Famous J-pop idol RYO finds a haven from his busy life at a small cat cafe where nobody recognizes him. Soon, he becomes friends with one of the maids, the bubbly and artistic Neko-chan. Then more than friends. Love. It should be simple, but 'simple' has no place in an Idol's life. Neither ha...

She wasn't helpless but she chose to be one so that she doesn't feel the loneliness that was as much as part of her as was her blood. He hated two things in the world the most- those who hit others for themselves and those who take the pain for others. She thought of him as her lifeline. C...

Each weekend for this month, I will try to post a short writing prompt that is Christmas, winter holiday, or winter themed. I'll include the words I use at the beginning of each piece; that way, you can follow along too! This is my way of getting back into writing again. Thank you everyone fo...

Shizuku desperately wants to be in love. Even with the love and praise she receives as a member of the famous idol group Palettes, it's not enough for her. So when her best friend and fellow idol, Rin, invites her to visit a host club, she wonders if she will finally find what she's looking for.

Astrid and Liv are married for long enough to accept each other differences and stay together despite them. Now they set on a trip to far North in Astrid's beloved VW Amarok to see Northern Lights

"I dare you to seduce the professor!" Romances can begin anywhere, between strangers, friends, or even rivals. But for Everett Klein, his love story starts with a single dare. A dare he couldn’t refuse. A dare he thought would be easy. A dare he never expected to take seriously. But ju...

I have always been alone. No friends, no siblings, just me, and the sound of machines filling the silence of a house too large for one, yet too quiet for two. Technology was my light. I won competitions, built things that could talk, but I never learned how to talk to people. When I turne...

What Stayed Behind is a quiet series of short stories, each beginning with something small—something forgotten, unused, or left behind. The first volume tells a longer, meditative tale: when a young woman finds a pair of unopened dog nail clippers, it awakens memories of her late companion and...

Yuna, a cheerful and slightly naive young woman, spends her days working at her best friend’s café, brightening the lives of everyone around her with her little quirks. Jax, a renowned science journalist with a focus on space, is so wrapped up in his work that he rarely pays attention to himself...

Josh Wagley enters a new city with nothing but a half-torn note and a fading childhood memory — a girl he met years ago, and the promise she made: “Meet me there… then no one can separate us.” He doesn’t remember her face or name, only the warmth of that moment. He believes this college is the...