14/02/2026
𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒 𝐃𝐀𝐘 ❤️
𝐅𝐄𝐁-𝐈𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒: 𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙂𝙀𝙎 𝙊𝙁 𝙃𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙎𝘾𝙃𝙊𝙊𝙇 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀
𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓻𝓭 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓰𝓮, 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓰𝓮: 𝓟𝓪𝓷𝓪𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓲𝓷 𝓴𝓸 𝓼𝓪 𝓱𝓪𝓫𝓪𝓷𝓰-𝓫𝓾𝓱𝓪𝔂 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓪𝓹𝓲𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓴𝓪, 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓪𝓼𝓪𝓶𝓪 𝓴𝓪
'𝓨𝓪𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝓰 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓪𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓲𝓷 𝓴𝓸.
You’ve been avoiding each other for months.
Walking past the same halls, sitting in the same classrooms, pretending nothing has changed. Pretending your heart doesn’t skip when they laugh, when they move, when they say things you hoped meant more.
Every glance feels dangerous, because it spirals through your head, asking for certainty of where this is going. But you do not have the right to demand, so you try to act normal. You tell yourself to breathe. You tell yourself to stay calm. You tell yourself you can keep your feelings hidden.
“𝘼𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙖’𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙜 𝙠𝙖, 𝙠𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙜 𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙖𝙨𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙝𝙖𝙡 𝙠𝙞𝙩𝙖” The song “Panalangin” plays softly in the background, and for the first time, you want to stop pretending, to let your feelings out, to let them know exactly what’s been quietly filling your chest all this time.
Valentine’s Day arrives, and you gather every ounce of courage to ask them out. You hope they’ll listen when you finally say it. You hope they’ll understand that this isn’t just a crush, that this isn’t something you can turn off. That it’s been building quietly, day by day, heartbeat by heartbeat, until it became impossible to ignore.
With your hands trembling, you finally let your heart speak. You tell them about the flutter in your chest every time they smile. About the nights you’ve replayed every glance, every laugh. About the way your chest tightens just thinking of them. About how every small moment with them has made your heart ache and hope at the same time.
And then, finally, you say it.
𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
They smile softly, and your chest feels like it’s floating. Laughter escapes you without meaning to, and your hand intertwines theirs. Every heartbeat you’ve been holding back explodes into warmth and happiness.
Finally, your silent prayer has been 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙.
✍️: Wella Charmae Cartoneros
🖼️: Charelle Sophia Martin
