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We were friends with the only difference that she loved THE FRIEND and I LOVED the friend. Whenever she forgot. I remembered. Whenever she let go. I held on. This love, this ache- only mine. The chance she lost- never hers. And as much as it hurts to settle for just being friends, there's comfort in having them at all. Even if it's less. Even if it's never enough. Because the hardest love to carry... is the one that never had a chance to begin. This story, Only Mine, Never Hers is a poignant exploration of friendship, longing, and the quiet power of holding on when no one else does.

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Vaanika Arora is sixteen, and Only Mine, Never Hers is her first book. She wrote it because some memories, especially the ones about her, just wouldn't leave her alone. Writing became her way of saying what she couldn't out loud. She thinks that some stories can be kept hidden for a while, but eventually, at a point, she believes that they need to be heard. She admits she may have forced herself to publish it, partly due to her own inner pressure, partly because holding it in had started to feel heavier than letting it out. These poems were born from a private nook she rarely speaks from, somewhere between silence and survival. Writing about her, the way she stays, listens, simply exists, helped Vaanika shift from reacting to reflecting. In telling this story, she always found a strange kind of healing. She made her want to be more patient with the parts of herself she'd once learned to hate. This book isn't just about love or loss- it's about learning to live with both.

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