Wounds heal, but scars remain. So even with the possibility that one can accept and move forward, it's impossible to forget. Because there will always be an irremovable mark that will remind you of every bit of pain. Growing up without a mother was Zarih's first heartache. It scarred her more than anything else. She sees how her dad grieves for her mom all the time-even after years-and it breaks her. When Zarih learned about the possibility that she might have inherited her mother's heart disease, she knew she couldn't afford to love because she wouldn't want anyone to suffer at her death. She wouldn't want to love someone just to wound him at the end. It was easy not to fall in love, only if Ace Timotheo Salvador, her summer enemy, didn't dare touch her scars... as if they were the most beautiful parts of her existence. Zarih feels like losing it... She wants to love and be loved. Maybe he can heal her scars. Maybe their story is different from her dad's. Maybe they can have a happy ending. Or maybe... She should've not risked it at all. Maybe she could've not scarred her heart more. Finished: July 21, 2022

One of the boys, Alfredalae Moren Zamora, stands as an image of a beautiful lady with a heart of a man: tough, resilient, and brave-just like her father, whom she's living with alone. After her sister died of cancer and her mother left for another family, Moren only had her papa to rely on. Even so, she has four 'boy friends'. The most annoying one is Ross, her childhood bestie, aka ENEMY. She hated him first. He hated her more. Eight words. Sigurado na si Moren na babae ang gusto niya. Hindi lalaki. At mas lalong hindi si Ross! Pero kapag inatake ka nga naman ng kamalasan, hindi ka makaiiwas. Moren unintentionally did something wrong. As a consequence, she has to act like a girl and pretend to be in love with Ross. All that to help him win Celine, his dream girl. From squabbling and petty fights, how will Ross and Moren make everyone believe they are together? Will Moren be able to help Ross win? Or will she find herself losing first? Will their eight words stay the same? Or will the fake dating proceed to something else? Ended: January 2022

SOON | Sun Rays Series #5 Ianna, a TVL-HE student, backs down from nothing. To her, time is too precious to waste, and she'll do whatever it takes to make the most of it. Even if it means risking embarrassment or pretending nothing ever happened. That's why she started skipping classes. Not for fun, but for something she's secretly working on. Then comes Wamuro, a prideful STEM student with a reputation for being arrogant. People see him as untouchable--and to Ianna's class section, he's a "threat." She doesn't like him. Doesn't trust him. At all. She starts running faster for her goals just to prove she's ahead of him. But fate keeps putting them in the same places, at the worst possible times. And without realizing it, they begin to trail off course--chased not just by the wind, but by something far more complicated: each other.

ON-GOING | Sun Rays Series #4 For Winry, life has always been a race--and she can't afford to fall behind. As the youngest in her family, pressure clings to her like a second skin. Studying abroad is her shot at proving she's worth the sacrifices they have made. And she's doing it--top grades, strict focus, no room for error. But it's lonely at the top. Everyone sees her as the smart girl with no life. The nerd in the campus. No one gets close, and she doesn't let them. Except Yuen Hartley--her quiet, distant, long-time crush. He's always been just out of reach, like a song stuck in her head, and a gentle rain that clings in her mind. And no matter how hard she tries to forget, he stays. But how long can those feelings survive? Can Winry rise high enough to reach him, or has her silence created a gap too wide to bridge? Disclaimer: story is written in taglish.

✔ | Sun Rays Series #3 Rhyolite from the HUMSS, the Class President of their section, is a diligent daughter and sister who strongly believes in shouldering the responsibility of being the firstborn. Sheʼs driven by the thought that as the eldest, she must lead, aware that privileges arenʼt in favor to her life. However, she crosses paths with AJ, a HUMSS student, a guy of modest at school due to his sociable and mischievous personality. For both of them, they still have nothing to be proud of. Thatʼs why they attend school with the aim to lift themselves out from the unfair status of life. Will they find the strength to transform their lives, or will the shifting sands of love and hardship pull them under? Date started: 7/22/24 Date ended: 9/10/25 Disclaimer: story is written in taglish.

✔ | Sun Rays Series #2 Redler is quiet by choice, or so it seems. An introverted ABM student, she speaks only when her words truly matter, choosing to write instead. In school, she often feels invisible, as if she exists only in the background of everyone else's lives. Davin is the opposite. A HUMSS student, loud, expressive, and impossible to ignore. He talks too much, laughs too freely, and fills spaces Redler prefers to avoid. Pero sa dami ng taong nasa paligid niya, si Redler lang ang pinili niyang tingnan. He teases her, dedicated his artworks to her, and reads everything she writes. Slowly, without realizing it, Redler begins to open up. What starts as unwanted attention turns into comfort, then something neither of them expected. Pero ang katahimikan at ingay, pareho ring may tinatagong sugat. As words begin to falter and hues lose their brightness, they must decide whether to stay at the shore where it feels safe, or pursue something uncertain together. Disclaimer: story is written in taglish. Date Started: 03/13/24 Date Ended: 07/16/24

✔ | Sun Rays Series #1 Ritienzy, a social butterfly from HUMSS, wears her carefree smile like armor. Palakaibigan siya, oo, pero hanggang do'n lang. Ever since she witnessed her parents' love collapse, she learned to keep her heart at arm's length. Maybe bata pa siya at marami pang kailangang matutuhan, but the wounds beneath her laughter aren't as healed as she pretends. Then there's Jayscen from STEM, a smart, academically-driven guy who chases dreams bigger than the limits around him because of his expectations to himself. And behind his quiet composure hides a temper he once couldn't control. Fate crosses their paths twice, accidental yet strangely inevitable. . . at sa gitna pa talaga ng kalsada. Two teens. Two masks. Two hearts carrying battles the world doesn't see. Naging magkaibigan sila, pero hanggang kaibigan na lang ba talaga? And how will she, who's afraid to love, and him, who's afraid to fail, ever realize that their meeting is more than an accident, but the beginning of a path they must walk together--one that might just lead them past their limits, and into something infinite? Disclaimer: story is written in taglish. Date started: 9/18/23 Date ended: 1/29/24

Demon x Human

Started: 04/27/2021 Ended: 08/24/2021 Ang hirap palang tumanda. Ang hirap magbayad ng bills. Ang hirap suportahan ng pamilyang akala ay isang milyon ang suweldo mo. Ang hirap ngumiti sa nanay na mataas ang tingin sa'yo pero hindi ka kayang ipagtanggol. Ang hirap tabihan sa hapagkainan ng tatay na pinag-uubusan mo ng pera pero hindi ka maalala. Ang hirap mag-abot ng tulong sa kapatid na baon sa utang. Ang hirap intindihin ng hipag na nakakapagpa-rebond pa kahit kapos na kapos na. Ang hirap pakisamahan ng bunsong halos ilahad ang mga palad tuwing makikita ka. Ang hirap ngitian ng mga taong tanong nang tanong kung bakit hindi ka pa nakakapag-asawa. Ang hirap humarap sa mundong isasampal sa'yo na mag-isa ka. Tulong, bigay, utang. Isang iling mo lang, madamot ka na. Kasama mo sila kapag may maibibigay ka, pero hindi mo sila mahahanap kapag wala na. Ikaw ang kakayod, sila ang tutuka. Ikaw ang iiyak sa pagod, sila ang magtatamasa. Iyon ang summary ng buhay ko. Sobra-sobra ang naririnig na paghingi, kulang na kulang ang naririnig na pasasalamat. Sobra-sobra ang pagpapasensya, kulang na kulang ang natatanggap na pagpapahalaga. Sobra-sobra ang binabayaran, kulang na kulang sa kasiyahan. Kaya nang dumating sa buhay ko ang nag-iisang lalaking hindi ako nakita bilang naglalakad na alkansya, ang nag-iisang lalaking nakinig sa mahabang listahan ko ng problema, ang nag-iisang lalaking nagbigay sa akin ng kakaibang saya, ipinangako ko sa sarili na sa gitna ng hirap ng pagtanda, magtitiis ako basta't siya ang kasama. Kahit pa ang kapalit noon ay pagtalikod sa minahal na pamilya. Kahit pa ang kapalit noon ay paglaban sa mundong pinatatakbo ng kapangyarihan at pera. Kahit pa ang kapalit noon ay ang pagdurusa't pag-iisa. Siya ang ginhawa, pahinga, at kasiyahan ko. Dumating man ang araw na tanaw ko na ang dulo. Dumating man ang araw na wala na kaming sagot sa lahat ng bakit at paano. Dumating man ang araw na pareho na kaming talo.

A Collection of Unwritten Stories. There are stories untold, yet written in a diary - the greatest fantasy; plans that will remain unfulfilled, promises that has been broken, and memories that no longer holds much weight. These are stories that hasn't been written by fate, but has been written, by the lone pairs, whose hearts once belonged to each other. | Dama Pluma Sangrante's teardrops |