Day one.

As she heard the drilling sound coming from next to her, she didn't actually think about what she was about to do. Her first reflex was to throw her fist in that direction, but flinched at the sound of an angry voice, cursing between her lips for starting the day with an enraged Lightning.

"Fang you're a fucking idiot! My god it's the fucking alarm clock." Lightning took her phone and stopped it, putting her hand on her jaw to ease the pain she was feeling thanks to the punch she had just received. She stood up quickly, almost throwing the entire blanket off and stormed out of the room, yelling at Fang again "The day hasn't even started and you have to ruin it! If there wasn't a mountain of fucking snow in front of my fucking door I would throw you out!" Lightning slammed the door and leaned on it, taking deep breaths to calm herself down before making her way to the kitchen, ignoring Snow who was looking confused. She turned the coffee maker on and put a dose in it, grabbing a mug from her cupboards that she quickly positioned, waiting for the coffee to fill her mug. She rubbed her jaw again and opened her mouth a few times before shaking her head in absolute contempt and shifted her head to look through the window and gasped at the sight of the snow standing in front of it. She took her mug and rushed through the living room, put the curtains away and stood still, her eyes desperately looking at the mountain that had formed itself around her house.

Serah was lying in the bed, a hand on her forehead, sighing as she heard the fight that had already started between her sister and her friend. She was about to come out of the room as the yelling started, and decided to stay inside it, waiting for the storm to go away, but she sadly had the feeling that this day was going to be one of the longest of her life as she saw the window now being completely white, figuring that the storm was actually worse than planned. She looked at Vanille who was surprisingly still sleeping even with the high pinched voice that could've made the house tremble and smiled at her friend, whishing she could still be in a dream land, where the flowers are red, and the birds are singing. She closed her eyes in an attempt to fall asleep again and simply laid there, both her hands under her head.

"Do I stand up? Do I stay here? Do I leave through the window?" Fang was sitting on the bed, softly scratching her tattooed arm, thinking deeply about her next move. With a start of a day like this, nothing could get any worse, well she couldn't make it worse or she thought. She decided to stand up and to open the curtains of the bedroom window and opened wide eyes at the sight of the snow. She was able to see the house next to Lightning's, almost being completely swallowed by the white deposit and nodded to herself, thinking that she really wasn't going to be the only reason of the soldier's anger. She took a deep breath and went to the door, opening it softly and making her way to the bathroom first in order to relieve herself. After flushing, she washed her hands and got out of it, making her way to the kitchen and saw Lightning standing in front of the window, a mug in her hands before looking at Snow who didn't seem to know what to do. She silently made fun of him and went inside the kitchen, taking a mug that had been placed next to three others, and poured herself a fresh coffee, along with one for Snow. She brought the two mugs and gave one to her friend, looking extremely thankful, and placed herself next to Lightning, looking at the garden. It wasn't so terrible on this side of the house, but could only imagine what it was like on the other side, and was pretty sure that she and the others were going to spend the entire day trying to get the snow away from the door, garden and so on. She continued staring outside and raised her head, looking at the incoming grey clouds, snowflakes already falling from the sky. She shook her head and turned around "Sorry for the punch by the way." Lightning shifted to face her, and she saw the red mark on the jaw, almost biting her own lip not to laugh.

"Laugh it up Fang. I'm seriously not in the mood." Lightning walked away, glancing at Snow in the process who was staring at the ground, trying to make himself turn invisible. She put the empty mug on the counter and left in the opposite direction, making her way to the bathroom for a hot shower before commencing this exhausting and painful day she was about to experience, and ran into her sister in the hallway. She received a kiss, quickly giving it back and stepped inside her bedroom to grab some clothes and immediately went to the bathroom. She put the clothes on the sink and turned the water on, taking her sleepwear off. She looked at the small scar placed on her stomach, frowning at the unpleasant memory of how she got it, falling on a glass table during an intervention six months ago. Nobody knew about it, and was happy that it had stayed that way. Lightning put her hand under water, checking if it was warm enough and stepped under it, letting the hot water slide on her body, rushing on the top of her head. She closed her eyes and put her hair away before grabbing the shampoo standing behind her and softly massaged her scalp after putting a small amount of it in the palm of her hand. She sighed, thinking that her guests were probably going to stay longer than planned then put her hand on the wall, trying keep her balance as she was starting to feel dizzy simply thinking about it. She rinsed her hair and opened her eyes to grab the lotion, softly putting it over her body before stepping outside the shower.

"Fang? What happened this morning?" Serah was sitting next to Snow on the couch, making the most of Lightning being under the shower to be close to her fiancée. She watched Fang laugh loudly before she went to the kitchen, pouring herself a second coffee. Serah waited patiently, watching Vanille sitting down on the arm chair to her left and then looked by the window, realizing it was still snowing heavily, hearing the wind tapping on the window. Fang came back into the living room and sat down on the floor, her back against the cold window. She brought the coffee to her lips and drank from it, licking her lips right after.

"Well, I heard the alarm clock and I punched Lightnin'. She wasn't very happy." Fang told the story with a smug smile on her face, finding it impossible to hide it. She put the mug down and stretched her arms, yawning loudly in the process before looking at Serah and Snow, both of them looking embarrassed. She raised an eyebrow and realized she was still in her underwear and smiled at the thought. She took the mug back and looked at her sister who apparently was sleeping with her eyes open and stood up, taping her on the back of the neck.

"Why did you do that Fang?!" Vanille looked at her older sister and frowned, now deciding to pout, putting a hand behind her head to massage her neck.

"Oh c'mon, it wasn't a very hard slap." Fang watched her sister and laughed at her reaction, thinking that she had started the day by hitting Lightning way harder. She flinched at the sound of the window trembling due to the wind and turned around, coming closer to it. She brought the mug to her lips, taking yet another sip and went back to the kitchen, placing the mug in the dishwasher that was starting to be filled. She heard a door opening and leaned to the side, watching the soldier coming out of the bathroom. She watched her placing her hair on her left shoulder and smiled at her, winking in the process. Lightning stood still and shook her head, going to the living room, placing herself in front of the window and looking at the snow falling heavily.

"This is getting worse. Serah, can you turn the TV on please?" Lightning went behind the sofa and watched the TV turning on, directly falling on the news talking about the snowstorm that was ravaging the east coast. The weatherman explained that the storm was circling around New-York, and that it should be over in the next two following days, information making Lightning sigh with despair, but also with relief, thinking that in two days she would finally be alone. She nodded and went back to the window, her arms folfded across her chest and felt a presence coming next to her. She clenched her jaw, recognizing Fang's perfume but stayed focused on the white pellicle falling from the sky. She cleared her throat and was suddenly craving for a cigarette and looked at the clock. "10AM, still early." She dropped her shoulders and waited for the girl next to her to speak, slowly losing her nerve.

"Do ya mind if I take a shower?" Fang looked at Lightning's facial expression before she turned her head to look at her. Fang made a predatory smile and was directed to the bathroom. Lightning gave her a fresh towel and watched her bending to grab a new bottle of lotion, giving Fang a sight of her behind, lingering on it. She watched the soldier standing back straight and gave her an odd look as Fang was smirking at what she had just seen. "Thanks Sunshine."

"Fang, call me Sunshine one more time and I will throw you out. Do I make myself clear?" Lightning was clenching her fist, turning her back on her friend trying to calm herself down.

"I'd like to see that Sunshine. Would be interesstin'" Fang laughed and leaned on the sink, waiting for the soldier to leave or to hit her, watching her back with great care.

"Go to hell Fang." Lightning got out of the bathroom and closed the door behind her. She directly made her way to her bedroom, closing the door too before sitting down on her bed, breathing heavily. She had no idea why Fang was always feeling the need to put her in an excess of rage and anger, and the fact that her friend was actually enjoying it was only making things worse. She was trying to remember the last time they actually had a conversation where it didn't end in a fight and realized she couldn't find any. She thought about a fight they had a long time ago, where Lightning literally threw her plate at Fang who dodged it quickly, making the plate crash on the wall. Fangs reaction was to pin Lightning down on the floor that she quickly pushed away before Snow, Serah and Vanille intervened, placing themselves in front of the two women. Lightning growled in anger and stood up from her bed, immediately going to her dresser to look at the picture standing on it. She took the first one she saw, being one of her sister and herself, both of them smiling. She looked at it longer and made a small smile before putting it down and turned around as she heard a knock on her door. "Yes?"

"Light, do you mind if we're watching a movie?" Serah entered the room and looked at her sister, waiting for her to answer.

"No, go ahead, but I don't think I have many movies." Lightning leaned on her dresser, trying to figure out if she had any and shook her head.

"Don't worry I have my computer. Thanks sis." Serah smiled softly and got out of the room, leaving Lightning alone.

Fang made her way out of the bathroom and stumbled into Lightning as she came outside of her bedroom. They both stared at each other before going in the same direction, seeing a movie starting on the huge TV.

"What are we watchin'?" she asked while sitting down on the arm chair facing Vanille.

"Frozen!" responded the redheaded a smile on her face, her eyes locked on the screen. Fang on the other hand opened her mouth and quickly stood up, not wanting to waste two hours of her life watching a cartoon about a princess using ice to build everything she wanted, the snow falling in front of her already being enough. She had already seen it once with Vanille, and that time had been more than enough. She went to the kitchen and sat down on a stool, placing her head in her hands, exhaling deeply. She lifted her head up and watched Lightning doing the same thing, both of them exchanging yet another odd look before the soldier sat down in front of her, an ashtray and packet of cigarettes in her hand. She saw her taking one and put the packet closer to Fang, indicating it was okay for her to take one. Fang nodded and didn't hesitate to grab the nicotine stick, lightening it quickly. She grabbed her phone in her pocket and went to see her e-mails, checking if the package she had ordered was somewhere near her, but thought that with the storm over the city, it probably wouldn't be coming until next Monday. She sighed and brought the cigarette to her lips, taking a long drag before letting the smoke come outside.

"What is it?" Lightning was looking at the Aussie in front of her, scanning her body and trying to figure out what was going on. She mimicked her and took a drag, the smoke coming out from her nose and waited for Fang to answer.

"Hm? Oh, I ordered somethin' a week ago, and I probably won't be getting' until next week. That's it." Fang stared at the soldier, wondering why she suddenly had to be interested in anything she was doing and watched her nod before turning her attention to the people laughing in her living room. She shook her head and made a faint smile before turning her attention back to the tanned woman in front of her. They both looked at each other, the pink-haired girls blue eyes looking deep into the green ones, neither of them breaking the eye contact. They stayed like this a long time until the wind made them both flinch and saw the lights turning off, the people in the living room complaining. Lightning rubbed her temples, the fag still in her hand and put it down in the ashtray. She stood up and went to the living room.

"Sis, the power's out!" Serah stood up and came closer to her sister, looking at the frustration written all over her face.

"I noticed. I'm going to the garage to reset it." Lightning made her way to the entrance and opened the door on her left. She grabbed her phone and turned the flash on, guiding her steps in the dark stairs. She quickly went inside the garage and found the circuit breaker that had tripped. She reset it and looked at the light turning on again. She sighed with relief and went back upstairs, closing the door carefully behind her and went up the stairs. She walked towards the living room and saw the movie on again, her sister thanking her cheerfully. Lightning nodded and went back to the kitchen, closing the door behind her and sat down, grabbing her cigarette in the process. She looked at her friend sitting in front of her again, and raised an eyebrow.

"What's up Sunshine?" Fang put on a smug smile and winked at her friend, watching her face decompose itself at the use of the nickname. She looked even longer, waiting for Lightning to answer, slowly putting the cigarette between her lips.

"Fang. Stop it." Lightning frowned and clenched her jaw strongly, glaring at the other woman.

"Why?" Fang stood up straight, resting her elbows on the counter.

"Just stop it." Lightning cleared her throat and looked at the ceiling, feeling slightly angry now that Fang had used the S word.

"What if I don't want to?" Fang put her fag in the ashtray, and tapped her fingernails on the counter, sensing that this conversation was going to end badly.

Lightning stared at Fang and closed her eyes. She put her head in her hands before standing up quickly and stood still in front of the door. Her hand was resting on the doorknob, holding it tightly but never turned it to open the door. She closed her eyes and felt Fangs body behind her.

"Lightnin', ya need to chill out. You're so stressed all the time." Fangs voice was somewhat soothing, calm and reassuring, but did nothing but to annoy the soldier.

"Don't tell me how to live my life Fang." Lightning turned the doorknob and stepped outside the kitchen, heading towards her front door.

Fang leaned on the wall, staring at Lightning and couldn't help but think that she really was a psycho control freak and a bitch on top of that. She gritted her teeth together and went back to the arm chair facing Vanille, thinking that she might fall asleep in front of the movie she hated so much. She listened to the dreadful song Let it Go and laughed loudly at the sound of it, sensing every eyes on her. She opened one of hers and stared at Vanille and Serah, both of them looking more confused than anything. Fang smiled from ear to ear, winking at them before closing her eye again, bringing her legs closer to her body. She was thinking about nothing in particular, simply the fact to be stuck here, with an over enraged Lightning Farron, her sister and the happy couple. She cleared her throat and tried to figure out what was wrong with the nickname Sunshine. She always thought it fitted her more than anything, being the exact opposite of it. To be honest, she couldn't even remember when she saw the soldier smile, and made herself the promise to actually make her laugh until the end of the storm and high fived herself mentally.

Lightning stared at the front door. She was thinking of a way to clear the gangway when the storm would finally stop, thinking she would need everyone to help her. She went back to the living room and realized that it was already 1PM, and that it was perhaps the time to grab a bite.

"Do you guys want to eat?" she asked, making Serah turn around. Her sister nodded and stood up, deciding she would help her sister to cook something since it was really her strong suit. The two sisters both went to the kitchen; Lightning opened the fridge and inspected it, thinking deeply about what she could make for lunch. Serah came next to her and grabbed the huge salad standing in front of her.
"Light can you put some noodles?" The older Farron nodded and took a sauce pan from the cupboard, filling it with water before putting on the hotplate. She looked at her sister who was starting to cut the salad to wash it after. "Was your movie over?" asked Lightning while sitting down on the stool. She watched her sister nod and fainted a smile in her direction. She waited patiently for the water to boil, listening to the conversation in the other room. Fang and Snow had apparently an intense conversation about sports, nothing that really interested the soldier. She frowned heavily and looked at her sister. "Serah, did Snow find a Job?"

The younger Farron froze, her hand stopping her movement and put the knife down. She swallowed heavily before turning around to face her sister, looking into her eyes. She opened her mouth to speak, but no words were coming out of it, and felt her sister's eyes now piercing her own before relaxing.
"Alright. Anyway, do you need any help?" Serah shook her head quickly and turned around desperately trying to catch her breath. She felt her sister standing up to grab the packet of noodles to pour them all inside the water. She felt a hand on her shoulder and felt Lightning moving away, going back to the living room. Serah sighed with relief, thinking that this conversation wasn't over but only delayed, but wasn't looking forward to the inevitable fight. She took the knife back and started cutting the salad again before putting it under cold water to wash the leaves and looked by the window, seeing that the sky was now blue like the sea, knowing it wouldn't last very long.

Snow was listening to Fang's point of view considering the hockey team of the city of Toronto. She was trying to explain him why, in her opinion they were the most likely to win this year's hockey championship but quickly stopped listening to her as Lightning positioned herself in front of him, her arms crossed and her stare filled with hatred.

"Serah didn't answer me, so I'm asking you. Did you find a job?" Snow decomposed himself at the question and felt his heartbeats increasing, and shook his head. He heard Lightning sigh and ask "Did you even look for one?" Fang and Vanille were observing the scene, the shorter girl leaving in a hurry to join Serah in the kitchen, escaping the imminent atomic bomb that was about to implode. Fang on the other hand stood still and looked at them both, ready to interfere if need be.
"Yes, I did. But they all rejected me." Snow was looking at the ground, too afraid to look his sister in law in the eyes. He heard her scoff and continue "Why? Where did you search?"
"Salesman, cashier in several stores, but they said that I needed a degree to work there." Lightning nodded and stared at Snow, her upper lip rising in absolute contempt and left the room, heading to the bathroom. Snow took a deep breath and looked at Fang who had her fist under her chin, shrugging her shoulders at the man obviously still shaken by the conversation.

"C'mon Snow, ya know how she is. No need to get all hot and bothered." Fang winked at the man and stood up to go by the window, looking at the blue sky.

Vanille was looking at the noodles cooking inside the saucepan and grabbed one with a fork to see if they were ready. She shook her head and asked Serah if she could do anything, to which she answered that cutting piece of already cooked chicken would be great. She went to the fridge and grabbed it before sitting down on a stool, a knife in her hand. She started cutting small pieces of it and couldn't help but ask her best friend something. "Serah? What's going on with Lightning? She seems tensed." She took another piece of chicken to cut it and listened to her friends answer.

"I don't know. I think she's tired, and she never liked having people around her. So yeah…" Serah shook her head in sadness and went to the fridge to grab a bottle of water, filling two glasses before sitting down next to Vanille. The two girls drank their entire glass and smiled at each other before hugging cheerfully. Vanille turned her head and looked by the window, seeing dark clouds approaching dangerously.

As Lightning stepped out of the bathroom where she stayed a long time, simply staring at herself in the mirror, the table and food was already on the table waiting to be eaten. She came inside the living room and thanked her sister for it before sitting down at her usual spot, facing Fang. Serah handed her the salad bowl and put some in her plate before handing it to Fang. Everyone started eating quietly until Fang stood up to grab the remote controller. She waved at Lightning, showing it to her to turn the TV on. The soldier nodded and looked at her friend turning the TV on. She came back and sat down, Lightning clearing her throat in the process and turned her attention to the TV, the news passing on. She grabbed her fork and put some of her food in her mouth, chewing slowly while listening to a report on animals threatened by the global warming. She scoffed and shook her head, thinking that here, the global warming was nowhere to be seen and simply continued eating, her eyes slowly making their way to the mouth of the woman sitting in front of her to finally lock with her own green eyes. They stared at each other before Lightning focused on her plate again, closing her eyes.

At the end of the meal, Fang changed channels because the report was starting to bore her to death. She pressed on the buttons and landed on a music channel and simply let it on. She stood up and cleaned her plate, and thought that she could still go buy a packet of cigarettes in the tobacco store across the street and decided to call the number to see if they were open. She grabbed her phone and looked for the phone number, quickly finding it. She waited a few seconds before hearing a woman answering it and asked if they were open today. The woman said yes, but that they were closing at 3PM before the next wave of snow. She thanked the woman and hang up the phone, watching the people staring at her.

"I'm gonna go to the tobacco store, it's still open." Fang smiled at them and went to the hallway to put her shoes on, grabbing her coat and gloves in the process. She shifted as she watched pink hair approaching.

"I'm coming with you, I need some too." Lightning put on her winter clothes and backpack, and waved at her sister before checking if she had enough money to buy more than one packet. She nodded and grabbed the doorknob, ready to make her way through the snow. It wasn't as bad as she feared and simply escalated the snow almost falling at every step. She stood up and looked at her surroundings, and growled in anger. Fang followed her quickly and stood still next to her, turning around to see the house under a mountain of snow. She prevented the urge to laugh and simply started walking painfully through the snow behind Lightning, spotting her car under the snow. She looked left and saw the tobacco store in front of her, Lightning being already far away from her. She leaned down and grabbed a small amount of snow in her hand, forming a small ball with it and hesitated to throw it on the soldiers back. She thought about it some more and smirked as the ball left her hand to crash on the back of Lightning's head, who immediately froze at the contact. Fang watched her turning around slowly and saw her eyes darting at her, even more than this morning. Fang bit her lip, feeling the urge to burst into laughter.

"You're a fucking child Fang." Lightning turned around and walked in the snow, making her way to the door. She clenched her jaw but made a faint smile as she opened the door, holding it for Fang to step inside. "Get a move on Fang."

"I'm havin' trouble walkin' in the snow, if ya helped me I would be there already." Fang advanced with difficulty and almost fell down, but regained her balance quickly before going inside the store. She sighed with relief and greeted the woman behind the counter. She advanced but looked at the store before buying her cigarettes. She went to the kids section and looked at board games, waving at Lightning. "We could buy some, no?" Lightning nodded slightly, letting Fang decided on which one to buy while she went to the food section, grabbing some things to eat, pizzas, quiches and other frozen food she could easily carry. She went to the cashier and put the food down, waiting for Fang to come back, and gasped as she saw her carrying three board games, putting them down. She shook her head and asked for 5 packets of Marlboro, while Fang took only 3. Lightning gave her credit card and rejected Fangs money who simply shrugged her shoulders. They both put the things in their backpacks and made their way outside, Lightning grabbing Fangs hand to help her.

"Do ya mind if I hold ya?" Fang smiled from ear to ear before winking at Lightning who simply sighed and handed her arm for the tanned woman to grab it. They both started walking through the snow, Lightning sniffing because of the cold and looked at the sky getting darker. She sighed and walked faster, Fang having difficulty to follow her. "Don't go so fast Light."

"Do you see the sky? In twenty seconds it's going to be fucking Armageddon." Lightning walked even faster and felt being pulled towards the ground. "Fang let me go." – "I can't I'm fallin'!" – "Fang let me-". They both fell into the snow, Fang dragging Lightning in her fall. Lightning growled in anger as she tried to stand up, the snow making it almost impossible and glared at Fang who was laughing out loud as she stood up painfully.

"Oh c'mon, it didn't kill ya did it?" Fang handed her hand, ignored by the soldier who stood up seconds after, walking faster to the house. She followed her with a bright smile, feeling particularly proud of what had just happened watching her friend covered in snow from head to toe. She walked faster and looked at Lightning sliding on the snow to open the door and did the same thing, still chuckling. They both put their bags down, taking their coats and boots off before Lightning rushed to the kitchen to put the food in the freezer. Fang walked more slowly into the living, taking the games out of her bag, receiving cheers from her sister and Serah.

"What's the situation?" Serah sat down; looking at the three games Fang had brought being a Trivial Pursuit, a monopoly and a twister "It's a mess." answered Fang softly while sitting down. Serah smiled widely at the sight of the game, barely listening to the woman's answer "This is great Fang! What do you want to do first?" Serah looked at her friend then Vanille, and they all settled on a monopoly first, and wondered if Lightning was actually going to join them. "Sis? You want to play?" Lightning looked to the side and came closer to the three women, and nodded.

"Alright, but I can smoke during the game." She watched her sister frown until she finally agreed and they all sat down around the table. "Where's Snow?" she asked, looking on the couch to see if she could find him.

"He's sleeping in the guest room, I think he cached a cold." Serah turned her attention to the game, unwrapping it and placed the board on the table. Fang was handling the money, giving each the same amount and decided she would be in charge of the bank. They all chose their avatar, Vanille being a cat, Serah a shoe, Fang a car and Lightning chose the horse. They threw the dice one after another to see who was going to start, Vanille immediately dropping on two sixes. She cheered and winked at Serah before starting the game.

Lightning took a cigarette from her new packet and lighted it quickly, rolling the dice immediately after. She frowned and moved her avatar on a blue card, wondering if she was going to buy it. She shook her head and simply took the fag out of her mouth, putting it in the ashtray. She stood up and went to the kitchen, asking if anyone wanted something to drink. Serah and Vanille denied while Fang asked what she actually had. "I have vodka, wine, beer and whiskey." Fang told her that a beer was enough, while Lightning was pouring herself a glass of vodka with her strawberry juice. She came back with the two drinks and handed the beer to Fang, thanking her for it. The soldier took a sip from her drink and took her cigarette back, taking a long drag before exhaling to her right, in the opposite direction of her sister. She watched the dice rolling on the board, thinking that "Boring game" was more appropriate than "board game." She smirked at her own joke and received a confused look from Fang, locking eyes with her, before taking her drink for a mouthful of vodka. She exhaled deeply as she put the glass down and grabbed the dice. She made her piece move, landing on an orange card and bought it immediately, giving Fang the money for it. She received her card and put it next to her money, waiting for her turn.

Fang was watching the soldier discreetly, trying to figure out if she was bored or actually enjoying the game, her lack of expression making it almost impossible to know. She raised an eyebrow and waited for the dice, Vanille buying almost everything she could and thought that it wouldn't take long for her to be bankrupt. Serah was being more careful, and had only bought two cards. Fang hadn't bought anything yet, playing it safe, waiting for the people to spend their money before making her move. She took the dice and threw them on the board, watching a 5/5 appear. She moved from ten and threw them again, landing on a 6 and a 2. She stopped on an airport card and decided to buy it, noticing that neither Vanille nor Serah had bought them. She put the money in the box and took her card, placing it in front of her and handed the dice to Lightning before grabbing one of her cigarettes. She put it between her lips and watched Serah frown at the sight of it, and responded with a wink. She lighted it and took a drag, blowing the smoke away from the younger Farron and concentrated back on the game.

After an hour, Vanille was out because she had too many debts while Serah was almost out of money. Lightning was doing fine, although being enraged because she was sitting in jail and refused to pay to go out, waiting for her turn. Fang and her had both hotels on the opposite sides of the board and were now in a competition to buy the remaining cards. After two minutes, Lightning could finally go out and rolled the dice landing on one of Fangs hotels. She closed her eyes in anger before opening them to dart at her. She mumbled and gave her the 1100$, watching her with a smug smile on her face. Lightning cleared her throat and waited for Serah to play stumbling on of her hotels. She handed her hand and felt the money being put in it.

"I'm out; I have no money, nothing. Dammit." Serah stood up and went on the couch next to Vanille, both of them now pouting and looking at the video clips passing on the TV.

"Ready to lose?" Fang lifted her head up and smirked at Lightning before answering.

"Don't be so smug Sunshine; I have a few tricks left." Lightning frowned and rolled the dice buying the card she stepped on, making it now possible to build houses and hotels.

Fifteen minutes later, Lightning was now almost out of money and darted at Fang, feeling the urge to slam her face on the table. She inhaled deeply and rolled her dice, stepping yet again on a hotel, giving Fang the rest of her money, making the tanned girl the winner of the game.

"I told ya." said Fang smiling in victory, looking at the soldier who was looking upset, clenching her jaw so hard that she was surprised to not hear them break.

"Whatever." Lightning stood up and went to the kitchen to pour herself another glass of vodka. She put the juice in it and closed her eyes as she heard Fangs voice coming from the living room.

"Ya're sister is a sore loser, just like I figured." Fang put the game away and stayed seated at the table, taking yet another cigarette from her packet. She watched Serah standing up to open the window and sighed. She lifted her head up and watched Lightning coming back with a glass in her hand and handed her hand to the soldier. She waited for her to grab it and felt her hand being shaken vividly.

"Sore loser, bitch." was all Lightning could think about, making the decision to shake Fang's hand to prove her wrong. She held the hand longer than planned and felt the soft skin of her friend, staring at the two hands. She put it away and sat down quickly, looking at the screen now showing a TV show about a student's gathering to create a glee club. She sighed and watched Fang moving away, sitting down on an armchair to look at the TV while Lightning put her head on the table and closed her eyes.

Serah turned her head and looked at her sister sleeping on the table. She smiled softly and focused her attention to Fang, looking at her sister. She stared at her longer until Fang finally turned her head to look at the screen. She heard a door opening and stood up quickly, making her way to her fiancée. The two of them exchanged a soft kiss, Serah placing a hand on Snows forehead to check for his temperature. "Feeling better?" she asked while placing herself inside the huge arms. She felt Snows head nodding and they both went to the living room quietly, leaving Lightning sleep a bit longer and sat down on the couch, Serah still in her fiancé's arms. She looked at the TV show and sang softly at a song she knew, Snow joining her in the process while the two Australians were simply looking at them, then at each other amused, until Fang placed her look on Lightning again and bit her lip. She watched the soldier opening one eye, looking back at Fang and stood up straight, slowly stretching on her chair. She put her elbows on the table before looking at the clock over the TV. Fang did the same thing, watching the hour hand pointing on 6PM. She focused on the TV again and waited for the hours to pass by, her stomach starting to grumble. She rested her head on the chair, putting her hair away and closed her eyes, listening to the music coming out from the TV and smiled at the lyrics.

Lightning went to the window, looking at the small snowflakes falling from the sky and walked towards the hallway to put her shoes, coat and scarf on before going outside.

"Where are you going Light?" Lightning turned around and told her sister she simply wanted some fresh air and opened the window, heading outside. She walked into the deep snow and stopped, looking at the grey sky once again and closed her eyes, letting the snow fall on her face without brushing it this time. She breathed softly, a big amount of foam coming out from her nose, her mouth being buried inside her scarf. She opened them again as she heard someone walking through the snow but didn't turn around, simply waiting for the person to come next to her. She turned her head and watched Fang in her brown coat, her blue scarf covering half of her face and smiled quickly inside her scarf.

"Ya're cute with snow in your hair." said Fang while putting the scarf of her mouth to place a cigarette in it. She took her lighter and brought it closer to her face, giving Lightning a sight of the woman thanks to the fire in front of her. Fang turned her head and looked at the soldier, seeing something close to a smile on her lips as she took her scarf away too. Fang cheered and jumped in the snow, giving Lightning a heart attack before asking what was going on.

"I challenged myself in makin' ya smile, and it just worked." Fang smiled and pushed the soldiers shoulder, stiffing at the sensation. Lightning stared at the ground before looking at Fang again.

"You're an idiot." She started walking a little further away, the cigarette in her hand, shivering from the cold.

"But ya like it Sunshine." Fang came closer to Lightning and stopped next to her, looking at the sky and catching a glimpse of the moon.

"Fang, I told you to stop calling me like that, I hate it." Lightning turned around to face her, her eyes searching for something behind the tanned woman.

"That's what ya say, but I know that ya love it, secretly." Fang started walking a little further away, stopping in front of the fence she could make out despite of the snow. Lightning came closer and stayed in front of her, taking a drag from her cigarette.

"No I don't. But I get the feeling you'll never stop so whatever." Lightning frowned and turned her attention to the snowflakes getting bigger and told Fang she was going back inside, and watched her nodding before walking next to her quietly, quickly making their way back to the house, putting their cigarettes in the ashtray. Lightning took her shoes off before entering the house, darting at Fang who was already inside, leaving stains on the ground. She sighed and walked inside, coming closer to Fang.

"Next time, leave your shoes outside? Would be smarter." Fang stiffed and shook her head as she watched the soldier leave and yelled:

"And we were havin' a nice time. You're impossible Light."

"Shut up Fang!" Lightning turned around and looked at Fang, ignoring the three pair of eyes looking at her before heading back to the kitchen, turning the oven on to put the pizzas in it. She came back in the living and asked everyone if pizzas were fine for tonight. She watched them all nod and sighed before sitting at the table, looking at the same show than before. She ignored Fang passing in front of her to sit down on the armchair, and stayed focused on the screen, watching her sister's head bouncing up and down with the music, and softly smiled. She stood up ten minutes after and placed the two extra-large pizzas in the oven staying in the kitchen afterwards.

Serah was upset because the show was now over, the host indicating that the next hour would be focused on video clips, starting with a song that she knew her sister loved. She looked to her right, wondering if her sister was going to show up and wasn't disappointed as Lightning leaned on the wall, looking at the TV. She saw her moving her lips at the chorus before she looked at the TV again, looking at the blond woman wearing a garter belt and leather jacket, finding her somewhat bitchy and focused on the lyrics, until she distinctly heard "You make me wanna die" at the end of the song coming from her sister, watching her stepping inside the kitchen again. She looked at Vanille who looked confused and nodded before saying "Yes, Lightning just sang." making everyone turn their attention to her. Fang laughed while Vanille was opening wide eyes, finding it impossible for the soldier to actually enjoy something except her work, her drinks, her cigarettes and her sister. Serah made a faint smile before looking at the TV again; now being a rap song that she knew her sister hated specifically because Snow was loving it and heard him sing loud. She punched him in the ribs making him scoff and stopped, humming it softly.

Lightning frowned at the song and shook her head, opening the oven to check on the pizzas, seeing they were starting to cook neatly, closing it again. She grabbed five plates from the cupboards and went back to the living room to place them on the table and went back the kitchen. She flinched as Vanille appeared behind her, asking if she needed any help.

"You can take the cutlery. Thanks Vanille." Vanille smiled cheerfully and took 5 forks and knives, bringing them back to the table. Lightning grabbed the bottle of wine that wasn't empty and brought it on the table, holding five glasses before going back to the kitchen again to take the pizzas out of the oven. She put them on two large plates and asked Snow to bring them to the table with a bossy tone, and watched the man execute himself quickly while she was bringing a bottle of water and of coke. She warned the people that the food was ready and sat down painfully. She ignored Fang and grabbed a slice of pizza, and started cutting it and clenched her jaw at the sound of Fangs voice.

"Seriously? That's how ya eat a pizza? Jeez Light it's ridiculous." Fang grabbed her pizza in her hands, Serah glaring at her for trying to put Lightning in a bad mood.

"Do I tell you how to speak properly? No, so shut up Fang." Lightning looked at Fang enraged and took her fork, grabbing a piece of pizza. The two women clenched their respective jaws before focusing on something else, avoiding a fist fight in the middle on the living room.

At the end of dinner, everyone was feeling pretty exhausted and decided to go to bed. Snow took his blanket and pillow back while Serah was showering after Vanille. Lightning decided to shower in the morning after her exercise she hadn't done today and simply went in the other bathroom to brush her teeth, putting her sleep wear in the process. She rinsed her mouth and washed her hands before going to her bed, wishing everyone a good night. She stepped inside the bedroom and went under the blanket and closed her eyes before Fang returned, instantly falling asleep.