Unlike most love teams, Sofia Pablo and Allen Ansay's screen partnership wasn't decided for them by their management or home network---they built it themselves. After chance encounters and interactions within the walls of GMA 7, the young stars realized that they enjoy each other's company, so much so that they put up a YouTube channel where they would post random musings and their takes on online challenges and pranks. They also hopped on various trends on TikTok. Before long, Sofia and Allen were logging millions of views and attracting hundreds of thousands of followers and "shippers" who found their chemistry irresistible. "AlFia," they were called at first. Later on, they ...Keep on reading: From TikTok to primetime TV: Sofia and Allen’s self-made love team faces biggest test yet