Astrid and Calix were once inseparable, best friends who shared every moment. But Astrid's sudden disappearance changed everything. She left quietly, without warning, tangled in problems and whispers that forced her away.
Now, when she returns to their hometown, hoping to reconnect, she finds Calix acting distant and cold, as if the time they've been apart have created an unspoken wall between them. Unsure of what went wrong, she tries to understand, but he keeps his reasons to himself.
As they struggle to rebuild their friendship, old misunderstandings and buried feelings resurface, exposing wounds that may never heal. Together, Astrid and Calix must confront their past and the time they've lost-wondering if they can bridge the gap between them or if some things are meant to stay in the past.
TOTGA (Candy Stories #4) (Published under Bliss Books)
54 parts Complete
54 parts
Complete
Engineering students Pfifer and Ivan know that what they have is something special. Without a proper label between them plus an ugly twist of fate, can they manage to be together in the end--or will they remain as each other's TOTGA and nothing more?
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May feelings na laging nandiyan, nakaabang kung kailan magpapapansin. Nakaabang kung kailan ako titisurin sa mga pamilyar na kanta, lugar, at salita. Magpapaalala sa isang mukha na hindi ko naman gano'n kakabisado pero pamilyar. Magpapaalala sa mga dating pakiramdam.
Malalaman mo raw kung sino ang The One That Got Away mo kapag narinig mo 'yong salita at nakaalala ka ng iisang tao lang; nakatisod ka ng mga dating pakiramdam; nangulila ka sa mga nakaraang saya; nakaalala ka ng mga pamilyar na sakit.
Sabi, time heals wounds at distance makes one forget. Bakit parang hindi naman effective? Bitbit ko pa rin lahat ng what if. Hindi pa rin ako makatakas sa maraming sana.
Ako ba ang bumitiw o siya? Tapos na ba kami talaga?
Ang sarap magtanong kaso...wala nga palang kami noon.
Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish.