Silence, music, and guitar; this is where Keiji Dicolen finds his all comfort. Until that one afternoon, on his way going home; ended up fighting with strangers around his age, he then meet this special someone who brought him an unexpected mixed emotions. His once a plain life turned into something spectacular; like a ferris wheel, everything turns into realistic when Jhayden Clemente, appears.
Yet in a short period of time, things had changed in an instant. The rainbows once made him feels like in a cloud nine turned gray, the blue skies that brings him so much joy turned dull. And there, the sunset came and wished him to bid for his goodbyes. But, what if one day, when he finally accepted his misfortune; between the dancing flickers of camera flashes, in the middle of the stage where the sound of guitar lingers to his ears, despite the mercilessly embracing him; will really light comes after darkness?
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trigger warnings:
there would be mentions of suicide, depression, violence and a whole bunch of gayness. please read at your own risk.
credits to the photo used in cover book.
story started: January 25, 2022
date finished: July 19, 2022
Life is heavy, especially when you live on the surface of poverty. A nursing student from PLM, Keanah Amorsolo always pushed herself to study and to work harder just to make a difference in the life that she is living in the slums of Tondo. Meeting the most annoying medical student from UP Manila, Jovanni Villareal, is not part of her busy life, especially since he is only determined to piss her off.
She did not know that he could introduce her to the other face of life and color it with his ecstatic personality and humor that echoed laughter in her chest. He became an escape for her. Those little hopes she wishes came true with one person. Him.
How short-lived moments with her made life for him. How his perceptions of earthly things changed in the eyes of humanity. To love requires sacrificing a part of yourself, but still, it's worth it because it's love at the end of the day.
But how can she continue to live when situations have buried her to the ground of chaos and disparity? She tried to scream for help, but only the ground could hear her. And him? He is busy saving his patients lives.
START: OCTOBER 31, 2024
END: FEBRUARY 25, 2025