Defying Chemistry

Cairo Javier, a 3rd-year accounting student who had almost devoted his life to studying and aiming for the perfect life - where everything must balance, debits equal credits, effort equals results, and first place is non-negotiable.

He thought his college life would be a cakewalk until he met his first rival, Eunice Romero, a natural genius and could beat him by just barely breathing. Cairo has never thought that this journey will be a thrilling one with Eunice, but somewhere between sleepless study nights and silent battles for the top spot, something starts to shift.

In a course built on logic and precision, Cairo is about to face his biggest mistake yet: falling for his rival.

'Shut up, that's absurd! That won't happen.' Cairo even shrugged the thought off his head.

But when expectations, pressure, and ambition start to outweigh everything else...
can they make something that was never supposed to work add up?

Or are they just another imbalance waiting to collapse?

You know, some feelings, no matter how hard you try to control them, will always be

DEFYING CHEMISTRY.

©2026 Renon Rivera