WHEN THE SUN STOPPED SHINING | RUNAWAY SERIES 2

Ailani Ember C. Pantaleon

two hearts entwined, a future bright and bold, shattered by farewell, a story left untold. a sudden goodbye, a tear-filled, last embrace, leaving a void in love's once-happy space. an epistolary solliary, 2024

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Si Airi Kanzaki ay isang ordinaryong babae na piniling mamuhay nang malayo sa magulong mundo ng kanilang pamilya. May sarili siyang trabaho, sariling tahanan, at tahimik na buhay na ayaw niyang guluhin ng kahit sino. Hanggang sa isang araw, bigla siyang ipinakilala sa isang lalaking hindi niya inaasahang magiging bahagi ng buhay niya. Jin Adamov. Isang lalaking galing sa makapangyarihang pamilya na konektado sa mundo ng Yakuza. Palabiro, kumpiyansa, at tila walang kinatatakutan. Ngunit sa likod ng kaniyang ngiti ay isang lalaking kayang maging lubhang mapanganib kapag kinakailangan. Hindi gusto ni Airi si Jin, at lalong ayaw niyang mapasangkot sa mundong ginagalawan nito. Pero habang patuloy silang magkakasama, unti-unting nadadamay si Airi sa mga problema ng kanilang mga pamilya. May mga taong nagmamasid sa kaniya, may mga lihim na hindi sinasabi sa kaniya, at may mga panganib na hindi niya alam kung paano haharapin. Sa kabilang banda, hindi rin niya lubos na maintindihan kung bakit patuloy na pinipili ni Jin na protektahan siya. Habang mas lumalalim ang kanilang pagkakasangkot sa isa't isa, mas maraming bagay ang natutuklasan ni Airi tungkol sa pamilya ni Jin-at tungkol sa mismong lalaking pilit niyang inuunawa. Dahil minsan, ang pinakamahirap kilalanin ay hindi ang taong kinatatakutan mo. Kundi ang taong hindi mo alam kung dapat mong pagkatiwalaan.

| Four & Strawberry | Epistolary | ~ Just two exes who doesn't know how to be exes.

Original Title: She's The Fuckboy's Karma Rocco Madrigal is the perfect escape to stop Luciana's friends from teasing her that she is a tomboy. At kung hindi lang siya babagsak sa subject niya, 'di niya rin ito pag-aaksayahan ng oras lalo nang mag-offer ito na itutor siya... kapalit ng panliligaw nito sa kaibigan niya na kasalukuyang may boyfriend. Napaka-fuckboy nito, araw-araw daw ay may dinadala ito sa bahay ng Lolo niya, minsan daw threesome pa! Sa dami ng naikama, dalawa pa sa kaibigan ni Luciana gusto pa yatang pag-awayin. Kala mo sobrang gwapo, eh tangkad lang naman ang ambag sa mundo. The fuckboy is tall, Moreno, and has a good physique, they said. But for her, may bulbol ito sa panga kasi hindi nang-aahit. Lahat ng pagkatao nito ay ikinakainit ng buong pagkatao ni Luciana sa galit. Lalo na nang dahil kay Rocco, nag-break ang kaibigan niya at ang boyfriend nito. Hindi niya gustong makipaglaro sa pagiging fuckboy ni Rocco. Pero sa pamimilit ng mga kaibigan niya, pumayag siya... para gumanti sa kababoyan nito. Kahit alam niyang kahit anong gawin niya, hindi kayang baguhin ang isang fuckboy kung ayaw nitong magbago. Kasi sa huli, ang mga fuckboy, hindi basta-basta nagbabago... But what if she wasn't like the other girls? What if she wasn't just another girl on his list? Na hindi siya tulad ng ibang naging babae ni Rocco? At paano kung sa sobrang galing niya... ito pa ang ikakasira niya? Eleven years... Everyone moved on. Except for the one who paid the price of the game. But this time, everyone has to crawl for forgiveness. Hindi na siya basta-basta nagpapatawad.

Wild Love Series #3 A dreamer of designing skylines and a dreamer of speed, who was held back by a past he can't outrun. Two hearts, two minds, in time did find one love. Hera was a walking headline - an aspiring architect with a rebellious streak, a taste for adrenaline, and a record of chaos that could fill a book. After getting caught in yet another illegal street race, her parents had enough. Their solution? Ship her off to the province to live with her Lola, far from the city lights, scandals, and everything she loved. No Wi-Fi. No freedom. Just fresh air, rice fields... and Rai. The last person she expected to bump into was the guy who yelled at her the day she arrived - the one who looked like sin with a bad temper and eyes like clouds before the rain. She almost laughed out loud when she saw him the next day, standing in front of the altar dressed in all white - a sakristan. Because what kind of plot twist was that? Rai was the kind of guy who kept his head down and his dreams even quieter - a principled, hardworking boy who delivered water by day, served in church by Sunday, and didn't have time for spoiled brats like her. He lived by rules. She broke every single one of them. They were oil and water. Clash after clash. She was fire. He was calm. She broke rules. He lived by them. But when fire collides with calm and pride crashes into principle, sometimes rebuilding something beautiful takes a little wreckage. Started: June 2, 2025 Finished:

Around Manila Series 2 Missy and Anton Sometimes, letting go means less wounds than holding on. Missy, a Broadcasting student and iskolar ng bayan from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, is known for her social skills. She blends in anywhere, whether it's a hairstyle, an outfit, or new people. With her personality, she effortlessly connects with others. Missy believes that every connection is like a string, some loosely tied, others knotted tightly. She spent her life gripping them tightly, even when they burned and hurt her hands. Because to her, that's what love looked like. But how long can she keep tying knots with people who only want to untangle themselves? How much of herself must she give up just to stop them from turning their backs? Antonio Gabriel Simon, her ex-fling, a Political Science graduate and alumni from PUP, comes back into her life. Antonio has always believed that if someone doesn't like you, just let them go. Their strings cross paths again when they both receive a surprise message from Beebeads: they've been chosen from thousands of past buyers of couple bracelet for a chance to win ₱500,000, if they can prove they're the most heart-fluttering couple. Will they allow their strings to be tied once more? Can they tighten the knots again, despite the thousand reasons to loosen them?

erps series #3 on-going If only it were me, would you show love just the same? Maria Sarina "Masha" Escano has always been envious of everything that she is not-which made her heart rotten despite her angelic appearance. Distant, two-faced, and a brat. Iilan lang 'yan sa madalas n'yang marinig. She has an untamed greed for wanting more than what she can take. Para sa kan'ya, mess with her once and she'll make sure you're ruined once-and for all. When boredom strikes her and to help her best friend get even with Rafael Eastre Zaguirre, a famous sought out bachelor, she decided to play a harmless prank-creating a dummy account to pester him relentlessly. Nights of awkward flirting, sending memes, and shared laughter turned into nights where they get to know their inner souls and how a screen between them couldn't hide their fiery need for each other. Okay na sana. Kung ma-in love sa isa't isa, willing naman siyang umamin at humingi ng tawad; ng isang pagkakataon. . .but did she mentioned that the picture and persona that she used is not of herself? But her twin sister's?