Kashiwagi Nene is an idol looking to make a name for herself in Hokkaido, Japan, but not everything is as it seems. On the one-year anniversary of her idol group's debut single, she and her group 'Liar Liar,' attend a meet and greet at their favorite café, the place that started it all. During he...

The desire to live. The desire to die. Frankly, I couldn’t care less.

Kim Ji-yoo, a former idol who exposed the harsh realities of the industry, travels to an alternate world where she meets a version of herself who never escaped. Confronted by the emptiness behind fame and perfection, Ji-yoo realizes that some choose the cage they live in. Her journey becomes a qu...

Mano Okunoda had no clue about music until she discovered her talent as a music mastering genius by only knowing too much about technology. That event brought her closer towards Junya Yamanashi, the lead vocalist of the band she was helping, the "Lone Wolves". However, her closest friend, Minato ...

I will be posting this story on RoyalRoad.com Mason Williams, a young piano prodigy under the strict guidance of his demanding grandmother, struggles with the pressures of performing and the grief of losing his parents. Haunted by memories and driven by his love for his distant sister, Elysia,...

Just two boys pretending they're not in love...

A one shot about a chance encounter with a girl playing piano in the rain

A sweet song filled the air as the wheels of the train clattered along the track, quickly approaching the station. Her wrists were itchy and sore from her past attempt. Yet that sweet song still hung in the air around her, beckoning her closer to the edge as a green-eyed stranger watched from the...

On the one hand we have a lonely boy tired of his usual routine, on the other Mai Yukimura, a former idol accused of a scandal that never really saw her as a protagonist. The boy and the girl meet, for the first time, through the balconies of their apartments and a spark seems to immediately fly...