A/N: Same scenario as the last chapter but written in Yuta's POV. I'm following the story in the manga

Disclaimer: Don't own any of the characters.

"talk"
'thoughts'
inner thoughts
~"flashback"~

Winter

ninbokkaku

…

"We've talked about this Sayaka"

He didn't expect for her to ask that question yet again, caused like what he had said, they have talked about it already. And if there is something he disliked the most, it's repeating himself over again.

"I know" she said

"Then why are you asking me that question again?" He tried not to sound annoyed but his voice has irritation written all over it.

"Because Yuta…" she paused for a moment and then landed her gaze towards him.

"…I need to hear the truth."

It surprised him that her gaze turned to a piercing cold glare, and it made him feel uncomfortable for a little bit. The last time he saw Sayaka with this kind of look was when she tried to hurt Nina and he was silently thinking that it won't happen again.

He can't let that happen.

"I've already told you the truth." He said, trying to sound as believable as he could. After all he already did told her before.

"Then tell it to me again." He didn't know why Sayaka was being like this, but if it is necessary for her to be able to believe him and not harm Nina, then,

"I don't love Nina"

He said it with the sincerest tone he could muster. But the reaction he got from his companion wasn't one that he expected. She simply laughed at what he said.

"Wasn't that what you wanted to hear?" he suddenly asked, annoyed by the situation. He was getting confused as to what Sayaka really wants.

"No…"

He noticed a sudden change in her tone

"…that's not what I want."

And somehow he found himself curious about what really is going on inside the ice doll princess.

"Then, what exactly do you want?" he asked. But before he can even get an answer a sudden flash of light was thrown in his way. After recovering from the sudden surprise, he found her holding a familiar mechanism and photo in her hand. It was that camera that can show you who the person in the picture likes. And he knew all too well the person in the photo that Sayaka took just now. He tried to decipher her emotion it but suddenly became too dark for him to notice and then without any warning she announced,

"I want to break up with you."

He didn't know what to say. With the photo she had in hand, he knew there was no excuse he can come up with to make her think otherwise. He was caught red handed and had nothing to defend himself. But there was one thing that bothered him. He had never told Sayaka about such devices, and so with her possessing one now and having the knowledge about it, somebody must've told him about it. And with his gut feeling he knew it was Mito's doing. But to compensate for the lack of something to say, he asked,

"Who gave you that camera?"

"Does it really matter how I got it? Either way it won't change the outcome." She was right about that, he thought absent mindedly. She handed him the photo saying,

"I know you want it."

He looked at the object in her hand rather dejectedly but he swiped it away before she could even read his expression.

"This doesn't prove anything." He said. As if to retaliate the position he was in and justify the guilt he felt.

"But it does mean something right?" She said with all her emotions written in her face. He couldn't feel any guiltier than he already was.

"Sayaka, this…" he gripped the picture tightly.

"I'm with you right now right? Doesn't that mean much more than this stupid picture!" he reasoned out, as if to lessen the pain he had caused the other, hoping that it would be an enough reason to banish all her doubts.

She just stood silently still facing him with eyes downcast.

He had no idea what do.

"What do you want me to do to prove to you that you're the one that I—"

"Don't say what you don't mean. And stop lying to yourself for once." She said with coldness wrapping her every word.

He was taken aback with what she said.

"Don't you think Nina has the right to know that she's the reason why you are suffering like this?"

"She has to know that her insensitivity is the reason why you are hurting so much. If she refuse to accept you and doesn't understand what you've gone through for her it just proves that she is a childish and selfish per—"

No.

He gripped her shoulders to make her listen to him.

"Nina has nothing to do with this."

Nina is not selfish.

Pale teal met emerald orbs.

I'm the one who wanted more.

"My suffering is my choice and her ignorance of it is my own doing. So stop directing your anger to her because obviously she's not the one you're angry with. And like what I've told you already, I don't love Nina anymore."

"LIAR!" she screamed, while yanking her shoulder from his hold.

He had heard Sayaka shout a lot of times. Sometimes out of happiness but most when she's scolding him.

"I'm not—"

It was always a mixture of a high pitched voice a certain tone of persuasiveness but what he heard from her just now, was neither the mixture of that. Her voice sounded as if…

"Sayaka, you're…" he proceed to wipe her tears away.

…she was pleading.

"Don't." she said as she push his hand away from her face. She wiped her tears with trembling hands.

As he looked at her, he saw that she had made up her mind. And perhaps nothing he can say or do can convince her to change her decision.

"Let's just get this over with."

If this is really what you have chosen,

"I'm really tired."

then I have but one request…

"So let's end this now,

Please…

ne yut—"

…don't end up like me.

"Yuta please…" she tried to escape his grasp but he held her tightly

He was being cruel. He knew that…

"I'm sorry for making you suffer like this." He said.

…but he has to. For both their sakes.

"My suffering is my own choice." She replied, echoing what he had stated before.

You've done enough suffering for my sake, so then…

"Just let me hold you…"

Her thoughts were stopped by his sudden request.

"…for the last time" he added.

He was left alone in the bench to think. He couldn't even bring himself to give Sayaka a walk home. He knew he messed up badly and there was no way he can get out of this one at this point. In each passing moment he can feel himself succumbing more and more to the feeling of loneliness that has started to settle within him.

'Damn it.'

~"I just want Yuta to be happy. He's been so kind to me…

"Baka. What I did, was nowhere near any form of kindness." He said aloud to no one.

He can still remember the sadness he saw in Sayaka's eyes and the words she had spoken in the past.

…I'd do anything for him"~

Anything?

The moment that those words came out of Sayaka's mouth, it pushed all his doubts away and he didn't hesitate in confessing to her. It was because of that statement that made him think that perhaps she can do something to end his folly but then he didn't thought that it would come this far, he overlooked the fact that anything includes even leaving him.

His train of thoughts paused as a pristine white substance descended down from the heavens and caught his attention. He stretched out his hand and within moments the object of his attention was in the palm of his hand. However, as soon as it had appeared, the place where it rested became cold and all was left was an amount of dampness in his hand. The same white matter continued to descend from the sky and as he leaned his head back against the cold edge of the bench all that surfaced in his mind was a smile of a certain brunette witch.

Yuta knew then, that this winter would be colder than the rest.

A/N: Hope you liked this one. Nina will be appearing in the next chapter. See yah then. :D