I'm dreaming about a white Christmas,
Just like the ones I used to know…
Right, a white Christmas… but that's not what I'm dreaming about, Meia sighed heavily as she threw her gaze out the window. It was snowing all right out there. So white… so pure….
It was Christmas eve that night, and the house was so silent. So quiet…
Yeah right, in, Meia looked at her watch it was 11:59 PM, one minute, the whole house would be filled with noises… unwanted noises.
Five, four, three, two… one…
'MERRY CHRISTMA…' Meia covered her ears, thus blocking the name which every single person in the house, with the obvious exception of her, was shouting. It was always him, him and him. No one bothered about Meia. No one remembered Meia. No one knew Meia. He was only a freshmen in his new school, while she, she was already a senior in her Junior High school. But no, no one would remember her. She hoped that this year would be different, he was new anyway, but she had dismissed that hope, judging by the amount of phone calls he had received. It was always him. Her onii-chan… Meia sighed.
…
And may all your Christmases be white…
Meia switched off her radio, and walked over to her window. Tears started to glisten from her eyes as she looked out. A full moon stared back. A full moon, white snow, dark sky, and beautiful bright stars stared right back. So simple… but so complete. So happy…
May all my Christmases be white? If only all my Christmases, or at least this Christmas, someone would remember me. If only this Christmas, someone would call me up. If only this Christmas, I wouldn't have to spend it alone… I would be happy enough. Who cares about snow anyway? Wasn't Christmas supposed to be a happy time together? But no, ever since onii-chan's first flood of fans came, okaa-san and otou-san would spend their Christmas outside, together, and I'm left alone… Meia wiped a single tear that managed to flow down, sighing at the same time. Happy laughter floated up to her, causing more tears to escape her eyes and flow down.
Why was it always her brother? The very brother she had been so close to at one time, and the very one she looks up to, even now.
'Well, Merry Christmas, onii-chan,' she muttered bitterly.
Why? Why couldn't he remember me? Why is it always him? Couldn't he at least… Meia just stared at the beautiful snowflakes falling down, as her tears flowed down her cheeks silently.
It was always this way. She would always suffer, silently, all alone. Even her parents seemed to like him more. He was more out-going, he could crack jokes, he was good academically and even in sports. She? She, so quiet… she might have been his shadow, just tailing him wherever he went. But… what could she do? That was her! That was the way she was, her personality!
Would it always be like this? Would it always be this way? Meia watched as a tiny, and yet unique snowflake landed on her window still.
It was not that she was alone. She had friends… it's just that her friends never seemed to care. They never remembered her.
Christmas was supposed to be a happy time, where we'd spend it with someone I cared for… but I'm always spending it alone. I'm…
Meia sighed yet again, wiping away all the tears from her eyes, and those that were flowing down her cheek. She hated it, the celebration that everyone looked forward to. The celebration that she herself loved when she was little, when she had such a good relationship with her brother.
Would it always be like that?
A/N: I know this chapter is quite short… but it's the prologue, isn't it? *smiles* I hoped you guys enjoyed it, and of course, don't hesitate to review!!! Oh, BTW, the … before may all your Christmases be white, stands for the line, may your days be merry and bright, but Meia didn't hear that part because she was too busy thinking… well, ja
