Pinoy Stories

Summer has a way of making everything feel possible-warm days, honest conversations, and a connection you never saw coming. Noah Fletcher is in the Philippines for tennis. Jayrrom Flores is still learning how to become the girl she's always known herself to be. Somewhere between who they are and who they're becoming, they find something neither of them is ready to name. A story about nostalgia, identity, and a love that was never supposed to last. When summer ends, will they forget? Or will six weeks be enough to stay with them forever?

【Written for the 8Letters June Writing Challenge】 Solaira "Soli" Saldarriega has come home three times. She never stayed. The first two times, she had reasons. This time, her lola is in the ground, the house is full of relatives who keep asking when she's going back to Manila, and the ache in her hands hasn't stopped since the bus climbed past Baguio. Aven "Ven" Ragasa is still here. Still rooted. Still the person the whole barangay calls when something needs fixing. She's watched Soli leave twice and she has no intention of watching it a third time. There is a three at the edge of the Saldarriega property. It's old, older than the town, older than the family that's tended it, and something is wrong with it. Soli knows exactly what it is. She has known since she was seven-years-old, in the same way she has always known what she feels when Ven is in the room. Two hundred years in a mountain town an hour past Baguio. Three generations of women who loved someone society said they couldn't. One debt that has been waiting a very long time to be paid, and only one way left to pay it. Some things you inherit. Some things you have to come home and claim.

Before the story that actually breaks Baguio open, there was this one. 2003-2024: two generations of the Cordillera Order, one buried promise, and the mistake that's about to wake something no barrier was ever built to hold forever. A glowing rock unearthed in the mountains doesn't open a door to another world - it cracks open every grief buried under them, and calls forward what our lolas warned us about, one generation at a time. A prequel. The real story hasn't started yet.

✧⁠*⁠。bl novel | ongoing Tops Vs Bottoms Series 01 He only wanted a home, a sanctuary, and a space where he would feel that he is safe and belong. *** Forced to run away from the place he once called home, Adrian James Evans only brought with him his own motivation to escape from the hands of his abusive parents. With a scholarship that brought him to Goodsman Boys High, the only thing he wished for is to heal all the scars and bruises that once traumatized him. Yet, healing takes time, especially when he had been assigned in a class that's filled with bullies that would challenge all his wits and brains in order for him to survive. And things only becomes worse when Audi Sigfried Gomez, the teasing and their over-so-notorious classroom president--and he who also craves to be accepted in the home of his own parents--starts targeting him with only one agenda in his mind: kick Adrian out of that space. Still, Adrian knew that he had worked himself to get out of the past. He wouldn't let any bullies, not Audi, and definitely not even the school's weird hierarchy system that divides the privilege into two groups; Tops Vs Bottoms. decides whether he belongs or not. With two different personalities, constantly clashing over the same space, the possibility of them agreeing is out of sight. Yet, when two hearts longed to find a place where they only wanted a place to be accepted. They would soon learn that the space they own is to be shared with someone who was never supposed to be part of it. (Updates every once a week or depends how many)

✧⁠*⁠。bl story | ONGOING -Invisible Strings Series 02- Love doesn't always shoot the arrows, but maybe knowing where it must also need to aim at the perfect timing. *** Paul Maui Cabalen had always been the epitome of responsibility and the perfect student image. With the top grades, and the one who aces every ranking. Yet even with all of those achievements, love wasn't given. It was earned. Especially, when his family was the one who taught him that love can only be acquired if he can prove something. Still he knew that his heart was beating to one ever since. Here comes the ever so funny and carefree childhood bestfriend, Cyril Karl Peñalosa with his bruises hidden in plain sight. All his life, he only intends to live a carefree lifestyle. One where he doesn't need to lie. Yet, as playful as Cupid's arrows, love won't always be silent. When a careless accident involving Pawie's secret journal containing his feelings for Cyril was exposed, they must navigate an endless string of awkwardness, and silent tension created by someone's own recklessness. Forced to share the same space and silent feelings, will they ever face each other and get the courage to confess (Updates only on weekends) Started: July 04, 2026 Ended:

1994. Isang bakasyon. Isang ilog. Si Mika Alcantara - 16, Muse ng St. Paul Manila. Sanay sa aircon, mall, at camera. Hindi sanay malunod. Si Ben Cruz - 17, MVP ng San Miguel. Sanay sa court, bukid, at pagod. Hindi sanay mag-alala para sa iba. Nagkita sila. Nagturuan. Lumangoy. Magbasa. Magtiwala. Tapos naghiwalay sa sulat. 1998. Apat na taon at libo-libong sulat ang lumipas. Nagkita ulit sila sa UP Manila. College. Kilig. Pangarap. Akala nila sila na. Pero may dalang sikreto si Ben. At may panganib na hindi alam ni Mika. Ang akala nila bakasyon lang 'yun. Ang hindi nila alam... misyon pala 'yun. SPY x MUSE x MVP Late 90s. LDR. College Love. Government Secrets. Isang kwentong magpapaiyak, magpapakilig, at magpapatago ng hininga. Start reading. But be warned: Once you start, you won't stop until you know the truth.

What begins as an innocent admiration for her teacher slowly becomes a feeling she can't seem to shake. Through four years of friendship, growing up, heartbreak, and learning who she really is, Serenity has to figure out whether some feelings are meant to be held onto-or finally left behind. Some stories are about getting the person you love. Others are about becoming someone you love first.

When a sudden reunion throws Mia back into his arms, Alvin thinks his fairytale has finally begun. But the dream is short-lived. Mia is harboring dark secrets, and before Alvin can uncover the truth, she vanishes into thin air-along with Cyrus, Alvin's strict new coworker. Shattered and spiraling into a self-destructive void, Alvin turns to Joyce, the only solid ground he has left. But a single night of shared grief and crossed boundaries changes everything, leaving them with a secret that will rewrite their futures forever. When the past and present violently collide, Alvin is forced to choose: Do you keep chasing the ghost of who you used to love, or do you fight for the one who stayed?

I am in love with my profession.

She was silently raised to be sold - a bargaining chip for her family's next deal. A life where her future was decided long before she had a say in it. She never knew the road they'd already chosen for her. She only knew, deep down, that it would lead to somewhere hellish. Then one night by a forest, a stranger steals a kiss she never asked for, and everything shifts. She calls him disgusting. He calls her princess like it's a warning. Neither of them knows yet how tangled their fates already are, or how far they'll have to go to survive each other, their families, and a system built to swallow them both whole. Some hatred isn't the opposite of love. Sometimes, it's just the beginning.

I hear their roars echo through time, louder than any voice that lives today.

A Record of Unsettling Things is a collection of unexplained paranormal experiences the author has encountered since childhood. This book serves as a personal log of strange, unsettling, and unforgettable moments.

The apocalypse wasn't just one story. It was millions of them. For fans of The Hybrid's Burden: City of Silence, the end of the world was only the beginning. While Odri and his family fought for their lives in a city overrun by the infected, other worlds were quietly shattering-and rebuilding-in the shadows. This companion collection takes you deeper into the outbreak, featuring standalone and intersecting stories set before, during, and after the catastrophic collapse: The Calm: A calculated game of power and manipulation played out in air-conditioned offices years before the first bite. The Chaos: Two young brothers caught in the blood-soaked, terrifying streets of Day Zero. The Aftermath: A loyal hound searching for a scent she can no longer find, and a new settlement fighting to keep the light alive in the ruins. From the gridlocked avenues of Manila to the terrifying silence of the mountains, these are the unrecorded moments of those who ran, those who hid, and those who were forced to evolve. In a city ruled by the infected, how much of your humanity are you willing to sacrifice to survive the dark?

[Enemies to Lovers | Modern Fantasy | Grumpy x Sunshine | Forced Proximity] She's a florist on the verge of bankruptcy. He's the smug neighbor who thinks her plants are on life support. But he's also hiding a magical jungle on the roof-and a secret that's about to change her life.

''' Late siya. Pero dumating. Nag-away kami. Pero nagkabalikan. Nagselos siya. Pero pinili pa rin niya ako. Nag-propose siya. At sinabi ko "I do". Ngayon? Malayo siya. Akala ko pag may singsing na, tapos na. Akala ko pag may "I do" na, madali na. Hindi pala. Dumating ang araw na kailangan niyang pumunta sa Manila. 2 years. 723 araw. Walang yakap. Walang kape sa umaga. Chat at call lang. Isang singsing. Isang pangako. 723 araw na paghihintay. Kaya ba naming panindigan ang "I do" kahit LDR? Kaya ba naming pumili ng isa't isa araw-araw kahit masakit? Nag-breakdown kami. Nagsabi kaming "hindi ko na kaya". Pero umuwi siya nung sinabi kong "come home". Ito ang kwento ng pag-ibig na sinubok ng layo, pagod, at breakdown. About love, LDR, family, and choosing each other everyday. Pero sa huli... pinili pa rin namin ang isa't isa. Magiging okay ba kami? O susuko kami sa gitna? Basahin mo. At umiyak ka kasama ko. 💍

When the familiar streets of Pasig City descend into an undead nightmare, a family's bond becomes their only lifeline. Odri isn't a typical hero; he is a forty-five-year-old man harboring a terrifying secret: the zombie virus is already in his veins. As a hybrid caught between the remaining humans and evolving, intelligent undead variants, Odri must fight to retain his humanity. Beside him is his wife, Benz, a courageous cancer survivor who refuses to let the apocalypse claim what her illness couldn't. Guided by the keen instincts of their loyal six-year-old beagle, Alice, they embark on a brutal journey across a ruined city to reunite with the rest of their family. But the dead aren't the only monsters, as a ruthless faction of human survivors is actively hunting Odri down. How much of your humanity would you sacrifice to save the ones you love?

In July 2018, monsters coming from fictional works began appearing in our world, attacking humans. Several people too claims that fictional characters suddenly became real. The cause of this is the thinning boundary between the World of Reality and Fiction and is speeding up because of individuals called "Convergences" who can form contracts with an unknown deity to gain powers from the fictional world depending on the price paid. Marcus Yamabuki is a half-filipino, half-japanese college student that is a unique Convergence in which he can communicate with the deity. Using the powers he obtained in his first Contract, Marcus transforms in Kamen Rider Neo Kabuto to fight the monsters brought by the Fictional World and find the truth about the Convergence and his father's disappearance.

Boys' Love A second year college cutie, Vince who does not believe in gender labels meets a hot freshman, Kian who has a crush on him. Soon they'll realize why finding each other lead them to losing themselves. And how letting go fills the world but empties the heart. Love doesn't always win.

Greg Carpio looks like your typical 29 year old: His life revolves around his career, he is a little too overprotective of his younger sister, and his mother habitually eggs him to think about settling down. But not a lot of 29 year olds do what he does for a living. Known as “Coach” in his professional life, this gifted strategist has amassed a skill set along with his superior intelligence and his wide network of connections that are quite valuable to criminal syndicates and politicians alike. A master in orchestrating assassinations, providing logistics for smear campaigns, blackmailing, under the table dealings, bribery, and intimidation; Carpio has carved a lucrative career for himself working for criminals and public officials, which sometimes are the same pepple, to “get things done.” It also got him the attention of the government, who previously wanted him dead or behind bars; but now requires his help. They need Carpio to expose a vast human trafficking network whose power and influence may include even people in the very insides of Malacanang; in exchange for a clean slate and the guaranteed safety of his family. Using all his skills, Greg Carpio must thread through a world full of hitmen, corrupt politicians, drug lords, crooked cops, murderous goons, and people whose loyalty always belonged to the highest bidder, to wage his one-man war against the most powerful organization he had faced so far; an organization that runs deep through the corrupt underbelly of the country.

Si Bong ay batang Manila. Para sa kanya ang Manila ang pinakamasayang lugar.