Tsuikyuu Kage [Day 3]
2
Hanasaku
i should just die
I have kind of wanted to write a story based on my everyday encounters and feelings, so here it is. Bear in mind that it will get boring, just as my everyday life is, but I'll try to add in stuff here and there while keeping true to the storyline. I'll also try to update it regularly.Feedback is gladly accepted, only if you want to.
I'm a beginner so please excuse me.
*It will be longer the next few chapters, I promise; I just don't have the time to write it in full.*
[size=10]TN: Tsuikyuu Kage,追求影, literally Pursuing Shadows, can also be read in Chinese as Chasing the Horizon.[/h]
"Unyahhh~" moaned I.
Trying to stretch every inch of my body resulted in a gruesome outcome of me cringing in pain after suffering a cramp in my femur. Life hurts in many ways. Arrows on daylight pierced my body, and the left half of my body surrendered to the day bright. Tattered windows are the only thing that keep me awake in my house. A not so well-off house. With half-closed eyes, I set the tartan sheets right.
It is cold. Probably 45 or something. Time to wake up. Strings of water rolled down the contours of my body, chilling and abruptly shaking up everything it passes. Don't worry, folks- rinsing it wouldn't be too hard. Once I've greeted reality with a firm handshake, I brush my hair and put on plain underwear (I only have 3 sets) and a simple hair accessory. My efforts into standing out aren't too commendable.
After a few simple household chores, which is close to nothing (since I always leave the house neat before I sleep), I set off for Kanayama.
"Ittekimasu,", I whispered to a small memorial shrine kept in my house to remind me of my mother. Expressionless days have expressionless beginnings. I guess Maki isn't here to pick me up today. Not like I'd need any help with the 3 mile walk or anything. A few neighbours greeted me from their dilapidated housings and offered me dinner if I was free. Having being rejected they gave me the 'that's better' kind of face. Some people offer amenities but they don' t mean it. I wonder why.
The sky is partly gray with patches of white. The dawn hue of orange spread across everything I can see, from the asphalt road to the lush farms behind the houses. This is where peace is only held in the world, I guess. The sky looks so happy it doesn't need to bother with anything else.
As judgemental as I was every single person I passed by I hated. It wasn't a habit, It isn't something that I like to do. Sometimes I just wait for them to prove me wrong -- to make themselves 'worth' of a better impression. I may or may not have a superiority complex. Doesn't matter. No one even knows much about me. I try to make myself unknown so that people won't- huh?
"uuuuuuuko" a faint voice echoed from the hills. Louder and louder like an impending doom, I finally recognised Maki's voice from the distance. "Waaaaaait," it droned.
"Geez, Muko. You should've at least stopped for me or something!" Maki whined as she got off her father's bicycle and started pushing it. "Don't we have time?"
"Do we," I said, trying to imply the fact that after the incident we were 10 minutes short of walking to school. I had the idea of taking Maki's bike, she wouldn't mind, but Maki's been keeping a clean record for the past two years. Me, not so much: although not as often as the delinquents, I still do skip school if I felt like it. Being at school was more of a burden than it was helpful. Sure I got to waste my time on at least acquiring knowledge, but education as it is - does it stand for anything? I doubt so.
Have I mentioned I didn't like practising? As in, going with the flow? I always try to take the road no one has gone. More often than not that road instead becomes the road that people people don't want to go. That could be the reason why people avoid being acquiantances with me. It could also be the reason why Kyouya dumped me. Well, I'm sure it was for the better of him.
The road to the school was a road that I have seen so many times but cannot remember, Maki often tells me I end up going the wrong way and result in another hour away from my attendance at school. The road starts with a downhil from my house - which makes it especially hard in the afternoon - then follows up with a gentle left curve then a steep right. it then seperates into three roads, the school, the mart, and the third which has been used the most leads to town. I've rarely taken that. The road then stretches into a series of twists and turns. The black asphalt has long been smeared of the dirt by the contruction trucks , the result of a construction project to build a hostel a distance away from my house.
Evergreen trees dot the sides of the road, occasionally being replaced by a streetlight. I wonder if streetlights are manually on at the night or are timed by intervals.
Strange - usually Maki knows when to walk fast , but she's taking it easy today. Is her bag heavy, maybe? I should ask how she has been doing--
And then I remembered. I had to meet Kyouya!
"Sorry, Maki - I'll repay you for this," I blurted to her while mounting myself on her bike. The seat was warm.
Maki, confused, went into a flurry of huhs and whats before regaining her composure - too slow, I had already sped off. Maki smirked.
"Do you even have the moneyyyy~?"
Previous Entries
Prologue
Day 1
Day 2
I'm a beginner so please excuse me.
*It will be longer the next few chapters, I promise; I just don't have the time to write it in full.*
Week o: Immersion
Day 3
Day 3
[size=10]TN: Tsuikyuu Kage,追求影, literally Pursuing Shadows, can also be read in Chinese as Chasing the Horizon.[/h]
"Unyahhh~" moaned I.
Trying to stretch every inch of my body resulted in a gruesome outcome of me cringing in pain after suffering a cramp in my femur. Life hurts in many ways. Arrows on daylight pierced my body, and the left half of my body surrendered to the day bright. Tattered windows are the only thing that keep me awake in my house. A not so well-off house. With half-closed eyes, I set the tartan sheets right.
It is cold. Probably 45 or something. Time to wake up. Strings of water rolled down the contours of my body, chilling and abruptly shaking up everything it passes. Don't worry, folks- rinsing it wouldn't be too hard. Once I've greeted reality with a firm handshake, I brush my hair and put on plain underwear (I only have 3 sets) and a simple hair accessory. My efforts into standing out aren't too commendable.
After a few simple household chores, which is close to nothing (since I always leave the house neat before I sleep), I set off for Kanayama.
"Ittekimasu,", I whispered to a small memorial shrine kept in my house to remind me of my mother. Expressionless days have expressionless beginnings. I guess Maki isn't here to pick me up today. Not like I'd need any help with the 3 mile walk or anything. A few neighbours greeted me from their dilapidated housings and offered me dinner if I was free. Having being rejected they gave me the 'that's better' kind of face. Some people offer amenities but they don' t mean it. I wonder why.
The sky is partly gray with patches of white. The dawn hue of orange spread across everything I can see, from the asphalt road to the lush farms behind the houses. This is where peace is only held in the world, I guess. The sky looks so happy it doesn't need to bother with anything else.
As judgemental as I was every single person I passed by I hated. It wasn't a habit, It isn't something that I like to do. Sometimes I just wait for them to prove me wrong -- to make themselves 'worth' of a better impression. I may or may not have a superiority complex. Doesn't matter. No one even knows much about me. I try to make myself unknown so that people won't- huh?
"uuuuuuuko" a faint voice echoed from the hills. Louder and louder like an impending doom, I finally recognised Maki's voice from the distance. "Waaaaaait," it droned.
"Geez, Muko. You should've at least stopped for me or something!" Maki whined as she got off her father's bicycle and started pushing it. "Don't we have time?"
"Do we," I said, trying to imply the fact that after the incident we were 10 minutes short of walking to school. I had the idea of taking Maki's bike, she wouldn't mind, but Maki's been keeping a clean record for the past two years. Me, not so much: although not as often as the delinquents, I still do skip school if I felt like it. Being at school was more of a burden than it was helpful. Sure I got to waste my time on at least acquiring knowledge, but education as it is - does it stand for anything? I doubt so.
Have I mentioned I didn't like practising? As in, going with the flow? I always try to take the road no one has gone. More often than not that road instead becomes the road that people people don't want to go. That could be the reason why people avoid being acquiantances with me. It could also be the reason why Kyouya dumped me. Well, I'm sure it was for the better of him.
The road to the school was a road that I have seen so many times but cannot remember, Maki often tells me I end up going the wrong way and result in another hour away from my attendance at school. The road starts with a downhil from my house - which makes it especially hard in the afternoon - then follows up with a gentle left curve then a steep right. it then seperates into three roads, the school, the mart, and the third which has been used the most leads to town. I've rarely taken that. The road then stretches into a series of twists and turns. The black asphalt has long been smeared of the dirt by the contruction trucks , the result of a construction project to build a hostel a distance away from my house.
Evergreen trees dot the sides of the road, occasionally being replaced by a streetlight. I wonder if streetlights are manually on at the night or are timed by intervals.
Strange - usually Maki knows when to walk fast , but she's taking it easy today. Is her bag heavy, maybe? I should ask how she has been doing--
And then I remembered. I had to meet Kyouya!
"Sorry, Maki - I'll repay you for this," I blurted to her while mounting myself on her bike. The seat was warm.
Maki, confused, went into a flurry of huhs and whats before regaining her composure - too slow, I had already sped off. Maki smirked.
"Do you even have the moneyyyy~?"
Previous Entries
Prologue
Spoiler:
Day 1
Spoiler:
Day 2
Spoiler:
