Aunt Neighbor
by Laxu
Alex has always lived a quiet life with his family in a peaceful neighborhood, his days blending into one another with a predictable rhythm. But when his estranged aunt, Allie, moves back into the neighborhood after their grandfather’s passing, his world is turned upside down. Allie, a woman shrouded in mystery and allure, left home years ago to escape a tumultuous past. Alex knows little about her—just fragments of family stories and a vague sense of curiosity. Yet, as their paths cross more frequently, an undeniable connection begins to bloom, one that neither of them can ignore. What starts as innocent exchanges quickly spirals into a dangerous game of temptation and desire. The magnetic pull between them is too strong to resist, and soon, they find themselves entangled in a forbidden relationship that defies boundaries and challenges every moral code. As their passion ignites, secrets from the past resurface, threatening to unravel their forbidden bond.
I Really Love My Mom
by Laxu
In a small apartment at the edge of the city, life runs on quiet rituals. Kaori Mizushima packs lunches, shelves mystery novels at the neighborhood bookstore, and measures the year by the photo on the shelf—her late husband Yuto, work-rough hands, a baby Ren in his arms. Ren Mizushima is nineteen now, tall, careful, still home because rent is expensive and because this place still feels like belonging. He notices his mother more than a son should. He pretends he doesn’t. Every June 18, the air thins. Sixteen years after the accident, Kaori takes Ren to the grave and, for the first time, tells him the full line of their family’s beginning: a clumsy girl on a high-school staircase; an orphan boy with the gentlest hands; love that outran knowledge and luck; a pregnancy that cost Kaori her family name; Madam Maya’s land and money when the world closed its doors; three hard, honest years of building something small; and the rain road that ended it. She tells him about widowhood without rom