this will be written mostly on win's side 😊 pure narrations po muna, wala masyadong dialogue.
third person's pov
It was two year ago, freshman palang si Win nang makilala niya si Bright. As a busy student in college with a lot of miscellaneous fees for his countless research, projects and such, Win was financially struggling. Bata pa lamang kasi ito ay sinusuportahan na nito ang kanyang sarili.
Nakatira man siya sa iisang bubong kasama ang kanyang mga magulang, ngunit masasabi na natin na isang siyang ulila-ulila sa magulang, pagmamahal at atensyon. He's practically abandoned by his parents. They may be there physically, ngunit hindi niya ramdam ang suporta nila. Kaya matindi na rin ang kanyang pamamaraan upang masuportahan ang kanyang sarili sa kahit ano pa mang aspeto.
Win took up a lot of art commissions to help himself financially for the past few years. Mula sa graphic design, video editing, digital art o traditional art man yan ay kinakagat niya ito. Kahit patong-patong ang mga deadline ng mga commissions niya, sinisigurado niyang makuha niya lahat ng projects basta matustusan lang ang kanyang mga gastusin.
He was an all around artist with a lot of passion. Sa dami ng kanyang mga art commissions, his passion for art that was supposed to be the only thing that keeps his fire alive-became an obligation rather than something that he enjoys doing in his free time.
Win became practically burned out. He lost a lot of inspiration and motivation with the only thing that keeps him happy and alive all these years. He began to be frustrated as he witnessed how his love for art is slowly fading away. Natakot ito ng sobra. Muntik pa nga itong dumating sa punto na tumigil na siya sa paggawa ng mga iba't ibang uri ng sining.
Although as soon as he almost reached his peak to give up, biglang mayroong isang dalaga ang nagmensahe sa kanya-kinukuha ito bilang artist for a digital and traditional portrait of his friend for his 20th birthday. Pumayag ito kahit alam niyang may apat pa siyang kailangan ma-submit na commission sa araw ng deadline na binigay ng kanyang client.
At first, he wasn't planning to make the art commission something grand since standard pay lang naman ang pina-commission sa kanya ng dalaga. Ngunit, nang mai-forward sa kanya ang tatlong reference picture na mayroong subject na "BRIGHT 20TH BIRTHDAY" which he got through email, he was suddenly driven with motivation.
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He felt a little strange the moment he landed his eyes on the three reference picture. The guy was handsome, he admitted. He found himself weirdly tracing the corners of his face-from his doe eyes, perfectly sculpted nose, plump lips, and even his jawline.
Napabuntong hininga si Win habang paunti-unti nitong nilalayo ang kanyang kamay sa screen ng kanyang laptop. He doesn't know why all of a sudden, his hands was itching to draw every photo of the guy named Bright.
Nagdaan ang araw hanggang dumating na ang deadline ng portraits. For two weeks, he was able to finish two traditional painting and two digital painting of Bright in different art styles. Kahit isang traditional at isang digital lamang ang pina-commission sa kanya, he was able to do more than what he was paid for.
But who said he will give all the paintings to his client? Apparently, he kept his extra painting of Bright in his own little studio, and he kept his digital painting of him in his sacred files in his laptop.
It might seem a little bit weird, but that was the moment he started to sketch and paint Bright in his three reference photo that he only has. Nakagawa na ata ito ng iilang art piece sa tatlong reference lamang nito hanggang sa memoryado na niya ang bawat hugis ng kanyang mukha.
Sinubukan pa nga niya itong hanapin sa Facebook, Twitter o Instagram ngunit bigo ito na mahanap siya.
Hanggang sa isang araw, habang nags-scroll ito sa instagram story ng kanyang bestfriend na si Gun, nakita niya ang isang pamilyar na mukha. Busy ito sa isang tabi na naggugupit ng props para sa production ng theater play.
Teka, comm arts student rin ba siya?
Ngunit nang pagmasdan pa niya ang suot nitong uniform, hindi ito mukhang ka-department nila Gun.
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winmetawin ↪️ replied to their story uy gun, lahat ba kayo na nandyan, ka-deparment mo?
gun_atp yung iba dito taga-criminology, o engineering. bakit?
winmetawin eh yung nasa upper left, taga-saang dept 'yon?
gun_atp criminology
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Kaya pala, sa kabilang building pa kasi department ng criminology kaya siguro hindi niya man lang makita ang ni isang bakas ng anino nito.
Imemessage na sana niya ulit si Gun kaso mas naunahan na niya ito.
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gun_atp bakit, bet mo? kaso may nililigawan eh, ka-blockmate ko kaya andito yan ngayon, tambay sa amin
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Ibinaba ni Win ang kanyang cellphone dahil sa kanyang nabasa. Hindi naman importante kung may nililigawan o may girlfriend ito.
He just wanted to know the person who strangely ignited his fire to make art again passionately with merely three reference photos that was sent to him.
