Backburner Stories

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.

She loves him-quietly, truly, and without doubt. But her love never fully becomes something he can hold onto or something that grounds him. It exists more in feeling than in presence. So he remains caught in a quiet contradiction: cherished, yet still alone in the space between them. He is fully loved in heart, but never fully held in reality.

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?

I started counting the days I mattered to him. Not the days he was kind. Not the days he stayed. Just the days I was chosen... when she wasn't around. Because loving him was never loud. It was quiet. Conditional. Temporary. Like I only existed in the spaces she didn't fill. He never really left me-but he never really stayed either. And I kept convincing myself that being almost loved was still being loved at all. Until I realized I wasn't his ending. I was just the pause between the girl he actually wanted. And I think that's what hurts the most... not losing him, but realizing I only mattered when I was the only one left.

Rey is a man who only comes when lonely, and leaves once full again. Aurora is always living on leftover time and attention. She is too afraid to ask for the deserved place. It's about Aurora's journey to stop being the "leftover" and start becoming whole on her own. Sometimes, letting go of someone is the only way to find yourself again.

Just how Gia waits Nathan.

You Broke Me First. A Backburner. That's all I was to him. But why is it that I keep going back to him even though it hurts? I'd fallen for him even though I know I shouldn't have. He never loved me for who I was, he only loved me for what I reminded him of... Or who I reminded him of.

Di Bawah Langit itu Kami Berbagi Cerita. Cerita yang tak pernah kulupakan disetiap langkahnya...

To the girl who never knew, these are the pieces of my heart I could never say out loud. Fragments of moments, thoughts, and emotions I could only write down. Maybe one day, if she stumbles upon this, she'll realize she had her own chapter in someone else's story.

Sa laro ng pag-ibig mayroong nanalo at mayroon din namang natatalo. Kahit ilang beses mo pa bigyan ng tyansang magbago, kung hindi talaga ikaw ang tinitibok ng puso nito ay hinding-hindi ka mananalo. Para kay Cyrus, ang heartbreak ay hindi lamang pasakit ang dulot, nakatatapak rin ito ng ego. Nang maghiwalay sila ng kanyang ex, tila nawalan na rin nang gana si cyrus na amgseryoso pagdating sa pag-ibig. Pabago-bago ang kausap nito sa bawat linggo hanggang sa mahanap niya ang kanyang katapat na isa ring takot magmahal dahil paulit-ulit sinaktan, ito si Alexa. Paano kung ang dalawang nasaktan ay magtatagpo? Maaari kayang sa kahapon ay muling matututo? O mananatili nalang ang takot sa puso, at ipagsasawalang bahala ito? Gagaling kaya ang mga sugat sa puso? Kapag yakap ng pag-asa ang naging gamot nito? O baka naman ito'y maghilom nang bahagya, Ngunit sa kaunting sagi ay muling magdurusa? Mayroon kayang mananalo o di naman ay matatalo? Kung ang laban ay laban ng damdaming totoo? O baka walang panalo, walang talo, Kapwa lang sugatan sa dulo ng pagsamo. Paano kung parehas silang mahulog sa isang laro? Isang laro ng pusong di sigurado? Sino ang magtataya? Sino ang aatras? Kapag ang pagmamahal ay muling nagwakas.

"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]

Anastasia falls in love with her best friend, a fellow postulant who doesn't reciprocate her feelings. However, Mayumi, the best friend, doesn't want to let Anastasia go. Ano kayang mangyayari sa kanilang pag kakaibigan?..

"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.

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Random thoughts; of him, of me, of us

based on real story

Set in a countryside of Illinois follows Gabriel and Kristy, an ex-couple who reunite in their 50s after decades apart. Their meeting sparks a bittersweet conversation, where they finally address past wounds.

Jeonghan has loved Seungcheol for as long as he can remember. From childhood to adulthood, he was always there. Being Seungcheol's shelter, his steady roof, the pillar that never cracked no matter how heavy the weight became. Jeonghan stayed silent about his feelings, choosing support over confession, loyalty over himself. But when he finally does speak, he's rejected. Seungcheol asks him to stay. To remain friends. To keep being there. And Jeonghan tries-until Seungcheol finds someone new. A new roof. Someone he truly loves and cares for. Someone who replaces everything Jeonghan once was. Suddenly, Jeonghan exists only in the background, remembered only when things fall apart. When they fight, when comfort is needed, when loneliness returns. He calls. Tags: Jeongcheol Hancheol Seventeen Jeonghan S.coups

Bawal ang tamad. Bawal ang bagsak. Bawal ang haggard-pero paano 'yan kung ang buhay mo ay isang malaking quiz bee na walang pahinga? Daniella just wanted to survive high school, pero napunta siya sa isang eskwelahan na parang kombinasyon ng military training at mental gymnastics. Dito, ang "The Golden Rule" ay simple: Study, study, study. Walang extra rice, walang extra life. Ang tanong: Hanggang saan ang kaya ng utak kung pati puso, schedule, at tulog mo kinokontrol ng grades?