Instagrammable Relationship?

Parallel Lines
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“Seulgi kasi, ngumiti ka ng maayos para ma-post ko na ‘to.” Patuloy pa rin ang pag-eexperiment ni Irene sa kung anong anggulo ang mas maganda para kunin ang selfie nilang dalawa. Para kasing pang-politiko yung ngiti ng kasama niya. Alam niyo yung tipong nakikita niyo sa tarpaulins na nakadikit sa mga poste tuwing eleksyon sa Maynila? “I get that you’re running for something pero it doesn’t mean you should like a trash human being running for public office.” Binaba niya pa yung naka-thumbs up na kamay ni Seulgi.

“How do you do this ?” Tinitignan ni Seulgi kung anong kalokohang itsura ang meron siya sa phone screen ni Irene. Naka-ilang try na rin siya ng variations ng ngiti pero wala talagang gumagana. This is all new to her. Bad idea nga siguro yung selfie pa yung gagawing pang-promote sa kanya ni Irene. Not only does it look like she’s using her fake-girlfriend’s influence, but she’s just doesn’t feel right being flexed this way.

“Ganito, Seul.” Tumitig si Irene sa mukha ni Seulgi na para bang hinahanap kung ano ang mali sa ginagawa nito. At bingo! Nakita na niya. “Sabihin mo ‘money’ tapos hold mo lang yung smile na ganun.” She tells her fake-girlfriend. This is one of the many things na natutunan niya as a commercial model. She used this alternative in most of her shoots.

“MONEEEEY.” Sabi naman ni Seulgi na sinunod lang yung sinabi ni Irene.

“Okay, hold that smile.” Pinindot ni Irene yung phone niya para kunin yung moment na ‘yon. She didn’t notice na hindi pala siya nakatingin sa camera, but instead, kay Seulgi siya nakatingin. First selfie nila ito, she noted that it looked really perfect.

“Okay na ‘yon?” Tanong naman ni Seulgi na pinilit magsalita nang hindi tinatanggal yung pose niya.

“This already looks great. Tignan mo ang ganda ng smile mo dito.” Pinakita ni Irene yung shot nila. And when Seulgi looked like she already agreed to it, she then types some caption and doesn’t forget to add the hashtags as well.

/ Vote Seulgi Isabelle Kang for sophomore representative. I hope she wins this one too, because she already won my heart. #smuelections #smusophomorerep #seulreneftw #bestgirlfriendawardgoestome @seulgikang /

Wala pang isang minuto, biglang sunud-sunod na nagvibrate ang phone ni Seulgi. Nanlumo yung mga mata niya sa sobrang dami ng notifications na nakita niya. Nakalim

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I hope you like the special chapter. Thank you for reading. Comment your thoughts kung gusto niyo ng Winrina as a sequel, pamagatan nating Tangent Lines. And upvote if you haven’t yet, I’d really appreciate it.

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Chapter 33: 💛💗😍👉👈
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Chapter 8: Pinagpalit sa mas maganda 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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Chapter 33: cute, pwede na ko matulog magaan na loob ko hahahaha

i miss u author!
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Chapter 32: good morning to me
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Chapter 33: Bitin talaga😭😭😭😭😭
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Chapter 32: ❤😭❤😭❤😭❤😭❤😭❤😭❤😭
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Chapter 31: Na alala ko na po!! Ito yung hinahanap kong atty/senator si seulgi na aff huhu
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Reread lezggooo
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Chapter 33: I remember reading this during the pandemic, lockdown era. The updates, pinakahihintay ko. Reading those updates, pahinga ko. Pero things happened and I got super busy and ngayon lang ako nagkaroon ng time na bumalik sa pagbabasa. After a year (?) ngayon ko lang natapos ‘to, but after rereading yung mga naunang chapters. Nandoon pa rin yung feels, very nostalgic yung feeling kasi I remember na every small details pinapansin ko noon. Inooveranalyze ko yung mga actions ng bawat character. I just think na dahil din ‘yon sa way ng pagkasulat, kasi makukuha talaga yung attention mo, and it would make you READ. Super worth it yung pagbalik dito. Thank you for sharing this with us, author! I missed your stories, late man pero congrats pa rin po for finishing this. I hope you’re doing great po!
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Chapter 33: 🥰