I woke up by the sweet screaming of misery, just like any other day. So swift and precise, with the absence of pain. I looked at that time and started panicking.
"Damn, it's 11, my sup will annihilate my ass."

I ran around like a headless chicken, getting ready of course. In the midst of chaos, I felt a shivering cold. I looked out of the window... and to my delight, there lies a mountain of snow. I was giddy like a fat kid who just got his ice cream fix. I got ready, and ran to the kitchen faster than Bolt.

The sight of a pine(-ish?) tree covered with snow is truly to behold. Such a beauty that will never escape the eyes of any mortal, be it blind or not. I made myself a gigantic cup of coffee. Sipping coffee while admiring such an alluring sight gives me calmness. The calmness that I need and crave. However, to my dismay, I was broken from the enchantment of the stoic trance by the hard cold gnaw of reality.
"Damn, I still need to go to college...or maybe not."

I rushed to my room and checked my email. To my delight...
"Sorry guys, but meeting is canceled due to heavy snow- Sup at 8.32 am."

I was ecstatic. As I was about run into the thick beautiful cold snow , I overheard a voice that caught my ears in the lounge. Out of curiosity, I hailed my steps and went investigating ignoring the phrase, "Curiosity kills the cat". This cat, I believe, is die hard.

As I walked into the lounge, the peculiar voice gets more distinctive. Up until one point,I realized...
"It's Ay08's voice. She's back?"

And flashes of pain started to come back to me. I can feel the stunning visceral experience previously, started melting away, replaced by the throbbing of a bleeding heart. Grotesquely hideous and mangled. Despite all this, I turned to her and said,
"Welcome back Ay08."

And gave her one of my forced fake smile. She looked up to me and smiled back. And I am too familiar with that smile... a synthetic one, just like mine. Trying to break eye contact , I looked outside the window. The snow is getting heavier. I was caught up with the sight of heaps of snow, so white and pure, untainted by any impurities.

I took a glance at Ay08, well, a secret glance that is. There she was, wearing all white, with her white ear phones. My eyes were fixated on her. I could not look away. After a couple of minutes, she realized my sharp stare. Given the history between us, she got a bit hostile.
"What are you looking at Jack? Did I gain weight?"
I wanted to say, "Nothing, and you look fine." You know just like a casual friend. Instead...
"The snow."
And I kept staring at her.
No one told me it is going to be this difficult.