Juba Kichiro is the kind of student no one sees—except when it’s time to hurt him. Day after day, he endures the fists, the laughter, the silence that follows. His only comfort was the voice of God he swears he once heard, a fragile thread that kept him from breaking completely. But now, that ...

At 59 years old, John Leben had only one passion left in life. Playing Alfiria Saga, a fantasy MMORPG he had devoted 25 years of his life to. After resigning from his job in his mid-thirties and living alone ever since. John found comfort and meaning in the game world he loved — even as ...

Billy is a quiet, ordinary young man living in Seoul. Originally from France, he's lost in the crowd, more comfortable with codes than with conversation. Always kind, always discreet... and yet carrying a secret as vast as the universe itself. Unbeknownst to him, Billy was born from the first ...

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and the school is abuzz with preparations for a small celebration. David Anderson, a recent transfer from Scotland, spends his days quietly—often dozing at his desk—while classmates laugh and chatter with friends and lovers. But when the day finally arrives, D...

Itsuki Tsukihara is ready to disappear. His life, a hollow grayscale of guilt and exhaustion, feels all but over. So when he learns about the **Lucent Project**, a controversial initiative that allows people to donate their remaining lifespan to the terminally ill, he volunteers. A final act of m...

> Cynthia Bella never cried. Not when her parents silenced her opinions. Not when her classmates mocked her silence. Not when the world mistook her solitude for arrogance. But everything changed the day Iris walked into her life. Iris, with her American warmth and unshakable kindness. Iris...

Ren Asakura is the quiet, gloomy student everyone ignores and he prefers it that way. After witnessing the brutal murder of his parents as a child and being forced to make an impossible choice, Ren closed off his heart and devoted himself to uncovering the truth behind their deaths. His only esca...

The ivory halls of the manor keeps being decorated with the painting of my reflection, Mother tells me everyday that I should be blessed to be named after her. Nobody speaks of her, or rather, my name out loud. I think the family have been hiding things from me, or maybe I’m just delusional. But ...

Born into apathy, raised in silence, and named after garbage, Fugomi never asked to exist. Surrounded by cold hands and colder hearts, his first word was the insult his parents threw at him—"trash." With no love to anchor him, Fugomi drifts through early life as a ghost in his own story, unwanted...

It only takes one push, one press for everything to make sense. Sometimes, what we seek is right in front of us, only waiting to be found.