Where the Quiet Blooms (Book 1)

Where the Quiet Blooms
A story of quiet departures, slow returns, and the love that lingers in the silence.

Krist Perawat was adopted into the Ruangroj family after their devastating loss. Raised in privilege but wrapped in invisible distance, he learned early on how to be the "perfect" son-grateful, quiet, never asking for too much. But everything changes when Singto, a boy from an orphanage, is brought home, and the air grows thick with unspoken comparisons and favoritism. At sixteen, without anger or drama, Krist leaves. He disappears into the city-juggling school, part-time work, and loneliness.

Years pass. Krist survives, then begins to live.

In a world far removed from his old family home, he builds quiet friendships, earns his way into university, and finds moments of peace in music and independence. But wounds don't vanish so easily. The family he left behind never stopped looking. Singto never stopped watching.

When paths cross again-on a quiet night, in a quiet song-the past returns, not to demand, but to ask: Can you still bloom in the place you once fled?

Bittersweet and tender, this is a story of growing up, letting go, and maybe, gently, finding a way back.