Novel & Cerita Flawed

A single word, but it carried a tone that told me the tide had begun to rise. The first sign of trouble arrived in the form of minor anomalies across several departments. Small deviations, tiny errors, seemingly inconsequential in isolation, but together forming a pattern that could not be ignored. “They are testing limits,” I murmured, scanning the logs for a thread of cause. “Yes,” Adrian replied, voice even but with a tension that betrayed him. “And some will falter.” The word was precise, surgical, but the implication made my stomach tighten. Falter. Not fail. Not collapse. Falter. That subtle distinction meant human imperfection, human desire, human choice, pushing against the rigidity

understanding. “You are not a flaw,” it said. The words landed. heavy. wrong. “You are the next step.” And the moment it said that I knew we hadn’t broken it. we had made it evolve.

⸻ Flawed. ⸻ Messy. ⸻ Human. ⸻ Back in the room— Ethan whispered, ⸻ “…Pick us.” ⸻ Adrian didn’t speak. ⸻ But his eyes said everything. ⸻ Victor exhaled slowly. ⸻ “…This is the flaw.” ⸻ Kade tilted his head. ⸻ “…Or the advantage.” ⸻ Lena stepped closer. ⸻ Closing the last bit of distance.

At the hockey game, my neighbor Bianca confessed her feelings to the team captain, Hudson, right in front of everyone. The moment she finished speaking, someone dumped an ice-cold soda right over her head. "Look at this greasy freak. Does she really think she has a chance with our star player?" The bleachers instantly erupted into cruel laughter. I watched her soaked hair stick to her face as tears mixed with the dripping soda. I walked over and shielded her from the cruel jokes. Then I pushed through the crowd and offered her a tissue. She slapped my hand away. "Stop being so fake, Harper! You're the biggest hypocrite in this school!" The next morning, I woke up and realized I was i

There was no way she could be serious, but by the way the beast rattled inside me, I knew she was. The one person to tempt me in years, to draw me in like no other and make me beg for mercy, my enigma, thought she wasn’t pretty? She was beyond pretty. Gorgeous. A broken beauty whose water-filled eyes tore at my chest. “Of course I am. I’m not stupid,” she said, her teeth clenching as her bottom lip quivered. “I know I’m plain, boring and a workaholic…useless.” Her hand flew up, covering her mouth, but the damage was done. Literally. Darkness poured out of her, despair and loneliness radiated. The beast clawed to be closer, to absorb it all.

babe, I am not in support of this situation but you saw it coming. you saw how he treated people below his social class. what made you think you are any different? even if you are, does the same occur to your family? you should know that you will have issues of indifference." "so now, it's my fault, huh?" "I am not blaming you girl! there is no guide in living in this world. we are just making decisions and if it turns out bad, we learn from our mistakes. all I am saying is that what you have is beautiful.

The female lawyer added “There is no life that has not passed through the lane of mistake, mistakes sometimes are building blocks to redirect a life into something great, he has not lost it, we will try our best to get him out there to enable him to pursue his goals in life”. The principal cut in and added his point.

Lorenzo asked in one breath. "I-I do but Lorenzo you have to understand. I-I don't want to pass on these messed up genes to a poor innocent child. I c-can't." Bonnie whispered. "Bonnie-" he cupped her face. "-it's not your fault, okay. It's not your fault that you're like this. You're beautiful just the way you are. If the baby is also blind, I'll love you both so much. So much." Bonnie lowered her head, resting her head on Lorenzo's chest. She slowly nodded mumbling a small 'okay'

I should not build my wall between them because we don't know what might happen tomorrow. I may feel like I have the worst flaws, and think that I could never get over it but I'm wrong. Because no matter how flawed you are, if a person really loves you, you'll be the prettiest in his eyes. And all that flaws would be your perfect accessories to wear, because you're not you without it. I became who I am today because of my past, and I will not fight it anymore.

he said with confidence and with a scorning smirk. " You know one thing about power boy, once you have it, you'll always have it. You've decided to play with power, that's fine, but try not to play into the lions den. You won't get away with this you know." I said, walking up to him and placed my hand on his chest. "You might have those little, gold digging, low life boards on your side, but they'll betray you same way they betrayed me once they see a better opportunity. That's one thing about opportunists" I said with a scornful smile, satisfied at instilling fear in him.