Gian Angelo Castillo, a laid-back first-year high school student, finds himself back in a private Catholic school after years away. On the first day, he unexpectedly crosses paths with Julia Lianne Bautista, a former classmate from elementary school. While they weren't particularly close before, their reunion stirs something unfamiliar. Julia, with her sharp wit and mischievous nature, doesn't hesitate to challenge Gian, and soon enough, they develop a connection that neither fully understands. Though both are navigating their own paths in high school, their interactions are marked by awkward moments, teasing, and a quiet curiosity about each other. As their friendship grows, they learn that reconnecting with an old acquaintance isn't as simple as it seems, but it may be the start of something neither of them expected.
• TAGLISH (?)
barely
only just; almost not
After enduring years of neglect and cruelty from her mother and stepfather, Ariana's life changes drastically when tragedy brings her under the guardianship of five brothers she's never met and they never even knew they had a sister.
For her brothers, learning they have a sister is an unwelcome surprise. Suspicious and reluctant, her brothers see Aria as an outsider, a stranger disrupting the fragile balance of their lives.
For Aria, their home is both a new beginning and a constant reminder of the family that left her behind.
Haunted by the pain of her past, Aria struggles to adjust, her every action guarded and her trust hard to earn.
As her brothers try to understand her, they begin to glimpse the scars she hides and the strength she carries. Little by little, resentment turns to empathy, and the walls between them start to crumble. But just as the siblings begin to find common ground, the secrets and trauma of Aria's old life threaten to tear them apart. Together, they must decide whether they can overcome the shadows of the past to forge a family and whether Aria can finally find a place to belong.