Snow In December
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"of course, I came to see you guys" Shota replied.

"come to Shota, replace me with a sweep" said Hinana and handed her broom.

"AH, I'm here just to see you guys working. Anyway I'm not Ren's employee."

"God ... Shota I'm tired." said Hinana giving up.

"hinana you just swept for a while already complaining" said Emi who was happy to see Hinana exhausted.

"oi Hinana cleaned up the right one, see there's still a lot of garbage scattered." Tsubaki also visited Hinana.

"you are also trash." said Hinana in annoyance. Hinana felt her life was like an ash-up, and her friends laughed at her.

"eh there is a mouse." cried Arumi as she saw a mouse running towards Hinana.

"AHHHH....." Hinana screamed hysterically and jumped at Ren.

She immediately hugged Ren tightly and closed her eyes. They both fell down because Hinana jumped spontaneously. Ren propped Hinana's head up with his hand so as not to bump on the floor.

"A disgusting disgust quickly put the rat away" said Hinana with closed eyes and still hugging Ren.

"Hinana, the rat is gone" said Shota and still saw the stifling sight.

"no no, that's disgusting." Hinana still felt amused, but the mouse just passed through.

Everyone had already said that the rat was gone, but still Hinana still could not believe it. He even closed his eyes while hugging Ren's body tightly.

"Hinana, open your eyes. The mouse was gone." Ren's voice softened and Hinana slowly opened her eyes. And it's true that the rat is gone, he can breathe a sigh of relief now. "So until when are you going to hug me." said Ren and made Hinana realize that his position was very inappropriate.

"Gomennassai." Hinana immediately stood up and apologized to Ren.

"Daijoubu (it's okay). Go back clean me out for a while" Ren said and threw a smile at his friends.

Ren went out to buy him a drink, enduring the pain in his hand he started his car. Actually when Ren held Hinana's head, his wrist was slightly sprained. He opted out because he also had to buy bandages for his hands.

"what is this ?" emi asked as she looked at the enormous canvas covered in white cloth.

"it doesn't seem like a painting." replied Tsubaki.

"move it, let's go Tsubaki." Shota removes the white cloth covering the painting and invites Tsubaki to move.

"DON'T TOUCH !!!!!!." Ren arrives and forbids Shota from pulling the white cloth. But the cloth that covered the painting had been opened by Shota and was seen painting a very beautiful woman's face.

"ALICE" Arumi said as she looked at him.

"uh who's Alice?" ask the curious Emi.

"someone Ren used to love in Paris" replied Arumi.

"only I can call her Alice." Ren tells Arumi to bring the painting alone.

"i think you've forgotten that guy, Ren." Shota helps Ren bring the painting but Ren refuses.

"i told you not to touch." Ren immediately took her away.

While Hinana who saw him was just glued. He held the handle of the broom very strong, his heart was very sick when he heard what Arumi said.

Moreover, Hinana hears Ren affirming that only he can call Alice by name. It was very painful for Hinana, a week ago Ren asked her out on a date but there was still someone else in Ren's heart.

"Hinana where are you going, we're not done yet." shouted Emi.

Hinana passes by Ren who carries the painting. This time it hurts more than being left behind by Yukiatsu. In fact, Ren realized that he had made Hinana cry, maybe this could have made Hinana stay away from him.

(flash back to Ren)

Shota visits Ren at the hospital and brings her the sashimi that Ren ordered.

"thank you Shota" Ren said and started eating it.

"hem, I drove Hinana safely. He said "sorry" had taken you to Disneyland. Are you guys dating?" shota's question made Ren stop chewing his food.

"hem." replied Ren with a nod.

"do you know, Hinana was so desperate after her ex-boyfriend left her? I'm happy if Hinana can be cheerful again. But can you promise to be together longer with Hinana."

"i will make Hinana's life happy again" Ren replied.

" Wakatta I trust you. But did you know? When Hinana breaks up with her ex-boyfriend, she flees to Hokkaido in a very bad way. One day if you leave him, there's something I'm afraid of. What if Hinana wants to end her life? Because it felt like someone could fly high above the sky, then crash into the earth." Actually Shota could not bear to say that to his sister, but he also worried about Hinana.

Hearing her brother Ren's words just squeezed his chopsticks until they broke. He held back feelings, it would be painful if such a parable.

"then what should I do?" ren asked with his face turned away from Shota.

"at least you can keep your distance" Shota replied and exited Ren's room.

Ren closed his eyes and took a deep breath. It was very painful, it was like inhaling the aroma of lemon fruit that tasted very bitter.

(back to time)

Ren just looked at Hinana's back from a distance, actually he wanted to say that it was all a misunderstanding. But never mind, maybe keeping a little distance from Hinana is better.

"spring has really arrived apparently." Shota's voice sounded and slowly approached Hinana.

Hinana still did not answer and looked towards the sakura tree that had been thick leaves. Looking at the cherry blossoms he remembered about his dream at that time.

"what are you thinking about spring?" tanya Shota this time really wanted to open a conversation with Hinana.

"no, excuse me Shota I have to get back to work." Hinana was reluctant to talk to Shota as her mood suddenly turned bad. But as Hinana was about to leave quickly Shota prevented and held Hinana's hand.

"stay a little while." quickly Shota dropped Hinana into his arms.

Apparently from the corner of the rooftop Ren still pay attention to Hinana. Actually when he saw the sad face of Hinana he felt heartless and wanted to immediately burst. But Shota's words are true, if Ren continues to make Hinana comfortable with him, one day he is like dropping Hinana from above. And Ren also could not be sure to be by Hinana's side for a long time.

Thinking about his current state made Ren's chest very painful. He held his chest and shortly afterwards.

"Kiiit......Tiiii....TiiiiT "its smartband sounds signify his heart beating more than normal.

"Ren." cried Shota, he heard the smartband sound and it must have been Ren's. And Hinana also took off Shota's embrace to make the opportunity to go from her.

Hinana went down the stairs and saw Ren running down the stairs.

"are you going rooftop?" hinana and Ren asked only shaking their heads to answer Hinana's question.

"did you see me with Shota?" hinana asked back, she also heard the smartband sound but did not realize if it belonged to Ren.

"no" replied Ren lying then continuing down. His heart rate is stable but the pain is still there.

While Hinana just looked at Ren from ignorance and returned to her desk.