Haven Audrea Polina grew up asking questions the world never answered kindly. Bakit may mayaman at may mahirap? Bakit may magaling at may pangkaraniwan lang? Bakit may mga taong isinilang na parang sigurado na sa sarili, habang ang iba, pilit hinuhubog ang pagkatao para lang matawag na may silbi? She lives between four corners; of a room, of a classroom, of expectations she learned to carry too early. A girl who can do many things, yet holds nothing she can truly call her own. She exists quietly, believing that being ordinary is safer than hoping for more. Haven never wished upon stars. Not because she didn't believe in them, but because she feared the cost. She learned early that the universe has a way of taking something back. And with a family already held together by sacrifice and love, she chose gratitude over longing. Settling felt like survival. Until Gabriel Elias Martinez came into her orbit. With eyes that carried warmth instead of distance, he showed her a world beyond what she had learned to afford. Beyond fear. Beyond quiet self-denial. Through him, Haven saw color where she once only allowed herself comfort. And for the first time, she looked up-not to ask for more, but to wonder if she was allowed to keep what made her feel alive. Yet stars have their own sky. A light pulled too close can burn. A star forced out of its place can lose its glow. And love-when tangled with fear, timing, and self-worth, can become something fragile. So Haven does what she has always done. She steps back. She looks up. And instead of wishing, she prays, that the star she learned to love remains alight, even if her place is only to look up from afar.

STATUS: COMPLETE ⤷Highest Rank: #2 in Teen Fiction ⤷The Wattys 2025 Shortlisted Growing up always being ridiculed for her mother's night job, Sarisa Ophelia Aloria was determined to prove everyone wrong by becoming the top of her class and graduating with the highest grades possible. But her dreams slowly shattered when Marx Gian Hernandez, the school principal's son, became her classmate in highschool. Always being second to Marx, Sarisa was determined to steal the top spot before graduation comes--even staging a public love confession and pretend to have a crush on the one person she hated just to distract him. What started as a facade fueled by hate, was watered down with something Sarisa didn't even expect as she got to know Marx beyond being her academic rival. In a game of tug of war with your feelings, will it be possible to win when in the first place, you already lost?

Status: COMPLETE Tahimik at payapa--ganoon ang buhay ni Niana Jillian "Naji" Alcayde. Mornings filled with playful banter with her brother, laughter with her mom, and carefree moments with her best friends. Pero nagulo ang lahat nang mabangga niya ang isang lalaking naka-hoodie sa kalye. What happened next? He kissed her-out of nowhere! That stranger turned out to be a member of the wildly popular P-Pop group. Naji thought she'd never see him again, but fate had other plans. Justin returned with an unusual proposal: pretend to be his girlfriend for two months. What started as a staged romance soon became something real. But dating a famous idol comes with its own set of challenges. Can their love survive the spotlight, or will the pressures of fame tear them apart? Started: September 21, 2019 Finished: May 9, 2020 -- Story Achievements: ↪ WATTYS 2020 WINNER // FANFICTION CATEGORY ↪ M&M's Book Awards 2020 'Best in Fanfiction' (92/100) ↪Ranks Achieved: #1 in Comedy (02/20/2023) #1 in Fanfiction (12/28/2023) #1 in Teen Romance (12/10/2024) #3 in Fanfiction (03/24/2022) #4 in Teen Fiction (05/03/2021)

Everyone viewed Krenessa Haishen as the perfect daughter. High grades, always at the top of her class, and a daughter her parents never had to worry about. But little did her family know... she hated it. She hated the pressure of being perfect. She saw her life as a snowy field... beautiful, pure, and untouched. Yet, despite its beauty, their expectations choke her almost every time. Then, Paige Raphael came. An imperfect and unbothered man who walked into her perfectly white world, leaving footprints where no one had ever dared to step on. And for the first time, Krenessa learned that her snowy field didn't have to remain untouched... Because maybe... she just needed someone to leave footprints behind.

Sino nga naman ang magmamahal sa isang prosti? Sa isang pokpok? Sa isang kalapating mababa ang lipad? Iyon ang mga tanong na naghahari sa isipan ni Maeve. Para sa kanya, kahibangan ang mahalin ang isang tulad niya. Kaya nang alukin siya ni Alveron ng kasal... ang customer niya sa nagdaang dalawang taon... wala siyang ibang nagawa kundi ang matawa. Hindi siya naniniwala. Hindi niya magawang maniwala. Pakiramdam niya, kahibangan iyon. Dahil para sa kanya, ang kasal ay para lamang sa mga babaeng may dangal at malinis ang puri, hindi sa isang maruming babaeng katulad niya.

In a world where she comes first in everything, there is Elias Isolde, the one who always puts her second in anything. Worse, despite her relentless effort in her studies and her willingness to do whatever it takes to top the class, she still cannot beat him. He who seems effortless, unbothered, and untouchable. From rankings to exams to extracurriculars, he dominates it all without even trying... and that's exactly what she hates most about him. Will Rushaun find her way back to the top, or will she remain just behind him, sulking and glaring for what could be?

For Kaelian Ishmael, Ashkervon Montilano is the only thing he cannot have. He has everything. Money, looks, intelligence, power. No one ever says no to him. No one even walks away... Except her. She rejected him without hesitation. No mixed signals. No false hope. She simply just didn't love him. Well, for her. And that was something he... never learned how to accept. How long can a man who has everything endure being unchosen? What will he be willing to do just to have her?

For Damien Aranjuez, Adelia Sevillejo is his world. The world revolves around her, and he believes it should be in awe of her beauty... just as he is. But she has priorities... her family comes first. And the love he's offering is something she... doesn't need. However, for him, giving up is an unknown word. He'll do whatever it takes... to break down the principles she's hovering... Can a persistent flame melt a heart that's nearly stone? How long can he... or she endure?

Word Santillan, the playboy chef and owner of TADHANA Café, avoids serious relationships like the plague. Novela "Vel" Martinez, the boyish neighbor and ex-employee of TADHANA, harbors a deep hatred toward her ex-boss, "Santillan." Their love language? Pigtasin ang pasensiya ng isa't isa and to bring out the worst in them-in sickness and in health, for richer or poorer, until death do they part. But who would have thought that a simple shelter from a storm would lead to an intense evening of passion? Bringing life to their we-didn't-know-we-needed-that-spicy-collabo-ration, now, a growing Baby Book is on the way. Vel's goal? Taguan ng anak si Word. Pero paano niya gagawin 'yon kung katapat lang ng bahay nila ang bahay ng letseng ama ng anak niya, at na-send niya nang hindi sinasadya ang ultrasound photo kay Word? They're perfectly unmatched-but can they build a family together? Word is determined to prove himself worthy to his unwilling bride, and he will not stop until Vel agrees to his marriage proposal. Will Vel give in and allow their enemies-to-lovers plot to move forward?

Mary Evangeline "Mer" Evangelista, a content creator pastry baker, abandoned and betrayed by her first love had to hide her pregnancy from her parents in order to protect the image of her traditional family from public shame. Joseph Benavidez, a hot, runaway intruder with far too many carpentry skills-broke into Mary's house at exactly the wrong moment. . . or the right one? Because Joseph certainly believed he received the "right key" of the house his friend had rented for him. When Mary's entire family showed up unannounced that morning, and Joseph was casually half naked in the living room, everyone immediately assumed he was the same "Joseph" who got their daughter pregnant. As if that weren't chaotic enough, a video call from his mother and grandmother made things worse when they immediately assumed Mary was the woman he'd run away with to escape his arranged marriage. When it rains, it pours, but in Joseph's case it becomes a super typhoon. Joseph's two damn goals? Una, pigilan ang kasunduang kasal niya at ng kanyang childhood first love na iba ang mahal. Pangalawa, hindi masaksak ng itak sa tagiliran sa tabi ni Lapulapu dahil sa pagiging martyr niya sa pag-ibig. And the only way to break the engagement is if he marries someone else. As insane as it sounds, but there's no annulment in his family so whoever he marries will be his lifetime partner. Will Mary accept his marriage proposal-not just for pretend, but for real despite being strangers? Mary needed a husband to protect her child and avoid disappointing her parents. He is perfectly unmarried, a good man who is willing to love her child, and quite insane as her, surely a marriage of convenience doesn't require a complete sanity and romantic love. Or maybe within their marriage, someday, she and Joseph could learn to love each other, too?