lunevelours
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Openly gay and unapologetically himself, Kairo has never been good at pretending, until his parents show up unexpectedly and catch him talking to the one girl he can't stand.
So he says the first thing that comes to mind.
"Girlfriend ko po."
She's his classmate.
They don't get along.
And none of this was part of the plan.
What starts as a harmless favor turns into an exhausting performance, hand-holding, forced smiles, and carefully memorized lies meant to satisfy people who only love him under certain conditions.
But the longer they pretend, the harder it becomes to tell where the act ends and where the truth begins.
Because somewhere between fake dates and quiet conversations, Kairo realizes something terrifying:
The role was supposed to protect him.
Instead, it's changing him.
A story about identity, expectations, and the kind of love that doesn't ask you to choose, only to be honest.