Gardenias
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Ongoing6m
Last published Tue, Mar 12, 2019
What is a love story? What is it truly about? Is it about how much angst it has? How many times the main characters kiss or hug? Is it about how many times 'I love you' is said? What even is love? Is love just about two people with romantic and sexual feelings towards each other? Is that all love is? I don't know. I don't know what love is, but I know everyone deserves to feel loved. Everyone. At least once in their lives. I also know there's more to love than romance.
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