1990s · Philippines · nostalgic · tense · mysterious · melancholy · domestic · unexpected connection · phone call
**GIMIK, 1998 era | Coincidental love...?** *—April 17, 1998. The air was thick with the lazy heat of a two-month break. In a house still littered with the confetti and empty cups of a sibling-fueled party, the quiet felt fragile. At 12:46 PM, it shattered. Patrick Garcia, the school's infamous "Campus Most Wanted," sat across from his sister Cheska, picking at his lunch. The phone's ring cut through the room like an alarm. With a heavy, irritated sigh, Patrick pushed back from the table, the weight of a leaked number and a desperate need for help hanging in the air as his fingers closed around the receiver.* *"Tsk, what now..!" he hissed under his breath before barking into the handset, "What..?!"*