Five years ago, Bada ran away from home to pursue Civil Engineering. This year, she passed the board exam and is finally a licensed engineer. Many have changed, but for some reason, may isang aspeto ng buhay niya ang nanatili, and that aspect all revolves around a certain someone with breathtaking brown eyes and an annoyingly boyish grin.
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What happened five years ago is a myth. When Maria Danica Cifuentes ran away from home to pursue a "male" course instead of sticking to their family's medical professional legacy, she knew she would undergo major character development. She's prepared for it, for she loves the game enough to enjoy the challenges it comes with. Pero hindi niya in-expect na kasabay ng pagsusunog niya ng kilay sa pagsagot ng mga plates, kasama din pala sa challenges ang maging pretend live-in-partner ng masungit niyang landlord.
Archangel De Andrade loves sharing his space, but only to people he cares about. But money is money, and anyone who says it can't buy happiness surely is fucking high. Kaya nga nang malaman niyang naghahanap ng matutuluyan ang kaibigan ng kaibigan niya, he did not hesitate to offer his spare bedroom given na lalake naman rin ang titira. But along the way, miscommunication happened. Badong turned out to be not Badong-looking, and most definitely not a "he". Before he could think it through, he was offering his new tenant a proposition: pretend to be his live in partner para hindi mag-alala ang Tita Kriza niya, at baka isipan pa siyang may financial problems. In return, she will have free breakfast everyday for the rest of her stay, and free tutoring lessons in calculus.
Sounds beneficial for the both of them. Sounds simple.
Or...not.
Because let's be for real, no fake-dating trope had ended in peace.
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