dini loves the idea of being in love and loved. everything goes downhill when she starts catching feelings for a masculine woman named aian- who happens to be the total opposite of whom she expected to fall in love with.

"You're my betrothed." "Naliligaw ka, Miss." Inis na isasara ko na sana yung pinto ng humarang sya doon. "I don't think so. You're Terry Alcatraz right?" Terry has never been terrified all her life, ngayon lang. As she is now standing infront of a Goddess in the form of this woman with 5'10 height, pinkish white skin na hindi yata sanay sa araw, ash gray hair, at yung malalamlam na mga mata na akala mo laging inaantok. Am I still dreaming? "Sino ka ba?" "I'm your betrothed." Hay nako. May baliw na naman na naligaw. I pity her. Maganda nga. Baliw naman. "You got it wrong. Babae ako, Miss." Tsk. Bibigyan ka na nga lang din ng kapareha. Babae pa na mas maganda sayo at may saltik sa utak. Where's justice? "No. I'm in the right place. We're engaged." "Baliw ka ba?" Asar na tanong ko na sa kanya. Nauubos na ang pasensya ko dahil inaantok pa ko. Nagtatakang tiningnan ako ng mga matang kulay tsokolate na iyon. "Me?" Hinagod pa ako nito ng tingin mula ulo hanggang paa. "Shit, why am I trapped with you? I wonder. I could have atleast chose a better one. My toenails is way more appealing than you!" Ano daw? Sa sobrang inis ko ay hindi ko napigilang hubarin ang suot kong house slippers at batuhin sya niyon. Sino ba naman ang hindi maiinis? Kagigising mo lang ay may kakatok na sa tapat ng pintuan nyo para lang mangtrip. Pagkatapos sasabayan pa ng panglalait. Tila naman umurong lahat ng tapang ko ng mag angat ng tingin mula sa tsinelas na tumama sa pisngi nito ang babaeng iyon na may pares ng kulay tsokolateng mata. She gave me a chillin' smile pagkatapos ay dinampot ang tsinelas ko saka ubod ng lakas na binato din sakin yung tsinelas ko. Fudge! My pretty face! "There, we're quits. That's what engaged people do. They give and take." pagkatapos ay ngumiti ng pagkatamis tamis na akala mo santita. "Hmm. Bakit parang mas maganda pa sayo yung slippers mo? You could have bought a face too." Ano daw? Papatayin ko talaga tong baliw na babaeng ito. ***

Meeca Vanja's been doubting her boyfriend, Dominic, lately because of his actions. Nanlalamig na, ika nga. She's been trying to figure out what she did to anger him as a result of his changes but she can't come up with anything. At dahil na rin sa hindi siya mapakali ay kinausap niya na ang boyfriend niya . . . na nauwi lang din sa away tulad ng inaasahan. She tried everything to find out what was going on with her boyfriend, only to discover that Dominic was pursuing another girl while they were still together. Tanging galit ang naramdaman ni Meeca nang malaman niya 'yon. Hindi niya alam ang gagawin. Hindi niya alam kung sino ang kakausapin. Naninikip na ang dibdib niya sa dami ng nalaman niya pero hindi niya alam kung kanino lalapit. As hours passed by, finally . . . Meeca messaged someone. It was the girl her boyfriend was courting. HER FONDNESS IN TIME Written by sierryeu, 2022 Published under PaperInk Imprints, 2024

An epistolary. 💐

When Sam Jackson and her best friend join the prom committee, Sam unexpectedly finds herself locking lips with a candidate for prom queen, Sabrina Jenkins. Old crushes resurface but there's one little problem. Sam promises to help Sabrina's campaign for the prom queen title and in doing so, she sets up a public running mate and the prom queen's date both of which who are decidedly not her.

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