you hunched over yourself, snow falling gently onto your cold body as you sat on the stairs of your child-hood play ground. Your boyfriend had been caught cheating on you, ripping apart your once sewed together bond, now nothing more than a sea of tears in your eyes as you cried softly into the night.

the snow stopped, no more snowflakes falling onto your scarf as you peeked your head up. Your senior, Hiro, standing over you with his umbrella. His gentle voice calmed you as he spoke.

“Come on. I’ll walk you home.”