I don't remember much about my childhood,my parents died when I was 5 that's all I can say about them.

No one in my family wanted to take care of me so I was sent into an orphanage, it was a small ,old building,there were about 30 other children there,the food was bad,the beds uncomfortable and the staff members...they were kind.

The director of the orphanage was called Shin Kashima,he was a short and chubby man,he was strict but kind,the orphanage was named after him.

Since i wasn't good at expressing myself I had a hard time making friends,all the other children were either older or younger than me so I never had anything in common with them,in the end I was isolated from the rest.

One day a new kid came to the orphanage,she was 6 years older than me,she was the first friend I made there,and probably the first friend I made in my life.

Her name was Yuko and she was really energetic, she would often pushed me around looking for something to do and when the other kids bullied me she would stand up for me,before I realized I was calling her Yuko-nee,we spent pretty much everyday playing together,the food was still bad and the beds were still uncomfortable but somehow it didn't bothered me anymore.

But that happiness couldn't last forever,one day an old man came to the orphange,the director refered to him as Dr Takao ,the staff made us stand in a straight line while he examined us.

When he was looking at me I couldn't help but to feel disgust,I didn't know anything about him but one thing was certain,he was a bad person.

After he examined all of us he went to the Director's office,they talked for a while and then the Director asked Yuko-nee to come to his office too,I decided to wait for Yuko-nee by the door.

I happened to hear a bit of their conversation, he wanted to adopt Yuko-nee,but the Director was resisting to the idea(Maybe he felt the same way I did about him),in the end Director Kashima said that Yuko-nee should decide what to do,in that moment I felt a surge of happiness raising from somewhere inside me,Yuko-nee wouldn't leave me behind,she would stay,we were friends after all.

She left the orphanage that day and never came back.

A year after that Director Kashima passed away because of a heart attack,the orphanage was left without any funding and it was closed shortly after,the children were sent to other orphanages.I escaped before they could send me somewhere else,I knew Yuko-nee would come back one day,it was my duty as her friend to wait for her.

I couldn't last a week on my own of course,in the fifth day I passed out,I hadn't eaten properly in days so my body was really weak.

I woke up because of the cold,I felt snow falling on my cheeks,the field in where I was laying was now pure white,since I couldn't stand I decided to ask for help but nobody was around and no matter how much I screamed for help nobody would come.

At that moment I realized,I would die there,nobody would come to help me,nobody would know why I escaped.

Despite this I wasn't scared,my mind was as cold as the snow that was falling,if that was fate I would accept it,afterall there was nothing I could do.

"I hate the snow"

I muttered to myself,I smiled wryly because that would probably be my last words and they were so trivial.

Then I heard steps coming from behind me,the steps where followed by a calm,almost too calm voice that said almost in a whisper:

"Yes,I hate the snow too"

A blond young man was standing there,his black suit contrasted the snow so strongly that it reminded me of a Shinigami.

"You will die if you keep laying there,you know?" he said cheerfully.

But I couldn't answer,I was too tired for that.

"Answer me,do you still want to live,even though there's nothing you can obtain in this rotten world?" his cheerful tone was now gone,I felt scared.

But still I managed to nod,Yuko-nee would be sad if I died.

"Very well,then let's make a contract."

END OF PART 1.

Since my English is not so good I may have made some mistakes,feel free to tell me about them and criticize the story as well.

The next part will be about Naoki's first day in highschool and how he met Chiaki and Isamu.