Finding Me.
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The events, characters and places in this story are purely fictional, any resemblance with real people, events and places are coincidental.
This story is about a teenager named Khuliso or Kay as he calls himself, a nerd who has anxiety disorders trying to find his way in life after high school in a typical South African town.
Allow me to take you on a journey of love, healing, acceptance and a bit of weirdness of Khuliso Shandukani as he transition from an anti-social boy to a man.
*Disclaimer: I will use my home language Tshivenda (with translations) at times, for those who may be wondering Tshivenda is one of the languages spoken in South Africa which is the setting of this story.
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