Winter had arrived, and it meant only one thing, Snow, Asahigaoka was white, but it was too cold, Ren would have preferred to stay at home, and so he was doing, sleeping in his room,
Ren, Ren REN,
- EH?
- Someone knocks on the door- It was Honoka, who was wearing a pink coat, cloth pants with a brown skirt and boots,
Ren was sleeping, with a cloth pants, a long sleeve t-shirt, on top of it, a flannel shirt, she put on a zippered sweatshirt, and opened the door.
It was Renge and Shiori,
Renge was wearing a pink down jacket, Some jeans with a pair of mid-calf boots, Shiori was wearing a pink scarf, white coat, white boots and
- Good morning Ren,
- Oh, hello, Renge, what are you doing here?
- We are going to play with Onee san
- Can't you play with Natsumi?
- Her mother made her study.
- Komari?
- She's in high school, so Koma chan has a lot of work.
- Dagashiya?
...
- right
- Onee san says you are the only candidates
- Honoka can play with you, I want to sleep.
- Come on Renchon- Honoka, saying that, woke up Ren, it was a nickname that seemed to annoy him, and that woke him up, Honoka was aware of that- winter in Asahigaoka will be fun,
Ren didn't feel like going out to play, but when he saw them so sad, he gave up.
- Fine, I'll go out, but let me get dressed.
He went to the closet, his parents had sent him a brown jacket, for the winter, he put it on over his sweatshirt, then put on his jeans, and some boots,
some gloves and a scarf.
- Okay, I'm ready.
The girl's trio and the boy were walking, it was cold, but his jacket did well to keep him warm, on his walk he would see the landscape of Asahigaoka, His cousin was right, the town was beautiful this time of year
- Well, now what do we do? -asked Honoka
- I don't know cousin, or wait, Renge what are we going to do?
-Skiing
- Yes, skiing, what is skiing?
- You grab a board, and you slide down the snow Shiori chan
- But where will we get a sled?
- Dagashiya rents ski products, she also has a sled,
- Good
They went to the candy store, where she gave them two sledges, Kazuho gave her her old sled as a present for her son, the problem was that she was still pregnant, and possibly Kazuho was too sleepy to remember that she already had one, but she held the gift. , at least her son has something to play with while she rents the other sled
They went in groups, most of them were Renge and Shiori, Renge and Honoka, Honoka and Shiori,
he was sitting in the snow
- Ren kun- It was Renge- Won't you come to play?
- no, thanks
- It will be fun
- no, thanks
- Are you afraid?
- No
-You looked the other way
- It's okay, if I'm afraid
- then he accompanies you
- Huh?
- Yes, so you are not afraid
He held out his hand, and the somewhat hesitant required,
They went to the triennial, Renge was in front, and behind,
- Wait- Honoka said- Make us a race- I'm going with shiori, and you're going together
"Hai," Renge said, "Then she looked at Ren, which just nodded.
there were two sleds, Renge and Ren, Honoka and Shiori
- At one, said Renge
- At two - Honoka said.
- At three
but before they could slip away, Kaede interrupted them.
- Wait, you can't just throw yourself like that, you could get hurt,
-Sorry, Renge said.
- they were lucky that they didn't get hurt, ... okay, they can be thrown, but under my supervision, I will supervise you from my store
- Yessss
they slid through the snow, Ren hugged Renge tightly, to prevent her from falling and hurting herself, when they finished the race,
"Okay, we won," Renge said enthusiastically.
- It's not fair, Onee san had an older child,
- Hey
-Okay -said Honoka, let's do it again
They were in the candy store, Kaede had prepared hot chocolate for them, and they had taken off their coats,
- Haaa- said, Shiori, after drinking her hot chocolate.
Ren didn't say anything, but he was enjoying it,
Sweet Tooth was playing with a snowball that Renge gave him "to give him a treat" they heard whimpering, the snowball has melted.
- Sweet tooth, wait don't- Renge tried to calm him
- I told you that bringing snow is a bad idea, besides, look, it's wet, sorry Yuuta - Kaede turned to her son - but the snow wouldn't last much inside.
-Mmm
Renge turned to Sweet Tooth, - Hey wait, when you're older, we'll play in the snow,
yeah?
- Onee san always help me with Kasumi,
- Yeah, I can see that now.
- She always comes to my house and we play with my little sister, she's a big sister.
- One piece of advice girl, you better look at Renge as a person who makes mistakes
Admit it Ren, - Honoka said-You like Renge, don't you?
- Of course, we are friends right?
- No, I mean, you care too much for her
-Que?! No No, of course, that friends do ¿ right?
Honoka didn't say anything.
they went outside, this time they would go to Renge's house, when they arrived, Hikage had opened it for them, who was wearing a shirt with a sweater
- Oh, hi Renge.
-HibHikage
- Did you bring your friends?
- Yes, turn on the kotatsu*
They were in the Kotatsu, relaxing, Renge was drawing with pencils,
- What are you drawi...?- Ren asked, but when he saw that it was him, he fell silent, the content of his work of art, it was him, in the middle of nowhere, with a feeling of loneliness, discomfort
- Yeah?
- Loneliness?
- Renge used strange drawings- Hikage said- a kiss drew me with a lot of eyes looking at me, Hwe called it "Anxiety"
- It bothers you Ren-kun?
- Eh, no no, do what you want
they were so tired, except Ren, who was still in the Kotatsu, when he tried to get out, he noticed that Renge was sleeping next to him, he didn't want to wake her, he just caressed her
A Kotatsu is a type of Japanese furniture for winter, similar to a table with a sheet, with calefaction