How can you have rough winds during the summer when it gives you warmth and a vibrant life? How can you calm your own wind when even at the sunbeams you create your own gaps of clouds? Matalino, isang leader, lumalaban kahit papaano, ilan lamang 'yan sa mga bagay na taglay ni Cyrene Miel Alvarez. Subalit kapag sa pagpili na ng desisyon; sitwasyon, bagay man o tao, bakit lumiliko lahat ng mga katangian niya? As a graduating student in senior high, her one and only goal is to prove to others that her life wasn't boring as a pale black; instead, therein lies a vibrant life, even if it is full of struggles and disappointment.
Now here comes Johann Van Ortega; a perfect epitome of Sun, the light of the dark, the warm in the cold - her childhood crush and a batchmate since elementary school days returning as a Grade 11 STEM student due to a confidential reason. With her distressed life always seeing the man he admired before, will her rough winds change direction, or will it slowly calm her winds?
Sometimes, even if we wish for the sun to turn our dark days into brighter moments, the wind will blow for another reason for us to hate the feeling of being warm.
Language: Taglish
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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