Love #1 Devika Alvarez, isang dalagang sugatan sa unang pag-ibig, naligaw ng landas, at halos masayang ang kinabukasan bilang iskolar sa isang prestihiyosong unibersidad. Akala niya'y tapos na ang lahat nang masira ang puso niya. Pero sa gitna ng pagkawasak, dumating ang isang lalaking may dalang tanong, lihim, at posibilidad ng bagong simula. Mateo Villareal, isang tahimik ngunit may presensyang transferee, ay bigla na lang lumitaw-walang may alam kung bakit siya lumipat sa kalagitnaan ng taon. Ngunit sa isang hindi inaasahang aksidente, nagtagpo ang landas nila ni Devika. Mula roon, naging tutor niya si Mateo-at kasabay ng mga araling pilit niyang hinahabol ay ang unti-unting pagkakabuhol ng kanilang mga damdamin. Ngunit ano nga ba ang tunay na dahilan ng pagdating ni Mateo? At paano kung hindi lang simpleng tutor-student ang relasyon nilang dalawa... kundi isang koneksyong kay tagal nang itinadhana?

Ares Gabriel Salazar has always believed in love that when Cupid aims his arrow, you don't get a choice. You fall, hard. No rewinds. No escape. Just fate doing its thing. So when Aidan Lysander Angeles moves into the neighborhood, all clean-cut smiles and polite nods. Aidan may look like the perfect good boy, but Ares sees the restlessness in his eyes. The part of him that wants to break free, to be seen for who he really is. And maybe . . . to be loved. Ares didn't expect to be the one hit. But when you meet someone who makes your heart race and your beliefs shake, what else is there to do but fall?

Jackson Ramirez has always followed the rules-his family's, society's, everyone's but his own. Trapped in a life dictated by expectations, he buried his passion and silenced the voice that once made him feel alive. So when Kenzo Adachi walked into his class-blunt, intense, and always acting like he owned the room. Jackson couldn't help but feel . . . annoyed. Annoyed by his confidence. Annoyed by how he said whatever he wanted. Annoyed by how free he was. But Kenzo? He saw something else. He saw a bird trying to breathe through its cage. And Kenzo, the kind of man who lives by his own rules, was ready to go beyond the boundary-just to help Jackson learn how to fly.

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

I always feel like I'm floating through life. There was nothing to hold me in one place, there's nothing that has enough weight for me to stay. Still... I wanted to believe that there's something special out there waiting for me. Pero hindi pala ganoong kadali ang lahat. It's just too tiring to struggle and keep my head above the water... to fight the tides trying to pull me down. So for a moment, I stopped fighting... letting the currents take me where it wants me to go. I just didn't expect the next thing life pulled for me. An embodiment of uncertainty. A gamble, an unpredictability. Life gave me a wild card. It's a bittersweet risk. The question is... do I have the winning hand or will I end up holding on to nothing?

A night of mistake turned my life into a series of turmoil. A night when alcohol was mixed with suspicion, pain, and even...love. Mali man o tama. But hope was still breathing life in me knowing that everything is just temporary. Umaasa akong hindi magtatagal na dadating ang araw na isang memorya na lang ang mga naganap na hindi na kailangan balikan pa. But I was wrong. I was wrong that they will remain unchanging just because my heart is still the same as before. Dahil ginusto niya ang puso ko na pag-aari na ng iba habang ang sarili kong kabigkis, sarili kong dugo at laman, ay para bang nais angkinin ang puso ng taong akala ko akin lang.

All my life I've been waiting for one thing. A knight that will gallop his way to me and sweep me off my feet like a princess. But I never thought it would be him. I never thought that it would be the loud, full of life, lead guitarist of the band Royalty that will capture my attention. Pero parang nanadiya ang tadhana, ibinigay sa akin ang taong hinding-hindi magiging akin panghabangbuhay. Dahil hindi pa man nasisimulan ay nakaabang na ang wakas sa aming dalawa. The prelude to the love story I was waiting for turns out to be just the falling of the composition...the end of a musical piece.

It was so tiring to hope for the constant moon only to get a dying and burning satellite in the end. I wanted the typical heart fluttering love story pero hindi talaga ata para sa akin ang mga bagay na hinahangad ko. I was ready to close and lock away my heart. Until I heard his voice and the tune of his guitar...under the moonlight. I am Aiere Roqas and this is the beginning of my story.