9.8 Meters a Second. [Complete]

8: Confliction

The Fall season came and went too fast.
It's the beginning of November, and it's pretty cold.
It's the weekend. I'm sitting outside the cafe in a black Peacoat with a red scarf wrapped around the lower half of my face. I'll lower it occasionally to take a sip of my drink. It's a coffee, that despite the cream and sugar, is way too bitter.
But it's warm.
Every time I go to lunch, I see them together. I think they're a couple, Aseylum and Inaho.

Everyone thinks so. Everyone is jealous.
I am too.
A text from Dad.
"Hope you're safe. Get home soon. Love you."
"Love you too," I reply. I finish off my coffee and stand up with a light sigh.
I start down the sidewalk when a hand catches my shoulder.
"Slaine!"
It's Rayet.
I give her a more happy, upbeat look than I'm feeling and greet her.
"Hey, Rayet."
"What the hell man? It doesn't look like you did a good job keeping them apart,"
I sigh.
"I know. I'm not sure what to do..."
She's quiet. For a long time. It's almost as if she's walking me home it's such a long silence. "We'll figure this out, okay blondie?"
Now I'm the quiet one.
"Okay." I reply.
She takes the phone out of my coat pocket and she's typing something.
She looks at me sympathetically as she hands it back, seeing how empty my contacts are.
"You keep to yourself, don't you?"
"Better that way. It's not as dramatic."
"Slaine?" She asks after a silence.
"Yeah?" I reply, taking a pause.
"If... If you want to talk, I'm here. I put my number in."
I crack a smile. "Thank you, Rayet. That's... Really nice,"
She pats me on the back and smiles, and starts off down the sidewalk in the opposite direction.
"No problem, Blondie."
Seems like snow starts to fall now. A little flurry, just enough to coat the ground. It's surreal and kind of enchanting. It's the way a winter should be.
It isn't until a snowflake falls on the tip of my nose do I realize I've been standing in the same spot for the past few minutes. I must look insane.
I restart my trek home, a bit discouraged.
I know a few more things now.
I am most convincingly and overall enamoured with Inaho Kaizuka. I want him to be apart of my life more than anything.
I also know that I am not the only one interest in him. The most valued girl in this school is also interested in him.
Third, I'm not a happy person and I hadn't realized how lonely I'd been.
Finally, the life I lead is unsatisfactory.

And there is absolutely nothing I can do to change it. An object at rest stays at rest until an outside force acts upon it.
That outside force is yet to be discovered for myself.

And that is about to change.