Orpheus Ukeru was known as the jack-of-all-trades of the prestigious Gemstone Academy. Always at the top of his class, frank, organized and composed, he was admired by both teachers and students alike. Ang buong buhay niya ay umiikot sa mga routine na kanyang ginawa upang hindi niya makalimutan ang kanyang mga priority. In other words, he was that guy who got his life all figured out. Alam na niya kung saan siya pupunta. Kailan man ay hindi siya naliligaw dahil nakaplano na sa kanyang utak ang mga desisyong kanyang gagawin. Logic over emotions: that was his philosophy. Handa siyang isakripisyo maging ang oras para sa sarili, pamilya, o kaibigan, masunod lamang ang nasa kanyang routine. At walang sinuman ang pwedeng bumago nito.
Meanwhile, meet Vocalise Avannah-probably the coolest girl of her time in the Academy, dahilan para mabansagan siyang "Queen" ng student body. Tinitingala siya ng mga kapwa niya estudyante dahil sa kanyang pagka-daring na gumawa ng mga bagay-bagay na hindi ginagawa ng ordinaryong estudyante. She was brave and clever and believed that not a single second in life should be spent doing the things you don't like. Her spirit was free kaya naman, kahit na hindi sang-ayon ang karamihan sa mga teachers sa kanyang ginagawa, marami parin siyang admirers maging sa higher levels na bumibilib sa kanya. Para sa kanila, she was the incarnation of Freedom and Enjoyment.
They were not exact opposites, pero hindi rin sila pareho. Orpheus with his strict and contained nature, and Vocalise with her free and unpredictable persona. Anong mangyayari kapag naging involve sila sa isa't isa? Will Orpheus tame the wild and free Vocalise? Or will the Queen be able persuade him to be her knight?
Read and find out how two different lives were brought together by fate.
TOTGA (Candy Stories #4) (Published under Bliss Books)
54 parts Complete
54 parts
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Engineering students Pfifer and Ivan know that what they have is something special. Without a proper label between them plus an ugly twist of fate, can they manage to be together in the end--or will they remain as each other's TOTGA and nothing more?
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May feelings na laging nandiyan, nakaabang kung kailan magpapapansin. Nakaabang kung kailan ako titisurin sa mga pamilyar na kanta, lugar, at salita. Magpapaalala sa isang mukha na hindi ko naman gano'n kakabisado pero pamilyar. Magpapaalala sa mga dating pakiramdam.
Malalaman mo raw kung sino ang The One That Got Away mo kapag narinig mo 'yong salita at nakaalala ka ng iisang tao lang; nakatisod ka ng mga dating pakiramdam; nangulila ka sa mga nakaraang saya; nakaalala ka ng mga pamilyar na sakit.
Sabi, time heals wounds at distance makes one forget. Bakit parang hindi naman effective? Bitbit ko pa rin lahat ng what if. Hindi pa rin ako makatakas sa maraming sana.
Ako ba ang bumitiw o siya? Tapos na ba kami talaga?
Ang sarap magtanong kaso...wala nga palang kami noon.
Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish.