How We Came To Be

How We Came To BeAndrea DeeUniversity radio DJ Ellice Sanchez has always been good with words. But she can’t seem to find the words to explain to her friends how and why she never felt any romantic feelings for her ex-boyfriend (or anyone else, to be exact).Engineering major Alex Yu is good at Math (as all Chinese kids are…supposedly). But for the longest time, he’s been struggling to figure out how to go after the Literature degree he’s always wanted while fulfilling his family’s expectations.When they accidentally meet again after being sort-of-strangers in high school, Ellice and Alex fall into an unlikely yet shockingly easy friendship strengthened by fairly unproductive study sessions and Ellice’s chaotic semi-weekly university radio show.With Alex’s unquestioning acceptance of Ellice’s newly-discovered aromantic-asexuality and Ellice’s persistence in pushing Alex to chase after what he wants, they are unexpectedly what each other needs.Andrea DeeAndrea Dee is born and raised in Manila, Philippines. She graduated with a degree in Communication Arts and a minor in Creative Writing from De La Salle University. She writes a lot about little queer experiences and is notorious for not replying to texts. (Sorry.) She’s probably watching movies, rereading a book, or stuck in an endless void (social media).