Snow In December
37

They all help Tsubaki clean up the remnants of materials from her work.

"Ren are we going to continue sewing." asked Emi.

"no, we'll continue tomorrow."

"alright." Emi continued to clean up and prepare to go home. In this situation Ren still remained silent with Tsubaki not as usual. Hinana also realized that, since the incident this afternoon they did not talk to each other.

"thank you for the hard work, I went home to Tsubaki first" Hinana said goodbye.

"me see you tomorrow." Arumi also said goodbye and then left.

"i'm coming home" Ren said coldly and Tsubaki just nodded.

Hinana has no idea what Ren and Tsubaki are hiding. He grew curious and decided to slow down.

"Hinana, we go home together." take Ren.

"i'll take the bus."

"come on, this is your car." Ren immediately got out and opened the car door for Hinana.

"Ren, are you having a problem?"

"no, why?"

"it's okay, it's just that you're always helping me. So if you need help you can tell me."

"hem I'll do it for sure" Ren said and drove his car to drive Hinana home.

As usual, Ren brought Hinana's car home, so that tomorrow morning he could pick up Hinana.

Hinana is still thinking about Ren's situation, she is getting curious about Ren. What kind of person is Ren? He can't deny that he's actually starting to like Ren. Hinana's daydream is startled by her phone that reads.

"yes hello."

"Hinana it's me Sawako, do you have time?"

"why?"

"i want to meet you, there's something I want to tell you" Sawako and Hinana said, feeling like there's going to be another sword that hurts her wounds.

"well, this time it came to the restaurant I sent the address to. Because my car's on loan."

"hem all right, see you Hinana." said Sawako and closed the call. Hinana began to prepare herself, because soon she had to feel pain again.

He sends an address to Sawako and waits for her.

"Sawako." call Hinana when you see her at the door.

"have you been waiting?."

"not really, I just finished dinner too."

"oh yes Hinana how is the festival preparation? I got word from the pantia that next month your team will be reviewed."

"heh will there be a shoot?"

"must be like that?" muttered Hinana and scratched her head.

"of course, oh yes the first grub in the review was Snidel from Osaka. You can see and prepare anything that will be shot during the review."

"all right, thanks for Sawako's info. I'll tell the other guys." Hinana read everything in the paper about what should be prepared.

"Hinana, I want to apologize to you" Sawako said suddenly. Hinana understood what Sawako meant.

"no problem, no need to apologize." replied Hinana indifferently.

"shouldn't I vent my anger at you. Yukiatsu is my only friend, my best friend and the one I love. But I was really disappointed in him, because he didn't introduce me to his friends. I was dumped by him." Sawako tells Hinana everything by crying.

And when Hinana became unbearable to Sawako, she chose to shut up and listen to all Sawako's stories.

"i once expressed my feelings for her in High School, and she rejected me. Yukiatsu said that she couldn't have a boyfriend like me. Then I realized that Yukiatsu's dream woman is a beautiful model like you. I also changed my appearance to be as beautiful as you, but Yukiatsu did not see me at all. He also said that he did not want to have any relationship with me, and cut off our friendship. I'm..."

"just stop Sawako." Hinana could no longer hear Sawako's story. He approached Sawako and hugged her. "your tears don't deserve to cry for that jerk."

" i'm no one now, when I leave me I have no friends anymore" said Sawako who was still in sobs.

"Sawako-san I will be your friend, let's forget about Yukiatsu together.

"do you really want to be my friend?"

"hem, let's find a friend who will accept us for who we are."

"Arigatou Hinana - san." Sawako began to wipe away her tears and hugged Hinana tightly.

The atmosphere was getting louder that night, although spring had not yet arrived but slowly the ice in Hinana's heart melted slightly.

It turned out that it was not just him who had been dumped by someone, and Hinana was grateful to still have someone accompanying her. Like Keiko, his real sister Ryusei cares deeply for him. As well as Ren, remembering Ren's name makes Hinana want to go somewhere. And Hinana says goodbye to Sawako to go.

"as expected, something must have happened to her." Hinana muttered as she saw Ren in Niseko. Hinana did not call him, she quietly approached Ren. Hinana saw Ren close his eyes and shed tears.

" is this really Ren? Why does it look so different? Is Ren crying? Why is she sad about what happened to her? The cheerful face I like why is it filled with tears?"

Questions flogged in Hinana's heart. He couldn't help himself, then wiped the tears on Ren's cheek. And make Ren open his eyes.

"Hinine." Ren was very surprised when he saw Hinana in front of his eyes.

"why are you sad?"

"i'm not sad, just crying. Because tears can protect our eyes from irritation." Ren tries to evade Hinana.

"you're not good at lying, it's obvious on your face."

"go Hinana, I want to be alone."

"don't want to."

" Why?"

" because I like you Ren." those words finally came out of Hinana's mouth.

Ren was surprised but could not lie if his heart was very happy to hear the confession of love from Hinana, he approached Hinana and hugged her tightly. Hinana returned Ren's embrace, she also cried because she saw the snow light sad.