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PAT and KAT have been inseparable for as long as they can remember.
Growing up in the quiet coastal town of San Juan, they spent more than a decade side by side-from elementary school to senior high school. They were each other's first friend, first confidant, and first home.
But after graduation, life pulled them in different directions.
Pat Dela Cruz earned a full basketball scholarship from Ravens University, leaving San Juan to pursue the sport she loved. Known for her quiet and reserved nature, Pat struggled to fit into university life until she met Mat Villanueva. What started as a friendship quickly became a sibling-like bond, and for the first time since leaving home, Pat felt she wasn't alone.
Meanwhile, Kat Reyes chose a different path.
Inspired by the love and care her grandmother gave her throughout her childhood, Kat pursued nursing with the dream of helping others the same way she had once been helped.
Everything changes when Kat, now a third-year nursing student, is assigned to complete her clinical internship at St. Aurelia Medical Center-a hospital located near Ravens University.
Needing a place to stay for several months, Kat reaches out to the one person she trusts most.
Pat.
Without hesitation, Pat offers her condo.
Neither of them expects the arrangement to change anything.
But living under the same roof after years apart brings back memories they thought they had left behind. Late-night conversations become routines. Shared meals become comfort. And the friendship that survived distance begins to feel like something more.
Then Mat meets Kat.
One look is all it takes.
For the first time in his life, Mat wants something he can't easily have.
As feelings grow and boundaries blur, three hearts become entangled in a story about friendship, loyalty, timing, and the terrifying realization that sometimes the person you've loved all your life isn't...