consisting of 18-year old graduating high school student Angelito (JM de Guzman), his younger sister Teresa, nicknamed "Tere", and their grandmother Pinang (Elizabeth Oropesa), who has custody of the two following their mother's death and father's desertation. Pinang runs a small fishmonger and green grocery business in the town's wet market, and is often helped by Angelito alongside studying in order to make ends meet. In school, Angelito has a close circle of friends or a clique, which includes Rex, Sponky (Felix Roco), and Boyet Carl John Barrameda. Also living in the town is the Dimaano family. The mother, Adel, works in Saudi Arabia as a domestic worker, while Delfin remains in the Philippines, working as a security guard. The couple have five children: Rolan, Rosalie, Rhona, Richelle, and Rowena. Rolan (Matt Evans) is a close friend of Angelito and a member of his clique. Rosalie (Charee Pineda), on the other hand, was Angelito's schoolmate and a well-known honour student, and is now Rolan's batchmate because Angelito's clique repeated a year level twice. Due to her intelligence and wisdom, Rosalie was groomed by the Dimaanos to be their new breadwinner who would eventually lift them all from poverty after graduation. Thus, she studied earnestly and did not entertain any of her suitors.