Haruka's POV:
I'm going to be late! I thought, racing down the streets. It was dark, almost 7 at night, when my boss called me for work.
"Miss Nanami, it seems to be that there is a missing piece to your composition," my boss, Ichinose Tokiya said through the phone. He is very charismatic and straightforward, a type of boss a company would want. I am working for a music industry, composing songs for a group named HEAVENS. They were a seven member boy group, the most popular idol group currently. It was a little obvious because they each had their unique styles that would capture every girls' hearts.
"Really? Wait, let me check... Oh! Yes, I forgot to give you two sheets actually! I'm sorry, I'll be there right away!" I said and grabbed my coat, not even bothering with make-up. I sprinted down the crowded streets, feeling the cold December wind piercing through my coat to my skin.
The street was so crowded with people that it was hard to even walk through. Couples were everywhere, holding hands and clinging to each other. It is Christmas Eve and everyone's happy. Except for me. It was the third time I've made this mistake, and this type of mistake is considered very critical in workplace.
My waist long orange hair was swishing wildly at my sides, distracting me, begging me to tie them up. When I came to a complete stop, there were people that were gathered in an immense group that wouldn't budge and let me through. I thought it was a good time, so I tied my hair up, waiting for them to move- which was a stupid idea. Trying to get through, I looked everywhere for a place to escape but nothing. However, there was an open space at the very end, which I would have to go around the crowd, but it was good enough for me. Done tying my hair, I bolted with all my strength to the open area to my escape, when I tripped over a person's foot.
I lost my balance, shutting my eyes tight to wait for the impact.
Three
Two
One
Crash...?
But it didn't come. I felt my torso being contacted with an arm, so I opened my eyes and looked up. In front of me, there was a beautiful man with blue cyan hair tied up in a ponytail that was looking down at me with no emotion showing through his light blue eyes.
He was holding me up by my waist, his upper body leaning against mine. We stayed like that for about three minutes, when someone screamed out,
"It's snowing!" and it was; thousands of white snowflakes settling on top of everyone, and more coming after. It was the first snow of the year and I have just seen it with this stranger who made me feel very strange- in a positive way. He and I didn't move, just looking at each other's eyes. I suddenly felt my heart beating a bit faster, face getting warmer, and unable to look the stranger into his eyes. Snow continued to descend upon everyone, and I felt like time momentarily stopped except for the two of us. I felt hypnotized by the stranger's eyes; everything captured my interest. But nothing lasts forever, and he finally moved his mouth.
"Are you okay?" he spoke, pulling me up. I was dazed for a second and looked at his face for a minute before a person shoved past me, snapping me back to reality.
"Y-yes! I'm fine, thank you so much for helping me," I bowed, feeling stupid.
"It's okay, you should be more careful on the streets. As you know, it's dangerous," he reminded. I was touched by his caring personality but remembered that I had to get to work, quick.
"Thank you so much again! I have to go now, so please excuse me!" I said and ran again. It took me five minutes or so to reach the building and I checked the clock on the side of the building. 7:32.
I. Am. Dead.
Ai's POV:
Hakase called in the middle of my songwriting.
"Hello?"
"Oh! Ai-kun, I need you to get to the lab real quick to get you updated to the latest version I just created!" he shouted, making me place the phone away from my ear.
"How long will it take? And will anything be altered?" I questioned. I was in the middle of writing lyrics, and I didn't want to forget anything.
"Nope! It will take 10 minutes or so to get your system up and working properly and nothing will be altered except for some of your tools because I've replaced them with better ones," his voice was getting high pitched, breath running out, and the tone of his voice was telling me that he was getting excited and getting hyped up.
"Okay, I'll be there in about 20 minutes," I told him and got up from my chair. I grabbed my long brown coat and headed to the front door.
I am an A.I, an android that Hakase created. I am 21 years old in android years, but look far more younger than that. Hakase created me to test out his latest idea, which was inventing an android, and created me on a whim, not knowing that it would actually work. My appearance is the same as his relative, Aine Kisaragi. Hakase was fond of Aine, so he wanted to make a replica of him, which was a 98.97% success.
The December air was cold, and so I booted my heater to heat me up so my system won't freeze. I saw the massive crowed ahead, and quickly remembered that it was Christmas Eve, a time for everyone to be celebrating. All of them, based on my observations, were couples. They seemed happy, although I didn't get what was happy about being together with someone. Dating would mean that you would have to spend several days, hours, minutes, and seconds with the same person, which didn't appear to be very productive to me. I'd rather write more lyrics or meet more people to expand my social circle and be favored by the president of my company than staying with the same person. Plus, if you break up, it's all over; your effort, time, and money you spent for that relationship. What a waste.
I am currently working as a songwriter, only writing lyrics to idols songs, and sometimes creating lyrics for myself as well. I came to like music because I was fascinated by how the harmonies and melodies came together to make such beautiful sounds. After I was first created, music was the only thing that made me feel like something was beautiful, so that might have affected why I liked it so much.
When I was looking through the crowd to see if there was any exit, I found an empty space that I could go through. When I reached the spot and turned right, I saw a red-orange haired girl with her hair in ponytail tripping backwards. Instinctively, I reached out my arm and caught her by the waist. She had her eyes screwed shut and when she opened them, a pair of mesmerizing yellow eyes looked up at me, full of innocence and purity.
We both stayed in the same position for 3.5 minutes, looking into each others' eyes. I would've moved sooner, but her eyes stopped me.
"It's snowing!" somebody shouted from the crowd. Indeed, it was snowing. The first snow. The contrast between her eyes and the snow made me return to my gaze to her eyes once again. However, she suddenly avoided my gaze, her cheeks turning red, which was easy to notice since her skin was fairly white. I felt a shimmer of disappointment in my mind, feeling the impulse to turn her head to see that alluring yellow eyes again. But all I did was to speak and let go of her.
"Are you okay?" I asked, pulling her up. She was very light; almost too light.
"Y-yes! I'm fine, thank you so much for helping me," she replied, bowing. Her feelings were easy to come through because she appeared to be bad at hiding them. Her sincere eyes, clear actions, and facial expressions made it easy for other people to read her like an open book.
"It's okay, you should be more careful on the streets. As you know, it's dangerous," I reminded her, hoping that she wouldn't get hurt or have something unfortunate happening to her.
"Thank you so much again! I have to go now, so please excuse me!" she shouted and ran down the street. I didn't even have a chance to talk to her properly..
Clack, I heard something make contact with the ground. It was a pill container filled with white tablets that rattled whenever it moved. The container appeared to be the girl from just now, so I decided to take it. If she comes back to find it, I could probably talk to her more..
Right! I was heading to Hakase's lab, wasn't I? I reminded myself and got moving. It was the first time to forget what I was doing- although I experienced a lot of first-times ever since I met the girl.
I placed my hand in front of me to feel the cold winter snow make contact with my not so warm hands. Just then, a stanza of a song came to me.
Yukiga marude, Sakura no you... Uh, silent white
Hirari, hirari, teno hi-rari, maiochite kiete yuku yo
I silently sung to myself, surprised to find out that it was good. I pulled out the note in my system and wrote down the lyrics, making it unable to forget. Remembering that I was heading Hakase's lab, I quickly moved myself along and arrived there after 30 minutes. He was surprised that I was late, but dismissed it and quickly upgraded me. When I checked the notes, the lyrics were still there, so I thanked Hakase and left, still thinking about that girl.
Day 1
