In Between Almost and Never

Zee Evora "Zevy" Valencia never believed in lucky chances - especially not for girls like her. She had a crush once. The kind you bury under jokes and passing glances.

Brandon Beck "Ace" Rivera - UST's golden boy, frontman of After Seven, the heartthrob people couldn't stop talking about.

They breathed the same air in high school... but never crossed paths.

Well, almost never.

A birthday song - sent through a friend - was the closest they ever got. And even then, Zevy knew better than to dream.

But college isn't a bigger world. Sometimes, it's a smaller one.

Because here he is now... walking past her in the hallways, sitting across her in meetings, standing too close at after-parties.

And the worst part? He doesn't even remember her.

This isn't the story of a girl crushing on the campus heartthrob. This is the story of two people who couldn't stay strangers - even when the world seemed to be against them.

A story of friendship, tension, near-misses, and every heartbeat that lived in between almost and never.