yourlovelywriter
Ten childhood friends.
Ten different dreams.
One city that will change everything.
After years of growing up together, Eli Santos and his closest friends finally leave their hometown behind to begin college in Manila. Despite choosing different programs and facing unfamiliar lives, they promise that nothing will change between them.
They settle into Casa Verde Residences, determined to survive freshman year together-through new classmates, difficult subjects, late-night food trips, unexpected friendships, and the chaos of becoming adults.
But Manila brings more than just a new beginning.
Eli finds himself growing closer to Noah Reyes, the friend he met back in Grade 9, while feelings neither of them has been brave enough to name begin to surface.
Meanwhile, Teo Ramos and Josie Lim are forced to confront the relationship they left behind. They were once in love, but their breakup remains a mystery to everyone around them.
Then a mysterious girl named Mara appears.
An anonymous message follows.
Then an old photograph.
Then a forgotten face from their childhood.
Suddenly, the friends begin questioning everything they thought they knew about their past-and about each other.
As freshman year unfolds, friendship will be tested, old feelings will return, secrets will surface, and someone from their past will come looking for them.
They came to Manila to build their future.
They never expected to find their past waiting for them.
Because sometimes, the hardest part of growing up isn't leaving home.
It's discovering what you left behind.
And somewhere between friendship, love, secrets, and Manila, they might finally discover who they were meant to become.