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Five days.
That's all Rica had.
Five days to leave behind video calls and goodnight messages. Five days to trade distance for warm hugs, shared coffees, home-cooked meals, and stolen moments with the man she loved.
When Rica flies across the country to spend their first anniversary with Ran, she expects romance, countless photos, and memories she can hold onto until their next reunion.
Instead, she discovers something far more complicated.
A boyfriend who rarely says what's on his mind.
A love that speaks through actions instead of words.
A family that slowly feels like home.
And a heart that keeps wondering if she is being loved the way she longs to be loved.
Between airport reunions, rainy-day cuddles, family adventures, late-night tears, unexpected fights, quiet apologies, and one heartbreaking goodbye, Rica and Ran learn that love isn't always loud.
Sometimes, it's found in a cup of ginger tea when you're sick.
In a home-cooked meal made with care.
In being chased when you walk away.
In being carried back to bed when you pretend to be asleep.
And in choosing each other, over and over again, even when distance makes everything harder.
A heartwarming Taglish romance about long-distance love, family, healing, misunderstandings, and discovering that the quietest love can sometimes be the deepest.
Because not all love stories are written in grand gestures.
Some are written in silence.