7/14/16
Sunlight: a most pleasant and splendorous concoction of heat and light, or so it would have seemed had I been asked on the subject a mere four hours previous.
While the same is still true, I've found a new and seemingly indefinable quality that has been added to the mix. Its presence is troubling, although I'm unsure that particular feeling is one i've earned or exists from mere puzzlement alone.
Allow me to explain myself.
My day had started utterly cloudless, as one may have suspected; As such, I saw fit to extend my morning run. Who knows when the extra bit of training could hone my edges and make all the difference? Running through the courtyard at a comfortable jog, the incident occured. I know it to be silly, to worry what judgement may befall me from simply writing this down, but I've distracted myself from priorities at this point and I cannot allow it to continue simmering beneath my tie like a struggling animal.
Amongst the photosynthesising foliage, a classmate of mine with a seemingly similar inclination to early morning training was stretching. I concluded easily that she may have been in the midst of a sort of meditative exercise, given the practiced and even flow of her breath. Truthfully, It took me a moment to realize I had stopped moving which I find wholly embarrassing in and of itself. Anyone to doubt her beauty must be without sight, for it is plain to see in the pleasing symmetry of her face, the healthy sheen of her hair, the lush lashes splayed out upon her cheeks. Like many others I've met, I have found her to be especially easy on the eyes.
That was, until she noticed me, her unfocussed eyes slowly gaining recognition and shining that lovely almond hue (noted a fair time or two in previous interactions, admittedly). The radiant and kind smile she gave me, coupled with the sun's lovely rays struck me dumb; I could hardly think to draw in breath under the weight of my own chest- I don't know that I care for the sensation all that well. Nonetheless, I found the corners of my own mouth lift, and my hand stiffly raise to return her gentle wave.
As quickly as I felt it, she was gone, and I could do little more than sit idle with my palm still rigidly displayed in greeting.
I'll need to be careful in the future, should something so debilitating occur during training or, unspeakably, during internships. So curious was the piercing weight that I can still feel its ghost on my skin. I shall need to be careful in future.
Today's training regiment has completely escaped me at this point- I'll have to log it later, should my memory clarify.
What absolute and terrible presence Miss Uraraka has…
More tomorrow,
Tenya.