Where The Hours Bloom [ON-GOING]

Where The Hours Bloom is a poignant and beautifully written slow-burn romantic comedy that explores the fragile dance between love and healing across time zones and continents.

Luna Fortalejo is a 21-year-old working student in the University of the Philippines, juggling her Medical Technology degree and late-night shifts at McDonald's. Independent, cocky, and fiercely self-sufficient, Luna hides deep-seated anxiety and unresolved trauma behind her smirks and sarcasm. Ever since her parents' divorce, she's built walls to survive-but never to connect.

On the other side of the world, Akari Yamada is a half-Japanese, half-Filipina psych student living a quiet life in Chicago. Bright, open-hearted, and undeniably warm, Akari stumbles into Luna's life through a queer Discord server for girls who love girls. Their first chat is innocent. Friendly. But something blooms in the cracks of time zones, voice messages, and late-night calls.

What follows is a journey of banter and bonding, emotional confusion and quiet longing. While Akari offers steady warmth, Luna grapples with the storm inside her-pushing, pulling, disappearing. Healing is not a straight line, and neither is love. Set between the humid streets of Manila and the chilly breeze of Chicago, Where The Hours Bloom is a celebration of messy emotions, deep friendship, growing pains, and the kind of love that doesn't rush-but chooses to stay.

A romantic comedy for the brokenhearted and the brave, this is not just a love story between two women-it's a story of becoming whole.

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