Hikaru had slowed a few minutes after he lost sight of Haruhi searching through the trees looking for the trail left in the snow by her board. The snow however wasn't planning on being cooperative as it continued to get heavier, hiding the trail from Hikaru's eyes. "Haruhi ! Where are you?" Hikaru yelled into the trees as he started to panic. "Why the hell is it snowing like this? Can't they control the weather in this place?" He yelled to no one in particular. "What have I done? This is all my fault! I should have known better than to make her do this." Hikaru continued to curse himself as he followed what he hoped was the path Haruhi had taken.
After what felt like hours, which was in reality only ten minutes, Hikaru came to a small ramp in the snow. He slowed and carefully approached the end, hoping to see anything that would point him in the right direction. What he wasn't expecting, was to see Haruhi's unconscious body ten feet away from the ramp.
"Haruhi !" Hikaru quickly unattached his feet from his board, jumped off the ramp and headed to his friends body. He slid to a stop next to Haruhi's body and frantically shouted her name over and over again, hoping for a reaction. "Oh my god, Haruhi, I'm so sorry." He whispered hoarsely as his voice rose in pitch as he felt his eyes burn.
The snow had increased in intensity and it was getting harder for Hikaru to see more than fifteen feet away. Hikaru pulled the top half of Haruhi's body onto his lap and cradled the small girl to his chest. "Don't worry Haruhi, I'll think of something." He said as he desperately looked around the area.
He squinted as he noticed a large, dark shape, "A hut? There may be people, or a phone!" Hikaru said starting to feel optimistic, "Or at the very least some blankets," he said as he looked down at Haruhi's unmoving body. Hikaru quickly removed the board from Haruhi's foot before he gently lifted Haruhi from the ground and held her like she was made of glass as he slowly made his way through the snow to the small hut.
After nearly fifteen minutes of battling through the snow, Hikaru finally reached the door to the hut. He nudged the door with his shoulder but it didn't budge. "Damn!" yelled a frustrated Hikaru. He gently let Haruhi's legs go while holding onto her upper body tightly while he groped for the door handle.
After successfully opening the door, which was nearly blown off its hinges by the fierce wind that accompanied the storm, Hikaru managed to get himself, and Haruhi into the hut. "Is there anyone here? Hello?" he yelled into the empty space, but there was no answer. He cursed loudly and placed Haruhi onto the floor as he forced the door shut and locked it. He took a few deep breaths as he held onto Haruhi and looked around the hut.
"A toilet, kitchen, one couch and a fire. There is no phone so there is no way for us to contact the guys, they must be worried by now. How could I not bring my mobile?" Hikaru said angrily. He stood up and slowly carried Haruhi to the couch.
Hikaru noticed the cut on Haruhi's forehead and felt himself start to panic. "What do I do?" he muttered as he went to search for something to use to stop the bleeding. He found a small first aid kit and tissues in the bathroom and took them to Haruhi. He removed Haruhi's coat with some difficulty and started to wipe the blood from her face. "Please be ok Haruhi, I wouldn't be able to live with myself if anything happened to you." He said as he looked through the first aid box. He was so focused on his task that he didn't realize that Haruhi had started to show signs of being awake.
"Please wake up soon Haruhi, I'm scared seeing you like this. I don't want you to leave me alone, please." Hikaru bit his lip as he felt a lump form in his throat. "I'm ok." Haruhi whispered, shocking Hikaru. "Haruhi! You're alive!" Hikaru shouted as he threw himself on top of Haruhi, hugging her like they hadn't seen each other for months.
"Haruhi, I'm so glad you're ok! I'm so sorry I made you do this, it's my fault you got hurt." Hikaru continued rambling but Haruhi silenced him by putting her hand on his head. "I'm alright, honestly. Its not your fault I got hurt, I forgot how to stop the board so its my fault."
Hikaru removed his head from Haruhi's neck and looked like he was going to continue talking but was cut off before he could re-start. "Where are we?" Haruhi asked looking around the unfamiliar surroundings. "I found you a little away from a ramp and I saw a hut not too far away and since you were unconscious and the snow was getting worse, I brought you here."
Haruhi blushed, "I'm sorry, I've caused us so much trouble." She mumbled which caused Hikaru to hug her tighter and bury his face in the crook of her neck again. "Don't apologise Haruhi, we'll be ok. We can stay here until the storm is over, I don't know why it's snowing this bad." Haruhi looked out of the window at the blizzard. "I'm sure once we don't turn up they'll turn off the snow and come get us." She said confidently before wincing at the pain in her head. Hikaru noticed her wince and his worry came back. "You hurt your head when you fell, I started to clean it up but I don't know what to do. There's so many things in this box," he complained as he pulled things out of the box one by one.
Haruhi allowed herself a small smile at how worried Hikaru was. "Don't worry, I don't think it's too bad. I can clean it up myself in the bathroom." she said as he knelt down on the floor next to Hikaru and put everything back into the box. She stood up a little unsteadily, and went to the bathroom and turned on the light. "I'll try and get a fire started, its freezing in here."
After Haruhi had cleaned up the cut on her forehead, which wasn't as bad as Hikaru had thought, and Hikaru had a small fire going they explored the hut. "Well there's some water and instant noodles here. At least we won't starve." Haruhi said to herself. As Hikaru emerged from a small storage room with a couple of blankets. "We should wrap ourselves up in these. It will take a while for this place to heat up and your clothes are soaked from your fall."
Haruhi looked down at her clothes and blushed. My clothes really are soaked through, she thought to herself. Hikaru handed her a blanket. "Go into the bathroom and take off your wet clothes." he said nervously, not meeting Haruhi's eyes. "Wrap yourself up in this then come back out." Haruhi took the blanket and hurried into the small bathroom.
She hesitantly emerged a few minutes later with the blanket wrapped around her small wet coats were in front of the fire and the couch was nearer the fire as well. Hikaru was also wrapped up in a blanket. She sat on the couch next to him, grateful for the heat. "How do you feel?" he asked her quietly, his eyes still on the fire. "Better than I expected after falling down a mountain."
Hikaru lowered his head. "I really am sorry. This is all my fault. I should never have tried to get you to go snowboarding. What was I thinking? Letting you do something so dangerous?" Haruhi interrupted him with a gentle touch to his leg. "It's really not your fault." she said with a small smile. Hikaru tried to smile back, but his eyes drifted up to the bandage on Haruhi's forehead and he turned his head away, looking even more miserable.
Haruhi noticed and moved a little closer to him. "What are you doing?" he asked as Haruhi put her head against his shoulder. "Don't move, you're warm." she mumbled. "It's not your fault so stop panicking ok?" Hikaru felt a blush rise on his cheeks and only nodded in response. Maybe being stranded here isn't so bad after all, he thought to himself with a grin.