Snow In December
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(flashback)

Ryusei approaches Hinana during a party with the Dior brand. Suddenly Hinana sees Ryusei hitting Yukiatsu.

YUK!!!!

"break up with Hinana" Ryusei said after hitting Yukiatsu.

"Huh why?" Yukiatsu held onto Ryusei's punch marks and stood up.

"you'll be ashamed to marry her, break up now."

"Ryusei go you're embarrassing me." Hinana devoured Ryusei and slapped him. Everyone in the club was watching Hinana.

"you're ashamed. You don't deserve to get married, it would be great if the media recorded this incident and reported..."

"""WALKER""

"You're too much, I'll never forgive you." Hinana slaps Ryusei again and holds Yukiatsu's hand to leave.

(back to time)

Biiip

Biiip

Hinana's phone reads, Keiko sends a message and a picture of her when she arrives in Tokyo.

""Hinana-san I've arrived, oh yes mother took me to your parents' house and I met Ryusei's sister.""

Hinana only looked at the photos sent by Keiko and without replying to any messages from her. As he looks at the old Ryusei photo, his sister, who was once known to be very wayward, has grown into an adult.

"alright, this time dinner at the restaurant again." muttered Hinana and took the ash coat and left.

Hinana walked down the street and looked at the cherry blossom tree. Given when Junior High used to run pursued by his sister, maybe it's time he forgave Ryusei.

"Ren." called Hinana when he saw Ren standing near the ice skating location.

"yes,"

"just this afternoon I drove you home, why are you here. You're cured?"

"em's better, what are you doing here?"

"i'm done eating, are you?"

"nothing. Just enjoying the last winter."

"do you like winter?"

"not so."

"i really like winter. When I'm sad, or my heart aches for me winter is medicine that can cure."

"wakari masu (i understand that)."

"oh yeah wanna have a drink together, I bought some beer."

"sorry I avoided it."

"oh that's how it is, sorry."

"hem it's okay, I'll accompany you for a drink if you want."

"then let's sit there." Hinana invites Ren to stay away from the ice skating spot.

They headed for a small bar that was not too crowded.

"you've bought a few cans of beer, why still order a bottle of wine?" ask Ren when he gets to the bar.

"i don't feel good if I drink alone. You order something."

"no need, don't worry I'm used to seeing other people drinking."

"let's at least order something for you to enjoy, let me just order it."

"eh is not necessary. Well, I'll just order mineral water."

"Are you sure? Let me have a little snack."

"just up to you."

While waiting for Hinana's order to see her phone ringing, it appears Keiko made a video call to her.

"someone called, why don't you pick up?"

"oh let it go, Keiko made a video call."

"lift."

"no need, he might just point out if it had arrived in Tokyo. Ren I go to the toilet first."

"yes please." replied Ren.

"""Hinana why don't you pick up my phone, Ryusei's sister wants to see you. He misses you and wants to apologize to you."""

The message from Keiko is clearly visible on Hinana's phone and Ren accidentally reads it.

"sorry to wait a long time, oh has come the order" said Hinana after finishing from the toilet.

"hem is okay. Oh yeah Hinana looks like Keiko called you because something's important."

"let it go." said Hinana and put her phone in her coat pocket.

"Ryusei wants to see you." Hinana was surprised that Ren mentioned her sister's name.

"sorry I accidentally read a message from Keiko, she said Ryusei wanted to meet and apologize." Ren continued.

"let's go, let's eat. I ordered a nice taiyaki cake."

"sorry but I don't eat sweet." Ren refused. Ren is actually jealous because he thinks Hinana is still in touch with her ex.

"i ordered no sweet, stuffed red beans with cheese sauce."

"oh thank you. Hinana can I ask you something?"

"hem." Hinana just nodded by eating the cake.

"who's he?"

"hem who." Hinana doesn't understand who Ren is talking about.

"who?"

"who do I mean what?"

"Rilsey."

"oh he's my brother, I don't want to talk about it."

"if it's just your sister why'd you dump it?"

"i wasn't on good terms with him, my sister was very annoying. I hate him and I don't want to forgive him."

"sorry to ask you something inappropriate."

"hem is okay." Hinana answered with a smile.

His meeting with Ren this time made Hinana more open. He felt confident again from Ren.

Nearly two hours Hinana told Ren and had drunk a bottle of wine. Hinana looks very drunk.

"Hinana, Hinana can you walk?" Ren shook Hinana's body, but Hinana just smiled looking at Ren.

"oh no, I should have prevented it." Ren murmured frantically. He tried to get Hinana's body into the car.

Along the way Ren always drops Hinana. Not because of Hinana's heavy body, but because of Ren's weak heart condition. He had to stop and take a deep breath as his bracelet rang, then again carry Hinana again.

"it looks like I'm going to die because of you." Ren lamented by holding Hinana's body running into her apartment.

"ah it feels like my body hurts all" said Hinana when Ren managed to bring her to the apartment.

Ren laid Hinana down on her bed and took a breath back.

"gommene Hinana, you're right that I'm too weak. Even I can't protect the person I care about." Ren said involuntarily having shed his tears.

The reason why Ren was in Niseko that night was because of his parents.

(flash back to Ren)

Ren was being examined by his mother. Ren's mother is very worried because Ren came home to Hinana and just got out of the hospital. The sound of Shota's parked car, Ren immediately tidied up his book and entered the room because he did not want to argue with his brother.

"Shota where have you been?" sheren asked her mother who approached Shota.

"i just took a good picture, what's up?" shota asked while showing the camera she was carrying.

PYARRR

His mother slammed Shota's camera, and Ren was surprised by his voice.

"what are you doing Mom." shouted Shota hysterically and picked up the camera shards.

"what did you say? You didn't know your sister got sick again, you should have taken care of her. You're wasting your time taking pictures."

"Mom you call it a waste of time? I want to pursue my dreams, too."

"your dreams don't matter, because your selfish health is threatened." Sheren further raised the voice so that it made Shota dumbfounded.

"so." muttered Shota by holding back his cries. His hand squeezed his pants pocket as if holding back his anger and sadness.

"if anything happens to Ren, it's all your fault" Sheren said, leaving in front of Shota.

Ren saw everything that happened from the second floor. He just silently could not do anything, this time he really felt his mother had gone too far. It's not all Shota's fault, he also wants to live like most people.