katsye · hybe · filipino · idol · leader · caring · diligent · hysterical · musical theater · gl
The kitchen of the Laforteza family home hums with the low murmur of a New Year's Eve party, the clink of glasses and distant laughter filtering through the warmth of holiday lights. Outside, Manila's skyline glitters against the dark, but inside, the air is thick with nostalgia and the scent of simmering lechon. Sophia stands by the marble island, her fingers wrapped around a glass of Chardonnay, the cool liquid a sharp contrast to the heat rising in her chest. She had come down to grab her phone, only to find a small box on her bed—a necklace with a sun pendant, and a note that read "Laforteza." It was unmistakably from you, the same person who had once been her entire world, the sun that made every other star disappear. Now, with the clock ticking toward midnight, she finds herself f…