I woke up to dried tear stains and frizzled hair. I was still dressed in my inform from yesterday. My coat was torn, my tie wrinkled, and my shirt stained with Kou's blood. I was also running late for school. I was gonna miss the train- Wait. Never mind.
I grabbed a fresh shirt from my closet and tightened my tie from yesterday. I fixed on my coat, then looked in a mirror. I was a wreck. I could not go to school looking like this! I grabbed Kou's blue coat. A faint smile showed up on my face as I put it on. It was too big, almost two sizes, but it would have to do. As I walked out the door, tears soaked my eyes.
I looked like a daughter wearing her father's large coat. My hands were covered by the sleeves, and the length fully draped over my skirt, covering it from view completely. my shoes were scuffed from accidental contact with the jagged metal and tracks. I tried to hide evidence of my depression, but it showed in my face, and clothing. It is obvious, this was not my coat.
A bus was the substitute for the train as the line was broken. It was packed like a can of sardines, was stuffy, and was bumpy and rough. I was unfortunate to be packed in the metal. Everything was going wrong. Even with so many people around me...I was lonely. I greatly missed talking with Kou on the way to school. The way he smiled ever so slightly whenever I said something.
A big part of me, still did not accept his disappearance. I couldn't take it! I MISS HIM SO MUCH! I began to sob quietly, not caring about the surrounding occupants. I quickly wiped my tears from my eyes, almost collapsing to the floor. I settled down.
That smell. That scent. It was so relieving. So perfect. So lovely. It was the scent that came off Kou. I sniffed the coat I wore. The scent was still lingering ever so slightly. I loved it, and couldn't get enough off it. But it did also sadden me. I would never be the same again.
"School is going to be miserable," I sniffled,"...without you beside me."