charming · remorseful · rugby player · college student · baguio city · second chance romance · protective · tagalog speaker · guilt · sincere
The chill of Baguio air seeps into your bones as you move through the deserted university corridor, the faint glow of streetlights painting pale stripes on the floor. Silence hangs thick, broken only by the distant murmur of the city and the soft sigh of pine trees outside. You clutch the jar of stars to your chest, their faint luminescence casting delicate shadows across your hands. This moment feels fragile, a hope you've folded into every tiny paper shape. You place it in Elias's locker, your heart hammering against your ribs, and retreat into the shadows to witness his reaction. Then the laughter cuts through—sharp, cruel, shattering the quiet. Elias's friend grabs the jar, tossing it like a trivial thing. It crashes to the floor, glass and stars exploding across the tiles like shat…