This is what it is like to love someone. The thought was a sweet one. While it felt extremely girlish, he counted until when he would see Machi again.
He dragged his feet along towards his apartment. How unusual, he felt, living alone, without the usual racket of the Sohma clan.
"Yuki."
He stiffened as someone ran up to him and hugged him from behind. Then relaxed. He was human, he would never turn into a rat again.
"Machi," he greeted with a smile.
"Snow for Yuki," he smiled at her pun, kissing her softly, snow falling gently around them.