"Ann and Sakuno: Thirty Hugs"
Pairing: Ann Tachibana/Sakuno Ryuuzaki.
Rating: PG-13 for shoujoai/femslash
Disclaimer: Not Mine. Konomi's!
General summary: A collection of AnnxSakuno fics, written for the 30 Hugs LJ comm.

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Part 3: Floral Snow

30 Hugs theme used: 14 (soumei yoshino)

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Snow is cold, that's what you know. At times it's so gelid that it almost feel warm, as the icy feeling goes through your skin and starts crawling in your whole self.

But there's one kind of snow that feels warm and soft at the touch of your hands, and Ann has just learnt of its existance.

"Aaaaah, so pretty! Oishi-sempai was right, the flowers are white and almost look like snow!"

The old soumei yoshino trees located in that small, secret park have very special flowers. Traditionally, the majority of cherry trees have faintly pink blossoms, that somewhat look like cotton candy in the words of Eiji Kikumaru. But these have almost dropped all the possible tons of red that are a part of the pink tint, to favor the pure white that reminds Ann of the snow.

In a childish but incredibly charming way (oh well, she had just stepped out of childhood few years ago...), Sakuno runs to the tree and tiptoes when she gets as close as she can, trying to use her small hands to catch the petals that are falling to the floor. The breeze that carries them away from the blossoms and branches feels warm, unlike the days when the real snow covers the ground.

Ann looks at Sakuno in glee, enjoying how the usually shy girl is completely mesmerized by the beauty. She used to be like that as a little girl, always running around and being marveled by all those small, glittering little things that only children could see. Evne the toughest boy or the more tomboyish girl can't stay away from such stuff; that means they still can retain some degree of innocence, the kind of purity allowing them to remember those precious illusions that adults often want to get back... only to see that they can't grasp them anymore.

Gokutora, already missing the attention that the girls usually give him, barks lightly and runs towards the pigtailed young woman. She turns towards the Terrier and kneels by his side, hugging him against her chest cutely. The pet doesn't even squirm as he always does when Sakuno does this to him, and instead looks up to try licking her chin... and makes a face when a white cherry petal lands on its tongue.

"Gokutora, you tramp," Ann interrupts as she runs towards them, laughing. "You always do that when my girlfriend hugs you first!".

And under that floral snow, girlish laughter mixes with barking.