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The Quiet Bench

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The First Empty Seat Silence isn’t always peace. Sometimes, it’s the sound of strength being born. When Pragati finds herself alone on the last bench, she thinks it’s just another year of being invisible. But every empty seat has a story—and hers begins when a quiet boy named Ruhan sits beside her. What starts as shared silence turns into a fragile bond—two souls learning to speak without words. But peace doesn’t last long. Between cruel classmates, fading friendships, and a sudden act of violence that changes everything, Pragati learns that courage isn’t always loud—and love doesn’t always announce itself. As shadows from the school grounds follow her into the fog, she realizes this isn’t just a story about loneliness anymore. It’s about the moment someone finally chooses to stay—and the danger that comes with it. A story of heartbreak, healing, and the quiet strength it takes to sit alone… until someone sees you.
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The Extra: Subject 082

Rio only wanted to see how the story ended. Instead, he woke up inside it. Not as the protagonist, not even as a supporting character—but as someone who barely existed in the narrative. An extra with no importance, no future, and no place in the story’s direction. At least, that’s how it was supposed to be. Now in the body of Rio Valen, a disgraced noble exiled from his own house, he finds himself in a region the original story barely touched—one driven as much by advanced technology as it is by arcane power. And buried beneath it, something far worse. The facility he wakes up in shouldn’t exist. The experiments conducted there shouldn’t have succeeded. And whatever was placed inside him was never meant to survive. As fragments of memory return—both his own and the life he inherited—Rio begins to understand the situation he’s in. The world still follows its original course. The key figures are still moving toward the same future. But his existence doesn’t fit anywhere within it. Even so, people begin to notice him. Not because of who he is—but because of something they can’t quite explain. A presence. A flaw. Or something far more dangerous. Some approach out of curiosity. Others, for reasons he doesn’t understand. And a few, simply because staying away isn’t an option. With no role to follow and no clear path ahead, Rio is left with a simple choice: Stay invisible and survive. Or step into a story that was never meant to include him. Because in a world that already has its main character— an extra that shouldn’t exist might be the only thing that can change it. **The cover used is temperoray, I hold no credits towards the art**
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