Snow In December
84 Some are hidden

"Look !! The snow falling was shaped like a crystal. That's called a snow flower, isn't it? But not everyone realizes it. Because the flower is so cold and will melt if touched." (Hinana Arizawa)

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Hinana is surprised to see Ren who is already sitting in a wheelchair. His gaze led to the cherry blossoms, and soon he realized that Hinana was coming.

"Konbanwa (good afternoon)." said Ren greeted Hinana even though he was still breathing with the help of oxygen.

"Konbanwa." Hinana responded and approached Ren.

"Sakura flowers will not die in winter? Even so the cherry blossoms will bloom again in the coming spring. I can't see him anymore. Hinana, do you like cherry blossoms?" ren asked and looked towards Hinana.

Hinana hides the note book she just bought. He felt that this was not the right time to give it.

"What are you doing here?" without answering any questions from Ren, he asks why Ren is not in his room.

"I'm bored."

"En in a little later at night." without Hinana's consent, she immediately pushed Ren's wheelchair and invited him into her room.

"Can you stand alone?" ask Hinana when she gets to the room.

"hum. What are you carrying?" asked Ren and pointed towards the paper bag.

"Note book, I bought it at the department store" replied Hinana and helped to raise a blanket for Ren.

"What's Hinana here for?"

"Eh itoo, anoo... Look at the dress, it's good, isn't it?" Hinana was confused as to what to answer, eventually she switched the conversation on the dress to be displayed at the festival.

"Kireine (beautiful), why don't you wear it?" ren said and smiled as Hinana showed a photo of the dress on her phone.

"Where might I do, excuse me to go to the bathroom first."

"Em fine go." replied Ren by looking at a photo of his dress. Inexplicably, Ren opened Hinana's email when there was a message from Sawako. His eyes were aghast when he knew there was a voice note from Shota.

Ren wants to know what Shota said, and why Hinana didn't tell him. While listening to a voice message, Hinana suddenly returned from the bathroom. And Ren undoes his intentions.

"Ren, how are you doing now?" ask Hinana.

"I don't know if you can see it for yourself. Doshite (why)?"

"There's nothing, Tsubaki and the others want to see you." Answer Hinana.

"Don't come here, they'll be noisy."

"They're worried about you."

"Even though they are noisy" Ren said with a smile.

"Hinana, is there anything you want to say?" asked Ren expectantly. He hoped that Hinana would tell him about Shota.

"Nothing, I'm here to see how you are. And tomorrow tell to the friends." replied Hinana.

"Sokka (is that so)?"

"Hum, what's up?"

"There's nothing." Ren replied with a grudge of his disappointment and closed his eyes.

"Are you tired?" hinana asked as she realized Ren was closing his eyes.

"Little."

"Alright rest. Ren kun, get well soon. I'll treat you to a meal if you're cured. Jaa ne." Hinana lifted Ren's blanket before he left.

The next morning Ren wakes up because the nurse opens the curtain to his room.

"Ohayougozaimasu sir." Greet the male nurse then exit Ren's room. He saw that there was a parcel in the nightstand, maybe it was Hinana's that was left yesterday.

Ren took the parcel and opened it. His smile seemed to float when he saw the Note book and a small letter from Hinana.

" If you're bored you can write something"

"Ohayougozaimasu, or genki desuka? (good morning, how are you?)." asked Aoyama who was going to check on Ren.

"Hum is a little better. Where's Seto sensei?" ren replied and asked Doctor Seto.

"It's coming soon. Have you been drinking?" Aoyama and Ren asked just nod.

"Ohayou, Ren how are you?" ask doctor Seto who just entered then give a sheet of results chek up.

"Seeing from the results I checked he was getting better. Oh yeah he's looking for you." replied Aoyama then began to tidy up the oxygen hose that was no longer in use.

"Ehhh Hountoni? (really) you seem to miss me." Doctor Seto gave an injection into Ren's intravenous fluids.

"Sensei, can I get out of the hospital?"

Ren took a sitting position, while drawing something in the note book given by Hinana.

"I'm afraid that if you get out of the hospital it'll do something reckless." Doctor Seto replied with a cynical tone. Because he understood Ren's behavior. "At least don't leave the hospital for a week."

"Ehhh I can't promise." Ren replied then chuckled, Seto just scratched his head because there's no way Ren would obey his orders.

"Aoyama sensei, can I borrow your phone?" ren told Aoyama.

"Alright, this. But I don't have no father." Aoyama gave me her phone.

Ren did not answer Aoyama's words, he immediately opened an email from Hinana and played the voice note.

As Hinana is about to get out of the bathroom, Ren is forced to send a voice note to Aoyama's email. Because it's impossible to send it to hers, because she doesn't know where her phone is.

"Hello Ren are you awake? Gomenn has made you need to be treated. I'll go please don't look for me, all this I did out of my own will. It has nothing to do with you neither Dady nor Momy. Take care of yourself, see you."

Shota's voice from the voice note filled his room and Seto also listened. Aoyama is surprised that Ren knows the voice message from Shota that Hinana is hiding.

"How did you know that?" aoyama chuckled in surprise.

"I stole it from Hinana so I sent it to your mother." Aoyama's answer seemed relaxed but certainly Aoyama understood Ren's disappointment.

"Hinana sees you choking and having trouble breathing. Did you know Ren, at that time I saw Hinana's trembling hand holding her phone. It was exactly the same thing twelve years ago, when Hinana told me that my mother had committed suicide. Then I told him not to tell."

"Shota's been living in my apartment all this time, she keeps asking me how you are. When I said why didn't you see her?. Shota just said that he didn't have the courage to see you. So I don't think Hinana needs to go that far as meddling between the two of you, I forbid her to tell you the voicemail."

Finally Aoyama told all the truth that happened, although at first he did not care much about the problems of his patients. It was because Aoyama did not want Ren to blame Hinana. Because after all Hinana is a good friend, even her mother Hinana always helps her.

Doctor Seto who was inside could only be silent, he did not want to defend Ren or Aoyama. Aoyama decides to leave Ren's room without asking for his phone.

"Oh yeah I forgot, this morning I'm going to send you porridge and rib soup. Try to eat it, but if it's still hard to swallow don't be too forced." Seto tried to neutralize the atmosphere so as not to become awkward.

"Sensei." call Ren after a long silence.

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"I want to see cherry blossoms."

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