Disclaimer! I do not own Chobits, or the characters in it. this is an update of the first chapter, i found it to be too dry, hope this makes it a tad better. 3 you all, and expect more updates to chapters as i plug some plot holes and get the story line in order!

Can she dream?

The first day of winter break, and a long one too, two whole months. Its 6 am and the alarm goes off. Hideki cracks his eyes open and reaches for the clock. "*yawn*...*blink*..." he shivers head to toe "It sure is cold this morning, I wish I could afford a heater" he says with a sigh. Deciding he'd rather stay in his warm futon than get up, he hits snoze and goes back to sleep.

"CHII!" He shouted. Chii's body fell onto the sidewalk in a crumpled mass as the car speed away. She had pushed Hideki away as the car had come barreling toward them. "Chii!" she had saved his life, but at what cost? He ran up to where she lay motionless on the ground and carefully lifted her into his arms. "Chii, please… tell me you'll be okay… please just say something anything!" Chii continued to be silent and unmoving. Hideki burst into tears "Why… why, Chii?" he whispered, "Why…" He closed his eyes and held her tight. "Because… Hideki is…" he looked down at her, her eyes open. "Hideki is…" She repeated softly. She was alive but Hideki could tell she was struggling to speak."Shh Chii, don't force yourself to speak. I've got to get you to Minoru's." He slowly picked her up off the ground and started walking, "Hideki is… Chii's one and only…" He froze at those words. "Chii had to save Hideki… because… Hideki is Chii's one and only…" He was silent. "Is Chii… Hideki's one and only? Does Hideki… love Chii." Before he could think to answer Chii's body became very heavy pulling him to the ground. "Does… Hideki…" She was looking right at him, staring into his eye's as if she was staring into his soul looking for an answer buried inside him. "Chii…" He responded, unsure of what he was about to say next. "Chii, I…" he hesitated again. Chii reached up a shaky hand and held Hideki's face, "Chii loves Hideki…" was all she managed to say before he arm dropped and the lights faded behind her eyes… She was gone, Chii was gone…

Hideki is jolted awake. He sits up trying to calm down and looks over at the clock. 10:23. 'Man what a nightmare… "Is Chii Hideki's one and only? Does Hideki love Chii?" What could I have said…'.He looks over at Chii still lying in bed, eyes closed, and a smile on her face. 'I wonder if she can dream...' he thought, and as if in response to his thought she opened her eyes. "Hideki, good morning." she calmly says with a smile, "Why is Hideki shaking, has something frightened Hideki?" she looks around the room for the cause of Hideki's Distress.

"No, it's not that Chii, I'm just cold."

"Hideki is… cold?", She asked, with her head slightly askew.

"Well its winter, Chii, you see, the weather gets cold, and...hmm" he looks around the room" and the windows get all icy like that" he said as he points to the frosted over window. He stands up and walks over to it and Chii stands up and joins him.

"See" he said as he opened the window to show her the frost and it was snowing.

"Hideki! Hideki!" Chii shouted and looked wide eyed at the white flakes floating in the air smiling with excitement.

As she smiles at him he smiles back and realizes then realized this was Chii's first winter. "That's right Chii you've never seen snow before." She turned to Hideki and looked at him with puzzlement, "Hideki what is 'snow'? Is snow good, Hideki?" Hideki laughs and then smiles at Chii "You see snow is, snow is water... really cold water." She looked puzzled again "Chii does not understand Hideki" he began to think on it 'It's way too early for me to explain where snow comes from, to Chii. Come to think of it, I'm not to sure how it works either…' Hideki thought. "Chii we'll go to the library and let you check out a book on snow." He looked out at the slowly growing drifts, "We'll have to leave soon if we're even going to make it" he cautioned.

He throws on his parka and opens the door of the apartment building. Chii is a little hesitant at walking in the white mounds of snow at first, but Hideki shows her that it's fine, by slipping and heading head first into a drift.

As they walk through the park in front of the library, Hideki notices Chii staring off ahead of them "What is it Chii?" He curiously asked.

"Chii?" was her response as she looked at him with her head tilted, slightly confused.

"I mean what are you staring at?" Hideki laughed as he corrected himself.

She stared back out ahead of them as she stopped walking. "The snow, the way it moves and falls on the ground, the bright white of the snow on the ground, Chii does not know what word it is."

Hideki smiled as he looked at the snow around them, "Beauty, Chii, the word is beauty. And yes, the snow is very beautiful" he said softly as he looked back at Chii, "And so are you." He said with a smile as he laid his hand on Chii's head.

A large smile suddenly appeared on the persocom's face, "Hideki says Chii is beautiful like snow!" she shouts as she jumps up and down grasping Hideki's parka. He laughs but soon stops as she walks away.

"Chii? What's the mat..!" he was cut short as the ecstatic blond tackled him in a hug

"Hideki! Hideki!" Chii shouted with a happy expression as she was laying on top of a very dazed Hideki in the middle of a snow drift.