Disclaimers: I do not own the works of Rurouni Kenshin or Samuel T. Coleridge (although I wish I did) and applies to every chapter of my work.
Author's notes: This is my first Fanfiction and I hope that those who read it will review so I know whether or not I'm going in the right direction. Thanks and enjoy!
The Dissonance of Life
Nature
ne'er deserts the wise and pure;
No plot so narrow, be but nature there;
No vast so vacant, but may well employ
Each faculty of sense, and keep the heart
Awake to Love and Beauty!
-S.T. Coleridge
The Dock
The four girls sat on the dock, sitting together yet separately. Kaoru facing the lake, Misao to her left, Meguimi to her right and Tomoe sat against a post near the end of the dock across from Kaoru.
Kaoru started fiddling with her zipper jacket, her face an unemotional mask. Meguimi sat patting her perfectly manicured hair staring at nothing in particular. Tomoe stared at the water with a small frown marring her otherwise flawlessly made-up face whilst tapping a nail against the wood, waiting for something to spark her amusement. Misao sat staring at the clouds above, her eyes glazed and her arms wrapped around her waist, fingers white from the cold.
The four girls sat in silence, the remaining three looking at anything but the other. The cold breeze of autumn making itself known as it swept past them drawing their concentration, not on the people that happened to be sitting on the dock, but to the wide expanse of nature.
"It's pretty cold." The remaining three looked up at Misao, startled at the noise of someone speaking.
Silence echoed over the lake and continued towards the mountains.
"For autumn… It's colder than last year." Kaoru focused on the clouds above, breaking the uneasy stillness of the lake.
The lake went quiet, once more sending waves of awkwardness over the girls.
"Yeah…" Meguimi had valiantly tried to keep up the conversation and failed. Tomoe cleared her throat in response. Once more silence descended upon the girls, each wondering how they could break it.