Camilo Aybar began his second symphony in F♯ minor, titled "The Futile Pursuit of Love" in December 2021, around the time he was rejected by his third love interest. Defying the "third time's a charm" saying, the realization struck that he may die alone, and that he may never find the one, or merely anyone who would want to be with him. No matter how much he could accomplish as a clarinetist and composer, his diminutive stature, physical appearance and self-sabotaging plights like his social awkwardness and obsessive tendency to overthink rendered it null in the eyes of seemingly all of his love interests. With this empty feeling of utter hopelessness, he felt highly compelled to base his next symphony on this all-consuming and never-ending struggle. Aybar originally envisioned his second symphony sooner or later to be in A major, as a celebration of an eventual love pursuit ending in success—until the Hammer of Fate (in hommage to Mahler), with each brutal strike marking a new rejection, struck this symphony's tonality into the depressing relative minor, F♯. Aybar then planned to base each movement on a separate love interest and his pursuit of her:

I. Vivace con immenso dolore "The Cellist"

II. Andante cantabile "The Violinist"

III. Allegro furioso "The Pianist"

IV. Intermezzo: Aria del Destino

V. Finale. Tema con variazioni "The Violist"

Since his first love pursuit was already depicted by the last
movement of his Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in C Minor "Youth", he decided to start with his second pursuit (which ended catastrophically), which would then be followed by three more inevitably ill-fated pursuits. The symphony would encapsulate five years of heartbreak, but following this cycle, Aybar hoped that he could ultimately bring this symphony a triumphant finale—but he was not optimistic.

Spe meliora, parare ad deteriora
is his motto, Latin for "Hope for the best, prepare for the worst."