The Weekend We Pretended

They were just friends - the kind that shared playlists, food deliveries, late-night rants, and secrets no one else knew. For years, people mistook them for something more. But they always laughed it off. Kasi nga, "Magkaibigan lang kami."

Until one weekend changed everything.

When their barkada planned a beach getaway and the only room left was for couples, they agreed - let's just pretend. One bed. One room. Just three nights. What could go wrong?

But when they start playing the part - the hand-holding, the shared glances, the whispered "goodnight" with hearts racing - the pretending begins to feel dangerously real.

And at night, in the space between almost and never, they find themselves asking: "What if this wasn't just a game?"