I Am Not Her

Two thirty-year-old women: one has never been her parents' favorite, while the other was abandoned by her parents completely. They meet in the gray, dusty spring of Meili City through a mutual friend, a "chosen one" who seems to shine wherever she goes.

They are both jealous of her. Both suppress their secret admiration for her. And both quietly dislike each other.

But some things cannot be hidden. An accidental touch, a concern that crosses the line, a secret they understand without a word. In each other, they see themselves: unchosen and unseen, like two sunflowers growing in the shade.

But can two "shadows" illuminate each other?

When rumors, family pressure, and self-doubt bear down like a blizzard, they must choose: keep hiding in their shells and pretend everything is fine, or admit their jealousy, face their inner turmoil, and summon the courage to risk being disliked in order to learn how to live happily?

This is not a story about perfection. It is a story about two "ugly" souls seeing each other, warming each other, and helping each other become whole.

Can belated sunlight save two sunflowers growing in the shade?

Note: This story is entirely fictional. The cities, people, and organizations in it are all fictional. Everything is made up.

Theme: Transmigrate through adversity and arrive among the stars.