Oceans Between Kisses

Aliana Ysabella C. Manalo,

a probinsiyana with sun-kissed skin, soft dreams, and a camera full of little moments - forced to leave Cagayan de Oro, forced to work as a babysitter in a mansion that didn't feel like hers, and forced to face a boy who wanted everyone except her.

Charming. Pretty.

But insecure - because the world told her city girls shine more than girls kissed by the sun.

Aiden Yohan R. Garcia,

heir of the Royales-Garcia clan -
spoiled, brilliant, stubborn, and colder than the marble floors he walks on.
He loved his silence. His walls. And hated the idea of someone invading his space.

Especially her.

But life is cruel and kind in the same breath.

Because somehow, that girl he ignored became the girl he wrote music for.

The girl he once tried to push away became the only one who made him want to stay.

And the girl who didn't believe she was enough became the one he wanted for a lifetime.
He broke. She healed.
She doubted. He reassured.
And between distance, fear, pride, and longing -
they learned that some loves begin with frustration, survive oceans,
and end in a kiss that feels like coming home.

Her softness softened him.

His love secured her.
And the world?
It tried to put an ocean between them -
but oceans are nothing when hearts already know where home is.