Carmela & Shaira
©Lil_Kylie
Date written: June 2023
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A/N: This short story is dedicated to Carmela Elaine Balaysoche and Shaira Anjela Yu. Thank you so much for lending me your names. Happy reading!
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Carmela is the prettiest girl in the town of Leviathan. Everyone was head over heels for her. It may be men who are grey and old and men who are young, wild, and juvenile. Even women around Leviathan are lured by her beguiling beauty.
Since everyone would like to befriend her, Carmela put a thick line between friendship and romance. When she knew your cruel intentions, she would immediately forget you and pretend that you and Carmela weren't acquainted with each other.
There is no doubt that Carmela is undeniably appealing. There are times that she wishes that she doesn't have a beautiful face so that everyone would never chase her.
Many people are envious of Carmela, but she wished that she had a simple life because her face brought her a tough life.
When she was in high school, she was very well-known because of her captivating looks, but most of the people who befriended her only used her to climb up for popularity. They were actually not the type of friends that she would get along to because deep down, those people have grudges and cruel intentions.
However, she had a friend who never left by her side. It was Shaira Anjela Yu.
It's as though Shaira is a witness how Carmela blossomed into a beautiful, captivating flower.
Many people thought that they were related to each other. In fact, they are sisters...by heart. They were there for each other through thick and thin.
They were the total opposites. Carmela was born and raised from a wealthy family while Shaira was born from a normal household. A simple life to sustain living, but even if they came from different backgrounds, they became bestfriends.
But when Shaira went to a certain point in her life where she had a difficult time trying to understand her feelings and her identity, everything went chaotic.
"Shai!"
Shaira snapped out of her reverie when Carmela called her using a nickname.
"What is it?"
"I received a bouquet of flowers from Kelvin!" Carmela informed her with a glad expression on her face.
Shaira couldn't find the words in the English language to explain her sadness. She didn't want someone sending her flowers, and she didn't know the reason why.
Kelvin Justin Veneracion is Carmela's childhood friend. But when they grow up into fine teenagers, a burning romance sparked within their hearts. Two hearts with mutual feelings but deep within lies a feeling of uncertainty.
Not long after, she tried to erase the thoughts in her mind.
"Shai." Carmela called her out.
