⟨ DVS #2 ‣ Ongoing ⟩ Winston Alec De Venecia

(Confused Hearts Club Series #3) Suzette Vera Zolani is the kind of woman no one dares to mess with, a beautiful, intelligent, fearless, and a certified man-hater. While countless boys try to win her over, she couldn't care less about romance, especially when it comes to the campus heartthrob secretly adored by her loud and dramatic gay classmate, Zohan Azreal Beaufort. But when Zohan catches his crush flirting with Vera, he immediately confronts her and demands she stay away from him, only to get smacked with a notebook and told that Vera has no interest in any man, especially a gay like him. From that moment on, the two become instant enemies, constantly clashing over the smallest things. Yet behind all the chaos, insults, and hilarious fights, an unexpected friendship slowly begins to form. Because sometimes, the person who annoys you the most becomes the one who understands you best.

Becca Zamora grew up in a not-so-privileged family. From a young age, she learned not to waste money, not out of discipline but out of conscience. Every peso mattered, especially when her mother had spent most of her life working abroad just to provide for them. Because of that, Becca never allowed herself to invest in deep connections. To her, relationships were not just emotional. They were costly. Time, effort, vulnerability, sometimes even money. Those were things she believed she could not afford. Her goals were simple. Graduate college, give back to her parents, and build a life where she would never have to struggle again. She wanted to be rich, independent, secure, and alone. Marriage was never part of the plan. But how long can someone keep running from love when a boy named Zion Lucian Bautista keeps finding his way into her life?

In front of the cameras, they were everything people believed in-perfect chemistry, stolen glances, and a love story that felt too real to be scripted. They were the industry's favorite love team, the kind that made fans believe that maybe, just maybe, some stories don't end when the director yells "cut." But behind the cameras, things were never as simple. They started as two passionate artists who found comfort in each other amidst the chaos of fame. Long hours on set turned into quiet conversations, rehearsed lines turned into real feelings, and what began as acting slowly blurred into something neither of them could deny. Until management stepped in. The decision was "for their growth," they said. For versatility. For longevity. Just like that, their story was rewritten-not by them, but by the people controlling the narrative. Eli Miguel Navarro was pushed to stand alone, rebranded as a solo artist chasing a different spotlight. Alyanna Nicole Reyes, on the other hand, was paired with someone new, forced to recreate the same magic she once had-with someone else. In front of the cameras, they played their roles perfectly. New scripts, new partners, new stories. But behind the cameras? There were unsent messages, lingering stares across crowded studios, and the quiet ache of something that was never meant to end this way. Because the hardest part wasn't pretending to love someone else. It was pretending they never loved each other at all.

Have you ever met someone who fits your standards so perfectly that no matter how hard you try, you can't stop yourself from falling for them? There is something unsettling about your feeling from that person that it feel almost impossible. It is something that will drive you crazy because how come being near him feels strangely magical like everything around you begins to echo what you feel inside. He lingers in your thoughts, slips into your dreams, and before you know it, you're imagining a future that was never promised. It sounds like something out of high school for Elyne Cabrera that she once thought she had already outgrown. She even finds it a little embarrassing. But what can she do when everything feels incomplete without even a single glance from him? Nathaniel Ignacio is far from gentle. He's distant, cold, and often unkind toward her. But the more he pushes her away, the deeper she fall for him. Is it still possible to feel this way at twenty-nine? Why does it feel so intense, consuming and insanely different for Elyne? Is she starting to fall in love with Nathaniel, or is it nothing more than just a trace of limerence?

Maria Elayne Galvez was always seen as pure, delicate, and untouchable, an angel in everyone's eyes. Her world was simple, quiet, and ordinary... until the night she met Akira Matsumoto, the devil in disguise. He was everything she was warned to stay away from, yet she always finds herself drawn in curiosity about him...but was it really her curiosity that drives her to know deeper about this boy, or was it something else? Something she never felt before, something beautiful, yet scary.

LF: Intimacy Teacher

They started as rivals on the court - a volleyball queen and a basketball king, parehong competitive, parehong may pride, at parehong ayaw magpatalo. Alyssa Cruz lives for volleyball. Every spike is her way of proving na hindi siya basta-basta. Jaxon Reyes is born for basketball. Sa bawat shot niya, dala niya ang pangarap na maabot ang mas mataas na pangarap. Magkaiba ng mundo, magkaiba ng laro... pero pareho ng apoy sa puso. What happens when rivalry turns into respect? When competition turns into connection? When love starts in the middle of chaos, pressure, and impossible choices? Between championships, broken expectations, and big decisions, kailangan nilang piliin: ang pangarap ba... o ang isa't isa? From rivals to forever is a story about love that grew in the middle of silence, pain, and passion - a reminder that sometimes, the person you're meant to end up with is the one you once fought against the most. (I'm not expecting na magugustuhan niyo to dahil I know that I'm not good at writing, and this is my first time to upload stories.)

Rishi never meant to fall in love-not with him, anyway. All she wanted was a taste of freedom. Moritz wasn't aiming either. Bratty, stubborn, always ready to argue-she was a walking headache he was asked to look after. Their banter became friendship. Their friendship became something they couldn't name. Until everything fell apart. She had secrets. He felt betrayed. And when it ended, they became polite, distant strangers who once almost had something real. But love, as they've learned, doesn't care for pride, timing, or unspoken truths. And sometimes, the arrow that missed the first time still knows exactly where to land.