In a society where blue is classified for boys and pink for the girls, Shiloh Ching Escarra struggled during his childhood when he discovered his fondness for the toys and colors that were only labeled for the girls. Despite confining himself in the darkness, Brent Matthew Jarsdel, his roommate and the son of his mother's friend, gradually peeked through his thick walls and found a way to paint his world according to what color he genuinely prefers. In the midst of those unexplainable feelings, confusions, and judgements, Brent was willing to risk it all; to fight for the love he unexpectedly found; to build him a home where his true colors would finally be accepted.

They say that happy-go-lucky people bury their deepest pain behind smiles. For Maverick Evander, an architecture student, was entangled in a web of uncertainty by his parents' decision to separate. Beneath his playful image and a well-known loud circle, he was able to carry a facade-a mystery no one could ever decipher. How can you read someone when they are just black pages in the book? That's how engineering student Rade Archiel Tejano sees Mavric: a blinding sun you could only graze upon. And the more he tries to solve the puzzles in Mavric's mind games, the more Mavric's wall thickens. Will Rade be able to crush someone who is already broken? Will Mavric top someone when he's the one who's falling? In a play where one had to win, both of them fell...hard.

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Mauven, a gay college nerd wanting to end his hopelessness in finding romance, torn between being a writer or just being a fictional character of his own life story. Ever since he was a kid, he holds on to a silver lining beyond his creative imagination despite how romanticizing troubles him the most. It was even harder when his feelings blossomed to Cael, a jock-sweetheart athletic boy whom he always had a crush on. He knew he'll never meet him at the end of his track and that he can never be his finish line. Because how can he possibly fall in love with his straight boy friend? Every Autumn Fall is a teen blossoming story in the middle of a season no one expects to choose between love and trauma. Youthful Series 1.

Lexi, a transwoman burdened with her greatest life transition as a woman and as a sophomore, finds her escapades of giving guilty pleasure to men. But when the sadistic egotistical law student maniac bewildered her, she knew that he's the man who'll bring all her karma back. The two made an engagement, to be his fake girlfriend, a tie for their necessities and desires. With this roaring uncertainty, is breaching their contract really enough to break rules of their heart? Solstice Fantasy is about a college coming out story that defines the life hurdles of being a transwoman trapped in expectations, lustful desires, and change. Youthful Series 2.

Eli, a warmhearted wallflower who grew behind shadows of the moon where he always dreamt of his very own love story. Everyone sees him as the epitome of kindness but never seems to be more than the way Zee looks at him, a swimmer athlete who has always been beside him since their childhood. If he could define what they have, he'll call them soulmates, but Zee never saw him as a lover- only as a friend. December Sunsets is a story of a warm wintery feeling of comfort and haven for Eli and his heartbreaking friend syndrome for the love he will always secretly pray for. Youthful Series 3.

Chin is the type of boy who never gives up when he wants something either being the MVP of the university's volleyball team, being Top 1 of their batch, or being a campus-famous student. But the game of life tricks him when her parents decide to transfer him back to the province where his blurry childhood day grew. The only clear memory he had was with Adrian, the son of the florist who turns out to have a massive glow up after more than a decade of not seeing each other. Right when he thought he'll be his friend, the angel's mask hides the devil that lies behind, the arrogantly smart unhinged boy becomes his greatest rival. How can he win over his nemesis when he knows his heart already belongs to him? Paramours of Spring is a story about the humbling self-growth of Chin and finding out that his final game isn't about winning golden trophies and medals, but winning this man's heart. Youthful Series 4.

A love letter, a confession, and a blossoming heart. I got nothing to lose, only my heart to break.

(TO BE REPUBLISHED) seniors series #1 A Senior Highschool series. complete [unedited] 1# NBS Bestseller under Local Fiction [July 2024] Madali lang daw ang maging honor student. You just have to mix intelligence, perseverance and start being assiduous with almost everything - then you'll be rewarded with the medals you have always yearned for. Zafirah Sidney Sanchez has always been like that ever since she stepped her feet in the school grounds. Kaakibat ng pagiging honor student niya, she has always put her grades above everything and believes that she can be the best among the rest. When she met Sarathiel Zyler Aracosa of the STEM strand, he trampled on her ego when his grades were greater than hers and to add salt to the wounds - the guy did it so effortlessly. Being affronted with the sudden revelation that her enemy might just have it all even without inserting any effort, Zafirah made it her school life's mission to beat him when it comes to academics. But what if instead of the passionate hatred that she is insisting to have for him, a burning love would surface? At paano kung ang inaalagaan niyang titulo ay tuluyan nang maagaw sa kanya? And if things go wrong, who do we hold accountable for our choices? Is it our hearts or our minds? highest rank: #1 teen fiction

(TO BE REPUBLISHED) seniors series #2 A Senior Highschool series. complete [unedited] 2# NBS Bestseller under Local Fiction [November 2024] Maraming nagsasabi na hindi naman daw patimpalak ang buhay, pero bakit ang daming hurado sa bawat galaw ng tao? Arrisea Cabrera knows this very well. Her beauty leads people to believe she is there to appease them - pero kabaliktaran naman ng kanyang ganda ang kanyang ugali. She doesn't filter her words and actions, she is rebellion itself. Bilang estudyante ng TVL track, she gets all the nasty comments when it comes to being inferior but she fights back with her savage comebacks. Para sa kan'ya, her life means her rules. Adonis Renoir Reverio appears to be the perfect preppy rich boy of the ABM strand because the dark and ugly parts of his world are hidden from the rose tinted perspectives of the people around him. Pero hindi sa kan'ya, sa isang babaing nakipagpustahan na mahuhulog siya rito. It was farfetched for her to know him more than what the surface offers but she did...and both of them suffered a lot because of it. Sometimes, we are only brave enough to try - not knowing the potential losses and not knowing the cost of tasting this kind of euphoria.