I've spent years playing drums in front of thousands of people without missing a beat. Then I met Evie Ruffilo. She's the younger sister of my bandmate, completely incapable of following simple instructions, and somehow still convinced she's going to learn how to play drums. Most days, teaching her feels less like music and more like damage control. It probably doesn't help that Noah and Jolly won't stop making comments, Nicholas is questioning every decision that led to this, and Evie has become impossible to ignore. Which is unfortunate. For several reasons.

Ryleigh "Rye" Torres, guitarist of Petal Riot, believes music should be earned, not built on hype and aesthetics. That's why she refuses to care about Bad Omens despite her bandmates' obsession. But when late-night conversations with someone unexpected begin turning personal, Rye starts questioning everything she thought she knew about music, fame, and herself.

(COMPLETED) Nina Selene Dizon never expected to become obsessed with someone she'd never met. A random TikTok. A song stuck on repeat. Late-night playlists. Messages she poured her thoughts into, day after day... She didn't expect him to notice. She didn't even want him to. Until the day she stopped sending them. And suddenly, the silence was louder than any message.

(COMPLETED) Yelena Andrade loves music. Any genre and any mood. When she's not listening to new songs, she's playing Love and Deepspace, fully aware that her loyalty belongs to Xavier (fictional men included). One day, out of pure boredom, she follows Bad Omens on Instagram... and their drummer, Nick Folio. Not because she's a die-hard fan, she just felt like it. What she didn't plan was replying to one of Nick's stories with a little too much confidence. Funny, sarcastic, and armed with effortless rizz, Yelena treats Nick like a normal guy instead of a rockstar and somehow, that's what hooks him. What starts as an unserious DM turns into late-night banter, unexpected flirting, and Nick realizing he might be in trouble. All because Yelena was bored.

(COMPLETED) Ranya "Ren" Noriega doesn't do fangirling. At twenty-four, she prefers quiet playlists, clean design boards, and Japanese rock bands with poetic lyrics - not tattooed American musicians screaming about heartbreak. Her best friend, Nikola Fuentes, is the total opposite: loud, chaotic, and a self-proclaimed wife of Bad Omens' drummer, Nick Folio. When Nika wins two passes to Louder Than Life 2025 in Louisville, Kentucky, she drags Ren along for what she calls "a once-in-a-lifetime religious experience." Ren expects noise, crowds, and jet lag. What she doesn't expect is catching the attention of the one guy she swore wasn't her type. Nick's calm where she's cold, grounded where she's guarded - and somehow, he keeps showing up. Backstage. Online. Everywhere. She came for the vocals. But it seems she's staying for the drummer - and the wrong setlist might just be the one that finally plays her heart.

She's the drummer of a small cover band from Manila. He's the drummer of one of the biggest metal bands in the world. When a viral cover connects Astrid Moreno, drummer of Manila-based band Crimson Seraph, with Vinny Mauro of Motionless in White, what starts as a musician's respect slowly turns into something neither of them can name. Late-night messages. Shared playlists. Drum fills that echo the same ache. Two drummers on opposite sides of the world, trying to stay in tempo with something that feels a lot like love. But even the steadiest beat can falter- when the heart refuses to keep perfect time.

"The same light you shone on me is what I'm going to shine on you this time." Hiding behind an anonymous account "Hikari", Lorise Peralta became an internet sensation as a ghost singer. Her followers could not determine whether she was a man or woman because she can change her voice to her cover songs. Only her cousin Mendel, a cosplayer knows her secret. A certified weeb, she likes to go to animé conventions to support her cousin until she met Aehriel Del Rosario, an artist who introduced her to SB19. As curious as she can be, she searched the groups' official social media accounts, watched their interviews and dance covers. She's amazed by their stories and the "Most Charismatic Member" caught her eye. She tried to DMed him using her real account instead. Until Josh replied to her.

(COMPLETED) Aniela Miracle Galero lives for calm -- acoustic playlists, quiet cafés, and a life untouched by chaos. Tattoos? Too permanent. Rock music? Too loud. But one night at a Bad Omens concert, dragged there by her best friend, she catches the eye of Nicholas Ruffilo, the band's bassist and tattoo artist whose world is built on noise, ink, and rebellion. He calls her Amira, a name only he uses, and soon, the loudest person she's ever met becomes the one who listens the most. In a story where silence meets distortion, and softness collides with chaos, they'll find that some connections aren't written in words... they're carved in reverb.

Hai(na)ku. Eng and Fil. Serious and not-so-serious.

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