This was actually the 3rd idea that was spun off into it's own mini project from Seta-Gane Shorts. This idea originally came up by an Anon reviewer on the 7th Jan 2013. That review originally came up in My Christmas Present. The reason why this is not in Seta-Gane Shorts is due to it's sexual content in the next chapter.

This was Beta read by KasaiStormDog


Melting Snow

"A year later I'm still no better at this than before. I wish I had the bearings for this..." Naoto's knees wavered as she struggled to keep herself upright. Souji just looked in almost mild amusement as he skidded over to assist the struggling detective. It was a bright and sunny day on the slopes, Souji and Naoto decided to revisit a place they enjoyed but with just the pair of them rather than the whole team. I was hard enough to sneak out of Inaba without all of their gear let alone do it together.

"Just take it slow and distribute the weight evenly on your legs, if anything happens I'll catch you, I promise. Just like last year." She blushed heavily.

"I think I put Kanji through his paces last year, he was too embarrassed half the time to teach me." Souji just laughed.

"True." He expertly skied to her side. "Come on take my hand."

She looked at him curiously. "What will this achieve?"

He smiled warmly to dispel any worries they might have. "We'll ski together to give you a better aspect of the balance. If you fall, we both do so we'll be in this together."

She blushed heavily. "That seems hardly fair-"

"It's one of the best ways to learn, so just put your faith in me cause I'm putting mine in you." She grasped his hand tightly. "Just remember everything I said and we'll be fine. We'll take it slow at first." With that they took off down the slope at a mild pace. As they slowly increased in speed Naoto's grip on Souji's hand became tighter.

"So how are we supposed to stop!?" She shouted as the harsh winter air hit her face.

"Good question!" She looked at him ludicrously.

"What do you mean 'good question'!?" Souji's eyes remained focused.

"Keep an eye on in front of you." That little flash of doubt and slip of concentration caused her to lose her balance and one of her knees buckled under the pressure.

"Shit!" She shouted as she felt herself slip but Souji was one step ahead and grasped her arm. He tensed for the impact as he turned on his side as the fall changed quickly to a tumble on their side. They rolled down the slope for a few seconds until they eventually came to a stop. Naoto groaned from the impact and she looked up to see the silver eyes of her boyfriend staring down at her in concern.

"Are you ok?" He asked simply. She suddenly noticed their position. she was spread eagle under him with his knees tucked in between her legs. She blushed heavily at their position.

"I'm fine but..." She turned away from him. "I know we planned some sort of romantic escapades while we were here but I didn't think we'll start out in public." Souji grinned.

"In due time my Princess." He gave her a quick kiss then picked himself up, offering a hand to the sleuth. She graciously took it and used him as leverage to pick herself up off the ground.

"Souji-kun, would you mind if we head back now so we don't have a repeat process of last year?" Souji smirked.

"Oh and here I was thinking that you would want me to take all of you in side that place, I must admit you did like it and it's a nice change of pace." Her blush blew through several shades of red before it settled on the darkest possible colour.

"I-I beg your pardon?" Her at her natural pitch, completely forgetting to control it. "As exciting as that was I would prefer to have our physical intimate moments in a place more comfortable."

"So you don't like idea?" Her mind instantly went back to last year with thoughts of something extra thrown in.

"Yes... I mean no! " She flushed even deeper than before. Souji laughed at the displacement of the current situation.

"So is it a secret fantasy of yours for me to take you in a place where we are forced to take refuge in and keep warm together? Shirogane-san I never knew you had such a bold imagination." Naoto tried to splutter a response, completely aghast at the words coming out of Souji's mouth.

"H-How c-can you say that with such ease?" Souji's grin became wider.

"Well considering I'm not exactly the one thinking it I don't think me point out the obvious is such a bad thing." Naoto's eyes narrowed. Searching his silver orbs that danced in amusement for any part where she could slip through a crack and flip the subject on him. As usual that opportunity didn't arise.

"Fine, I admit it!" He voice going a lot higher then she thought was possible. "I was thinking about then and I was thinking about it now." She looked down, the confession was somewhat relieving. "I'm just embarrassed that we'll get caught and I'll never be able to live it down..." Souji towered over her for a moment, her focus instantly leaving what she was saying to her boyfriend standing over her.

"Souji-kun?" He lifted her goggles and kissed her forehead causing her to blush but purr at the attention.

"I understand what you mean and as amusing and exciting as that idea is, I do agree with you..." He used her hand to tilt her face to look at him. "...However we do have a very nice and large bath to ourselves in our suite on the balcony so I don't think it's all a loss. I'm sure you have more than an imagination to see where this is going." She flushed deeply all over again as all of the possibilities flooded through her mind in an instant. To be honest, it's what they came for, he promised they'd come back this year without the havoc that is the investigation team. She didn't mind having the whole investigation team around, but it did bother that she spent a lot less time with her boyfriend due to Rise and the guys eating a lot of his time. The fact they got stuck in that shack was a lucky break, however the spying on them was unsettling. Still having Souji personally teach her was more helpful since he had all of her focus and wasn't so quick to back down out of embarrassment.

"I-I would..." Her face darkened again.

'Damn my constant embarrassment. I wish... I wish I could answer him with the same confidence as Rise and Chie on this sort of stuff.'

"I-I would like that Souji-kun." She was rewarded with a small kiss as before he unlocked the clips to his skis.

"It's still early in the day, so there is enough light for us to walk to the resort and the guides are actually around now. We'll walk back since it's easier for you." Naoto nodded as she unclipped her own skis, a little sluggish due to the haze of thoughts in her mind. "...Plus I have prepared food for us, which I'm sure you'll enjoy."

Naoto's face lit up with excitement, all of the previous thoughts pushed aside. "Excellent, I look forward to it Souji-kun."

He extended his hand. "Come on Princess, let's go." She took his free left hand in her right and carried her skis under her left arm. Together they made their way back to the lodge for an early evening and some indoor alone time.


Just a short introduction to give the next scene some context. Hopefully you guys like it.

Also I've updated my profile with upcoming projects.

And yes I'll be finally taking requests on board, might as well if I'm doing a project like this.