Sa Iyo, Sa Akin, Sa Atin

Leon Rafael Valencia Lozano, full-time 3rd year nursing student, part-time band drummer. Never let his guard down, not for his friends, not for the girls after him. Especially not the girls after him. Because Leon knew better not to let anyone into his life while he was still establishing his name in his chosen field and career, his future self would never be ashamed of. He had no time for distractions. No space for serious attachments. Disruptions he had never room for--not for now. Not now. To him, opening his heart to someone would make him lose his focus, and that was never in his option. It meant chaos that he is never willing to accept. Well, at least that's what he kept telling himself.

But even the highest walls don't stand strong; even when they're carefully guarded, they don't remain unbreakable. Not until he got invited to a birthday party. An uncommon birthday party for... well, a 22-year-old adult that no ordinary 22-year-old would find themselves in. And from that day, his own world that was built with a perfect balance of the stressful and heavy weight of his night duties at the hospital and the liberating groove of his drumsticks and the bright stage-light at night was bound to falter, fumble, and change its pulse forevermore. And when the pulse of his heart begins to clash with the steady rhythm of his life, which beat will he follow? Or does he have to choose when he has perfectly mastered the tempo of everything that demands all of him?

Sa Iyo, Sa Akin, Sa Atin
Written by: Ciel Dara

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