“…Ergo, I must say, you are quite an interesting creature of delight, a lab rat of wonder, that I myself would love to understand.”

Alia sits dumbfounded, gaping at what she heard. She pinches the bridge of her nose. “You know Haru, for someone who is a member of Mensa, that was the most stupidest love letter I’ve ever heard in my entire life.”

“It’s actually stupidest-”

Alia shushes him. “What...

Note:

Achi – Hokkien honorific term for ‘elder sister’

Shobe – Hokkien term for ‘younger sister’

At 6:30 sharp, my phone rings like a wake-up alarm that I’d rather put a snooze to. Not because of the early grumbling to sleep in longer, but rather the foreboding call of plea that always hangs uneasily beneath the joyful shrill ringtone of Messenger. I inhale deeply, suffocating the aching pain in...

The kiss was astronomical. Her lips soft against his, tongue flitting against each other at the right times. This was it. She was it—Valerie was the girl that Clive had been dreaming of. And after 5 years, he was here, kissing her under the heavenly bodies shrouded by the forest trees. Back when he confessed his feelings for her, she had rejected him. Clive knew it wasn’t right to say something wh...