It was lightly snowing in the mountain regions of Japan. Snowflakes danced down from the sky then came to rest among an ever growing bed of snow. Here a young boy and girl were playing. The boy had a fair complexion with light brown spikey hair and pale blue eyes and was wearing a light blue coat with white gloves and snow boots. The girl was unique in appearance with short lilac hair, skin that was white as the snow around them and blue pupil-less eyes with a purple. She was only wearing a light blue kimono with floral pattern, which would seem odd to anyone else but the young boy didn't question it since his friend told him that she liked the cold.

"Hey, do wanna see something Mizi?" the boy asked

"Sure" she replied in a quiet and shy voice.

"I have a scar on my chest." he then showed her , opening up his coat and showing an ugly jagged scar on the right side of his chest, it was a couple inches long.

"I got it from my father. He and my mother were arguing one night, he was really angry and he started to hurt my mum, I tried to stop him but then he started to hurt me instead. That's when we left him. She won't even look at it, it's an ugly reminder of my father and what happened. Do you think it's ugly Mizi?" The little girl looked at the scar on his chest with a curious gaze, she lifted her hand towards the scar and lightly traced it with her fingers. Her hand was cold but the boy didn't flinch, but he started to heat up and become nervous under the girls gentle touch.

"No I don't think it's ugly at all. It's your mark. It's a reminder of how much you care for those close to you and how brave you can be when they need you. It's apart of you and makes you unique like a snowflake. And I like you because you're you." The girl's cheeks were tinted a light pink as she looked up at his eyes and the young boy's cheeks burned a bright red

"Well I like you too Mizi. Because you're you." The girl looked down at her feet, biting her lip and fiddling with her fingers as she thought about what she would say next. After a moment the girl lifted her head and looked at the boy determinedly.

"I have something to show you too Kuzaki."

Kuzaki woke suddenly from his sleep, he panting heavily, his chest heaving up and down as he tried to calm himself. He tried to calm his heart by taking long slow breaths, he sat up in his bed and rested his elbow on his knee as he held his head in his hands. He looked over to his digital clock sitting on his nightstand, the time was 2:33 am, sighing he ran his fingers through his hair closing his eyes.

'It's been years since I thought about her.'

Kazuki thought back to the purple haired girl that he saw in his dreams. She seemed so real back then, but she wasn't. He sighed heavily as he flopped back onto his bed, looking up at the ceiling as he pushed the thoughts of the aurora eyed girl out of his mind and tried to go back to sleep.

*BEEP*

Kazuki groaned as he reached over and slammed his hand down on his alarm clock. He slowly opened his eyes. He laid there for a few minutes staring at the ceiling when he heard his phone vibrate, reaching over to his stand he picked up his phone and saw that he had a message from his friend.

Haruki

"Hey pal! Time to get up. We're hanging out today, be round at 10."

Kazuki smirked 'typical Haruki.' Reluctantly he got up from his bed and shuffled over to his bathroom to take a quick shower and brush his teeth. After showering Kazuki stood with a towel wrapped around his waist in front of his mirror and tried to smooth out his hair but as always ended in failure. Defeated he put down his brush and his eyes drifted to the scar on his chest and his thoughts went back to his dream, he ran the tip of his finger along it remembering what it felt like when the girl had touched it, her fingers were a little cold but she had been so gentle when she brushed them against his skin, sending tingles along his flesh . Kazuki halted his hand and shook his head.

'It wasn't real.'

He walked into his bedroom to get changed, putting on a grey t-shirt under a blue hoodie, black jeans and grey tennis shoes. Heading into the kitchen Kazuki noticed a note on the fridge held on with a Totoro magnet.

'Morning Sweetie. I made you breakfast, it's in the microwave just warm it up. I'll be working late tonight so go ahead and order some food for yourself, there's some money on the table. Love Mum XXX."

Looking inside the microwave he saw that his mum had made him scrambled eggs and bacon. He turned on the microwave and set the timer for one and a half minutes. After eating his breakfast Kazuki washed up the plates from last night's dinner. After that was done Kazuki looked at the clock and found it was 9:55,picking up his phone he put the money his mother left for him in his back pocket and headed out. Walking down his front steps he noticed a figure sitting on his wall. The boy was wearing white trainers, dark blue jeans, a white t-shirt and a black leather jacket. His hair was red and spikey, with the spikes pointing up on the right side, the ends were tinged orange and it made it seem like his head was on fire. He turned round as he saw Kazuki walking down and the boy smiled his golden eyes glinting playfully, hopping off the wall he gave Kazuki a friendly wave.

"Hey Kuzaki!" he shouted in greeting.

"Hey hot head." Kazuki replied, the flame haired boy responded by punching him in the arm.

"Hey! That hurt Haruki!" Kazuki barked at him, rubbing his arm where he just hit.

"Good. It was supposed to. Don't call me that." Haruki said flatly.

"Heh ok...flame head." Haruki growled and promptly hit Kazuki on the head making him cry out in pain. Rubbing his head he looked at Haruki curiously.

"Ow, ok, I asked for that. Anyway why did you call me out today?" he asked. Haruki just looked at him and laughed putting his arm around his shoulder.

"Don't tell me you forgot? It's the first Saturday of the month." he stated, Kazuki continued to look at him blankly, Haruki shook his friend with his arm.

"New manga! Geez dude what's the matter with you?" he asked.

"Sorry I just didn't realise what day it was.I've been a bit distracted lately." Kazuki answered

"No worries man, now come on let's get going." he said excitedly causing Kazuki to smirk at his friend. They were both manga fans but the two had different tastes: Kazuki liked action adventure novels, with the occasional slice of life romances, Haruki however...well he preferred it when the main characters were mostly female and well...let's just say revealed a lot of them that some might think was unnecessary.

They walked down the streets heading to the city's center where the library was located. This place was so different compared to the mountain village he grew up in. The roads were always parked with cars, they were always surrounded by noise, not an inch of this city was silent for a moment. It lacked the serene beauty that his former home had and snow, it was almost always snowing in the village and he loved it. There was something about it, he couldn't explain why but it just filled him with wonder, they may not have been two snowflakes alike but they always joined their fallen friends, connecting together to make something so much more. Alone they would melt instantly but with more they hold together, lasting longer. It pained him to leave it, but he just had to get away, he couldn't stay there anymore.

"I miss it." Kazuki whispered.

"Huh?" Haruki turned to his friend curiously with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh, snow. I miss snow." Kazuki answered, who had not intended for his friend to hear him.

"Oh, ok. You know I've never seen snow so I can't say I miss it if I've never seen it." Haruki said looking up at the sky, as if he expected a spec to fall in front of him.

"You've never seen snow?" Kazuki asked a bit surprised.

"Well I've always lived in warm places, I've always preferred the heat. So I guess I probably wouldn't like snow." He said looking at the ground.

They soon arrived at the library and walked over to the to the latest releases and browsed the various books on the shelf. Kazuki was searching for the next volume of a manga he has been reading recently. It wasn't his go to choice when he picked up the first volume he was just bored and picked up the first thing on the shelf but ever since he read it he's been hooked. It was called 'King of Hearts'. The first volume started off with the main guy Oe Kenkichi attending his High School reunion, it was there he met his true love and the entire series is about him remembering his teenage years where you meet the four girls who fell in love with him, leaving the audience guessing who he chose in the end. The readers have their favorites. Haruki's favorite was Arata Kana, she was the confident and flirty 'Queen of Clubs', but Haruki picked her as his favorite because she was well endowed, she named was 'Queen of Clubs' for a reason. Kazuki's favorite was Suda Isamu 'the Queen of Diamonds' . He believed she was given that title because of her brilliant blue eyes. Suda was the shy, quiet girl of the group, she was always tucked away in the corner reading a book, Oe would always bring her out of her shell. Out of all the girls he spends the most alone time with her and Kazuki believes they share a genuine connection they have a lot in common, they both like the same things and share opinions. However Oe has always had a crush on Takai Sumiko the 'Queen of Hearts' named because she stole all the boys hearts in school, she was easily the most beautiful girl in school, it was only natural to fancy her but physical attractiveness can only last so long. Kazuki was confident that Oe would fall in love with Suda it would only take time. He was anxiously awaiting the next volume that was focused on Suda, the last volume looked at Mae Noriko 'Queen of Spades', why? Because she was super smart, her knowledge came in spades. In her volume it showed how she helped Oe when it came to studying for exams. There were some emotional and touching moments and thanks to her he scored a high grade. It was impossible to tell who he would get with in the end, some people thought he would throw everyone off by instead going for Takais feisty, short tempered sister Ishikawa 'the Jack of Hearts'. It was just too early to tell. Kazuki continued to browse the shelves looking for the latest volume. Disappointment filled him as no new volumes were found on the shelves. So he turned to his friend who picked up a new book from the shelf as soon as he saw the cover his jaw dropped and his eyes sparkled with the utmost desire.

"Oh my god! I am in love!" he cried out with a concerning amount of passion. Kazuki glanced over to the cover. It was a brand new manga and on the cover was a beautiful girl, with blue hair, and pale yellow eyes.

"What is it with you and blue haired chicks?" Kazuki asked.

"What? I've always liked blue hair, which is my ideal hair colour." Haruki stated, still maintaining that worrying amount of passion.

"Right, obviously forgetting that blue hair is not a natural hair colour. So besides blue hair what else would your dream girl have to have?" Kazuki asked. Haruki paused for a moment looking up at the ceiling, as if he was trying to picture his ideal girl.

"Well I wouldn't mind if she had big boobs, don't get me wrong any size would do me just fine but I prefer something I can really get a hold of. " Harukii said with a wink to his friend.

"You are such a perv." he said rolling eyes and shaking his head.

"Oh and she has to be confident and flirty, I like a girl that I can't handle, it's more fun that way." Haruki finished with a definite nod.

"Ok, so you want a girl with blue hair, with big boobs who is confident and flirty. Well that narrows it down." Kazuki said flatly.

"Hey she could be out there somewhere. Just maybe not in this world." Kazuki raised an eyebrow at his friend's last statement.

"Ah, so anyway what about you? What do you look for in your ideal girl?" Haruki asked hastily, giving a nervous laugh. Kazuki looked up at the ceiling, like Haruki trying to piece together his ideal girl.

"Well she would have to have really pretty eyes. The kind of eyes I can get lost in and gaze into forever. You know what they say if you fall in love with their eyes, you fall in love with forever, because they are one thing that never grows old." Haruki looked at this friend with a raised eyebrow and a mocking smirk.

"Oh yeah you're bound to impress the chicks spouting that wimpey ass crap." Haruki said with a chuckle. Kazuki staggered forward, taking advantage of his surprised state Haruki caught him in a fierce headlock, and rubbed his knuckles on the top of his head. Kazuki cried out in pain and tried to free himself from Haruki's merciless noogie. Haruki eventually let him go when the librarian came over and scolded them for making too much noise. Head burning still Kazuki and Haruki headed out to try and find something to eat. They went to their favorite cafe and settled down to eat. They killed a good few hours there just sitting there talking, getting refills on their drinks. When it was time to go Kazuki gave Haruki his share of the bill to pay at the counter, telling him that he'll wait outside, not that Haruki paid much attention as he was too busy flirting with waitress to realize. Waiting round the corner of the cafe Kazuki leaned against the wall.

"Hey Kazuki!" A rather gruff and unpleasant voice called out to him where a group of boys were walking towards him, the leader of the pack was a very tall boy with a fat gut, his head was shaved and his ears were pierced. Kazuki knew him well, his name was Yogi Mushanokoji; the school bully at his school, he liked nothing better than to pick on those around him, even though Kazuki hasn't done anything to him guy's like Yogi don't need a reason to beat people into the ground.

"What you doing out here Kazuki? Shouldn't you be at home reading your little books? Where's your friend Haruki? He not around? You on your own? That's not good a weak little twerp like you wouldn't last on your own." he said with a mean laugh.

"Look Yogi I don't want any trouble please." Kazuki pleaded. Yogi then quickly grabbed him by the neck of his shirt and pulled him close.

"You might not be looking for I trouble, but me and friends here are looking for some fun." he smiled wickedly, it was almost like a snarl as his teeth showed through. Kazuki closed his eye's prepared himself just hoping that they would make it quick.

"Hey, what are you doing Yogi?" Haruki asked with a menacing tone. Kazuki slowly opened his eyes and saw Haruki standing on the corner glaring at Yogi.

"Why don't you put my friend down and I'll let this slide. This once." Haruki said coldly, it sent chills up Kazuki's spine, he never heard his friend speak so coldly before . Yogi gave a low growl and reluctantly released his grip on Kazuki's shirt. Haruki and Yogi kept their glare on each other when Yogi relented and walked past him.

"Come on guys, let's go." he called back to his group, they quickly followed behind him.A little shocked about the event that took place Kazuki just stood there wide eyed as his friend walked up to him.

"You ok man?" Haruki asked giving his friend a comforting pat on his shoulder.

"Yeah. Thanks Haruki" Kazuki answered with a small smile.

"Anytime." Haruki smiled back at his friend and they began walking back to Kazuki place. As they walked Kazuki glanced curiously to his friend. Yogi was tough and picked on anyone and everyone at school but for some reason he always left Haruki and friends of Haruki alone, not wanting to upset him. Now Haruki was not very muscular, sure he was toned and had some strength but he didn't look like he could take him on.

"So Haruki how comes Yogi seems scared of you?" Kazuki asked.

"Heh, he's not scared he just knows better than to mess with me." Haruki replied calmly.

"Why, did you fight him before?" he asked curiously.

"No he doesn't need to fight me to know he doesn't stand a chance against me." Haruki replied with a smirk. Kazuki was a bit surprised he never knew that his friend had that sort of image behind him, he was always so friendly and nice. He never thought that he was capable of fighting off someone like Yogi.

"Well I'll see ya tomorrow ok champ. I'll come get ya around one alright." Haruki turned to his friend. Kazuki had to stop for a moment and look around he didn't even realize that they had arrived at his place.

"Uh sure." Kazuki said regaining himself. Haruki nodded his head and walked down the street waving back to him. Kazuki walked up to his door and walked in. He was still full from the meal he had at the cafe so he didn't think to order anything. He prepared some dinner for his mother knowing that she would be hungry when she got home leaving a note on the side before he headed off to bed. Hoping that he was exhausted enough to have long sleep, with no memories of the past coming into his dreams.