Snow Day - Kaito

{KAITO}

Samantha danced around Clyde, making him dizzy. After a while, Clyde fell over and groaned.

Clyde: Make the world stop spinning!

Samantha leaned down and put her finger on his nose, then pressed it. Clyde's eyes focused on her finger immediately. Then she stood.

Samantha: Ta-da! Now the world is no longer spinning! Your stomach might be queasy though.

Clyde lay completely still. I ran my fingers through Ice Cream's fur.

Kaito: (So soft...) Cool trick.

Samantha's attention flew to the candies dancing on the table. I followed her gaze and could see them singing to a marshmallow. Samantha walked over to the table and sat beside Joker. I followed and sat on Joker's other side. Samantha held out her hand to Joker, but her eyes were on the cookies.

Samantha: What card?

Joker shuffled the deck and drew a card.

Joker: Ace of Spades.

Samantha's face fell and she sighed sadly. Joker shuffled the deck again, and placed a stack of five cards into her hand. She looked at them, then turned back to Joker.

Samantha: Pass Kaito a few; let's play Guess the Diamond.

Joker let out a sigh and passed me five cards. I observed my cards, then looked back up. Joker placed the rest of the deck on the table, and drew five cards for himself.

Samantha: One for all!

Samantha declared quickly and laid down two cards. Joker and I followed.

Joker: Six of Diamonds?

Samantha: Nope. Queen of Spades?

Kaito: (How did she know?! Wait, she wasn't peeking right? There was no possible way of her seeing them!) Yes.

I passed her the card. She carefully laid it in its own pile. I drew another card from my two card pile.

Kaito: (Hmm...) King of Clubs.

Joker: You got me. Here's your card.

And the game continued like that until there weren't any cards left. Samantha won the first game. Then we played again with Clyde and Sidd. Samantha won the second game. Luke and Ash joined. Samantha won again. Everyone was playing by game twenty, and everyone was ready to quit. Samantha won every game, it was like she could see our very thoughts.

Sidd: How did you win every game?! How?

Samantha slouched in her chair looking bored. She reached her hand out, snatched up a candy, and popped it into her mouth.

Samantha: You're all too easy to read.

Sidd: But it's impossible to read Joker! He's too unpredictable!

Samantha: When it comes to card games, anyone's predictable. Joker thinks a lot like my sister, so he's easy to read.

Everyone went silent.

Kaito: (How does she do that? She makes everyone go quiet all at once.) ...

Sidd: You have a sister?!

Samantha looked off into the forest and nodded. She seemed obviously distracted.

Samantha: Does anyone mind if I leave for a little bit?

Luke: No, just come back for dinner.

And with that Samantha got up and left. After a while I decided to find her, and followed her tracks. Soon it started snowing, and the sun was setting. The thick flakes made it hard to see and it was freezing. I was glad I brought the wuggle, and I carefully fingered his fur.

Kaito: (Where is she? I'm losing her tracks... So cold... Maybe the wuggle can help.) Ice Cream? Can you smell where Samantha is?

Ice Cream: Nii?

Kaito: Or smell where she went or...

Ice Cream: Nii!

The wuggle pointed in a direction and I went that way. The wuggle seemed to be acting like a compass, and kept his arm in the direction I was to go.

Kaito: (Should have brought Clyde... Was he right when he said he thought she liked me? Maybe I should sing to pass the time... That's what our team normally does.) Hmm... Oreo! OORREEOO! Oreo! OORREEOO!

Ice Cream: Nii! Nii! Nii! Nnnii!

I stopped singing and listened. A song could be heard. A familiar female voice was singing.

?: ...I know who goes before me, I know who stands behind! The God of angel armies is always by my side!

I followed it quickly and arrived at a snowy field. Samantha lay in the middle of it. Her jacket lay off to the side, and she stared intently up at the darkening sky.

Kaito: (W-why does she have her jacket off?! She'll catch a cold!) Samantha!

She turned, startled, but calmed when she saw me approaching. She smiled and sat up.

Samantha: Hi, Kaito.

I picked up her jacket and wrapped it around her.

Kaito: (How's she gonna stay warm when her coat is cold, Kaito?) You'll catch a cold at this rate, if you haven't already.

Samantha reached out and grabbed my hand. She pulled me down and made me sit beside her.

Kaito: Hey! We have to go back! It's getting dark!

Samantha put her finger over my lips and made a 'Shh' noise. I listened and heard silence, very calm and entrancing silence. Her hands went to her coat and she pulled it tighter around her, then smiled at me. We sat there listening to the still snow floating around us. Even Ice Cream seemed amazed.

Samantha: It's so pretty... I want to stay here forever and ever! But I can't.

Kaito: Why not?

Samantha smiled sadly and held out her hand. A flake drifted down and landed on her palm.

Samantha: Snow goes away in the summer. And, as you said, I most likely will catch a cold.

I watched her stare at her surroundings, enjoying them with every ounce of her being. I shivered as a cold breeze whistled past. Samantha noticed and sighed.

Samantha: You're right though, we should head back soon. But... I want to enjoy it a little longer.

I nodded, then handed her the warm wuggle, which she started petting.

Kaito: So why did you come out here in the first place?

Samantha: Mentioning my sister brought back some memories and stuff, so I came to cry it off a bit. And look, it decided to snow on me.

I felt something in my chest ache a little. I rubbed the spot. Samantha frowned and tilted her head.

Samantha: Something wrong?

Kaito: For some reason my chest ached for a moment there. I can't figure out why...

She burst out laughing and collapsed in the snow. I observed her giggling and something warm spread through me. Finally she sat up again.

Samantha: Silly vocaloid... I don't feel like explaining right now.

She crawled over, claimed my lap, and snuggled close to me.

Samantha: It stopped snowing... I can see lots of stars...

She turned to me. Her eyes seemed full of happiness. And then... for some reason she kissed my cheek.

(That wasn't anything like your preview...)

So what?

(...Anyway, an explanation of the card stuff. Every time Samantha asks Joker, 'What card?' she's really trying to decide if she should eat a cookie or not.)

She can only eat a cookie if he pulls out a card from one of the red suits, hearts or diamonds.

(And according to Sushi-san, Guess the Diamond is kind of like Go Fish. Kind of. Knowing Sushi-san, it's much more complex...)

*smirk* Mm-hmm... More snow day next time!