Some People Leave So Gently
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Last published Sun, Aug 31, 2025
Amora Celia never believed in love at first sight until she saw Ignatius Gabriel.
She smiled when he smiled. She listened when he spoke. She dreamed in the spaces he occupied.
But he didn't know. He never knew. And he never looked her way, not really. Instead, his heart was already drawn to someone else.
From quiet glances across crowded lecture halls, accidental touches she would never mention, to late-night project calls that only deepened the ache in her chest. Amora learned that sometimes, loving someone means watching them choose another.
When the weight of unspoken feelings becomes too much, she leaves. No dramatic farewell. No last words. Just two letters : one for him, one for her friend and a whispered hope that they find happines even if it's without her.
Because sometimes, the bravest love is the one you let go.
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"Some people leave so gently, you don't realize they're gone... until you feel the silence they leave behind."
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Have you ever fallen for a close friend, and was scared what would come of it? Someone who knows you better than anyone else. Someone that you tend to find staring at you just a bit too long. Someone who holds you when you have a bad day. Someone who has never chosen you, until now. Seraphine Mariselle and Calix Diamandis have been friends since their kindergarten ages. Their relationship has always been platonic. Until something happens. Some unexpected feeling stirs inside both of them. Seraphine's all new to this. She may be 18, but she's never had a proper boyfriend. Not even her first kiss has been tainted yet. Calix on the other hand, is experienced. He's been with multiple people and knows exactly how to leave his touch lingering on her body. In the chaos of first-and not first love, mixed with the uncertainty of growing up, the pair must decide if risking everything they've ever known for a chance at something more, is worth it. But sometimes, the heart doesn't ask for permission. It just leaps.
His Regret, Her Salvation
"I won't let anyone harm you..ever again." He promised, eyes filled with determination and possessiveness. Afterall, she is his...only his. "I know." She smiled kissing his cheek, her eyes filled with hope and happiness. ~~~ "I...I wi-ill protect you.." He pleaded, his voice cracking. He took a tentative step forward, but she recoiled, her body trembling with the weight of past pain. She looked at him, her eyes hollow, a tear tracing the line of her cheek as she let out a bitter laugh. "𝒁𝒂𝒌𝒉𝒂𝒎 𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒆...𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒉𝒂𝒎 𝒍𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝒌𝒊 𝒃𝒂𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒂𝒉𝒊 𝒌𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆." 𝔸 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖, 𝕣𝕖𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟. ~~~~~~~ 🔞
𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐧
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Falling and Breaking
DRAMA. MYSTERY. ROMANCE She became his desires. His need. His only possession. And his lethal obsession. And his obsession become a biggest curse in her life. **** Her denial infuriated him more, his blood boiled in anger. Grabbing her chin up, he made her look at him. Her terrified orbs clashed with his deadly charcoal eyes. ''Please.'' She said clasping her hands around his which was holding her chin. She pleaded him with her teary eyes while his blazing gaze never shifted from her. "You think, your sorry can make everything better like before? Your sorry can't save you from me. Trust me, you can't even imagine what I can do to you. So you should keep your mouth shut and come with me home quietly." He warned and threatened her. And she shakes in fear and helplessness. She just wanted to run away from here and hide somewhere. She doesn't know the man who was standing in front of her right now. He was hurting her, scaring her and behaving like a monster. The man she knows he was different. Hell different from him, his hold was perfect for her fragile body, his voice which was heaven peace for her and his touch which was gentle unlike this. "No... no. I don't want to go anywhere with you... I don't want to be with you anymore." She move her head hysterically and tried to free herself but instead, she get more pain when he tightened his hold on her and dig his fingers on her waist. "You are scaring me," she confessed meekly crying and her breath get uneven. "Oh! Sweetheart, I didn't do anything yet and you are already scared of me? Then what will you do when I'll punish you for your betrayal?" The threat hidden in his words causes a shiver down her spine and she feels intimidated. "Just come with me or you will see the worst side of me. " He stated simply. The rage and fury in his eyes made her body start trembling ferociously. *** GENRE : DARK ROMANCE Cover by : @authorzysha ***
Between Glances
She sees him every day, and each time, her heart races a little faster, hoping for something more than the casual, fleeting glances they exchange. He's charming, quiet, and always so close-within arm's reach, yet always just out of her grasp. Their interactions are brief, often accompanied by a charged silence that neither dares to break. There's an unspoken tension between them, a magnetic pull that neither seems able to resist, but something always keeps them from stepping past that delicate line between familiarity and desire. Whether it's the weight of their unacknowledged feelings or the fear of disrupting the fragile balance they've created, they remain suspended in a world of what-ifs. As their glances linger longer and the silence stretches between them, the question remains: will they find the courage to close the distance, or will they continue dancing around their feelings, too afraid to leap into the unknown?Complete
Marriage first, then love
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when Healing Found Her
In a world where love was supposed to last forever, Sereia Valdez learns that promises can break faster than hearts can mend. After losing the boy she once believed was her future, she is left with shattered pieces, silent tears, and a voice she barely recognizes as her own. But life has a strange way of healing what it breaks. Enter Elian Cruz - calm where she is chaos, gentle where the past was sharp. A boy who never rushed, never demanded, but showed up in quiet ways that felt louder than any love she once knew. With friends who joke even when she cries, who tell her, "Hoy, move on na! Hindi siya worth ng luha mo!", Sereia begins learning that moving on isn't forgetting - it's choosing herself again. Yet, just when she starts to breathe more softly, a shadow returns - Aries, the ex who once held her heart. He hears her cries she thought no one knew, sees her strength he once ignored, and faces a truth he never expected: She's changing. She's healing. And she might not come back. This is a story of heartbreak, slow healing, friendship, second chances, and a love that grows in the quiet moments - when no one is watching, but everything is changing
Boundaries of Obsession
His eyes told how dark his thoughts were, what devilish aura he shadowed if she accepted him and was ready to listen to him no one could imagine his doings. She only seeks solitude, but he seeks her, and he craves her as if his life depended on her. He is the cause of her pain. She only wishes to go away from all the emotions, but he can never let that happen. He can show his tears to her, but can she wipe them? Maybe God wanted to create an unforgettable story. His aura screams power that no one can deny except bowing. Her soul reflects others' sins for what others fear to acknowledge. Did she hate him for giving her pain? No, she never hated him. She changed herself.. but what change? She loves him! Maybe not... then what changed...? Love, why is it so difficult either to gain or to lose... "I don't like it when you think about things other than me," he said Is this the start of his madness, or is he already drowned in insanity? She is his heart.........She is the eternal echo God cast into existence for his life. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● He is taking every step near to her, his deep dark eyes looking at her serene, calm face... she is looking directly into his deep, dark ebony eyes... she can clearly see the insanity in his eyes... "Sweetheart, I told you not to think about other things.... but why would you like to provoke me... ha, " his voice is deadly low, sending an electrifying jolt. She is just standing in front of him looking into his sinister soul... He touched her cheek gently, rubbing the soft, gentle, dried tear marks.. He kissed her forehead... she closed her eyes, accepting her fate from which she tried to run away.... "Tell me, sweetheart, what punishment should I give him." A dark mysterious smirk playing on his handsome face... "He is your sister's soon to be husband," she said as he didn't know. He chuckled, a mocking, sinister, extremely insane smile
Have you ever fallen for a close friend, and was scared what would come of it? Someone who knows you better than anyone else. Someone that you tend to find staring at you just a bit too long. Someone who holds you when you have a bad day. Someone who has never chosen you, until now. Seraphine Mariselle and Calix Diamandis have been friends since their kindergarten ages. Their relationship has always been platonic. Until something happens. Some unexpected feeling stirs inside both of them. Seraphine's all new to this. She may be 18, but she's never had a proper boyfriend. Not even her first kiss has been tainted yet. Calix on the other hand, is experienced. He's been with multiple people and knows exactly how to leave his touch lingering on her body. In the chaos of first-and not first love, mixed with the uncertainty of growing up, the pair must decide if risking everything they've ever known for a chance at something more, is worth it. But sometimes, the heart doesn't ask for permission. It just leaps.
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