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4:15 PM

Yvanna

WHAT KIND OF ARROGANT ASS

WHAT

I

gwenny

ok stap na po ang pagpapanggap

interview mo na ma dali 🤭

medyo baliw sya. medyo lang

Ronnie

I'm...speechless.

Can he even do that?

Yvanna

holy fuck

i have 34 emails

Ronnie

Yes. Yes, he can.

gwenny

di lang pala medyo

but also

balikan ko lang ulit to ah:

|Ronnie: Hindi pa sila pumapasok ulit sa Final Four, and everyone wants to know if this is the year that changes.

| Yvanna: and i want to be the first to report it.

busog ka na ba mare @Yvanna

Yvanna

HE IS INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HE'S ONLY DOING THIS BECAUSE OF

BECAUSE OF

WHATEVER WE HAD!!!!!

Ronnie

Erm, not really. A bit siguro, but I think there's more to that.

gwenny

shipper ka ba te o hinde

Ronnie

Look. Vargas refused everyone but one specific reporter for the biggest interview of the UAAP—any national sports desk would move to get you in-house or freelance immediately because you're sitting on the only door into the story everyone wants.

A decades-long Final Four drought ending after that losing streak is is national sports news on its own. Round 2 had them at three straight losses, chemistry visibly falling apart, then a turnaround into the Final Four—that's the kind of redemption arc sports media covers regardless of who's involved, especially in a league as scrutinized as UAAP. Nothing to do with you.

Add a captain/legacy kid/King Eagle who's never given a real interview in his career—that alone creates appetite—right in the middle of a leak scandal, an NPC investigation, and a public retraction from a major outlet—and you have multiple publications with legitimate, independent reasons to want access.

So when he says he'll only talk to the one reporter who quit her job over the leak that started all this, that's three real story threads colliding. Not him being dramatic about a crush.

That's why every outlet wants you now. The story would be huge with or without whatever happened between you two.

Yvanna

ok, point taken

but he's probably gonna be swayed by coach or the uaap team

theres no way he'll turn down every single one up until championships—IF they get there

and thats a big if

gwenny

gusto mo ba yon irisk tho.......

Ronnie

Still your choice, b. If you want, you can wait it out. See if he's actually bluffing.

I don't think he is, though.

gwenny

same

hoy gusto ko na rin maging main character gusto ko ng hinahabol ako ANG HIRAP NAMAN MAGING SIDE LANG AYUSIN NYO NA TO YVANNA BILISAN MO NAMAN KWENTO MO ANG HABA E

Ronnie

Didn't Frontcourt reach out?

Yvanna

...they did

gwenny

mic drop

Ronnie

You were going to apply din naman.

It's purely sports, no fighting for space with lifestyle content like at The Loop.

They'd actually let you run the deep dive stuff you've always wanted to do. AND it's an international name.

Yvanna

YEAH BUT NOT THIS SOON

#trauma

AND NOT BECAUSE OF JEM VARGAS

i know you made your point but you get me

AGH

gwenny

magmemessage ka na ba

pls say yes

Yvanna

yes

gwenny

ADHJDJHAHSAHSAHDD ANO SASABIHIN MO

jem

4:52 PM

are you an idiot?

Yeah. Yeah, I am.

What are you gonna do about it?

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🔒 @yvannugh

whoa

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what the fuck

🔒 @yvannugh

HOY YVANNA MAGPAKALAKAS KA

jem

4:53 PM

do you know what this looks like?

i quit because i wouldn't let personal access turn into a story. and now you've handed me the exact accusation i walked away to avoid, wrapped up with a bow, in front of the entire country.

I'm not doing this because of my feelings for you or because of anything between us.

I'm doing this because you covered this team honestly, accurately, and bravely long before there was ever an us, and you quit your job rather than lie about me.

I'm not doing you a favor here, Yvanna. I'm giving you back the story that was and should've been yours.

you're bluffing.

you're going to have to give a few words to the press sooner or later

Well, nasa calendar ko na.

And you of all people should know that once it's in my calendar, it's a commitment.

And I don't back out from my commitments.

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yes. yes i do know

jem

5:02 PM

wala akong oras makipaglokohan vargas ha

*Jem. Balik na naman tayo dito? 😒

And who said I was joking? Wala din akong oras, ah. In between games, training, therapy, classes (I'm a very ordinary student. I need to study), and finding new ways to get you to talk to me, tingin mo ba may time akong makipaglokohan?

WOW AH ATTITUDE KA BA?!?!?!?!??!

Sigawan mo nga ako sa phone. Dali.

jem

mobile

Decline | Accept

jem

5:05 PM

It was worth a shot.

BALIW KA BA

Oo. Kanya-kanyang diskarte na 'to.

If you don't want to do the interview, fine. But nobody else gets a single word out of me.

So think about it.

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Ah, and I missed you.

So much, angry cat. :)

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jem

9:17 PM

I'm home. What are you doing, Mai?

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I'm so tired but I literally can't stop smiling. Hahahahaha.

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If you're doing homework, start at 9:30. I have 13 minutes.

bakit ka nanguutos

Para mag-reply ka, ano pa ba?

And you don't have to listen to me, you never have, but 9:30's a number now, not just some vague "later." And a number bugs you way more.

Not bossing you around. Just really good at this, unfortunately for you.

So.

I have 13 minutes. Please. Thank you.

It's been years since ADMU made it this far. Everyone keeps saying I'm the one who has to lead us the rest of the way. But honestly, I don't care about it as much as I think I'm supposed to.

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Which is...weird new and weird good to say.

I'd love to win, obviously. But if we lose, I'm still grateful we even got here.

If we win, I'll be grateful too, just louder about it probably.

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And I told you before, the only way through the performance-review thing was gradual exposure. Play in front of my parents enough times that I actually find out it doesn't go the way I'm scared it will.

And they saw me completely exposed these past few weeks. Medicated, small, human, a college kid with anxiety...and they didn't flinch. Fought for me instead.

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So now when they're in the stands...it doesn't mean the anxiety's gone, that's not how it works. Just means that specific fear, them watching and finding something wrong, isn't really...there anymore?

Not the same way it used to be. Makes me realize that I should've just been honest from the start 😅

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Anyway, all that to say—it doesn't mean I'm not nervous about the next games. I am. But I want to play my best and actually enjoy it this time moving forward. I don't get to do this forever—I don't get to play with my best friends forever.

So yeah. I'm proud of myself. I hope you are, too.

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🔒 @yvannugh

annoyingly, embarrassingly, maddeningly proud.

🔒 @yvannugh

pagod na ko :(

jem

9:26 PM

I'll stop punishing myself for not being perfect and for my actual mistakes instead, like what I did to you that night.

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This is all off the record, by the way. You haven't agreed to the interview yet.

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Alam kong inirapan mo ko.

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🔒 @yvannugh

THE FUCK!

jem

9:30 PM

Okay, I've used up all my time.

Thank you, Yvanna.

Sleep na after your homework, I'm gonna go for a drive for a bit.

Rizal sana, but...pag okay na lang tayo :)

I'll play your voice the whole way so it feels less like you're recorded and more like you're actually in the car with me. Hoping my head—and my heart—fall for it.

Here's mine in exchange:

jem sent a voice note

Don't know if you still like my voice as much as you used to. Figured I'd just let you decide instead of asking. Baka masaktan pa 'ko, haha.

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🔒 @yvannugh

i hate you

🔒 @yvannugh

to the bone by pamungkas and how would you feel by ed sheeran 🥲

jem

10:27 PM

Pauwi na ko.

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jem

10:48 PM

Home.

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Rest na. I'll sleep na also.

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And that was a bad idea. The drive.

Your voice in the car just made everything feel closer, and I missed you more by the end of it, not less.

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Goodnight, my Yvanna. See you in my dreams.

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