Angst

Angst
Bittersweet short stories with a whole host of tragedy and angst, but typically with a happy ending. 

In no particular order.
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21 Followers
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Created: Aug 10th, 2019, Updated: May 17th, 2021
Created Aug 10th, 2019
Updated May 17th, 2021
JP (4.8)
0 Chapters Every 2734 Day(s) 6281 Readers 54 Reviews N/A
JP (4.8)
0 Chapters Every 2734 Day(s) 5951 Readers 54 Reviews N/A
CN (4.8)
3 Chapters Every 1043.7 Day(s) 5082 Readers 99 Reviews 09-03-2015
CN (4.8)
14 Chapters Every 30.6 Day(s) 5698 Readers 149 Reviews 03-03-2023
CN (4.7)
19 Chapters Every 225.7 Day(s) 8964 Readers 163 Reviews 03-29-2015
JP (4.2)
47 Chapters Every 73.7 Day(s) 6782 Readers 44 Reviews 07-15-2021
CN (4)
4 Chapters Every 81 Day(s) 781 Readers 8 Reviews 03-28-2017
Not an HE but worth a read if you want a good cry.
CN (4.5)
5 Chapters Every 474.2 Day(s) 3048 Readers 44 Reviews 10-03-2017
Another story with a BE. (Well, it's slightly ambiguous but still, bittersweet at most.)
KR (4.4)
272 Chapters Every 107.3 Day(s) 19277 Readers 274 Reviews 12-04-2019
Not a short story but the angst comes quick, and it's eventually resolved in a very satisfying way. 
JP (4.4)
94 Chapters Every 96.4 Day(s) 6504 Readers 38 Reviews 05-29-2020
KR (4.1)
39 Chapters Every 116.2 Day(s) 3520 Readers 34 Reviews 06-22-2019
About 250 chapters of romance you can read on aggregator sites if you don't like webnovel.com. The angst and tragedy is definitely there but that's... more>>
JP (4.4)
8 Chapters Every 208.1 Day(s) 1238 Readers 15 Reviews 02-09-2020
KR (4.1)
85 Chapters Every 60.6 Day(s) 6886 Readers 19 Reviews 05-03-2022
KR (4.1)
279 Chapters Every 77.3 Day(s) 16984 Readers 197 Reviews 04-23-2020
The novel translation is a bit hard to read, check out the manhwa adaptation instead. 
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  1. LynnLynn
    LynnLynn· Dec 21, 2022 05:52 PM
    I've already read most of these novels, but still following cause I loooooveee the stories in this list. I love me some short story angst, it stings enough to hurt but not too long that it's unbearable lol
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