C O M P L E T E D bite the bullet (idiom): to endure a painful or difficult situation with courage and determination Hindi nawawala ang ngiti sa kaniyang labi. "I want you to be mine. Do you want it?" pangungumbinsi pa niya at halatang nagpa-cute pa ito sa harap ko. "Baliw ka ba?" tanong ko na. Tumalikod naman ito saka muling umupo. "If you refuse to be my partner, my first offer to you is not valid." Napayukom na ako ng palad ko. Sa itsura pa lang niya ay halatang masusunod ang gusto niyang mangyari. I have no other options. I had to bite the bullet and agree to his condition.

Smoke and Mirrors (idiom): irrelevant or misleading information serving to obscure the truth of a situation Claude Hesita is an aviation student who needs to disguise as a speech therapist. Hindi siya maaring pumasok sa isang gulo na malalaman ng kaniyang mga magulang. It's a matter of life and death kumbaga para sa kaniya ang ginagawa niya. Kaya sa isang iglap lang ay nagbago ang ikot ng mundong kaniyang gustong galawan. Nagkaroon siya ng bagong katauhan sa mga kasinungaling lumalabas sa kaniyang bibig upang mairaos lang ang sitwasyon niya. Ngunit hanggang kailan niya mapapaniwala ang mga taong nasa paligid niya? Sa mga mababanggit niya, ano dito ang katotohan at ano ang mga kasinungalingan?

C O M P L E T E D capture (verb) :to get and hold (someone's attention, interest, etc.) :to take something into your possession, especially by force Blake Villarubia-Permejo is a twenty-year-old boy who is an immature, spoiled brat and the greatest pasaway of all time. Isang lalaki na wala pang napapatunayan sa sarili bukod sa mga kalokohang ginawa niya at walang katapusang pagiging pasaway sa kanilang pamilya. Hindi siya nag-iisip sa mga bagay na ginagawa niya bago kumilos; that's why he did something that changed his life. The night he pretended to be a woman, ...was the day he captured the heart of a mafia boss.

Elysian Raziel Villanueva was given the chance to get a role in the most anticipated movie, where he met Liam Sebastian Alvarez, his co-actor and the male lead, who made his life go beyond special or rather, beyond the spotlight.

Santiago Alverio is torn between family expectations and his own internalized fears from homophobic relatives. As he enters a casual fling with Diablo Delgado, he discovers that love, patience, and acceptance might be the blueprint to healing and embracing his true self. *** Santiago Alverio has always lived by the rules of his family, peers, and a silent world that tells him who he should be. As a civil engineering student, he hides behind toxic masculinity and the fear of being noticed because of expectations and a homophobic upbringing. Then comes Diablo Delgado--fearless, affectionate, and unapologetically himself. What begins as a no-strings "friends with benefits" arrangement slowly converts into something deeper. With every touch, every unguarded smile, Diablo breaks the walls Santi has built around his heart. But love is never simple. Santi is caught between family pressures, societal judgment, and his own insecurities. Will he ever realize that happiness was never about meeting expectations but about choosing the person who makes him feel whole? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Rayne Mariano ILLUSTRATOR: Ri Ot

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Kit Sachiel has always wanted one thing - freedom. Freedom to choose his own colors, to find peace in silence, to live quietly in the softness of his own world. He's never been one for chaos, always doing his best to stay out of trouble. But then trouble found him anyway - with a dragon tattoo sprawled across his back, a voice that rumbled like thunder, the scent of smoke that lingered like heartbreak, and a noise that ruined the calm Kit worked so hard to keep. He told himself he hated him. And maybe, for a while, he did. But hate doesn't make your heart race like that. It doesn't make the world feel less lonely. It doesn't make you wish for more. Because somewhere between the noise and the silence, Kit realized that trouble didn't destroy him. It freed him. Sweater Weather Series #1 COMPLETED

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