Snowdrops
January 2023 first month of the year.
Hope, purity, rebirth
The cold winter breeze kissed her face as the warm Candlemas day.
The rain poured down perpetually, filling the cold January night with the crisp air of coldness and love that can shatter the lover's hearts who are lonely.
Earthly air he was sitting by the window with the files in his hands his eyebrows were furrowed he hated rain it made him feel cold and lonely. The sound of the droplets tapping the ground made his heartbeat go wild.
The water chased down the window glass one by one going down like the Titanic drenched in the Atlantic. His stormy Ocean eyes were fixed on the loose sheets of paper which were filled with blank words that looked like a nuisance to him.
The loose sheets of paper smelled like dry honey.
The sky was thundering with the anguish of shadows. The gloaming blank clouds scrutinized like they were chortling at his loneliness. It was just him and his darkness leaving him in this cold room which was being only heated by the heater, not by someone's heart.
He opened his laptop to type the file, his vision getting blurry. He hadn't slept for the whole day. Now it was 1:00 am his working brain didn't let him sleep, his heart pounding harder as the rain hit the ground.
The sound of typing on the laptop filled the whole room, and the dim light of the ceiling fell onto his head making his dark hair glimmer a little bit. He looked just like his mother. Mikoto Hoshino but the difference was that he had a pompous look on his face just like his father whereas his mother had a warm smile on her face.
His eyes went onto his phone which was vibrating.
"Hello? " _ his voice was stern, a little arrogant, he was tired and who was this idiot who was calling him in the middle of the night?
"Is this a Bloom Flower shop? "_
He rolled his eyes _"Ruby is this your stupid prank then stop this! "
A soft voice came from the phone which caught his attention _" it's not Ruby I am Kana Arima"
"Who are you and why are you calling in the middle of the night? '
"Is this a flower shop? "
"No! " irritation in his voice could be heard.
"Then are you the owner? "
", No I am Aqua Hoshino, the Managing Director of Hoshino Corporations! "
"I want Snowdrop the Flowers of January"
"Are you kidding me? I just gave you my whole damage introduction and you are asking for flowers from me!! " he shouted getting up from the chair he looked outside his eyebrows furrowed more.
Who was this girl who was asking for flowers that were hard to find in the middle of the night!!
"Can you please send them to Konohana City Hospital room no 7 to the name Kana Arima"
-call ended-
"Hello! Are you still there? " she called out his name but the other line was only beeping. She sighed and looked out the window as the rain was getting faster.
She smiled and lay down on the hospital bed.
Hospitals were sad but you know Hospitals have heard more cries and prayers than the church.
The new day was waiting to rise.
She smelled like peppermint and she hated this smell. January she wanted to smell like snowdrops, her new favourite flower of this month.
………
2nd day of January 2023 second day of the year.
Hope, purity, rebirth.
She woke up from her sleep. She looked around the room and it was filled with the pink origami stars that hung upon the door that her younger sister and her elder cousin made for her so they won't feel lonely in January.
She had to spend a new year and Christmas in the hospital which made her sad and frustrated but she tried her best not to show it to someone. She ate her breakfast in silence.
There were no visitors from her family or friends to visit her today since they all went away to spend their holiday.
She had a poker face on her face until her Crimson eyes lay on the wooden shelf which was a little bug away from her bed she could see a bouquet of snowdrops. A smile curved onto her face.
She walked weakly towards the shelf to get those flowers. They looked fresh. It looked like they came into her room when she was fast asleep and they came here early this morning only as they smell fresh and were still a little wet because of the rain.
A letter of war was attached to the bouquet she put the flowers on the bed and opened the letter to read it.
Dear stranger girl
You are annoying you know
I have no interest in knowing you but my mom overheard our conversation and she pressured me to get these flowers for you so I got up at 6:00 am to get these flowers for you.
You should be thankful that Aqua Hoshino got these flowers for you.
And now stop calling me and don't irritate me again.
Or else It won't end up well for you and me.
And listen there is a small poem for you since my younger Sister wants me to be sweet with ladies.
"This rain made me lonely
Winter only seems to make
My heart gets frozen again
I wait for every summer breeze
To make my frozen heart
Melt again. "
Aqua Hoshino