Backburner Stories

She loves him-quietly, truly, and without doubt. But her love never fully becomes something he can hold onto or something that grounds him. It exists more in feeling than in presence. So he remains caught in a quiet contradiction: cherished, yet still alone in the space between them. He is fully loved in heart, but never fully held in reality.

Selamat datang di ruang tunggu bagi mereka yang nomor antreannya tidak pernah dipanggil. Buku ini adalah sebuah kumpulan aksara malfungsi, puisi absurd, dan cerita-cerita pendek tentang manusia yang telanjur nyaman menjadi backburner. Tentang mereka yang selalu ada di barisan paling setia, namun tidak pernah menjadi tujuan utama. Mulai dari kisah sebuah telepon malam yang membongkar rahasia jaket penyelamat di kala hujan SMP, hingga sajak-sajak acak tentang waktu yang berjalan mundur dan logika yang patah. Semua ditulis untuk merayakan perasaan-perasaan yang telanjur terlambat untuk disatukan. Untuk kamu yang mencintai dalam diam, mengalah demi sahabat, atau sekadar terjebak menjaga komitmen yang salah... silakan masuk. Kita mengobrol lebih lama di sini. Sebab di dalam buku ini, kita semua berada di barisan yang sama: Antrian Tanpa Nomor.

I started counting the days I mattered to him. Not the days he was kind. Not the days he stayed. Just the days I was chosen... when she wasn't around. Because loving him was never loud. It was quiet. Conditional. Temporary. Like I only existed in the spaces she didn't fill. He never really left me-but he never really stayed either. And I kept convincing myself that being almost loved was still being loved at all. Until I realized I wasn't his ending. I was just the pause between the girl he actually wanted. And I think that's what hurts the most... not losing him, but realizing I only mattered when I was the only one left.

Rhian, with her pent up struggles and emotions, got tangled up with her batch mate Nikko. A wave of uncertainties and unfamiliar feelings surge through their lives. Her confusions and feelings kept in secrecy, led her to pulling back from him. But the universe found ways for them to intertwine. Will they become each other's ending or just a mere way for them to start a new beginning? Book #1 of Colors the Series

"Break up with him and be with me instead" "But i love him.." "He doesnt deserve you" "Trust me, i could be better" youre the most popular girl in ur school. you're also dating the most popular boy in ur school, Sim Jaeyun/jake. you & him were the IT couple, but times goes by & he started being really cold towards you for no reason. but you didn't want to break up with him since you really love him genuinely. Meanwhile Nishimura Riki/ Ni-ki the school troublemaker & the school playboy likes you so much, no one knew about this. And when he got the news u & jake were dating he was extremely jealous of him. Who will you end up with then?

~ Marcus and Wynn had been inseparable since junior high-two halves of a whole, growing up side by side. Through shared laughter, secrets, and late-night study sessions, Wynn's quiet admiration bloomed into something deeper, something unspoken. But fear held his tongue; the risk of losing the only closeness he had with Marcus was too great, so he buried the ache and wore his best friend smile like 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘳. ~ ~ In college, they chose the same path-Engineering-and continued to orbit around each other like they always had. But now there was someone else in Marcus' world: a girlfriend, a love Wynn wished he could be. Jealousy grew in silence, clinging to him like a second skin as he watched from the sidelines, his heart quietly fraying. Marcus didn't notice the longing in Wynn's gaze, too tangled in a relationship that slowly chipped away at him. ~ ~ As the relationship soured, Marcus leaned more on Wynn-calling after fights, crying over misunderstandings, relying on him to be the steady shore in a stormy sea. Wynn listened, always, even when it hurt. He gave advice he couldn't follow for himself, held space for a love that never chose him. With every call, every "thank you" that meant too little, Wynn felt more like a placeholder than a person-his love trapped in the margins of Marcus' story. And still, he stayed. ~

Mereka terlibat dalam hubungan yang rumit. Jessica, Mira, dan Barry. Hubungan mereka lebih dari persahabatan tiga orang. Terikat dalam satu takdir yang sama. Dua di antaranya bisa berakhir bahagia atau tragis.

Almost a love story.

poems that I made for a certain someone I admired. (not all of these are for that certain someone, some are just made out of boredom :3) enjoy (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)

Ano nga ba ang mas masakit? Ang maging second option? O in the first place, hindi ka naman kasama sa choice? ; Hi! Ako nga pala si Aris, isa lang akong simpleng tao at galing lang sa payak na pamumuhay, hindi maarte at higit sa lahat, hindi man perpekto, atleast kahit papaano, nakakayanan ko naman ang lahat. Nag-eexcel sa klase, at marami narin ang naging parangal bilang isang estudyante, pero kahit na ganun, may mga bagay parin sa isipan ko na hanggang ngayon ay parang multo na bagamat matagal ko nang kinalimutan ay hindi maikakaila na nag-iwan ito ng malaking sugat sa sarili ko. Which is more painful? Being the second option, or, in the first place, not being a choice at all? Hi! I'm Aris-just a simple person from a humble background. I'm not high-maintenance, and above all, though I am far from perfect, I've somehow managed to get through everything life throws at me. I excel in my studies and have received numerous awards as a student. Yet, despite all that, there are things in my mind that, like ghosts I thought I had buried long ago, still linger-reminders that it's undeniable they left a deep scar within me.

"You were the first in line, but someone else was prioritized." A true story of first love, heartbreak, and friendship. When a 13-year-old boy falls in love at first sight, he never expects his best friend to fall for the same girl. Torn between loyalty and feelings he can't shake, he chooses to stay silent. But unspoken love doesn't fade-it lingers. This is a slow-burn journey through quiet pain, growing up, and learning how to let go.

Love shouldn't feel like waiting in the dark-counting the seconds, the silences, the stolen glances that were never really yours to begin with. But here I am, clinging to borrowed moments and half-meant words, pretending that being the second choice is somehow enough. I keep telling myself I'm strong, that I can handle it, but the truth is-every time he walks away, a part of me does too. And I don't know how much longer I can survive this kind of love... the kind that asks you to stay quiet, stay hidden, and stay patient for something that was never promised.

You Broke Me First. A Backburner. That's all I was to him. But why is it that I keep going back to him even though it hurts? I'd fallen for him even though I know I shouldn't have. He never loved me for who I was, he only loved me for what I reminded him of... Or who I reminded him of.

How can you keep someone you love HIDDEN? "The time will come and I will no longer be hidden, but don't expect me to be there for you" Crdts: Pinterest for the cover

Random poems I wrote as captions for my facebook/instagram posts

Just how Gia waits Nathan.

marki cole but wlw HAHA

Random thoughts; of him, of me, of us

Rey is a man who only comes when lonely, and leaves once full again. Aurora is always living on leftover time and attention. She is too afraid to ask for the deserved place. It's about Aurora's journey to stop being the "leftover" and start becoming whole on her own. Sometimes, letting go of someone is the only way to find yourself again.

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