Backburner Stories

"I was the one who loved him first, but I was always the second one in his heart. His backup plan. His second choice. And I stayed anyway-until staying broke me completely."

Angel is the most dedicated and exciting BFF Benedict could ever have in his life: she let him have his way with video games, supported him in all his volleyball matches, and never left his side. She was his perfect image of a ride-or-die, and in return, he gave her the same treatment as his token of gratitude. However, sometimes Angel questioned the actual nature of their friendship, if it was genuine, mutually felt, or simply transactional. But why should it matter? At least she had Benedict, and that's the thing. He eventually reached the point of his life where he actively sought out people to date, leaving Angel hanging for days on end, confused and hurt. Yet the moment those flings are gone, Benedict comes crawling back like a sad puppy, like nothing happened. And the cycle repeats itself, slowly unfolding the reality of their relationship together. Angel is literally willing to drop everything just to feel that he truly wanted her, but when she needed him most, where could he be found?

"You were the first in line, but someone else was prioritized." A true story of first love, heartbreak, and friendship. When a 13-year-old boy falls in love at first sight, he never expects his best friend to fall for the same girl. Torn between loyalty and feelings he can't shake, he chooses to stay silent. But unspoken love doesn't fade-it lingers. This is a slow-burn journey through quiet pain, growing up, and learning how to let go.

[ Complete ] (Unedited) The courage didn't arrive in a snap. It arrived as a cold, rainy night, where she realized that pouring everything to a broken glass would only finish her entirely, until she gave in her final act of love. That was building up the courage to finally walk away. "Courage isn't the absence of grief; it's the willingness to walk through the fire of an ending to find the beginning you've been denying yourself." Crdts to Pinterest for the cover

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panggung ini bukan cuma soal musik, tetapi juga perasaan yang tak bisa diucapkan. cinta pertama bukan selalu yang utama, namun terkadang yang paling sunyi.. justru yang paling berarti. mereka bersinar untuk orang yang sama, tetapi yang dicintai.. hanya satu.

Ano nga ba ang mas masakit? Ang maging second option? O in the first place, hindi ka naman kasama sa choice? ; Hi! Ako nga pala si Aris, isa lang akong simpleng tao at galing lang sa payak na pamumuhay, hindi maarte at higit sa lahat, hindi man perpekto, atleast kahit papaano, nakakayanan ko naman ang lahat. Nag-eexcel sa klase, at marami narin ang naging parangal bilang isang estudyante, pero kahit na ganun, may mga bagay parin sa isipan ko na hanggang ngayon ay parang multo na bagamat matagal ko nang kinalimutan ay hindi maikakaila na nag-iwan ito ng malaking sugat sa sarili ko. Which is more painful? Being the second option, or, in the first place, not being a choice at all? Hi! I'm Aris-just a simple person from a humble background. I'm not high-maintenance, and above all, though I am far from perfect, I've somehow managed to get through everything life throws at me. I excel in my studies and have received numerous awards as a student. Yet, despite all that, there are things in my mind that, like ghosts I thought I had buried long ago, still linger-reminders that it's undeniable they left a deep scar within me.

Archedia Emmanuel is a SHS student to a known red school in the country. She is known to create her own world through her works: painting, and writing. She is everything that a prestige student could ever describe, however she has her own flaws and it includes falling for a guy that only sees her as his friend and sibling. For three years, she hides the truth to him and one afternoon he caught him and his girlfriend having a confrontation in a garden. Leading him to live a life in sorrow. And Archedia as a witness and an endeared friend, will help him got back to what he used to be. However, in this journey, will Archedia learn her lessons about love? Or she will continue being blinded and allow him used her as his nurse for his own agony?

Based on my real life. Hanya seorang kakak kelas yang menyukai adik kelas nya. Namun ia tidak tau jika adik kelas nya masih terjebak dengan masa lalu nya. Nobody's gonna know apa yang akan terjadi pada kakak kelas tersebut.

Almost a love story.

She was his secret delight, his midnight snack, his backburner girl. He'd text her when his schedule was clear, and she'd drop everything to be with him. But she wasn't his priority, just a convenient escape. Now, she's done being used and is ready to move on, but can she shake off the ghost of him?

Random thoughts; of him, of me, of us

wala lang, trip ko lang.

What if you love someone to the point you're ready to stand and wait for them, even when it hurts? A love so unconditional that you're willing to always be there for them even when they don't like you the way you like them. "The word I LOVE YOU is not just a word to tell a person you love them, rather, it symbolizes your willingness to be hurt, to forgive, and to love and care."

Selamat datang di ruang tunggu bagi mereka yang nomor antreannya tidak pernah dipanggil. Buku ini adalah sebuah kumpulan aksara malfungsi, puisi absurd, dan cerita-cerita pendek tentang manusia yang telanjur nyaman menjadi backburner. Tentang mereka yang selalu ada di barisan paling setia, namun tidak pernah menjadi tujuan utama. Mulai dari kisah sebuah telepon malam yang membongkar rahasia jaket penyelamat di kala hujan SMP, hingga sajak-sajak acak tentang waktu yang berjalan mundur dan logika yang patah. Semua ditulis untuk merayakan perasaan-perasaan yang telanjur terlambat untuk disatukan. Untuk kamu yang mencintai dalam diam, mengalah demi sahabat, atau sekadar terjebak menjaga komitmen yang salah... silakan masuk. Kita mengobrol lebih lama di sini. Sebab di dalam buku ini, kita semua berada di barisan yang sama: Antrian Tanpa Nomor.

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"I'm not some disposable toy you can pick up and put down whenever it suits you. I have dreams, and a life of my own. And yet, you've made me put all of that on hold, waiting for you to decide if I'm worth your time" --- Artemis has always been the girl who waits. Waits for Luca to call. Waits for him to care. Waits for a version of love that only ever exists when it's convenient for him. She knows what she is to him-a fallback, a familiar comfort when everything else falls apart. Still, when he reaches out, she answers. She always answers. Because a part of her still believes that if she loves him enough, he might choose her for real. Then, unexpectedly, comes Lucian. Calm. Patient. Present. He enters Artemis's life like a gentle current against a storm-battered shore-no grand gestures, no demands. He's just there, in all the right moments, with all the right words. Where Luca left chaos in his wake, Lucian brings silence. Where Luca withheld, Lucian gives-his attention, his presence, his time. And Artemis doesn't know how to handle it. She's spent so long craving affection that comes with conditions, she no longer recognizes the kind that doesn't. And as Lucian becomes a constant in her life, she finds herself slipping-into comfort, into dependency, into something dangerously close to trust. But the guilt follows close behind. Is she healing... or just transferring her wounds to someone new? Is she leaning on Lucian too much, asking for too much, taking too much? And worst of all-does she even like him, or does she just hate being alone? As Artemis begins to untangle herself from a love that never chose her, she's forced to confront a new, unsettling truth: Sometimes what feels safe can be just as dangerous-Because sometimes, the people who feel like home... are the ones you should've run from all along. [5/7/25]

Lune Wayne Vireux, the school's Salutatorian, had everything figured out-except love. She never expected to fall for Matteoz Bruce Del Fierro, an ordinary man who would eventually become the reason she questioned everything she knew. Because even the smartest people can become fools when they fall in love.

My REFLECTION is broken like me so I don't know how can you see the best in my broken soul? I've been looking for a good angle of reflection and I can't see it. Crdts: Pinterest for the book cover