Snow In December
48

"Hinana you don't want to be late for work... Quickly get up and have breakfast." her aunt's scream entered Hinana's ear. He slowly opened his eyes, actually he was lazy to go to work. But how else, it was a mistake to work in a company owned by someone else.

"hurry to eat, you wake up too late." said Aunt Miyo when she found out that Hinana was sitting at the dinner table. "what's wrong with you? Why is your face tangled?"

"thank you for breakfast, I'm leaving first." Hinana doesn't care about her aunt's questions. He went to the bathroom in a hurry.

"Hinana are you okay?" ask Aunt Miyo when Hinana will be heading to the office.

"i'm fine, don't worry. See you bi." reply Hinana then walk to the office.

The view of cherry blossoms on the road makes the atmosphere of spring more beautiful. Once again Hinana remembers her past in the spring. And in spring too Hinana was proposed by her former lover Yukiatsu. It was actually the most beautiful moment of his life. But for this time Hinana is not so enthusiastic about spring.

"ohayou." greet Hinana to someone she met in the loby.

"ohayou, you're Hinana Arizawa right?" the woman smiled cheerfully at Hinana's greeting.

"oh you turned out." Hinana's legs felt weak when she found out that she was greeting Arimura or Ren used to call her Alice.

"Hinana can I talk to you for a minute, I want to give you provisions for Ren. But I seem to be here early."

"gomenne, I've been doing a lot of work lately. In a moment maybe he'll come." reject Hinana and start turning on her computer.

"so, but can I sit with you here?" without a statement of agreement Arimura immediately sat on the chair with Hinana.

Hinana occasionally glanced at him. The woman is as tall as she is, she is beautiful due to her Japanese-English descent.

"just let Ren like it." said Hinana inwardly. "wait a minute, why am I thinking about Ren? Not that I promised myself I wouldn't be interested in anyone anymore. Realize Hinana you don't want to be hurt anymore." *

Thousands of statements flogged in Hinana's mind until she realized from earlier Arimura called her.

"Hinena.... Hinan... Hinana." Arimura called out to her many times but Hinana brought her over.

"iya Arimura san, sorry not to be heard" replied Hinana who had just awakened from her daydream.

" Yokatta (thankfully) someone called my name correctly. I'm really happy."

"Eh?" Hinana did not understand Arimura's words.

"you know as long as I'm here everyone calls me Alice, and even Ren's parents follow along. But hearing you call me by my name I'm so happy."

"uh, you're overreacting."

"it's up to you, but I honestly don't like being called Alice. It was all because of Ren who just changed the name."

It is true that Ren always acted as he wished, he also called Hinana as Nana. Of course Hinana refused, because Yukiatsu once called her Nana-Chan.

"why did you call me?"

"do you like chocolate, I brought it from Paris." Arimura thrust out a box of chocolates and Hinana was instantly attracted.

"it looks delicious, arigatou will eat at noon" said Hinana and smiled at Arimura.

" oh yeah Hinana, you seem to be so busy that you don't hear me. Then I'll just leave, but I want to trouble you once again."

"what else?"

"you gave this to Ren." Arimura gave the bag containing the food from earlier in his hand.

"why don't you talk to yourself?"

"i'm tired of waiting for him, and there's someone I want to meet anyway."

"alright, so you bribed me with a chocolate." Hinana linked her smile.

"arigatou Hinana-san, ashita's eyes (see you). Oh yeah you're pretty when you get sick." Arimura praised Hinana before leaving.

How many minutes after Arimura's departure. Hinana's friends who had been a team began to arrive.

"good morning Hinana." greeted Arumi cheerfully then entered her room. Emi, Tsubaki and Sawako smile at Hinana.

Hinana returned the wave and smiled at them, until her smile faded when she saw Ren coming.

"Ren." call Hinana hesitantly because she still remembers what happened last night.

"yes, what's wrong."

"Arimura san leave this to me." Hinana approaches Ren and gives Arimura a seat. But the two did not look at each other.

"oh arigatou gozaimasu" said Ren received the provision and looked at Hinana's back who had left.

Hinana continues her work even though she knows that Ren is still standing in his place. He deliberately did not want to see Ren because he did not want to expect more.

Four hours passed and the break had arrived. As usual, Hinana brought her provisions to eat on the rooftop.

"Hinana." call Arimura and wave at Hinana.

"hem." replied Hinana with a nod, he undoes his intention to eat there because he saw Ren and Arimura were both. Hinana decided to leave.

"why didn't Hinana come?" arimura asked Ren.

"maybe it's because there's me." Ren replied and put tamagoyaki in his mouth.

"do you have a problem with her?"

"hem."

"why don't you finish, is she jealous of me. I have to explain."

"wait a minute." Ren held Arimura's hand and prevented her from leaving. "let it go, it would be better that way."

"HUH. Are you guys dating?"

"of course not. I've decided not to date anyone."

"what's your illness?" arimura and Ren asked without answering. Arimura has known about Ren's disease since she was in Paris. That's why he rejected Ren.

"why don't you just explain? Let's understand each other and not be hostile."

"i'll tell him but not now" Ren said.

"are you afraid that she'll leave you?"

"of course, I don't want to repeat the same mistake. Sometimes when I'm with her, I forget that my life is so short. I always hoped to meet him and be with him." Ren explained what was always piqued in his heart.

"Ren, I'm in the pantry for a second. I made you a drink." Arimura immediately cut off Ren's story because in fact he was also not strong enough to hold back his tears if he knew Ren's condition.

" cotto matte (wait a minute), no need to bother me to take it myself." Ren rushed to follow Arimura who was first in front of him.

They both headed for the pantry and picked up a drink. Just then the roof of the ceiling moved so that it collapsed.

"AWAS.." said Ren and pulled Arimura's hand so as not to fall under the roof. Quickly Arimura was already in his arms Ren sniffed from the ruins of the roof.

But at that time Hinana was passing and fell because of the ruins of the roof.

" HINANA.." cried Ren panicked at seeing her. He should have saved her too. Because his voice was so loud it caused everyone to run into the pantry.

"STOP" said Hinana when she found out Ren was approaching and wanted to help her.