this is a story about a girls life with abusive parents that abuse her mentally and sometimes slap her, and also gets talked behind her back at school. Her friends also are quite fake and not really friend material with one being really toxic.
this is based on off my life but without the romance that happens...cuz I can't pull no one..

Velithra has mastered the art of disappearing.
School hallways, suffocating friendships, whispered gossip — she drifts through it all like a shadow, unseen and untouched. It’s easier that way. Safer.

Until Kai arrives.

Cold-eyed, sharp-voiced, and carrying a darkness he refuses to speak of, Kai isn’t the kind of boy people get close to. But the first time he looks at Velithra, it’s as if he sees straight through her silence — past the masks, past the walls, to the bruised pieces she buries inside.

He shouldn’t notice her.
She shouldn’t care.

Yet their lives begin to bend toward each other:
small moments, quiet glances, stolen breaths, a rooftop confession neither of them expected.

As rumors swirl, past wounds resurface, and feelings grow too real to ignore, Velithra and Kai must face the truth they’ve spent years avoiding:

Sometimes the person who sees you the most
is the one you’re most afraid to let in.

Tender, raw, and achingly human, LIFE is a slow-burn romance about two broken teenagers learning love, trust, and the terrifying relief of finally being understood.

each ch should be 300-500 words as these and this is a short story but the length of the story can change as a writer has many ideas that fill their head every time they write!!

Velithra lay on her bed, staring at the ceiling.The house was quiet — no footsteps, no voices, nothing but the faint hum of the night outside her window.


But her mind wasn't quiet at all.It kept replaying everything.


The way Kai had looked at her.The way he'd said her name.The way he'd said I'm glad it was you.


Every detail looped in her head like a song she couldn't shut off.


She turned on her side, pulling the blanket up.Her phone buzzed once — a notification lighting up her dim room.


Velithra's breath caught when she saw the name.


She hesitated before unlocking her screen.


Velithra typed slowly, forcing her fingers not to shake.


Her heart thudded.She waited, expecting him to say something else.He didn't.


Velithra stared at the screen, debating.Then, before she could second-guess herself, she typed:


Three dots appeared immediately — then vanished.Then appeared again.


He was rewriting what he wanted to say.That alone made her chest tighten.


Kai:Yeah. It was.You looked… different today.


Velithra frowned faintly.Velithra:Different how?


Kai:Like you were actually happy.It suited you.


Her breath caught.She put the phone down for a second, pressing a hand to her face as warmth rushed through her chest.


Before she could think too hard, another message popped up.


Velithra's lips curved into a small, real smile.


A longer pause this time.She stared at the screen, waiting.


When his message came in, it was shorter.Almost shy.


Her fingers hovered over the keyboard.She typed, deleted, typed again.


Then she went with the simplest thing — the one that felt too soft but too honest to hold back.


She set her phone down beside her.But even long after the screen dimmed, she lay awake, heart warm in her chest, replaying every word, every moment.


And for the first time in a long time, the darkness of her room didn't feel lonely.


Chapter 85 - The Messages We Don’t Mean to Send