Hitonari Hiiragi – Replacement

We were walking in silence beside each other. I was examining the snow as usual. I looked at Tachibana concerned. He must be cold. He wasn't wearing much layers, I presumed it was because his jacket was warm so he hadn't need to bother putting on so many layers. It had his scent. He must have been cold as it must have been at least minus one degree Celsius. That idiot is probably pretending not to be cold. He can be a complete moron at times, if not all the time.

"Hiiragi" I stopped and looked at him, my deep grey eyes reflecting in his. "How's Gaku as a replacement?" I had not expected this to have come out of his mouth so suddenly and I couldn't quite think of what to say and I just looked at him. His eyes had ones of determination and I couldn't quite work out what to say.

"I dunno. You're no different."

He suddenly took his bag and slammed it on the floor and ran past me, shoving me on the way as I watch helplessly as he ran into the distance.