Swaying Through the Sand (Sun Rays #3)

✔ | Sun Rays Series #3

A life you never chose, yet one you're forced to survive.

Rhyolite of HUMSS, the class president, the eldest, the one who learned early how to carry a home that was never meant to rest on her shoulders. She raises her siblings without question, even when she herself is running on empty. Hindi niya hinahanap ang presensya ng ina na matagal nang kulang, mas abala siyang punan ang kakulangan ng perang kailangan para mabuhay.

Then there's AJ, the HUMSS' class clown. The boy everyone gravitates toward. Athletic, loud, and irritating... at least, to Rhyolite. Or maybe that's just how she chooses to see him.

In a world that keeps shifting beneath their feet, they learn to sway just to stay standing... parang buhangin na hindi mo mahawakan nang buo, pero kailangan mong kapitan para hindi ka tuluyang lumubog.

But how long can you keep choosing to stay afloat, when the very hands that were supposed to catch you are the ones letting you fall?

Because the hardest truth to face is even when you gave everything you had, it isn't still enough.

And for two of them who's barely surviving in a life without privilege, the question remains... hanggang saan aabot ang "kaya pa"?

Date started: 7/22/24
Date ended: 9/10/25

Disclaimer: story is written in taglish.