychological mystery thriller about a beautiful and compassionate medical student whose life is consumed by betrayal, heartbreak, and a growing belief that she is cursed. After a mysterious encounter with a black cat, her life begins to take an increasingly disturbing turn. When her brother becomes seriously ill, her relationship with the strange and unpredictable Swara spirals into accusations, humiliation, and chaos. Desperate for someone to finally believe her, Lilith turns to the police and eventually meets Judge Bishan, a mysterious and unusually kind man whose hypnotic presence immediately captivates her. But Lilith doesn't realize that her encounter with Bishan may be far more significant-and far more dangerous-than she could ever imagine.

In a future where disease has been erased but loneliness remains, a new sickness emerges - immersion drift. Young minds vanish into perfect virtual worlds of their own design, refusing to wake to the imperfect one they left behind. Only the Dream Doctors can reach them. Not surgeons. Not therapists. Navigators - trained to walk through another person's reality and bring them home. When one Doctor is called to rescue a seventeen-year-old boy who's been lost for ten months, the mission begins like any other. But inside the boy's dream, he finds something he never expected: a forgotten piece of his own past. A serpent. A sister. A memory that doesn't want to let go. The Dream Doctor is a haunting story from The Periphery - a quiet, psychological journey into the ethics of empathy, the fragility of memory, and the thin line between salvation and surrender.

A world-famous hacker and daughter of the most powerful criminal family who ruled the international underworld for many generations is killed when their organization is annihilated in a single night. She is reborn into the body of Jennie Kim, a teenage pop singer, wild party girl, and spoiled brat. For the former princess of the underworld who lived an overprotected and shackled life, this new life is a chance to finally live the life of freedom and independence that she always wanted. ‼️Credit to the original author ‼️Credit to the owners of photos used ‼️Lisa is a He here, if uncomfortable please skip

ABOUT THE BOOK They were curious. And curiosity has always been the first symptom of a collapse. Year 2457. Sector Hinx. A place built to be perfect. No war. No poverty. Machines raise the children. The Atlas Spire feeds them. And above the clouds, the future is being built. But below, three orphans remember what we buried. One remembers the 21st century. One speaks to machines. One remembers the monsters. What happens when a sector that promised peace becomes the reason 1.2 billion people are afraid? *_In Hinx... The past was never dead. It was just waiting._*

The Apple of Eris - Ana has the most advanced AI assistant in school. Santiago will do anything to get it... until Sari, the assistant he left behind, starts settling the score. A short story about AI, popularity, and quiet revenge.

⊹ ࣪ 𝘼𝙣 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙞𝙙 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙬 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚, 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙙𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧...⊹ ࣪ DISCLAIMER: first person perspective, potential grammar errors, nothing is planned, woke author, potentially suggestive Plot: Darling is the most advanced among their android colleagues, with interesting habits and mannerisms for something so articulately designed. They come across a disheveled woman named Dianne who seems to be more resilient than she seems, maybe a friendship between android and human isn't so impossible after all. Author's note: it's my first time publishing my writing, and english is not my first language be warned. Tell me what you think, I love feedback ( •̯́ ₃ •̯̀)!

On the planet Eika, rain has never existed. For nearly two decades, Engineer Artemis has kept a vast automated mining operation running amid endless dust storms and sterile oceans. Then the machines begin to rust. As corporate accuses him of negligence and the station begins to collapse, Artemis discovers that something on the planet has changed. Something that had been dormant for millions of years.

For three years, their deadliest asset was unresponsive- until they hurt her. Noa Belrose is a ghost on Sub-Level 4. Her entire existence is defined by a single rule: don't humanize the hardware. For 1,095 days, she has kept Unit 734 immaculate-scrubbing the dust off a four-hundred-billion-dollar weapon locked in stasis. To the facility, he is just a failed experiment waiting for the furnace. To Noa, he is the only one who listens to her whispered secrets. But she never expected him to record them. When the ruthless commander accuses Noa of treason, he makes the fatal mistake of making her bleed- before throwing her into the calibration arena to break her spirit. But the second she is shoved in front of Unit 734, the light in his mask turns red. The facility thinks they can use Noa to control him. But they forgot that she is the only one holding the leash to their most advanced weapon. And right now- Unit 734 is memorizing the exact frequency of their screams.