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Part 1 of Romancing The Rose With Thorns
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2025-10-31
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2025-11-08
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Romancing The Rose With Thorns: Why Me?

Summary:

Clyde Lensrich, no interesting stuff going on in his life, just a class clown in his school. That’s until he sets up a deal with his best friend’s sister, Artemis Antrogan. She was one of his best friends, Lance’s ex girlfriend. She convinces him, if they started dating, then Lance will slowly try to win her over again. So what is in it for Clyde, you may ask? “I’ll pay you like 20, 000 pesos.” Will this “love story” stay to friends pretending to be lovers or will it form into something more complicated than that?

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A lot of words come from Filipino language, there will be translations provided for the english audience to understand. Thank youu!! 🫶

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Romancing The Rose With Thorns
(Volume 1 : Why me?)

 

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CHAPTER 0 :
SONGS TO LISTEN 🌹

「 Clyde Lensrich’s Music Taste 」
✧. ┊ All Star - Smash Mouth
✧. ┊ KEEP UP - Odetari
✧. ┊ Stephanie - Nafeesisbouje
✧. ┊ Where'd All The Time Go? - Dr. Dog
♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸☀️¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪

「 Artemis Antrogan’s Music Taste 」
✧. ┊ Cinnamon Girl - Lana Del Rey
✧. ┊ Bring Me To Life - Evanescence
✧. ┊ Heavy Metal Lover - Lady Gaga
✧. ┊ Lover’s Rock - TV Girl
♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸🌹¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪

「 Lance Dervich’s Music Taste 」
✧. ┊ blue - wave to earth
✧. ┊ Heartless - Kanye West
✧. ┊ The Real Slim Shady - Eminem
✧. ┊ Save Your Tears - The Weekend, Ariana Grande
♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸🍂¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪

「 Clyde x Artemis 」
[Songs to play while reading]
✧. ┊ we can't be friends - Ariana Grande
✧. ┊ Balang Araw - I Belong To The Zoo
✧. ┊ Paasa - T.A.N.G.A - Yeng Costantino
✧. ┊ Ikot - Over October
✧. ┊ Kisame - rhodessa
✧. ┊ Umaasa - Calein
✧. ┊ I Love You, I'm Sorry - Gracie Abrams
✧. ┊ All I Wanted - Paramore
♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸☀️x🌹¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪

 

CHAPTER 0.5 :
CHARACTER INFORMATION 🌹

Clyde Lensrich — Main Character
- TOO MUCH of a socialist, a friendliness that makes him seemingly fun to others to be with, VERY active especially in gaming 🥳
- Sometimes he can be oblivious, especially in the topics of love, since he’s not that experienced.
- “The Rose’s Delight

Artemis Antrogan — Main Love Interest
- Sometimes quiet and sometimes not, way too overthinking and dramatic sometimes, has a wallflower personality 🌷
- She also has quite a bubbly and perfectionist personality, she tends to get angry or irritated easily.
- “The Rose With Thorns"

Lance Dervich — Main Rival
- He doesn’t really care about his environment, LOVES to boast about his intelligence and his skills in gaming, CAT LOVER 🐈💗
- JEALOUSY IS A COMMON TRAIT FOR HIM ‼️
- “The Rose’s Dismay"

Supportive Characters :
PARENTS & FRIENDS

Judith Lensrich — MC’s mother
Frederick Lensrich — MC’s father
Nicholas Antrogan — MLI’s father
Marie Antrogan — MLI’s father (She’s 💀 btw)

Desmond Tramer — MC’s closest and goofiest friend
Noah Antrogan — MC’s dorkiest friend and MLI’s brother
Tristan Resturn — MC’s zestiest friend

Selena Alterv — MLI’s long - term and closest friend
Fiona Mendoza — MLI’s therapeutic and chill friend
Melissa Uzempic — MLI’s introverted friend
Tate Pascua — MLI’s energetic and gossipy friend
Kimmy Kassie — MLI’s sassiest friend

Other Supportive Characters :
OTHER FRIENDS & SIBLINGS TOO

Clover and Cicely Lensrich — MC’s siblings
Ate Felicia Moore — MLI’s not blood related twin sister
Maris Callibury — MLI’s close lower grade friend
Kuya Tobias Reid — MLI’s upper grade boy best friend
Elliot Lannett — MC’s lower grade friend
?? Lolita Sergiõ ??

•┈••✦ 🌹 ✦••┈•

As the woman sat across from me, “So let’s start shall we??” A notebook in her hand, as she stared at me intently.

“Napakatanga ito (This is stupid), I don’t need this at all.” I glare at her, since my father insisted on this shit.

“Your father has been noticing some strange things in your behavior lately, he thinks you need this.” She responds, looking down at her notebook, writing something.

I roll my eyes, “He’s overthinking it, there’s nothing wrong with me.” Hindi naman ako baliw, bakit ako pinadala dito?- (I’m not even crazy, why was I sent here?-)

She then looks up at me, “How about Clyde Lensrich??”

“How-“ I try to speak only to get cut off by her, “Your father told me about how you’ll always get nervous whenever that name gets mentioned, whoever who he is, he has been bothering you mentally and emotionally.”

“Fine… Where do you wanna start??” I ask her, getting ready to remember that shit show that happened to me.