Twilight.The beauty in the sun finally setting, the night taking over the sky with a range of purple and blue colours, roses that seemed to open up in the firmament. The spotted stars in the sky were like the back of the whale shark that soared across the heaven, swimming in the sky of blue.
Cold breaths augmented to kiss the chilly air, their fingers frozen and stiff, cold and bitter. New year lights still dazzled the streets row by row, their enthusiastic view on the fresh day of the New Year still in everyone’s hearts, songs on everyone’s lips. Even the drifters on the street glowed with a juvenile delight, their hands reaching up to the sky in prayer.
Ardor rang through the pretty wind, the rush of cold air, and the scent of the fresh snowfall and the charred smell of smoldering firewood, ablaze in every house with every family.
12 kids gather around the fireplace, feeling the flames lick their frozen cold toes, melting the snow that gathered on their heavy eyelashes. They laughed at each other’s rosy cheeks, the warmth slowly seeping into their skin.
Ryan, the boy with soft curls tumbling from his forehead, gave his signature high laugh, tugging up the rest of his friend’s lips, the white of their teeth glinting in the flames. His brother, Shaun, remained calm, used to all the odd behaviors in his childish brother. Nicole lay down on his strong, muscular frame, their fingers intertwining like a ring around a finger.
Adranne and Lucas too settled into each other’s arms. Ryan decided to try his luck with the most mature of the girls, Jasmine. She shoved him away with playful jostle, and Ryan went to tend to his wounds with Jasmine’s brother, Jonathan.
The twins, Justen and Julian surprisingly, had nothing to say. No bizarre accents to impersonate, no eccentric arm movements and babyish voices. They were exhausted, drained of their ever-going energy. Adwin sat alone with his worn out iPod earplugs in his ears. He was intoxicated by the song that was playing, his mind breaking down the different instruments that were used in just a fraction of a second.
It was a night, like every other night spent with each other on a holiday. They were cold, and bitten by the chilly frost, their eyes attacked by fatigue.
“Let’s go to sleep,” said Shaun wearily, tousling the hair of the girl who leaned on his body. She nodded and slowly got up, limbs slow and sluggish. Everyone agreed and started to walk off to their own bedrooms, while Jasmine poured a pot of water onto the living flames.
It sizzled to death on the wood, and the lingering warmth of the children dissipated into the night air.
Nicole (:
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