Iris

Lia Reyes looked like any ordinary girl quiet, kind, always smiling. But behind her soft eyes was a secret only her parents knew: she was living with a rare cardiovascular disease. A heart too fragile for this world. A life too heavy for her age.

Then she met Reo Lim on the internet.

What started as late-night chats and harmless jokes slowly turned into real feelings, real love. Reo became her escape the reason she woke up with a smile, the person who made her forget about her condition, even just for a little while.

But feelings change. People change.

As months passed, Reo became distant cold replies, unread messages, and days of silence. He still told her he loved her, still begged her to stay, but his actions kept cutting her deeper.

And just when she thought she couldn't hurt any more, life gave her another blow her parents divorced.

Alone and broken, Lia clung to the only thing left Reo. But even he wasn't really there anymore.

"At first, it was beautiful. Sa una lang pala talaga masaya."

One day, Lia disappeared.

She stopped replying. Stopped opening her social media. Days turned into weeks. Weeks into months. Reo didn't worry not at first. Thats when when he messaged her sister, Ruby, asking where Lia was.

And that's when he found out the truth.

Lia had died by suicide... 2 months ago.

Her heart finally gave up not just because of her illness, but because of the pain she carried in silence. Her condition, her broken family, and the boy who once made her feel alive... now the same boy who unknowingly helped break her.

This is a story of the girl who gave love her all, and the boy who realized too late what he lost.

Based on a true story.