Each crash, each pull, each rise and fall only brings me closer to where I wanna be... to you my storm.

So High School # 1: When you look at Me It all started when Gian became the new captain of varsity team. He was picked after Dane left to study abroad. Interestingly, Gian's sister who happens to be a massive BL fan, would endlessly tease Gian to date a guy. As expected, Gian hates that idea as he swore he's straight. But what if Gian suddenly caught himself in a situation like those dramas that her sister watched? All because of the feminine boy named Eli who's also the brother of Dane.

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「"𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫, 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫"」 ── ❝ 'You like being hunted, don't you, little thing?' he said. 'You like knowing you drag the fucking monster out of me just by breathing.' ❞ ── Cyril Roosevelt doesn't belong at L'Académie Sainte-Marie-a prestigious Parisian university for the rich and powerful. He's poor. Shy. Soft. The scholarship student that nobody takes seriously. But someone is watching him. He starts getting gifts. Blood red roses with no sender. Handwritten letters calling him his little mouse. Messages from an unknown number that seem to know exactly where he is. Exactly what he's wearing. Exactly how fast his heart is beating. And then there's Deimos King. The mafia prince everyone fears. The monster Cyril can't outrun. But what scares Cyril most isn't Deimos's reputation. It's the way Deimos looks at him. Like he owns him. Like he's been waiting for him. The walls close in when Cyril receives an invitation to a secluded mansion. Masked faces, and a Halloween party that feels more like a trap. 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 has a name. And it's coming for him.

After breaking free from the suffocating roof of his parents house, Remy Sol thought he would finally have a peaceful life. A quiet apartment, a found family of chaotic but loving friends, and a life he could finally call his own-that was the plan. Not until he met-Atlas Raiden, the thunder that would shake the quiet he worked so hard to build.

Ryx's city life was flawless, like a glass tower untouched by storms. Though messy at times, it was still perfectly his. But when Xiel came, a boy from the province, he became a contradiction dressed in calmness - an imperfection that felt dangerously perfect. His guilty pleasure. His sweetest chaos. And destiny has never asked permission - it breaks, it bends, it rewrites itself. In a world full of contradictions and differences, how will they find their place between the calms and the storms?

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

Story 3 of Under Series.