Filipino Stories

Kaaway ko siya. ‎Sobrang kaaway. ‎ ‎Hanggang sa isang portal yung nagdala samin sa 1887. ‎Isang linggo lang kami dun. ‎ ‎Ang rules: 1. ‎Wag magtiwala sa isa't isa 2. ‎Wag mahulog ‎ ‎Problema? ‎Nabigo kaming dalawa. ‎ ‎Ano mangyayari pag napilitan kang mabuhay kasama yung taong pinaka-ayaw mo? ‎ ‎Enemies to Lovers | Time Travel | Taglish | Filipino ‎Cover ctto.

Above the Horizon (Skies Series #01) Status: Ongoing Ciel Fí F. Tuazon received an acceptance letter from MAPÚA Manila, one of her dream schools in the Philippines. She thought getting into her dream school would be the start of something good. Instead, she got embarrassing moments, terrible luck, and one person she couldn't seem to stop running into. From the very beginning of her unfortunate streak, she gave him a name- "Balatski." Maybe he was just another part of her bad luck. Or maybe not. Started: September 11, 2026 Finished: Book Cover: Clodin Art (@dearclodin)

She spent years being told what to believe, who to become, and what kind of life she was supposed to live. At twenty-one, Jen has finally begun choosing herself. After losing the boy she once considered the love of her life, she throws herself into her studies and dreams of becoming independent-determined never again to sacrifice her future for someone else. Then there is Gabriel. At twenty-six, Gabriel has spent his entire life preparing to inherit his family's ministry. His future has already been decided: graduate, become a minister, marry within the faith, and continue the tradition his family has carried for generations. The only problem is that he never wanted any of it. Two weeks. And somewhere between those two weeks, they discover something neither expected: They are both living lives chosen for them by other people. But love cannot erase the worlds standing between them. Sometimes, loving someone means letting them go. And sometimes, finding yourself means having the courage to leave everything behind. Because before they can choose each other, they must first learn how to choose themselves.

A mission. A betrayal. A revenge that could cost her everything. She entered enemy territory to destroy the people responsible for her brother's death, but the deeper she goes, the more she realizes that some truth are deadlier than bullets.

Three childhood friends. One island they were warned never to visit. And a secret their families have carried for generations. In 1979, Emil, Mennen and Stella are young, inseparable, and eager to escape the little fishing village of Santa Fe for lives of their own. Emil dreams of becoming a doctor. Mennen is expected to follow his powerful father into politics. Stella, training to become a nurse, has spent her life surrounded by the memory of a mother she never knew. But when a body returns to their shore, old secrets begin to surface-an abandoned father, a mysterious ferryman, a torn diary, an island no one wants to speak about, and a tragedy that began generations before any of them were born. As friendship becomes love, jealousy and sacrifice, the three discover that leaving Santa Fe was easy. Leaving behind what their families gave them may be impossible. FULFILLING HEAVEN is a story of friendship, forbidden love, family secrets, illness, sacrifice and the things we inherit-not only through blood, but through the choices of those who came before us. Some inherit a name. Some inherit a secret. Some inherit a fate.

Agapito Rogers-Chen likes silence. Nadia Kim takes that as a personal challenge. As far as Nadia is concerned, she only has two missions in life: calm Agapito down when he's angry and annoy him when he's not. "Why are you like this?" Agapito asks after finding another ridiculous prank waiting for him. Nadia grins. "Because your life would be boring without me." From crowded college hallways to the uncertain years of adulthood, they've spent years orbiting each other's lives. But when dreams begin pulling them in different directions, the laughter they've always shared starts carrying feelings neither of them are ready to name. After all this time, what happens when the person who has always felt like home suddenly becomes someone you could lose? --- This story contains mature themes and is intended for mature readers. DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish, a combination of Tagalog and English. Updates everyday at 8PM! 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧: June 29, 2026 𝐄𝐧𝐝: ---

A girl working in a local sari-sari store every 4 days has been forcing her new neighbour to eat dead ants whenever they hang out in each other's houses. Is this their way of spending their summer break together? Pretty much a "slice-of-life" story mixed with unusual elements, idk how to put it don't kill me

I've spent a lot of time thinking about what it truly means to call the Philippines 'HOME.' It's a place of incredible warmth and breathtaking beauty, but it also has its shadows and its struggles. I decided to put those feelings into words. My new poetry collection on Wattpad, Chosen Land, Beloved Beat , is my honest tribute to our country-capturing both the gold and the grit of our islands. I'd love for you to take a look and let me know which piece resonates with you the most. Follow me on Wattpad if you want, I am John Mark N. Luciano (@DonJuanMarco), if you saw the name of Moriones Zazadevha, that was my former Wattpad account. I would be publish One Poem, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 12:00 am(Philippine Time) (All criticism will be accepted as long as it does not contain any foul language or insults. Let us keep our Good Manners and Right Conduct. To God be the Glory.)

At nineteen, Mara Llorente and Adrian Valdez were best friends who came close enough to love that everyone assumed it would happen eventually. It never did. Ten years later, Mara returns to Davao as a litigation lawyer with a life built elsewhere-and discovers that Adrian is getting married. Worse, she has somehow ended up helping with the wedding. They never dated. They never broke up. There was never anything official enough to mourn. But being around Adrian again forces Mara to confront the life they almost had, the people they became without each other, and one uncomfortable question. What if someone can be the right person for you and still not belong in the life you're building?

Three years ago, Lena Villareal said goodbye to the man she was supposed to spend the rest of her life with. Adrian was gone. So was the future they had planned together. Lena left the Philippines and built a quiet life in Edinburgh, learning how to live with the kind of grief that never completely disappears. She doesn't talk about Adrian anymore. She doesn't look for him in crowded streets. And she has finally stopped asking why he had to die. At least, that's what she tells herself. Then a letter arrives. Written in Adrian's handwriting. Dated six months after his death. You were never supposed to find out what happened that night. Lena knows Adrian is dead. So why does the letter exist? And why does it contain something only the two of them could have known? What begins as a single impossible letter becomes a trail of photographs, forgotten records, missing pieces of memory, and people who seem to know more about Adrian's final days than they ever told her. Elias knows something. Noah, a quiet Filipino from Bohol whom Lena meets in Edinburgh, knows nothing about Adrian-but somehow becomes impossible for her to ignore. And the deeper Lena goes, the more dangerous one possibility becomes: What if the man she spent three years mourning was not the man she thought she knew? Somewhere between Edinburgh and the home she left behind in the Philippines, Lena will have to uncover what happened on the night Adrian died. But the truth may cost her more than the grief ever did. Because some goodbyes are supposed to be final. Some letters make them begin again.

Mga tula, mga ideya, mga linya, o litanya mula sa pananaw ng may-akda sa pagkabuhay at sa sakit na dulot nito.

LUZ DE LUNA SERIES #1 Anak ng isang kilalang pinuno na si Emilia Elena Montoya, lumaki sa karangyaan at magandang asal. Sa bawat pagtitipon at handaan, pinipilit niyang maging perpektong dalaga ng mataas na lipunan, maingat sa bawat kilos at salita, at laging pinapanatili ang dangal ng kanyang pamilya. Isang sundalo na si Pedro Santiago Domínguez, disiplinado at tapat sa tungkulin, na palaging nakamasid sa bawat kilos ng babaeng kanyang pinoprotektahan. Hindi niya alam na sa likod ng marikit na anyo ni Emilia, unti-unting nabubuo ang damdaming mahirap ipaliwanag sa pagitan nila. Sa mundong puno ng utos, paninindigan, at lihim, hanggang kailan kayang itago ni Emilia ang kanyang tunay na damdamin--at ano ang mangyayari kapag natuklasan ni Pedro ang kanyang puso?

Warning : the face cards I used are the face cards for the charecters and the novel is inspired by lovely runner. (𝙰 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚗 𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗) 🧸 When Tteokbokki Meets Sondesh follows Anoushka Cordejo, a Filipino girl living in Kolkata after her father's job transfer. A normal Grade 11 student with a chaotic best friend, Claire, Anoushka's life is simple-until she discovers the K-pop group Visper and develops a celebrity crush on one of its members, Seorin Kim. To her, he is just a distant star performing on massive stages, someone she admires from a screen. But fate has other plans. After a tragic accident changes her life and forces her to move in with her own family which consists of her mom, dad and brother Julian. Anoushka transfers to a new school-only to discover that the members of Visper, including Seorin himself, are students there. As two completely different worlds collide, what begins as a simple celebrity crush slowly turns into something far more complicated, chaotic, and unexpected-like the surprising mix of tteokbokki and sondesh. After losing her uncle-aunt in a tragic accident, Anoushka Cordejo wakes up with pieces of her memory missing-and something inside her changed. Once a normal girl living in Kolkata, she slowly becomes known as the girl who makes boys fall for her... only to leave them behind. To her, it isn't a game. It's a lesson. Every smile, every date is her way of showing them what betrayal feels like, reminding them that the pain they once gave to innocent girls was never a joke. But when her path crosses with Seorin Kim, a famous K-pop idol from the group Visper, things begin to get complicated. Because for the first time, the girl who breaks hearts might finally meet someone who refuses to be part of her game.

Hindi lahat ng "goodbye" ay may kasamang paalam. May mga taong yayakap sayo sa ordinaryong gabi, ihahatid ka pauwi, hahawakan ang kamay mo nang mas mahigpit kaysa dati... At kinabukasan, wala na. Pagkalipas ng ilang taon, natutunan ni Raven na may mga tao palang kayang baguhin ang direksyon ng buhay mo nang hindi man lang namamalayan. May mga taong darating para turuan kang magmahal, maghintay, magpatawad... at may mga taong aalis nang walang paliwanag. Pero paano kung isang araw bumalik ang taong matagal mo nang inilibing sa nakaraan? Minsan, ang pinakamahirap na tanong ay hindi kung kaya mo pa bang magmahal ulit. Kundi kung kaya mo bang paniwalaan na may mga "goodbye" na hindi lang natin naintindihan noong una. At baka... may mga pag-ibig na hindi talaga nawala. Naligaw lang ng daan.

mon cheri duology #2 rina soleil x ilan javor After losing Rain, Rina is left carrying a grief she doesn't know how to let go of. She tries to move forward, believing that loving someone again would mean leaving Rain behind. Then someone unexpected comes into her life. He slowly brings back the smile she thought she'd lost forever, and for the first time, Rina begins to feel alive again. But love doesn't always come when we're ready for it, and sometimes, a second chance comes with a price no one sees coming. Rina is still fighting a battle of her own, and the person who chooses to love her may soon discover that loving her means facing a pain he never saw coming. Because Rina thought she had already lost the person she loved once. She never expected that falling in love again might give her something even more terrifying to lose.

A STAND ALONE NOVEL When Eliana Santos Lim was six, her father gave her a jar of fireflies and told her, "You glow in the dark just like these fireflies." It was a childhood memory she carried with her for years, even as the bright and carefree little girl she once was slowly became someone who learned to keep her light hidden. Years later, Eliana meets Nathaniel Elizalde-a charismatic young man whose warmth begins to reach the quiet corners of her heart. As their lives slowly intertwine, Eliana finds herself drawn toward faith, love, and a light she thought she had long forgotten. Language: TagLish STARTED: August 22, 2026

A year after the death of Giulietta Allegra Salvador-Della Morte, Elena Caterina Visconti Della Morte traveled from Siena, Italy to La Union to commemorate her death anniversary.

Calvin and Ian are friends. Kaso, maasim yan si Calvin puro geng geng at vape lang alam, pero best friend nya maayos-ayos pa. O diba? Opposite attract. Pero pano kung nahulog talaga sila sa isa't-isa? |BxB| my filipino-themed English text unhinged story that I just randomly came up with.. Cover by: @tanginamonlng (commissioned)

Apatnapu ang upuan. Apatnapu't isa ang nasa listahan. Lumipat si Lia sa isang maliit na paaralan sa probinsya. Sa unang araw, may napansin siyang kakaiba sa attendance: isang estudyanteng nagngangalang Rina Salvador. Walang nakakakilala sa kanya at walang nakaupo sa upuan niya, pero araw-araw, may nagmamarka ng "present" para sa kanya. Ang sinumang tumangging sumunod ay nawawala. Hindi lang sa klase, kundi pati sa alaala ng lahat. Habang lumalapit si Lia sa katotohanan, nalaman niyang mas malalim ang lihim ng paaralan, at may kinalaman ito sa sarili niyang pamilya. Kapag walang sumagot, may kukunin. Present ka pa ba?

After eighteen years apart, General Surgeon Vanessa Mejia and US Navy Surface Warfare Officer Russel Ricco cross paths once again. Having spent nearly two decades growing into the best versions of themselves, they are no longer the young people who parted ways. But as old memories resurfacer, one question remains: can they find the courage to give love a second chance?