salut et quoi de neuf (hi and what's new)! i'm glad that i finished this chapter quickly and this fanfic has been really fun to write so far. i'm not sure if i'm having the plot move too quickly, so i'd really appreciate reviews/critique, etc. by the way, there's something interesting at the end, and i will somewhat explain why i decided to do that...anyways, enjoy Like Snow ch. 3!

disclaimer: full moon wo sagashite and their songs are not mine, but all new songs mitsuki writes are mine

Myself:

Why, oh why do I love you so much?

My tears overflow this much

"For who Takuto?" Mitsuki asked, her words echoing throughout his body, making him feel somewhat scared. It was a good question - was it someone from his past or present?

Takuto didn't like keeping things from Mitsuki, but he currently couldn't decide exactly whom his feelings were for. "Look, I think it might be from my past," he half-lied. "Sorry, it was stupid for me to bring it up."

"No, it's fine," said Mitsuki, finding a pen from her desk. "I thought it would be interesting to see how we feel the same." She scribbled a small note on a page in her binder.

"What are you doing?" he asked, trying to read the writing over her shoulder.

"I want to remember to dedicate this song to you," she answered while drawing a smiley-face next to the note.

"Are you stupid?" he asked, taking a seat by her desk.

"I won't mention your name - just that a special friend has been guiding me through things lately."

Takuto thought over it for a moment. "Sounds good," he agreed while turning on Mitsuki's music box. The melody of Eternal Snow filled his heart with a familiar feeling he couldn't describe. Mitsuki stood up and set the binder away.

"Oh, Takuto, we have a small dance coming up at school," she told him, observing the snow that was starting to fall outside the window.

"And?"

"I'd like you to help me practice."

"No."

"Huh? Why not?" Mitsuki looked at Takuto, who stood up and walked over to the window.

"I just don't dance, isn't that enough for you?"

"Please, Takuto!" Mitsuki begged, turning the music box again, resuming the music. She hummed along to the tune again, and even though her voice was faint, it touched Takuto deeply.

Finally, Takuto gave in, but he had a good reason not to dance - he was just extremely bad at it. Mitsuki beamed as Takuto took her hand and began to slowly dance. He didn't move gracefully, and if he were not floating, Mitsuki's feet would have been stepped on over and over again. But she didn't care and keep humming, watching the snow gracefully pile up by her window.

"If I meet Eichi-kun again…" she started, her voice soft, "I hope it will be when it's snowing…" The music box stopped playing, but it didn't matter anymore - they continued to dance, the song resonating in their hearts. Mitsuki leaned her head on Takuto's shoulder and closed her eyes.

Takuto could feel her heart beating, and even though she was thinking about Eichi, he could tell that somewhere, deep down, she was thinking about him too. "I'm sure it will be," he promised, imaging the snow as falling stars. He looked up higher in the sky and saw the moon, shining gently. They danced until Mitsuki fell asleep in his arms and he carried her to her room. Meroko was already snoring on the pillow, and Takuto carefully moved her over to make room for Mitsuki. He laid her down and before he left, gave her a kiss on the forehead.

Back in that time, there was so much to lose that I couldn't sing

Anything

A place just a little ways away - That was where I was

"Bye, have a good day at school!" Meroko yelled over to Mitsuki as she left her house. Once Mitsuki was out of sight, she yawned and flew back to Mitsuki's room where Takuto was still asleep. They didn't know if he had been up late and since he was sleeping so peacefully, they left him alone. Aw, he looks so cute when he's not angry with me…

Takuto stirred a little bit as he felt sunlight tickle his nose. He turned over and stretched, but remained snoozing. Meroko was going to check the Shinigami handbook on the roof as soon as Mitsuki left, but she decided to watch Takuto. She couldn't remember the last time he had appeared so calm.

"I wonder what you were doing last night," Meroko whispered, scanning the room with her eyes, searching for a sign of what he might have been up to. She gave up after she noticed everything was in its place. Her attention was then turned to the fresh blanket of snow outside. Maybe he was watching the snow? But when did Mitsuki fall asleep…? Meroko gasped as her over reactive imagination began to work. I bet they shared some kind of special moment together watching the snow last night! Meroko thought, images of Takuto whispering tender words into Mitsuki's ear. She glanced at Takuto and considered waking him up at once - but something stopped her. She remembered how nice he had been to her yesterday, and that it wouldn't be fair to just abruptly wake him up when he probably didn't do anything wrong.

"Meroko…?" Takuto asked groggily, his blue-gray eyes gradually opening. He turned to see the time on the clock. Once he realized the time, he jumped into the air, panicking. "Crap, I overslept! Did Mitsuki get to school?" he slipped his backpack on and adjusted the wings getting ready to fly after her, but Meroko stopped him with her tranquil attitude.

"Don't worry, she's at school," she assured him. "I was going to check the Shinigami handbook, but I decided to wait until you woke up."

"I'm awake now," he said, flying to the bathroom to quickly splash his face with water. When he returned, he looked much more alert and he flew up to the roof, waiting for Meroko and the book. She followed him, taking one final glimpse of the snow. Guess I'll never know what happened… she sighed.

"Here's the book," she declared, the book appearing with a poof. She opened to the page that listed possible threats to Mitsuki's life and was about to confirm that the page was blank, but a word became visible before she could speak. "Takuto!" she shouted with worry.

"Hmm? What is it?" he leaned over to see the book. "What?!" he said with shock vibrating between both of them. How in the world?

Right in the middle of the page in red ink was one name: Mitsuki.

"This can't be right," Meroko said in disbelief. "How can she be a threat to herself?" She flipped through the pages, wondering if the book was defective.

"Let me look at that!" Takuto snapped, swiping the book out of her hands. He studied it carefully and sure enough, everything else in the book was correct. "Damn it, this is crazy!" He threw the book down into the snow in frustration.

"Takuto!" Meroko quickly dove into the snow to retrieve the handbook. "Jeez, warn me when you're going to do that!" she shook the book to dry off the pages. "Look, all we can do is make sure she can't hurt herself. How hard can that be?"

That day, deep in your eyes, I saw the loneliness

Are the two of us really alike?

If I'd realized it, you were always by my side

"Ouch!" Mitsuki yelped in pain as she stubbed her toe on the desk. "Ow, ow, ow…" she limped over to a chair and sat down, rubbing her foot. Maybe I should watch out for things like that…

"Mitsuki-chan, did you hurt yourself?" a classmate of her's asked in concern. Several other classmates surrounded her desk, wondering if she was okay. Due to her health, the other kids in her class were always on the lookout to make sure she was safe.

"I-I'm fine. I just hit my toe…" Mitsuki answered, her face blushing with how embarrassing her injury was.

"Well, at least it's not life threatening." The classmates sighed with relief.

"Thank you for being concerned about me," Mitsuki stood up and walked around, the pain from her foot slowly fading away. She stopped when her foot finished aching.

"Oh, Mitsuki, are you going to Full Moon's concert on Friday?" one of Mitsuki's friends asked while beginning to braid her hair.

That's right! I have to record tomorrow, Mitsuki remembered. "Yes, I plan on going."

"Great! Are we going to meet you there?" another one of her friends collected her papers and joined them. "Maybe we can get a picture with Full Moon!"

"Sorry, I'm going to be backstage because I know Full Moon. I'll be sure to request a picture with you," she apologized, wishing with all of her heart that she could hang out with them. Unfortunately, Full Moon didn't exist without her and she would always be performing to her friends instead of listening with them.

"Lucky! I wish I knew her! By the way, how do you know her?" her friend completed the braid she was working on with a bright pink ribbon and started another.

Mitsuki hesitated, not sure how to answer. "Well…I…"

"She's probably just a family friend, right?" her friend replied for her. "I can't wait to hear her new song on the radio tomorrow too!"

"Really? Mitsuki, do you know the name of it?"

"Yes," she nodded with confidence in her response. "It's Angel In My Heart." Mitsuki smiled as her friends started to talk with excitement about her new song. Perhaps it is better this way… she considered, looking back on what a great affect Full Moon had on her life.

Why do I love you so much?

Your voice rings inside me so much it makes me sad

Just what it was that supported me so much

From afar, I realize it now

"Wow, this is awesome!" Mitsuki complemented Meroko's snow angel before she took a picture. "You must have worked very hard on it!"

"Well, it did take a while to fix the wings…" Meroko admitted, blushing. Finally, she was being acknowledged for something she put her own time and effort into. Even Takuto was proud of her.

Takuto stayed close to Mitsuki, ready to catch her if she fell or block her way if she was going to walk into a tree. While she wasn't always clumsy, there were times when her happiness clouded her common sense. Mitsuki turned around and bumped into him, almost falling backwards, but luckily, Meroko caught her before she hit her head.

"Thank you, Meroko. Sorry, I didn't see Takuto there," Mitsuki tucked her camera in her pocket to prevent it from getting broken.

"Are you tired, Mitsuki?" Meroko asked, noticing Mitsuki yawning. "We should get home so you are rested enough for the recording session."

Mitsuki nodded in agreement. "Sure." She gripped her backpack tighter after a stronger breezed passed by her.

Meroko gave Takuto a look of concern. I wonder if the threat is Mitsuki or her health? She wondered while following Mitsuki carefully. Takuto was probably just as worried as she was and he did the same. She could tell that he was one hundred percent focused on keeping her alive until her time was up. Meroko guessed that he would do anything - even risk his job to save her.

No one spoke for fifteen minutes due to Meroko and Takuto being lost in their thoughts. Finally, Mitsuki decided to share her day at school with them.

"Guess what?" Mitsuki asked, trying give off an optimistic vibe to cheer them up. "Everyone is excited about Full Moon's next song!" She paused and waited for a supportive response, but heard nothing. "Uh, Meroko? Takuto?" she turned around and the stopped suddenly. What is up with them?

"Sorry, Mitsuki," Takuto apologized. He nudged Meroko with his elbow.

"Ow! Uh, I'm sorry too," said Meroko, glaring at Takuto. "You could've warned me first!" she whispered to him.

"Is something wrong? Did I do something?" Mitsuki asked, looking both of them in the eye. A boy probably a year older than her walked by and laughed at Mitsuki talking to herself.

"What are you, an actress?" He asked while expressing amusement.

"Huh?" Mitsuki blinked, somewhat confused.

"Well, you had such a serious expression for being such a cute little girl," he explained. "Maybe you'll be a big star someday." He walked off and left Mitsuki to rethink over his words.

Embarrassed, she stayed silent for a moment.

"Don't listen to him," Takuto said at last. "He doesn't know what he's saying." How in the world can she take people's words so seriously? He thought, sensing that she was probably nervous at being called cute.

"Yeah," Meroko added, "that dummy can't see Shinigami, so who does he think he is…but at least he said you were cute!" Takuto shot her a look telling her that she said the wrong think. "B-but that's a good thing, right?" she added, trying to cover up her mistake.

"I guess…" Mitsuki replied distantly, her mind floating back to memories of Eichi.

Takuto rolled his eyes and grabbed both Meroko and Mitsuki by the hand, dragging them off to Mitsuki's house. "Come on, what do you think Mitsuki's grandma would say if she got home too late?"

"You're right," Mitsuki said, not exactly listening to him. "I hope my song reaches him…"

Meroko and Takuto sighed in unison. Protecting Mitsuki was going to be harder than they thought.

Like a lost child, crying and searching

But there was no such thing as forever

Sakurai Eichi gazed up at the stars while on the ski lift at night. Night skiing was his new favorite thing to do - he could be around the snow that glittered as the light reflected off of it and the stars that twinkled brightly in the sky. It was both peaceful and full of excitement at the same time. Even though things he loved surrounded him, there was someone missing. He missed his bright moon back in Japan, and wanted to see her more than any other beautiful thing in the world.

"Oh, Eichi," a new friend of his, Amy, interrupted his thoughts, but gently. "I've been looking for some new Japanese singers online."

"And?" he asked nervously, eager to hear if someone he knew was a singing superstar.

"I couldn't find any info on your friend Mitsuki, but there is this Full Moon who has been extremely popular lately. If you ask me, I think her songs sound like they're for you," she answered, her voice hopeful that her conclusion was correct.

"Full Moon?" he repeated, wondering why her songs would be for him. "I've never met anyone with that name before."

"True, but that's her stage name," Amy added. "There's an online concert we can watch tomorrow, and you'll see what I mean…"

Mitsuki, Eichi thought while returning his attention to the moon glowing luminously. I hope you are reaching your dream…

yes...eichi is alive. why you might ask? cause i need him for something else, and that's all i'm going to say for right now (and it's a secret!). also, i couldn't remember mitsuki's friends' names (sorry). thank you for taking the time to read my story.