Cold
Kei POV
The mountains are cold. I mean duhh we are as far north as you can possibly get. Ice coated the land and frost grew in the sky, it didn't snow as such rather everything was still. And cold. And bleak. And Tadashi won't be able to visit.
Why am I even thinking of him visiting, I know he can't. Even if Daylight Elves could survive in this harsh cold he won't be allowed to visit. Mother made that very clear.
I scowled into the ground, my eyes aching from staring at this eerily empty world. It's still and cold and I miss him. Glazing over each identical house after house I let my mind wander to wherever it wanted to go.
I found myself laying on grass,green and fresh. Soft beneath my fingers and cushioning the place beneath my head. My bag was strewn somewhere behind me as I lay there trying to forget my worries in the dimming light of day. The sun was obscured by clouds but an even brighter star blazing beside me. His warmth washed over me making me smile involuntarily as we lay there in silence. He was so bright, blinding, I couldn't look at him. I couldn't see how wide his smile was, or if he was even smiling at all. But I could feel the joy radiating off of him, we were happy. Content.
A voice shook me from my daydream, bringing me crashing back into the cold and empty. Akitera stumbled into my room, his face a false smile (as if I can't tell) and spoke in a voice too bright, garish, fake. This was fake.
I'm not an idiot. I worked out something went wrong with my cycle but honestly I don't care. I'd rather be with him in school. Because I was used to it there and I had settled in and no it has nothing to do with his smile and the way his eyes light up when he talks about something he loves and those cute cute freckles.
Ugh what am I thinking. Why does it hurt so much. I rubbed my eyes again. Atikeru looked at me concerned and asked if I had eaten anything yet. His voice was strangely distant. It sounded muffled. I squinted and for some reason there was 3 of him.
Huh, that can't be good.
I dimly heard Atikeru yelling for our parents before I slumped forwards, the last thing I saw was the bright and glowing eyes of my kind Daylight Elf.