Tagalong Stories

Faylinn has liked Aethan since high school, but he has never shown interest in her. Aethan is quiet, distant, and the top student in their campus, admired by many but emotionally closed off, especially toward Faylinn. She is cheerful, talkative, persistent, slightly weak in academics, and never gives up on him. After losing her mother in a car accident, Faylinn lives only with her father, and their life becomes financially difficult. Aethan, on the other hand, comes from a well-off family and lives with his parents and younger brother, who often clashes with Faylinn. His family is kind enough to offer shelter to Faylinn's family due to an unpaid debt without her knowing it's Aethan's home. When Faylinn discovers she is living in the same house as Aethan, everything shifts. What starts as a one-sided crush turns into forced proximity, tension, and emotions neither of them can easily ignore.

Binili niya oras ko sa halagang 500,000. Ang hindi niya alam... wala na akong oras para magbayad."_ *Liana Reyes, 21 Taga-Tondo. Tindera ng 55-peso coffee sa kanto. Stage 4 rare blood disorder. Walang gamot. Walang lunas. Sabi ng doktor: _Months, maybe a year._ Hindi niya sinabi kay Nanay. Ayaw niyang masira yung natitirang oras nila sa luha. Kaya nagtrabaho siya. Nag-iipon ng barya-barya. Hindi para sa sarili. Para kay Nanay. "Pag wala na ako, at least may maiiwan ako." *Sebastian Dela Vega, 21.* Heir ng Dela Vega Group. May pera. May pangalan. May boredom. Nakita niya si Liana bumagsak sa harap ng lumang cart niya. Blue lips. Walang takot mamatay. "Interesting," ngisi niya. Tapos binili niya pangarap ni Liana. 500,000. Isang deal. _"Borrow my money. Build something bigger. Pay me back with interest."_ Interest = oras at trabaho niya para sa kanya. Akala ni Seb: investment lang 'to. Laruan lang. Akala ni Liana: utang lang 'to. Kailangan lang magpanggap na malakas hanggang huling hininga. Pero paano kung yung lalaking bumili ng oras niya... siya rin yung dahilan para gusto na niyang mabuhay? Paano kung sa bawat "Made by Liana" na kape, may nagbubuo ring pusong akala niya patay na?

Si Kirah? Mahiyain, positive, at gitara lang ang mundo. Si Wayne? Suplado, artist, at tahimik lang sa tabi niya. Nagkakilala sila sa music room. Walang sinabi. Walang inamin. Pero may blue paint. May kanta. May... something. Problema? Chismis. Parents na bawal mag-jowa. At si Kish at yung suplado niyang drummer. Kaya ang rules nila ngayon: Bawal officially. Pero hindi bawal kiligin. Secret muna. Kaya lang... Paano kung marinig na ng buong school yung kanta niyo? After the last chord, kakayanin niyo pa ba magtago?

Sinong mag-aakala na ang isang Erin Surraia ay matututong magmahal nang totoo? Anak ng sugalera at lasenggo, namuhay si Erin na tila basura. Ginamit at sinaktan niya ang mga babaeng dumaan sa buhay niya dahil 'yun lang ang alam niyang paraan para makabawi sa mundong malupit sa kanya. Dalawang babae lang ang nakapagpabago roon: si Erika, ang nightclub dancer na nagkanlong sa kanya ngunit biglang naglaho na parang bula, at si Maya, ang babaeng binigyan siya ng pitong taon ng kapayapaan. Pero ang lason ng nakaraan ay hindi madaling mawala. Nasaktan niya si Maya sa paraang silang dalawa lang ang nakakaalam. Hawak ang ikasampung bote ng beer, nakatitig sa bitak-bitak na kisame, muling binabalikan ni Erin ang sakit ng reyalidad. Kakagaling lang niya sa parke, kung saan opisyal nang tinapos ni Maya ang kung anong mayroon sila. Ang keychain na huling alaala nila ay wala na. Sasamahan mo ba si Erin na hanapin ang sarili niya sa gitna ng basurang nakaraan, o tuluyan na ba siyang malulunod sa ulan ng pagsisisi?

The Days That Found Me Akala ni Selene Rodriguez, ordinaryo lang ang buhay niya. Hindi siya ang pinakamatalino sa klase. Hindi rin siya sikat sa school. Isa lang siyang simpleng babaeng mas gustong mag-obserba kaysa maging sentro ng atensyon. Kontento na siya sa tahimik na araw, sa mga kaibigang unti-unti niyang nakikilala, at sa mundong matagal na niyang kinasanayan. Pero sabi nga nila, hindi lahat ng araw ay naaayon sa plano. Sa pagpasok niya sa high school, sunod-sunod na dumating ang mga pagkakataong hindi niya inaasahan. Mga bagong kaibigan. Mga nakakatawang kapalpakan. Mga alaalang mabubuo sa pagitan ng klase, projects, exams, at mga hapon na tila ayaw matapos. At nandoon din si Nikolai Andres Villanueva Tahimik. Mailap. Halos imposibleng basahin ang iniisip. Sa una, isa lang siyang kaklaseng madalas masalubong sa maling oras. Hanggang sa unti-unti silang paglapitin ng mga pagkakataong pareho nilang hindi pinili. Habang lumilipas ang mga araw, napagtanto ni Selene na may mga taong hindi mo kailangang hanapin. Kusang dumarating sila sa buhay mo sa oras na hindi mo inaasahan.

Jael hated Steban without a reason. One day, he moved to his mother house and met Steban, his step-brother.

Si Rylus Drex Avierno ay isang pangalang kinatatakutan sa mundong puno ng kapangyarihan at dugo. Bilang pinuno ng Avierno Syndicate, kilala siya bilang malamig, mapanganib, at walang pusong mafia boss. Ngunit ang hindi alam ng marami...ang mga taong pinapatay niya ay yaong mga kriminal, abusado, at mga taong ginagamit ang kapangyarihan para sirain ang buhay ng iba. Sanay si Rylus na mag-isa. Sanay siyang walang pinapahalagahan kundi ang sarili niyang misyon. Hanggang sa hindi inaasahang makilala niya si Arlea Aliyah Garcia, isang simpleng college student na biglang naging bahagi ng magulo niyang mundo matapos ang isang gabing muntik nang kumitil sa kanilang buhay. Sa gabing iyon, iniligtas ni Rylus si Arlea mula sa panganib...ngunit sa parehong pagkakataon, si Arlea naman ang sumalo sa padating na kapahamakan na para sana Kay rylus. At doon nagsimulang magbago ang lahat. Habang mas lumalalim ang koneksyon nila, unti-unti ring nabubuksan ni Arlea ang pusong matagal nang isinara ni Rylus. Ngunit kasabay ng paglapit nila sa isa't isa ay ang paglapit din ng panganib, mga lihim, at mga kaaway na handang gawin ang lahat para pabagsakin ang mafia boss. Sa gitna ng panganib at madilim na mundong kinagagalawan nila, isang pag-ibig ang unti-unting nabuo...pag-ibig na naging dahilan para matutunan nilang mabuhay, magtiwala, at magmahal muli.

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Isabella Lopez left Iloilo with borrowed money and a heart full of hope. She thought she had it all figured out. She didn't. What was supposed to be her big break turned into the worst moment of her life. Stranded in Italy with no job, no plan, and too much pride to go home, she had every reason to give up. She didn't do that either. What happens next is the part nobody expected. Not the people back home. Not the man who tried to destroy everything. And honestly? Not even Isabella herself. Part One of Part Two of The Poisoned Crown.

collection of short stories Every chapter tells a different story, introduces different characters, and explores different emotions. Some stories may make you smile, cry, laugh, or reflect on life.

Life is like a swing that goes back and forth, parang pag-alis at pagbabalik ng isang tao. When they were kids, walang araw na hindi sila nag-aaway beside the quiet lake. But their chaotic world suddenly stopped when he left the province and moved far away. ​A long journey in life has finally brought him back to the place kung saan sila nagsimula. When they see each other again, nandoon pa rin ang tension but they are more mature now. The place that reminds them the old scenarios that is still playing in their minds, will everything will start over again or they won't keep the memories they once had beside the lake?

(Apprentice Series #1) More than friends in action but less than lovers in words that's how Liana saw her six years with Finn. She never imagined he'd feel the same and ask for something deeper. But burdened by her insecurities and their differences, she believes it's safer to remain friends than risk losing him as a lover.

(Blind Date Series #1) Riona Therese Salazar is no stranger to the weight of responsibility. Between juggling school deadlines and managing her expenses, she has chosen the harder path of training herself to be independent. Though her mother abroad and her aunt whom she lives with, along with her pesky and endlessly annoying cousin make sure she's well supported, Riona insists on standing on her own two feet. Life, for the most part, is stable and manageable. Love, however, has never been on her priority list until the unexpected happened. When she discovered that her longtime high school crush had transferred to her university, the carefully built walls around her heart began to tremble. Suddenly, the life she thought she had neatly under control didn't feel so simple anymore.

She was never supposed to survive the ritual. Seventeen-year-old Mara Santos has always been ordinary. Average grades, average life, average girl from Batangas trying to survive college in Manila. Nothing special. Nothing remarkable. Until she wakes up in a room that doesn't exist, with five burning lines carved into her wrist - and a boy with smoke for eyes telling her she already died three minutes ago. His name is Kael. And according to him, the curse destroying her bloodline wasn't placed by an enemy. It was placed by her. A version of herself from four hundred years ago. Now Mara has seven days to find out why her past self did it - and break the seal before every Santos still breathing burns the same way she just did. The problem? She doesn't remember any of it. And somewhere inside the fog of Limang-Liwanag, something wearing her face is laughing. Some curses aren't meant to be broken. Some are meant to be finished. FIVE LINES is a Fil-Eng dark fantasy thriller about a girl who becomes the villain of her own past life - and the boy hired to make sure she sees it through. 🖤 Updates every Saturday ⚠️ Contains dark themes. Read at your own risk.

In the silence of a mansion filled with family feuds and expectations, they found each other. But a twist of fate tore them apart. Now, years later, they meet once more - the other about to marry, and the other, a successful architect hired to rebuild his home. The house has changed, but the memories they left behind still linger in the corners of their hearts. Can they find a way back to each other, or is the past too far gone?

At first glance, Elizabeth Eunice and Kirk Akenson couldn't be more different. She's outspoken, warm, and effortlessly draws people into her orbit, while he's reserved, observant, and more comfortable hiding behind a camera than being the center of attention. Yet somewhere between a broken camera , borrowed jackets, late-night conversations, and moments too small for anyone else to notice, an unexpected connection begins to grow. What starts as an easy friendship slowly turns into something neither of them is prepared to name. But just as their hearts begin to close the distance, fear, and timing leave them questioning everything. As their college life pulls them through friendships, mistakes, expectations, and the uncertainty of growing up, Eunice and Kirk must decide whether protecting what they have is worth risking what they could become. In a story where love is found in quiet gestures, they discover that sometimes the hardest person to be honest with is yourself. "Time is the one that will rob us of the opportunity to live, so I choose to live this lifetime with you." - Kirk

A Palawan Healing Romance For years, Elliana Celeste Sy lived her life exactly the way everyone expected her to. Top student. Future doctor. The girl who never slowed down. But days before the medical boards, everything falls apart when she discovers her long-time boyfriend, Adrian Matthew Lim, has been cheating on her during review season. Burnt out, heartbroken, and exhausted beyond words, Elliana impulsively flies to Palawan for a solo trip before her life completely consumes her. What she doesn't expect is the Ong Family-a loud, chaotic Filipino-Chinese family known for camping, off-road adventures, island hopping, and life by the sea. And especially not Jeremiah Emmanuel Ong. The quiet island boy who makes life feel lighter without even trying. As Elliana slowly gets pulled into motorcycle rides, hidden beaches, late-night bonfires, and the warmth of a family that feels more like home than anything she left behind, she begins remembering the version of herself she buried years ago-the girl who once knew how to live outside survival. But reality waits beyond Palawan. The boards. Her future. And the terrifying possibility that maybe she no longer wants the life she worked so hard for.

The Mysterious Case at Madris: Case 2 After the stage incident, Madris High went back to normal since the alleged killer had been caught. Or so it seemed. There's a rumor that they are still haunted by the same haunting, however this time, they knew where to start: the past. And that past lies beneath Kalye Arcanus.

In an otherwise average life, Ji-min's world shifts dramatically with the arrival of an exchange student, Phaedra. Unbeknownst to Phaedra, her presence is about to spark a deep and unexpected love in Ji-min, transforming her life forever. Captivated by Phaedra's vibrant spirit and unique perspective, Ji-min finds herself stepping outside her comfort zone in ways she never thought possible...

An arranged marriage emerged between Jimin and Jungkook. The only problem is, Jimin wants to strangle Jungkook all the time and it's clear that the feelings are mutual. Posted: March 25, 2025 ao3: July 8, 2025