You were standing on the roof of the school and lost in thought.

It was a defeat. All your efforts have been in vain. Even gaining additional strength in the form of a pendant with dark energy did not help you become stronger.

All that left was a feeling of guilt, pain, and emptiness. Everything has become so confusing, like a ball of thread. Even the weather seemed to have become darker.

You felt a cold touch. It was as if the frost itself had touched your cheek, but this cold was not trying to harm you in any way. On the contrary, he seemed to be trying to comfort or protect you.

You immediately remembered Fubuki Shirou, who used his ice powers in football. You remembered his silvery eyes, which sometimes seemed to play with the sun's rays, and at such moments they turned golden. But it only seemed so.

His calm gaze, his voice, his aura — all this made me want to be with him always. But now the guilt was stronger.

Shirou stood behind you and studied you with a slight sadness. However, he understood that his coldness helped you calm down a bit.