ALTHOUGH they were both introduced in Pinoy Big Brother Lucky Season 7 in 2016, Marco Gallo and Heaven Peralejo were never paired then.

When the young stars first started taping for ‘The Rain in España’ last year, they were not initially a loveteam.

The success of the pilot episode came out really surprising even for Marco and Heaven, that they were readily tagged as MarVen a combination of their first names.

“At first, we always start as friends,” explained Marco. “But then, if you keep on working together everyday, that interests the fans. Before you know it, you’re falling for your loveteam partner. You can’t help it and you just dive into it.

“And then, ‘Boom!’ How do you explain falling in love? Boom! You always just wish for a happy ending. Heaven and I are more than friends now.

“Even if we do well on our own projects, especially Heaven, everyone can tell she is doing well in her projects and I’m super proud of it, but I love it when we work together because there are no adjustments needed.

“We know each other so well. We definitely know when we need each other. When we need to do certain scenes together on the scene, she knows where and what to tap.”

Whatever status the relationship of Marco and Heaven is into right now, the pair wants to keep it privately between both of them, although everybody sees something special between the two popular stars.

“Whatever we post on social media, that’s for everybody,” Heaven said. “But the status itself, whatever we’re into right now, I’d rather keep it to ourselves. That’s my take.”

Who would have thought that the former Pinoy Big Brother teen housemates would end up as a breakout loveteam that would have successful projects both on TV and also on the big screen?

After being paired in The Rain in España, the bestselling Wattpad novel created by Gwy Saludes that was turned into a widely-followed series on Viva One last year, a new loveteam was created with the instant popularity of the leads.

Heaven happily announced their fans support their loveteam. “One of the perks of being in a loveteam, your partner knows how you move and your attitude,” Heaven maintained. “Eventually, I know I’m going to have a project of my own and the same goes for Marco.

“Hopefully, fans of our loveteam will still continue to support us and our respective careers. If he will be paired with other artists, I will accept that. If I will become a solo artist again, I will not mind.”

Heaven described Marco as her “safety blanket” after being together appearing on the streaming platform Viva One for more than a year. They were also seen in the second book turned series, Safe Skies Archer.

Marco and Heaven will be seen next in the ‘Uni Love Squad’ (short for University Love Squad) on Viva One. They will be joined by KrisshRome (Krissha Viaje and Jerome Ponce), as well as HyGab (Hyacinth Callado and Gab Lagman).

“Our weakness is probably when we both have topak at ayaw naming patalo sa isa’t isa,” admitted Heaven. “Nangyayari ‘yun. But nagagawan namin ng paraan. We talk to each other well after being so makulit.”

Apparently, the fans saw the ideal screen chemistry in Marco and Heaven. “Our chemistry just comes out naturally,” Heaven maintained. “We bring out the best in each other. We gained this trust and respect for each other. That was a good foundation for a partnership, a better friendship.”

Marco and Heaven are aware there will come a time when Viva Artists Agency will tell them they need to go their separate ways for the meantime. They will also welcome it and will be ready for the realization.

As it is, Heaven went solo when she did ‘Linlang’ for the Kapamilya Channel. She was also in the cast of the recent big screen project, ‘Sunny,’ with Marco but not as a team, per se.

“I think for the two of us, doing separate projects is okay,” Heaven admitted. “Before we even became a loveteam and whatever it is that we are sharing now, we really started as good friends. So the foundation of our team, whatever happens in real life, we are here for each other.”