Hello Hurricane {English Translation}

20. Daniel - Innsbruck - Day off

He was such an idiot. Naive. A dreamer. Did he really think it would be different? Better. Acceptance? For sure. After all, world peace was only a stone's throw away.

Concentrated, he crouched down.

He had spent so much time thinking about Domen. To talk about him. They had talked to each other. They had tried to be friends. But no matter how hard he tried to maintain this friendship, it had been doomed from the start. At some point he had to let himself get carried away to such a shit. It only took days this time. Not years.

The board he was standing on started to roll. He fixed Magnus, who was waiting to lift him.

And now? He had to continue somehow. Focus on the sport. It might be harder than the last time, but he could do it. He would get over it. Hopefully. Sometimes.

He pushed away. Feel how strong arms grabbed him around the waist. Catapulted him up. He stared straight ahead.

It just wasn't allowed to proceed like the last time. Domen just couldn't be like San, even if he made the same mistakes. He wouldn't bear the whispering, the looks and teasing again. Not here. Not in his safe haven. Because this time he had nothing to escape. No sports center nobody knew him. Why hadn't he just shut up?

Magnus lowered his arms. He felt his grip loosen. He bent his legs, spread his arms. Telemark. A perfect landing. Alex behind him smacked in satisfaction. The press was excited and took their photos. The rest of the team, distributed in the gym, continued their exercises without paying attention to him. It was everything as always. Nothing special.

"Very good, Daniel. Great hip pose. Just like that tomorrow at the competition, then you'll be end up in top five again, "Alex nodded satisfight as he noted something on his clipboard. "I'm glad to see you so focused. I know the eagle would be your big dream. "

Daniel swallowed. Couldn't say anything. It was true, the eagle was one of his big dreams. Just now he didn't care much about it. He just needed something to focus on. That he didn't feel any longer that his life would soon be dehumanized when everyone found out. He forced a smile, ran to the hurdles.

Nervously he sat on his chair in the school. Staring at the door again and again when it opened. He hadn't seen him since yesterday. San just left after school. After the kiss. Without a word. Had him leave with the chickens. When he had finally brought them to his father, he had told him with a questioning look that San wasn't there.

Daniel had seen him standing by the window hidden behind the curtains. Had seen how he had watched him.

Again the door was torn open. Daniel turned around. His heart stopped for a moment, his hands starting to sweat. San. He entered the classroom, greeted her classmates with a big grin. Didn't deign to look at him. It was as if he had ceased to exist. San sat down on a chair at the far end of the room.

Astonished looks flickered between them. The whispering began.

A cold shiver ran down his back before Daniel started to ran. Square to the hurdles too. San had fled from him from the start. Just like Domen. He had wanted to clarify that. To apologize. Assure that it would never happen again. That they could still be friends because there was nothing more important to him. But San was bolt just like Domen. Over and over again. And he was so stupid at first and followed him. Did he provoke San's reaction?

He fixed a spot on the floor, dropped to his knees and levered himself into the air. Skipped the hurdles lined up in front of him with ease. One by one until he came to a stop breathing heavily.