[THE WATTYS 2024 SHORTLIST] Living has never been easy for Alfreda Guevero. She grew up in an abusive household with a fear of her life ending in the hands of her own family. The only light in her dark world? Malkovich Larson Obenieta-her best friend whom she secretly liked for years. A bunch of mixed signals, confessions and drama gets in the way as they realize that the line between their friendship grows dangerously thin. Will they risk their friendship for a shot at love, or stay safe in the shadows of "just friends"? - Her Ways Series #1 Her Fearless Ways COMPLETED

UAAP FF 1 Cieraphine has always believed that life is a game of luck. Whoever is the luckiest would experience the best life. In one fateful night, hindi niya inaasahang posible palang maging doble ang swerteng makikita sa iisang gabi. Hindi niya rin inasahang sa gabing iyon, makikilala niya ang taong hinahanap niya kapag swerte sa pag-ibig na ang pinag-uusapan. With so much in the line, will this love be given a chance? After all, love is a gamble and a game of luck.

UAAP FF 5 As the youngest of two, Kyrell Larea Hernandez acknowledges society's beliefs when it comes to being the youngest child. That they're the most spoiled, the most hard-headed and any other superlative they could think of. Alam niyang tama ang mga iyon. Pero kasabay nito'y alam niya ring hindi lang siya ganoon. She was spoiled and hard-headed but she also had ambitions. Kung para sa iila'y nag-iiba ang kanilang mga pangarap sa buhay habang tumatanda, tinitipon naman ni Kyla ang kanyang mga pangarap. And she knows she'll do anything to achieve those. To travel alone. To be independent. To make a name for herself. To excel in her volleyball. To teach kids. To run a business. To organize a nation-wide charity event. And to do anything that might come in mind. But then there's Jordi.

UAAP FF 2 Kamila Raye is quite literally a ray of sunshine for the people around her. Everywhere she goes is a happy place. It's safe to say that she has the ability to radiate joy to everyone around her. Put her in a random group and return an hour later only to find out that she's already friends with them. But just like the sun, coming too close to her doesn't do anyone any good. She's learned to filter the people in her life, only truly letting in those that actually mattered. Things went smoothly until fate gave her a challenge. A challenge in the form of a man with a charisma that's hard to ignore. The kind of challenge that others would've wished for. But not her. Life really is about taking risks but this kind of risk demands for something she's not willing to give. not yet. not ever. And she wasn't in the mood to burn.

UAAP FF 4 Something about the rain has always awed Arya Aevangeline Santos. She loved to hear its soft patter on rooftops, loved the feel of raindrops on her skin and most of all, she loved the memories that came along with it. Halos lahat ng mahahalagang pangyayari sa kanyang buhay ay naka-ugnay sa ulan. She was born, when it was raining. Umulan rin nang unang araw niya sa paaralan and even the day she graduated. Nasanay na siyang makita ang ulan bilang isa sa mga senyales na may mahalagang mangyayari. Coming from the middle of a middle-class family, wala na siyang oras para sa ibang bagay kundi pag-aaral at pagtatrabaho. At least that's what she thinks. When the rain has brought her nothing but misfortune in the recent years, handa ba siyang tanggapin ang tila nanunuyong swerte na bigay nito? In this case though, it wasn't an event. It was a person.

UAAP FF 3 Maria Micaela Hernandez always has a list for everything. May it be her top schools, ambitions, books, crushes o ano pa iyan. But what she really prioritizes above all is her list of priorities. Simple lang naman ito. In fact, it only has two in it and she'd take either in no particular order basta ba't mapasakanya. 1. Graduate college and manage our company 2. Marry Juan Gerardo S. Gomez de Liaño Kahit nang nasa Espanya pa siya, libo-libong kilometro mula sa kinaroroonan ni Juan ay determinado na siyang gawin ang lahat para makuha ang loob niya. Whether by hook or by crook. Inakala niyang magiging madali lamang ang mga plano niya. She just has to go back to the Philippines, enroll to a school and introduce herself to Juan and a certain time later ay maglalakad na siya papunta sa altar. But it was only when she did so when she realized that plans don't really go exactly as planned.

NOT A COINCIDENCE Belle Isandrina Lacasandile was in a race against time, desperately trying to get back to her university for a dreaded Inorganic Chemistry exam. After running an errand for a friend from another school, she found herself stranded, with no hope of finding a cab. Panic set in as she feared being late and having to take an even more difficult make-up test. Just as her anxiety peaked, the famous UP Maroon basketball star, Juan Gomez de Liaño, appeared and offered her a ride, saving the day. What started as a simple favor soon grew into an unexpected connection-ice cream dates, spontaneous afternoon hangouts, and an undeniable spark that everyone around them noticed. Their chemistry felt like something out of a movie. But Belle believed their meeting was merely a blessing in disguise, a chance occurrence without deeper meaning. As someone who spent countless hours in biochemistry labs, proving theories with hard evidence, she didn't believe in love born from a random encounter. Was it really just a coincidence? Or could it be something more-science, fate, and destiny intertwined?