Balang Araw(Someday) Between Haranas and Hashtags
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Balang Araw(Someday) Between Haranas and Hashtags

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Story Notes

Elysia Fernandez stared at the glow of her laptop screen, where bits of code danced like constellations against the dark backdrop. Across the endless realm of keyboards and chat windows, she found herself wondering if love could truly exist in the virtual space—a place where reality blurred into curated profiles and elusive promises.

Her heart clung stubbornly to the melodies of the past. Haranas, the serenades her grandfather sang to her grandmother, were more than songs; they were odes to a love that stood resolute against the tide of time. Her grandmother’s stories painted love as something tangible, enduring—a stark contrast to the fleeting connections born from swipes and clicks.

Yet here she was, at the urging of her best friends, creating a profile on a dating app. The irony was not lost on her. Love, once a poetic serenade, now reduced to algorithms matching interests and geographic locations. But Elysia was no stranger to irony. After all, her own love life had been a symphony of missed notes: three exes, three lessons in disillusionment. She smirked at the memory of her third ex—a rockstar wannabe whose promises broke as easily as his guitar strings.

Tonight, however, marked a turning point. As she entered her details into the app, she hesitated at the question: What are you looking for?

Her fingers hovered before typing: Something real.

Summary

Elysia Salazar, a hopeless romantic, grew up in a household where love was cherished like a sacred ritual, shaping her belief in true love. At 25, she longs for the enduring affection her grandparents shared but struggles to navigate a modern, fast-paced world. After failed relationships, her friends urge her to try a dating app. She meets Orion Dominique Madrigal-a gamer with a love for motorcycles and a philosophical outlook. Their connection blossoms into a modern-day romance where tradition meets technology, proving that even through screens and algorithms, true love finds its way in God's perfect time. **This story is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and events are fictitious, unless otherwise stated. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead or actual events is purely coincidental. All Rights Reserved. No part of this story may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the authors. Plagiarism is a crime.**

Genre
Romance
Author
Vykas
Status
Complete
Chapters
11
Rating
n/a
Age Rating
18+

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𝐼𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝑒𝓃𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓂 𝑜𝒻 𝓅𝒾𝓍𝑒𝓁𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓈𝒾𝒷𝒾𝓁𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑒𝓈, 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒹𝒾𝑔𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝓅𝒶𝓉𝒽𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝒸𝓇𝑜𝓈𝓈 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓈𝓀𝓎, 𝒾𝓉’𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝒻𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝑔𝒾𝓃𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝑒𝓍𝓅𝒶𝓃𝓈𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓉. 𝐵𝑒 𝒾𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓌𝒾𝓃𝓀𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒮𝑜𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓁 𝑀𝑒𝒹𝒾𝒶, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒶𝒷𝓎𝓇𝒾𝓃𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝐹𝒶𝒸𝑒𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐼𝓃𝓈𝓉𝒶𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓂, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓅𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝒶 𝓂𝑜𝒷𝒾𝓁𝑒 𝒶𝓅𝓅, 𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓊𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓇𝓂 𝑜𝒻 𝒶 𝒸𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓈𝒾𝒸 𝒹𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝒾𝓉𝑒, 𝓈𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓀𝓈 𝒻𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓃𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝒷𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓂.

𝒴𝑒𝓉, 𝒶𝓂𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝓇𝒾𝓊𝓂𝓅𝒽 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝓊𝓃𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈, 𝓈𝒽𝒶𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓈 𝓁𝓊𝓇𝓀. 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓌𝑒𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒾𝓁𝓁𝓊𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈, 𝒸𝓁𝑜𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝓁𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒶 𝓋𝑒𝒾𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝓁𝓉𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝑔𝑒𝓈, 𝒶𝒹𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓈, 𝓂𝑜𝒹𝒾𝒻𝒾𝑒𝒹 𝓌𝑒𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓈, 𝑒𝓁𝓊𝓈𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒸𝑒𝒶𝓁𝑒𝒹 𝓂𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝓉𝒾𝑒𝓈. 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓈𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝑒𝓅𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈, 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝓂𝒾𝓈𝒸𝒽𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓈𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒𝓈, 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝒶 𝓈𝑒𝑒𝓀𝑒𝓇 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉𝑒𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒.

𝒜𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝑒, 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝑜𝒻 ‘𝐿𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒪𝟤𝒪‘—𝒶 𝒿𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓎 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓋𝒾𝓇𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓁 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓂 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒶𝓃𝑔𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹, 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉𝓈 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝑜𝒻𝒻𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓎. 𝐿𝑒𝓉‘𝓈 𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝓁𝑜𝒸𝓀’𝓈 𝑔𝑜𝓁𝒹𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝓉𝑜 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝒷𝑒𝑔𝒾𝓃𝓈...

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