Yaaaay! Flashback time!!

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"Are these yours?" and showed Hana her skates, which were still a little damp. Hana sat up and nodded. This was her first time talking to Kyo so closely. "Take better care of them then! Don't be so careless next time." Kyo seemed as if he were stern but Hana knew this was also his first time talking to her and she felt he was also as worried as well as shy.

"Thank you . . . for caring." replied Hana, now feeling comfortable with Kyo, who was blushing, even though he was very close beside her. "Can I ask you something? Do you know who helped me? Were you there too? Was it Yuki?"

"One of the adults helped you, not Yuki. He didn't help at all. He can't swim in freezing water because of his health problem. Don't you remember anything?"

"Not really . . . did you also help me?" Hana asked again, with a smile. "Well . . . I . . . was," but before Kyo said anything, Yuki came back with Hana's lunch and Kyo remained silent just like before.

After some time ever since Hana's accident, Kyo started playing with them again. Even though he didn't like Yuki being around, Kyo started being close to Hana whenever she would play with Kagura. Later on, there was one time when Yuki didn't go to the lake house that year. Hana was sad because her very close friend didn't come that day.

Hana just sat in her room, watching the snowflakes fall from the sky. Suddenly Kyo knocked and came to the door. "Hey Hana, don't you wanna play snowballs outside? Me and Kagura need you to play with us."

"You can play with Kagura. I'll just watch from my window."

"No you shouldn't. At least come outside. You'll feel better. Come on!" said Kyo and took her hand and led her outside. Hana was still not that close to Kyo and was shocked that he really wanted her to come outside. Kyo was right; being outside did make her feel better.

Outside, under the snowflakes, Hana could see herself and Yuki walking around in the snow together. Hana just felt lonely again. Kyo didn't really understand why but he didn't like it.

"Why do you miss him so much, anyway? He's not so fun." said Kyo, drawing doodles in the snow.

"Huh? What do you mean?" asked Hana.

"You know how he is! He has that health problem and all he does is walk around the place. He never plays any games with us and he doesn't even build snowmen with us!"

Hana turned to face the snowflakes again. "It's not that I miss him. I'm just worried for him." Kyo listened. "He always tells me that he was lonely and asks me to be with him so since I'm away from him this time, I'm just wondering how he's feeling right now. He doesn't have a friend in the world, ya' know." and turned to Kyo with a smile. "Oh." he answered.

"You're lucky you always have Kagura with you; that way you're never lonely." Hana changed the subject. "Are you kidding? She's annoying when she's always with me!" said Kyo shockingly.

Hana laughed slightly, and Kyo slowly started to smile. Hana became good friends with Kagura and with Kyo but usually, to make Kagura laugh, she would tease Kyo again and again as they got older. That was when Kyo started to see her as an annoying cousin, just like Kagura, in another way.

After the whole flashback of those good times, Kyo was confused of what he saw in Hana. Maybe to him, she was just like any other annoying cousin or maybe she was closer to him than he thought. Maybe, even though she sees Yuki as her brother, Kyo might've seen Hana as his sister because of their obvious relationship. Nothing serious between them, like Kagura, but like real family.

Suddenly with a firm hit on the head, the photo album stayed on Kyo's head and then fell in front of his face. "A photo album?? . . . Uh-oh . . ."

He turned to find Hana who caught him sitting just a bit from Tohru's door. "You've got a lot of nerve eavesdropping from a girl's room, carrot-cat. Maybe you'd like to explain to me that somewhere else?"

On the roof, Kyo told Hana how he also remembered those times they shared at the lake house and even Hana's accident. "And that's why I decided . . . I guess I'm comin' to see the lake house too. Not that it's like remaking memories or anything, just for old time's sake! Ya' know, give that old heap a chance too."

"You promise?" asked Hana, somewhat deviously.

"Huh? Yeah! Sure, whatever. Just as long you don't go swimming again."

"What was that?"

"Oh nothing! Nothing!"

"Well, alright then! Glad to hear you're coming," and jumped down from the roof. "I bet Kagura's gonna be real happy when she hears about this! I guess I forgot to mention that too, huh?"

"WHAT!? YOU INVITED HER TOO??" But before he knew it, Hana was chuckling all the way back to Tohru's room, where Tohru had already fallen asleep.

'Damn it, Hana! Why do you always have to do this to me?! Always dragging Kagura into things! It's always when we're having a conversation, she always drags someone else in to change the subject . . . especially Kagura. I don't get it . . . why?'

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