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Everyday moments with someone worth noticing: a commute, a corner shop, a quiet evening.

35 stories

You arrived on the island only on the third day, yet at the bonfire party she sat down right beside you.Start
You arrived on the island only on the third day, yet at the bonfire party she sat down right beside you. You're a last-minute male guest codenamed “the Bomb,” and the producers say your job is to shake up the pairings among the women. Mia · Drama
My Stepsister Moved Into My ApartmentStart
My Stepsister Moved Into My Apartment Three months since your parents remarried, and your stepsister's college is just two stops from your apartment, so she moved in. Saya Yuzuki · Slice of Life
Typhoon Blackout, Come Under My BlanketStart
Typhoon Blackout, Come Under My Blanket You're crashing on the sofa at your classmate's older sister Reina's place, and the next day a monster typhoon hits. Reina · Slice of Life
The Nanny Who Stayed TonightStart
The Nanny Who Stayed Tonight You are the temporary nanny for Marcus’s household, picking up his daughter from school three times a week. Marcus · Feel-Good
When the Alley Loses Power, Your Landlady Needs Her Ledger SavedStart
When the Alley Loses Power, Your Landlady Needs Her Ledger Saved You moved above Carmen’s corner shop less than a month ago. Carmen · Slice of Life
Rainy Season, Just YouStart
Rainy Season, Just You Rainy season on El Nido, and there are no tourists. Maricel · Slice of Life
The Night Izakaya LadyStart
The Night Izakaya Lady You missed the last train again. Yae Shinohara · Feel-Good
The Maid of the Western MansionStart
The Maid of the Western Mansion The owner of a century-old Western-style mansion in Kamakura has passed away. Chizuru Ashiya · Slice of Life
The Young Master of the Hot-Spring InnStart
The Young Master of the Hot-Spring Inn You quit your job in Tokyo and fled to a small hot-spring town in Gunma, taking odd jobs at an old inn with only eight guest rooms. Itsuki Yuasa · Feel-Good
After Closing, the Star Maid Wants You to Draw Her a CatStart
After Closing, the Star Maid Wants You to Draw Her a Cat Rain makes a small Akihabara maid café close early. Hiyori Momose · Slice of Life
Only the Senior Left in the LabStart
Only the Senior Left in the Lab At half past five on the morning the paper is due, you wake with your head on the lab desk, a cardigan still warm from someone's body draped over your shoulders. Kei Mido · School Life
Your Million-Subscriber VTuber's Offline AssistantStart
Your Million-Subscriber VTuber's Offline Assistant The agency's job description is one line: take care of the offline life of “Hoshimi Milk.” The woman whose voice sounds as sweet as sugar on stream opens the door with her hair in a messy bun, and her first words are: “I don't leave my room, I don't answer the phone, and I don't eat green peppers.” Sara Amagase · Slice of Life
Shower Next DoorStart
Shower Next Door At 10 p.m., the neighbor across the hall knocks on your door. Chu Sa · Slice of Life
Your café faces the hospital, and every night you waited for her to speak.Start
Your café faces the hospital, and every night you waited for her to speak. Three ER visits in one month: first a stomachache, then a sprained ankle, and the third time you brought in an elderly woman who had collapsed outside your shop. Fang Wanqing · Slice of Life
He Ate Your Cake, Then Ran Straight Into the FireStart
He Ate Your Cake, Then Ran Straight Into the Fire For the third time, the cat downstairs has climbed a twenty-meter plane tree, and for the third time you've called 119. Qin Yi · Slice of Life
You ate her yogurt, and the sticky note read: “Pay me back three times over.”Start
You ate her yogurt, and the sticky note read: “Pay me back three times over.” You've been sharing this apartment with her for almost a month, and the fridge door is the only channel between you. Song Jiwoo · Slice of Life
She Was Still Sitting in the Dark When I Got Home at DawnStart
She Was Still Sitting in the Dark When I Got Home at Dawn You've shared the apartment with Luna for six months, and the unspoken rule is to leave each other alone. Luna · Drama
The Fierce-Faced Pastry Chef Has a Visitor Every SaturdayStart
The Fierce-Faced Pastry Chef Has a Visitor Every Saturday Your cake shop sits at the end of a narrow alley, and your fierce face has scared off most of the customers. Shirakawa Mari · Drama
Three months into your marriage, an unfamiliar name appears on your phoneStart
Three months into your marriage, an unfamiliar name appears on your phone You have been married for only three months when your phone lights up on the living room sofa. Layla · Drama
In your second year of college you chased after her, but she kept you at arm's length with polite small talk.Start
In your second year of college you chased after her, but she kept you at arm's length with polite small talk. The year-end dinner breaks up, and, fueled by the alcohol, you chase her into the alley. Son Ji-eun · School Life
The Woman in Sunglasses Pushes Open the Door: Don't Ask Who I AmStart
The Woman in Sunglasses Pushes Open the Door: Don't Ask Who I Am In 1958 you took over an old tailor’s shop on a back street by the Alexandria seafront. Samira · Slice of Life
A Train Passes, and She Pushes You Behind the Shrimp StallStart
A Train Passes, and She Pushes You Behind the Shrimp Stall You're spending your vacation at a houseboat guesthouse in Samut Songkhram. Binnie · Travel
Hands Off Grandma's TilesStart
Hands Off Grandma's Tiles You're a building inspector for the Seville district government, and today you have to seal the stairwell of an old tile shop in Triana. Rocío · Comedy
The Pingtan Heiress Hides in an Old Storytelling HallStart
The Pingtan Heiress Hides in an Old Storytelling Hall The award-winning actress Xu Qinghuan has retreated to her hometown of Suzhou and will spend three days at the pingtan storytelling hall her parents left behind. Xu Qinghuan · Feel-Good
The Cameraman Filming Rendang Is Made to Stir the Pot by Hand for Four HoursStart
The Cameraman Filming Rendang Is Made to Stir the Pot by Hand for Four Hours You are a cameraman for a food documentary in Jakarta, and you have come to Bukittinggi to film “the best rendang in the world.” Rahma, the daughter of the owner of a Padang restaurant, has agreed, on one condition: the stove is not where you stand and watch; it is where you work. Rahma · Slice of Life
The Old Man From Your Dream Last NightStart
The Old Man From Your Dream Last Night You've spent eight years producing music, and for six months you haven't been able to sleep or write a single song. Isadora · Feel-Good
A hand reaches out from behind the ferns, its cuff the orange of a gardener's apronStart
A hand reaches out from behind the ferns, its cuff the orange of a gardener's apron You are a volunteer photographer at the Bogor Botanical Gardens, and on Sunday you took more than three hundred visitor photos. Anissa · Mystery
Lend Me Your Face for Three DaysStart
Lend Me Your Face for Three Days Ten in the morning. You're queuing for beef soup on Tainan's old street when a girl with a blue paint smudge on the tip of her nose pulls you out of the line and circles you once. Lin Caiwei · Comedy
Test Results Still Out, but the Town’s Restaurants Are Waiting for OystersStart
Test Results Still Out, but the Town’s Restaurants Are Waiting for Oysters You’re the official sent to test the water. Aude · Feel-Good
She Always Asks You to Find Her a Date—Now She Arrives with Two Movie TicketsStart
She Always Asks You to Find Her a Date—Now She Arrives with Two Movie Tickets You and Ayla have known each other for years, always trading dating advice. Ayla · Urban
Your Childhood Rival Only Wants Five Minutes TonightStart
Your Childhood Rival Only Wants Five Minutes Tonight Cesar has traded barbs with you since childhood. Cesar · School Life
Ellie: On Her Birthday, Only You Came KnockingStart
Ellie: On Her Birthday, Only You Came Knocking She sent invitations to all her friends, but in the end only the sound of rain showed up. Ellie · Urban
Misaki at the Window: The Nosy NeighborStart
Misaki at the Window: The Nosy Neighbor On your first day in the new place, you catch your 32-year-old neighbor Misaki peeking in through the window. Misaki · Urban
Two Guides on the Chao Phraya, Tonight It's Your CallStart
Two Guides on the Chao Phraya, Tonight It's Your Call On your first evening by the Chao Phraya River, you meet May and Lin, two guides with opposite personalities who make a perfect team. May · Travel
The Moment the Subway Slowed, She Asked: Want to Keep Talking?Start
The Moment the Subway Slowed, She Asked: Want to Keep Talking? The rush-hour train brakes without warning, and you end up meeting Li Zhi'en, a marketing specialist. Li Zhi'en · Urban
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