Two boys, Ersel and Lino, were childhood best friends for three years. One day, while Lino went to visit his grandparents with his parents for several days, Ersel suddenly goes to Manila with his parents without even leaving a word or letter, making the former sad and angry. Ten years later, the two suddenly meet again as college students. How will Ersel make up to Lino for disappearing without a word ten years before? Will their friendship go back to the way it was? Or will their meeting trigger a new emotion - love?

Back to Our Paradise

Lino and Van arrived at the university basketball court together about twenty minutes before the scheduled start of the tryouts for the varsity basketball team. Both of them felt relieved that they came just on time. Inside the basketball gym, there were fourteen other guys wearing jerseys. Lino thought that some of them were probably members of the varsity basketball team while others were there for the tryout. 


“Finally, we’re here,” Van said while both of them were gasping after the running they did to get to the basketball gym faster. 


“Yeah,” Lino answered before looking around. From a distance of several meters, Lino spotted his classmate and friend Xavier, who was already wearing his basketball jerseys and shorts and even the basketball shoes. “There’s Xavier! Come on, Van!” Lino said while gesturing for Van to come along with the former. 


“Got it,” Van replied while grinning. “Let’s go.” 


Chapter 27