.Life.

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!!