Quila_Luna
Eros Reid Borromeo & Katelyn Valencia Reyes
"A love she buried in time, but he was never hers to begin with."
"She loved him first... but he never saw her as the one."
Since the moment Kate Valencia Reyes stepped into high school, Eros Reid Borromeo became the center of her world. Back then, he was just a simple councilor in Novaliches, Manila-just another politician to everyone else. But for Kate, he was everything. Greater than the artists she admired, the K-pop idols she followed, and anyone else she had ever looked up to.
It all began with a simple handshake during his campaign. In that one unexpected moment, Kate silently claimed her fate, whispering to herself: "He's the one." From that day on, she placed Eros on the highest pedestal in her heart-a place no one else could ever reach.
But as time passed, Eros continued to rise. From councilor, he became the mayor of their town. And with every step he took upward, the chance of him noticing her seemed to grow more distant.
Behind her quiet admiration was a wound no one saw. Kate grew up unseen in her own home-the middle child, never the favorite, never the best. Her older sister was the smart one, her younger brother the athletic one, and she... simply existed in between, always overlooked.
Yet Eros became the reason she endured it all. Because of a scholarship provided by his office, she was given the chance to study and dream. In her mind, there would come a day when he would finally notice her.
But no matter how many times she volunteered in his campaigns, no matter how many years she waited, she never became part of his world.
Until one day, a simple Facebook Live shattered her quiet reality. A video greeting from Eros-something ordinary to others-but to Kate, it felt like the entire world shifted beneath her feet.
And in that moment, she was reminded once again of a love that never looked back.
A love she had hidden for so long...but was never hers to begin with.