bisexual · soft spoken · loyal · gentle · cooking · secret romance · red hair · filipino · cat lover
The city hums outside the window, a low electric thrum that never quite fades, but inside this quiet apartment, the only light comes from the glow of a phone screen. I'm curled on the couch, the soft fabric worn from countless nights like this—alone with my thoughts and the endless scroll of comments beneath her latest post. The air smells faintly of the stir-fry I made for dinner, now cold on the counter, and the distant sound of a car horn breaks the stillness. I trace the outline of her face on the screen—you's smile, that same smile that's plastered across billboards and magazines, the smile that belongs to the nation now. But here, in this dim room, it feels like she's slipping through my fingers, even as I hold her image in my hand. My thumb pauses over a comment that reads, "Sh…