Komi Komi Literature Club!

Chapter 34: The Snow Day

Komi's alarm went off, waking her up for her school. She reached over and turned it off then rubbed the sleepiness for her eyes. Temperatures were getting colder now; she couldn't feel it, but she could hear the cold breeze outside of her window.

She had a feeling she would need to bundle up for the day.

She got out of bed and did a quick stretch before opening up her bedroom door and making her way to the bathroom. She brushed her teeth. She brushed her hair. She washed her face. She opened up the door to the bathroom just in time for Shousuke to walk over and do his morning routine.

She gave him a cheerful wave and a bright expression that said, "Good morning!" to him. Shousuke replied with a brief, low humph as he shuffled past his older sister. As Komi stepped out into the hallway, their mom peeked her head from around the corner.

"Oh! Kids, you can go back to bed! Your schools called, it's a snow day today! A major storm blew in last night!" Shuuko said cheerfully. She was used to being up this earlier, and considering how the weather was outside, she was happy to have her children staying home today.

In response to this, Shousuke let out another grunt, "I'm going back to sleep." He said before going right back into his room and closing the door behind him.

Komi stood in the hallway awkwardly now, looking back and forth between her mom and her bedroom door. She was actually looking forward to another day of school today, but at the same time, she was happy to have more time to rest and relax.

Despite her conflicting feelings, she returned to her bedroom and closed the door behind her. She laid back in bed, pulled the covers back over her...and then just laid there, unable to go back to sleep. So she just allowed her body to relax.

She closed her eyes and listened to the wind blowing outside...

After almost an hour, her phone started buzzing. She sat up in surprise. Was she receiving a call? Or text messages? She reached over to grab her phone, but her hand missed it and it slipped off of her nightstand. She whined to herself as she got out of bed and stopped down to pick it up.

Flipping her phone open, she saw that it was a message from Monika.

Monika: Good morning, everyone! Enjoy the snow day! (She added emojis of snow and what looked like a cup of coffee)

Komi: I hope that everyone has a good day today. Please stay safe.

Yuri: We will, thank you. Snow has already begun to pile up outside. It looks very pretty, like a swirl of white spiraling through the air

Monika: Sounds like somebody's already starting on their winter poem Yuri lol

Yuri: I actually have, but I didn't want to just write about snow. That feels too...obvious, I suppose that's the right word. I would like to do something more thoughtful and unique, and use snow only as a metaphor perhaps if necessary

Komi: I think that I will work on my poem today. That sounds like a good idea.

Monika: Today's a perfect kind of day for it, Komi! Happy writing! Let us know if you need any help or advice, okay?

Komi: I will. Thank you.

So Komi set her phone aside and grabbed her notebook. She set it down on her desk and sat down, flipping it open to an empty page. She reached for her pencil, took a moment to scoot her chair forward, then touched the led to the paper, ready to begin.

Time seemed to pass slowly as Komi stared at the blank page in her notebook. She remained still in her writing position, waiting for inspiration to strike...but nothing concrete was coming to her. Just isolated words floating around in her mind...