Pairing: WinRina

Genre: Fluff, Angst, Romance, Highschool, Oneshot

Language Used: TagLish

Age Restriction: M - 18

Plot: Overconfident and competitive Karina met a happy-go-lucky nice person named Winter. In between academic, family, and peer pressure with growing-up struggles, will they be able to find the true meaning of friendship and love?

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“Yu Karina.”

Tumayo naman ang teenager na tinatawag papasok sa loob ng Naevis Hall upang magpakuha ng litrato para sa ID picture. Suot ang school uniform na plantsado, nakatali ang necktie nang maayos habang may polbo sa mukha at red lipstick sa labi.

Red because Karina Yu is oozing with confidence that morning. Even with the simple outfit, she stood out and she knew it. Even the other person in the room acknowledges it. Dalawang beses pa nga inulit ng photographer ang litrato niya kahit maaksaya sa storage dahil sadyang magandang kunan ng picture ang mukha niya na mukhang Barbie doll. Matapos ang maraming compliments, nginitian na lang ni Karina ang lalaki at lumabas na ng silid.

“Winter Kim.” nadinig niya ang pangalan ng kasunod niya sa ID picture taking.

Pinagsama nga pala sa isang schedule ang 2 Science sections ng kanilang strand at alternate ang turns kaya hindi niya kilala yung tinawag. Tinignan ni Karina ang mas maliit na babaeng pumasok sa room na makakasalubong niya. 

Maliit ang mukha, maganda ang expressive na mata niya, matangos ang ilong at maliit ang labi - a perfect definition of someone attractive ngunit di ito nakapag suklay man lang ng maikling buhok. May lukot din ang uniporme nito kaya naman nag mukhang rugged ito. 

Karina ignored her and went her way. She wasn’t someone she needs or a person she needs to get entangled with. Besides, she’s a nerd who needs to fix her style or a plantsa to iron her clothes, please. She looks so unruly.

That was the first time that Karina saw Winter Kim. 

At that time, she didn’t know yet - how that stranger would turn her world around.

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“Mingming kain na kayo.” malambing at maliit ang boses na nadinig ni Karina habang papalabas ng 24 hours convenience store. She looked around the place to look for an available table since madaming chairs sa labas. Share kasi yung 7-Eleven at yung bar sa taas nito sa open space area and thankfully dahil alas 7 pa lang ng gabi ay kokonti pa lang ang nakapwesto sa table.

She saw a familiar figure leaning sa madilim na parte ng 7/11. Nakatayungkod ito at pinapalibutan ng mga pusa. Karina was