It was pity that first made Dannie speak to him. She had known Ryan since she was a kid, but he had always been the popular Golden Boy, and she had always been the tomboy that didn’t mind not having any friends. It was odd, she had thought, that all the popular kids who had once kissed the ground he walked on, didn’t so much spared him a glance anymore, and it was this that made her sit with him that one faithful day and begin something that would only end up causing her pain.

SNIPPETS: ** Hindi ko talaga maintindihan si Mama. Mag-aampon nalang ng tanga... yung reyna pa. ** "*sigh* Asar! Ano ba ito!? Nahawa na yata yung puso ko sa utak ni pandak. Magkaka-sakit yata ako." ** "Sariwa parin sa isip ko ang mga ngiti niya. nami-miss ko na siya." ** Yakap ang bouquet ng mga bulaklak, pinagmasdan ko muna ang mga pangalan nila na nakasulat sa lapida.

Self-proclaimed weirdo April Hale and the notorious troublemaker Ryder Black have been living side by side for more than ten years. Both never attempted to communicate with each other, but on the night Ryder Black is thrown out by his own father, he asks her a question that might change both of their lives: "March, will you let me stay in your room?" He even got her name wrong. - A coming of age story about loss, the wonders of falling in love, and ultimately, pretending to be normal. Get inside April's distorted and yet humorous perspective, and watch as her tale unfolds into a shocking finish. COVER BY @RIVIIX

Avah Chen is my name and hating is my game. Loved by no one, hated by everyone. Half-Chinese. Pure-Maldita.