Our love (A lull to the sea fanfiction)

Chapter 2

-The next morning-
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     "Hikari get your ass up its past 7:00!"
"HIKARI!!"
I immediately jumped out of my bed.
"Your gonna be late get your ass out of bed!!"
"Your freinds are waiting outside!!"
"School starts in 10 minutes!"
I slept through my alarm again.
I'm not surprised though.

     "Okay dad I'm getting dressed right now!"
I yell back to my father.
I slipped on a pair of jeans and dressed in my homa junior high uniform before rushing to the kitchen where I found my father.
"See you later dad heading to school!"
"I'll be home after dinner at Akari's."
I struggle at the the door to put my shoes on.

     "It's supposed to be below the 20 degree mark today..."
"this weather is getting to harsh."
My dad looked more concerned than he has ever looked in the past.
"I'm sure it'll be fine dad."
My dad walked over to me with his arms crossed.
"Your gonna need to wear layers or you'll be complaining that it's cold."
I rolled my eyes.
He's always worrying about me.

     "Fine!"
I run back to my room and grabbed two jackets just in case.
I ran back to the front of the house opening the front door.
"Be careful Hikari!"
I smile.
"I'll try."
I stepped outside.
immediately the cold air hit me like a ton of bricks.

     "Damn he wasn't kidding!"
I throw the jackets around my neck clenching to them tightly.
"Took you long enough Hikari..."
Kanime and Manaka were waiting outside for me scrolling on their phones.
I roll my eyes.
"When has it ever not taken me long enough."
I chuckle.

     "Let's get going."
I point to the surface.
"Yeah."
We all started swimming to the surface.

     Dad seems really worried about all the weather conditions.
I don't blame him though the last time it was this cold everyone went into hibernation and now look at chisaki.

     She was on the surface when everyone went into hibernation leaving her alone with all the surface dwellers for 5 years.
All her familiarity's were stripped away from her.

     She grew up without her freinds and her family below the surface, she grew up without us while me, Manaka and Kanime all stayed the same.
Now her appearance is different and the change in everything was really scary.
If the cold weather doesn't let up I'm afraid that...
I'm afraid there could be a repeat of last time.

     Even though the sea god has been appeased what he started can't be reversed.
I'm scared that the world is going to end sooner than lord Oroko first predicted.
Damnit! And we all thought we were okay after the Ofuneheke...
these thoughts are scary...
I was pulled out of my thoughts when Kanime pushed me slightly.

     "We're here..."
"Wake up Hikari!"
He chuckled.
We all jumped out of the sea landing Gracefully on the beach side.
Even the weather on the surface was cold... it actually somehow felt colder.
"Damnit!"
I shout.

     "What's wrong Hiki?"
Manaka asks.
"It's so fucking cold...!"
I feel like I'm shivering!"
Kanime sighs.
"Yeah... it really really is.."
The same look on my dads face was plastered on Kanime's face.
"I'm sure it'll be fine.."
I was scared too but I didn't like to see my friends worry.

"Lord Oroko said that these drastic temperature drops are temporary and that we shouldn't worry about it."
What I said was partially true.
He said there's a 1/2500 chance that this is temporary... no he didn't... that was a lie that I would hope to believe.
I just needed to find a way to cheer everyone up.

I could tell that made Kanime felt better as a huge smile spread across his face.
"Yeah your probably right."
I smiled back at him.
"School is about to start in about 5 minutes let's get going."
Kanime said.
I nodded and we all started heading for Homa junior high. Hopefully everything will be okay.
I can only hope.
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~After School~

     "Damn that was such a boring day at school..."
I walked beside Manaka and Kanime for the 10th time today.
They were basically the only people I knew in that school, other than the popular boys.
"What did you expect."
"It is school ya know."
"It's not supposed to be entertaining."
Kanime is really starting to sound like my sister the more he ages.

     We continued walking.
We were heading for Akari's house.
"Man I'm starving..."
I rubbed at my stomach.
It's than that I noticed it was snowing salt flakes..
I held my hand out catching the snow flakes in my hand.

     "Damn... this just started to let up why is the salt flakes returning!?"
I didn't noticed it earlier but the temperatures outside dropped another 10 degrees meaning the temperature outside is below 20.
The heater inside the school was blasting all day.
These cold temperatures are enough to kill a human.

     Sea people are able to withstand temperatures below 20 degrees but if it gets below 5 degrees we can freeze to death just like humans.
This is because our ENA adapts to weather patterns and in the colder seasons it gets thicker and during the warmer seasons it gets thinner.
My ENA is super thick right now... it can't get anymore thicker.
My thoughts were wandering.
I grabbed my skin and pinched it.

     "Hey Hiki....."
I snapped out of my thoughts in a instant.
I looked past kanime who's standing in between me and Manaka.
"What's up?"
She looked worried.
"It's just that..."
She hesitated.
I knew what she was thinking about.
Just like kanime and dad she had the same look of worry on her face.
"If it's about the weather... im scared too.."
I could see tears forming in her eyes.

     "There's only so much Lord Oroko can do and even he's not sure about the coming days."
"To be honest with you, no one knows what could happen..."
Kanime sighed.
"The only thing we can do is hope and have faith in the sea god and lord Oroko."
There was a moment of silence.
All three of us stopped walking.
"Now..."
"Who wants dinner!!!"
I try to cheer them up as much as possible.
"Race you to Akari's house!!"
I smiled.

     "No way am I gonna let you beat me to it!!"
Kanime shouted.
Manaka laughed.
I don't want her smile or her laugh to ever leave me.
I don't want what little familiarity I have to be taken away from me... I don't want the people I love to die!
Surely..... surely there has to be a way... A way to save the human race!!
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