JW2P2: Snow
Kadic Academy was far from its usual self today as snow drifted down from the grey-clouded heavens. Students and faculty alike were strewn outside of the school, waging snowball fights and building snowmen. Aelita tilted her head back and opened her mouth, a sense of wonder and awe twinkling in her bright green eyes. She stuck her tongue out, hoping to catch one of the tiny snowflakes in her mouth, but was disappointed when she did not feel or taste anything on her tongue.
Removing her mittens, the sharp contrast of temperature stung her hands as they were exposed to the freezing wind. She extended her hand, and watched closely as snowflakes landed on her palm, earning a squeak of excitement from the girl. However, confusion quickly replaced the look of ebullience from Aelita as she watched the snowflakes quickly melt into droplets of water in her hand.
"Snow…" she breathed, her eyes still alight with the wonder and curiosity of Earth.
What seemed to be a simple and almost boring concept for most people, save for young children, Aelita was truly fascinated with what people called "snow". What others have took for granted on the sensation of feeling and seeing objects, Aelita eagerly jumped at any chance to experience something new and exciting. Having been on Lyoko for slightly eleven years of her life, Aelita never had a chance to explore snow, not even when XANA had sent a fierce blizzard upon the city.
Crouching down and scooping up a handful of snow on her bare hand, Aelita gently squeezed it, surprise when the small pile of snow transformed into a somewhat solid lump of ice.
"Fascinating" she murmured, still watching the snow carefully as if it would suddenly perform another feat. "Don't you find snow to be fascinating, Jeremie?" She asked, hearing footsteps lightly crunching behind her in the snow.
'Drat!' Jeremie thought, stopping a foot behind her. "How did you know I was coming up behind you?"
"It's easy- you always smell of French Vanilla." She gave a small sigh, and dumped the handful of snow onto the ground. "It mixes so wonderfully in the snow…"
Aelita slowly got up and stared into Jeremie's eyes, smiling a little when she saw that he grinned, hiding something behind his back. Noticing the flicker of hesitation in his eyes, she leaned forward and kissed him on the lips, startling him and causing him to drop the snowball he was hiding onto the ground.
"I knew it." Aelita gave an all-knowing smirk and watched Jeremie recover from his post-kiss catatonia.