I was hesitant (rlly) to start reading WIO. Pero lagi ko nakikita sa timeline and title palang alam ko na angst na hahaha. I am careful on consuming angst na stories kasi may kakaibang effect sakin hahaha but anyway, I started it and would cry sa updates HAHAHA. WIO is just beautifully and painfully written. It is written so well na mapapaisip ka na “Please, on this lifetime ayoko maging Shi or Ethan”. The thought of it just pains me. Like you are so sure of one person but then a point comes, uncertainty will just eat you. 😭😭😭

Kaya siguro ganun kasakit kasi alam mong pwede mangyari outside of AU world. Possibly, there were persons who are Shi or Ethan. 😭

Ahhhhh, this is just easily one of my favorite AUs because it opens your mind to different realities:

Valid reason ang mafall out love in ending a relationship Valid matakot and be unsure when it comes to second chance romance

Ang galing lang talaga nung part na Shi started having those thoughts? Kasi pagbalik nila after Japan, I was asking myself if ganun ba talaga sa mga nagbabalikan hahahaha. Like hindi ba matatakot si Shi na baka mamaya mafall out uli si Ethan? What if iwan siya uli? Those were my thoughts initially tapos nilapagan ng ganon talaga sa storyline 😭 Parang if I were on Shi’s shoes I may not be able to figure out how to overcome yung thoughts na yun. Love the words na ginamit sa story where Shi has figured it out na Ethan has always loved him 🥹

Writer @paghalong, I hope in every universe you always get to do what you love 🤗

Read wio from start to finish from yesterday to today. That was such a fvcking nice read 😭 I read it before it was rewritten and when the new version was being started pero di ko kinaya yung angst so I told myself I'll read it once they have their happening ending. Reading it was so satisfying. The rollercoaster of emotions felt so good. I think I've said it before, but I'll say it again. What I love about your works is that your characters are always so realistic so I get to empathize with them kahit na never ko pa naman yun na-experiece. They may have their flaws but they learn to solve it or work around it as the story goes. The way you write also makes me understand the perspective of your characters kaya even if medyo questionable yung decisions nila, naiintindihan ko why they would do such things and I feel for them. Kaya lagi kong sinsabi, thank you for making me feel so much 🥺. I will always be inlove din with your word building talaga grabe. You also have a unique way of making your narrations poetic so I like rereading them a lot. Last is that I appreciate how you always take your time writing the plot of your stories. You let it flow nang hindi nagmamadali and you let each of your character grow with time. Growth is not always linear in your stories too and that's so real. Your jn and jm from different universes usually start rough, but they always work it out in the end, and I love how you write it every single time.
I'll always be thankful that the nomin au community has an author like you. Thank you for sharing your stories with us! Thank you so much for writing and continuously making my bad days a little better. Hehe. Have a good day!