CHAPTER 1

Fear. That's the only thing that you feel these days. It's like keep chasing you every second, haunting your mind and dropped you into a depression. A sound of gunshot keeps ringing in your head and flashed a memory when it killed your family one by one. Just hugging yourself in the corner in fear the only thing that you can do when it showed up in your mind. When will the fear go away from your soul? Who knows? Too many good people who sacrificed themselves to protect you. You feel that there's nothing wrong with you, but why those good people were would to sacrifice themselves to keep you alive? It's too hard to think.

You wiped your tears and assured yourself that there will no more good person who will make a sacrifice to protect you. You stood up and try to throw the fear and sadness away from your soul. Now, you have to starting over your life from zero, without your family. You wrapped your shawl around your neck, shouldered your (F/C) backpack and smiled as you glanced a photo of your family.

"I'll try my best to through this, mom… dad..." you stroked the frame glass on that photo. You put it on your table and began to walk leave your room.

You entered SFIT and walked through the aisle in Robotics Lab.

"(Y/N)..?" someone called you as you reached your hand to your lab door. You saw your best friend, Honey Lemon, stared you in concern. Without hesitation, she wrapped her arms around you, stroked your (H/C) hair and shortly let you go.

"I have heard about your father, (Y/N). Don't be sad, okay? I'll always be here with you" she held your shoulder and smile.

"Thanks, Honey" you smiled.

"Alright then. I should to go right now, I have an exam. Message me if you need a help, okay?".

"Okay, good luck, Honey" You patted her shoulder. She just gave you a smile and left you alone there. You opened your lab door and instantly faced your computer. You picked up your blueprints project, it's looked like waited for you so long. Maybe if it can speak, it will ask a question for you.

"Excuse me, can I come in?" you heard someone knocked your lab door, and threw a question.

"Yes, you can"

"Hi (Y/N)" You saw Hiro approached you

"Hi Hiro" you gave him a little smile.

"What's up?" he asked.

"Yeah, just trying to build my next project. I have been delayed this so long. You… you know…" You bowed your head in sadness, and felt the pain coming through your heart again. Suddenly you felt your body was pulled into a hug. Yes, it was Hiro. He stroked your (H/L) (H/C) hair gently, and trying to cure the pain in your heart.

"I know how are your feelings now. I'm so sorry to hear of your father's death. You must be lonely because your entire family member was gone right now" He tightened the hug and buried his face onto your shoulder. Deep in his embrace, you let the tears to escape, and let his embrace to cure your cut in your heart.

"You were right Hiro, I feel so lonely, I feel empty, and I feel incomplete. They have been sacrificed themselves to protect me with unknown reason, Hiro. Why were they didn't tell me the reason, Hiro?" .

"Shhh… don't worry, (Y/N). You weren't alone, I'll always be here with you and I'll try to investigate the case of you family's murder, and we'll know why are they sacrificed themselves to your safety" He let go of you. Staring your (E/C) eyes with a little smile.

"You don't need to do that, Hiro. I don't want to bother you. I'll can investigate this by myself".

"No, please don't. It's too dangerous if you try it by yourself. Let me help you, it isn't bother me at all".

"But, Hiro.. I don't want you—"

"Hey, it's okay. Don't worry about me" he interrupted.

"Thanks, Hiro. I have no words anymore to thank" .

"Anything for my best friend" He smiled, again. You replied his smile in hesitation. What could you do? Nothing, except for let him to help you. In a side, you have enough to get more pain and want to get out of your misery life. This is a chance for you to get out of it by his help. But in another side, you worried about him.

"Oh okay, by the way. These are some tasks that you have to catch up on. I don't mean to give you more burdens but, some lecturers want me to deliver these freaking tasks to you. Does it alright? Maybe, I can help if you have some problems with this thing" He changed the topic as he handed you some papers.

"Oh, it's alright. Thanks again, Hiro" you put the papers on your table and gave him one more smile.

"Alright then, message me or come to my lab if you done with your tasks and your project, I'll take you home, it's too dangerous if you walk alone on the way" his hand reached to your lab door.

"Okay".

"See you later" he walked away from your lab.

"See you" you replied as he disappeared from your vision.

In the corner, you hugged yourself in worry to see your father was fighting with a red-haired woman. You don't know who the woman is. But why is she attacked you and your father? There was no answer in your mind. Only concerns which covered your mind right now.

"You'll never able to take my daughter!" You saw your father lifted his leg and brought it to the woman in black suit. The woman can fend it off, then, she threw a fist to your father's stomach. She hit it, again… and again. But suddenly your father punched her cheek to create a distance. Your father took the woman's right hand and spun it with ease. The woman gave your father an elbow blow. But it didn't make your father fall down, he didn't give up fighting that woman.

The woman tried to hit your father's head in so many times, but your father always can avoid it. Suddenly, he gave the woman a fist on cheek, and pushed his left knee to her stomach. He grabbed the woman's collar.

"Listen to me, Scarlett. Tell to your freaking boss to stop his stupid intention!" he shouted.

"Never!" the woman took out a gun, and put it on your father's chest.

"Dad!" Your eyes widened as you saw it and going to approach them.

"Stay there, (Y/N). I can handle—"

DORR!

A bullet successfully made a hole on your father's chest and interrupted your father's words. Your father's bloods began to running down and spread in the floor. He still can throw away the gun although he lost his energy. Then, the gun fell right in front of you. Quickly, you took it. And..

DORR!

You shot the woman as your father collapsed. But, the bullet didn't kill her and just made a cut on her arm.

"Get out of here or you'll die here!" you shouted in anger and pointed the gun toward her.

"I'll be back to take you, genius" then, she left you all alone. You dropped the gun and breathed faster.

"Dad!" you approached your father's body.

"Dad…" you knelt limply and your (E/C) eyes began to produce the tears. You erupted your cry beside your father who motionless, even lifeless. You pulled him to an embrace, touched his face shakily and kissed his forehead for the last time.

"I'm sorry, dad" you whispered to his ear hoarsely. You closed your eyes and surrendering yourself to the sadness.

That memory showed up again in your mind and unwittingly produced the tears as you stood in front of Hiro's lab door. You lifted your hand to knock his door, but you still doubted it. Suddenly, the door opened and accidentally your (E/C) eyes met his brown eyes.

"Hey, what's going on? Is there any problem?" He frowned and touched your shoulder.

"No… no problem" you shook your head.

"Then, why were you crying?" he wiped your tears on your cheek.

"Yeah, just… thinking about my family's sacrifice" you bowed your head again. You saw his feet took a few steps to decrease the distance. Suddenly you felt his lips touched your forehead.

"If I can bring back your family's life, I'll do it for you, (Y/N)" he lifted your chin to make you stare in his eyes.

"I missed your happy smile, (Y/N). And honestly, I can't see you sad, I can't see you cry. Please don't show me your sadness anymore" he gave you one more smile and dropped his hand.

"Yes, thanks Hiro. I'll try my best" .

"Alright then, let's go home. It's already night" he took your hand and exited SFIT together.

The snow grains descended from the sky as you and Hiro walked together on the streets.

"Hiro, look. The fall season is end up…" you caught some snow which spread in the air.

"Yeah, you're right. There was no snow in this city in a long time ago" he blew the snow around him.

"Hey, Hiro. I think the snow likes you hair" you chuckled when you saw so many snow stuck in his messy black hair.

"Really?" he asked.

"You think?" .

Then, Hiro tried to prove it. He focused his vision to the snow around him and suddenly he saw some grains of snow descended in front of him and it stuck in his hair.

"You're right" he shook his head to make the snow disappear.

"HEY!" you shouted as the snow flew towards you and covered your face.

"Hahaha… you looked cute with it" he chuckled. You put on your deadpan face and blew the snow around your lips. He stuck his tongue out and laughed. You smiled to him mischievously and then you took a pack of Gummy Bears out of his pocket.

"Hey! Give me back my Gummy Bears!" he shouted and tried to take it back from you.

"No way!" You stuck out your tongue and ran.

"Oh… you want me to kill you? Stay there! I'll catch you" he chased you and tried to take back his Gummy Bears.

"Try it if you can" you teased him with Gummy Bears and ran again. He still chased you and shortly he managed to catch you.

"Haha… where will you going, huh?" he said mischievously while hugging you, then he scratched your waist and it makes you giggled.

"Oh… okay… okay I give up. Stop Hiro… stop" you said while laughing.

"No way!" he replied and kept scratching your waist.

On that night, you and him joking and laughing together. He successfully made you show your happy smile despite temporary. And fixed your broken heart, despite not all.

"Huhh… huhh… okay Hiro. Stop, I give up" you exhausted after joking with him.

"Me too" he did so.

"So, are you feeling better now?" he continued.

"Yeah, little. Thanks for joke Hiro" you patted his shoulder as you breathed faster.

"Hiro, this is your Gummy Bears" you gave the Gummy Bears back to him.

"Thanks" he took it and instantly opened it.

"For you" he put some pieces of Gummy Bears in your hand.

"Thanks" you smiled and ate it.

There was silence for a moment. You smiled as you let the snow fall in your palms. You absolutely so glad to greet them come replaced the rain this year. Because it had been 3 years the rain has replaced the snow every winter.

"Hiro… finally, I can see the snow again" you stared the sky which still producing so many snow grains. Hiro looked towards you, he gave you a small smile, sincerely from the bottom of his heart. He so glad, when he saw your beautiful smile. He was so happy if he can make you laugh. Nothing that he can do to cure your pain, to erase your sadness and to throw away your fear, except for entertain you and always be here to accompany you.

He still gazed your beautiful face. But suddenly his eyes widened when he saw someone pointed a gun towards you.

"(Y/N)! Get down!" he shouted and brought your body to duck down.

DORR!

A bullet escaped from the gun. Fortunately, it didn't hit you or Hiro. You gasped when you heard the gunshot sound.

"HEY!" Hiro shouted and stood up.

"No, Hiro. Please don't" you prevent him.

"Don't worry, (Y/N). I can handle this" he took out a small knife from his backpack.

"Let me follow you, I don't want you to get hurt" you still held his hand.

"Okay but, you have to pick something up for your weapon" he replied as he shouldered his backpack. Quickly, you picked up some stones from the ground and clutched it tightly. Hiro began to walk forward slowly and stay alert. You followed his step in fear and worry, and definitely stay alert, the next attack could have been happen anytime.

"Hey! Show yourself!" Hiro shouted to the one who almost shot you and him. He still held his knife and pointed it to somewhere. Suddenly, both of you heard footsteps sound came approach you.