I wish I'd known what I did last summer with you. . .

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Every love has a story. How you first met. Who said the first word. Even mine does. Seven o'clock is not the time anyone will think of falling in love. But as our worlds collided, we did just that. In a moment lost in space, a single introduction had changed everything. I wonder if things would have been different if the day we met came with a warning. A word to tell you that this was right or this could be wrong in so many ways. I wonder where he is right now. I wonder if he's happy with his life. I wonder if anything would have changed if we did things differently. Placing our hearts on the line and flipping the pages one after the other, our story was written. It happened before we knew it, and there was no way we could have taken it back. That's just how it goes. Every first love has a story. Do you want to hear mine?

Perpektong-perpekto ang buhay na mayroon ako, buhay na hinahangad ng ibang tao, kayamanan, kasikatan, nobyong walang hinangad kung hindi ang kaligayahan ko at higit sa lahat ang inaakala nilang perpektong pamilyang mayroon ako. Kinaiinggitan ng lahat... ngunit isang araw, nangyari ang isang bagay na hindi ko inaasahan. Ang aksidenteng hindi makakalimutan... nakita ko na lang ang sariling naliligo sa sariling dugo't walang malay. Akala ko roon na magtatapos ang kwento ko ngunit... Nagising na lang ako na buhay ako, tumatahol, pakawag-kawag ang buntot at higit sa lahat dinidilaan-- ano?! Bakit ako nasa katawan ng isang-- isang aso?! Date starte: May 25, 2020 Date ended: June 17, 2020

Kaia Porter and Nick Peterson broke up because they no longer loved each other. But if that's true, why is Nick crying stars?

WATTYS 2021 WINNER (YOUNG ADULT CATEGORY) Country girl Yngrid Bartolome only wanted two simple things: 1. To enjoy music 2. To enjoy music together with her best friend Rafael Castro Yngrid knew that deep inside her, Rafael holds a more important part in her heart. Sadly, Rafael is a busy man who has a lot to carry on his shoulders; their lives were simply far apart from each other. With the exchange of cassette tapes every 17th day of the month with one another, Yngrid hopes Rafael will notice her feelings for him someday. Even if it means a heartbreak, and a friendship that may fall apart. •• Language: Filipino

UNDER EDITING Perdita Aileth is a 23 year old college student who is barely living her life. She moved to a new university on her last year to run away from her family's debt. New environment, new people-people who don't know her, a perfect place to disappear. She believes that life is a cruel game, one way out, one sided game. It's hard to try and live while it's easy to get tired and die. One night at the school rooftop, a guy on his white hoodie, black slacks and white sneakers, wearing a goofy smile and an annoying smirk, laughed at her. "Why do you want to die?" he asked. Getting no answer from Perdita, he said, "Life without fun isn't a life. Are you up for an adventure?" THIS IS NOT A LOVE STORY. ARE YOU UP FOR AN ADVENTURE? Finished: February 2022

PUBLISHED UNDER MANILA POP Young Love Series #1: Mearah June Escalera Romantic love is different for every person. For Mearah June Escalera, she believes that only those who are unique and special can experience it. Love is certainly not for someone like her--an average girl who, if in a movie, can only be an "extra." Hinding-hindi s'ya magiging pasok sa criteria ng pagiging "main character." As June continued believing that no one can ever see her as someone special, she found herself being confessed to by the guy she least expects to have interest in her. Will Mearah June realize that she's capable of being loved? Or will she continue believing that she's not worthy of being the "main character"? Started: June 24, 2021 Ended: July 5, 2021 Cover illustration by: @Zirree

(Yours Series # 2) Julienne Salvacion definitely didn't think that she'd reach the age of 32 and still be unmarried. She was sure that she'd, at least, be engaged before she turned 30. But she was dead wrong. She badly wanted to settle down already like everyone else around her, but guys kept on dumping her because according to all the male population, she's just 'too much.' She was the problem. Fine. So, when she met Levi, arguably the hottest guy she's ever laid her eyes on, she 'fine-tuned' her personality to match his. She could do that. She grew up in a family where she's always forced to smile and say that everything's alright. But until when can she pretend?

WATTYS 2021 SHORTLIST Curious by the sudden change of his former childhood friend, Vale tries to see through Jean's painful scars that she hides underneath her facade. ••• High school senior Valentine "Vale" Senon moved back to his hometown where he spent his childhood. Seeing nothing has changed, he felt relieved. The old friends were there, and his life was completely normal. Then there is Jean De Guzman--the girl who is mock by her peers because of her unusual demeanor. She is binded by gossips circulating around the town, but Vale believes that everything thrown at her were simply far-fetched. Determined to know what happened to the former friend; Vale sticks with Jean like the old times to uncover the scars that she's been hiding underneath her gemstones, her clothing, and the mask she keeps on. •• Language: Filipino