The bus has arrived.

That place was much livelier than Zhao Tong's residence and school.

Department stores, department stores and convenience stores are lined up.

When she got out of the car, she found that it was snow-white.

"Wow, it's so cold......"

She cowered.

Open the folding umbrella that is often stuffed in your bag and walk out into the street.

The snow, falling like a thin white fluff, covered the ground.

She walked aimlessly down the street.

Before the ride, she thought about what to do and what to see, but she just couldn't think of it.

It feels like everything doesn't matter.

At 5:50 p.m., the sky was gray and the street lights were bright.

Picture of a clothing store.

Zhao Tong walked into the store, and a girl her age was picking out clothes, trying on clothes, and giggling with friends.

Zhao Tong wandered around the store alone.

Even if she had friends, she didn't have the kind of deep friendship that could be called a sworn friend.

It doesn't use its cell phone to communicate with its friends, and it doesn't go out with friends on vacation. They only happen to be in the same class and talk occasionally.

That's all, nothing else.

Even if I'm dead and gone, no friends will worry or cry for me.

In the end, it will be forgotten.

When the snow falls, the previous scenery, the human footprints, the meows of kittens, and the laughter of children are all drowned out.

A display costume suddenly caught Zhao Tong's eyes.

The round collar is trimmed with buttons and appropriately added ruffles.

I think it's cute.

But it's not for me.

I didn't wear anything like this. Clothes I wouldn't wear for the rest of my life.

Although everyone praised her for being handsome, such cute clothes are also suitable for her to wear.

If it were her, it would be a good fit.

Because — it's her.

Zhao Tong thought so.

Still, why is she the only one gone?

Still, Why did she die?

“………… ...... again"

Not again.

I miss her again.

Zhao Tong has not forgotten her for a day.

What is that girl named Li Qian to Zhao Tong?

"Huh......?"

- Suzu.

A shadow passed in front of Zhao Tong's eyes.

It is outside the window of the store.

Zhao Tong was attracted by it and ran outside.

Just across the road, there stood a young girl.

A snow-white girl. Her clothes, hair, and skin were a flawless white. Like a doll.

The girl was obviously standing there, but Zhao Tong felt that she was like a phantom.

- As if you are not careful, you will never be able to see again.

She met the girl's eyes.

Result –

The girl smiled slightly.

That smile was very beautiful and sad, and somehow Zhao Tong felt very similar to "her" smile.

Just deep in the ears,

- Suzu.

I faintly heard a sound like a bell.

When Zhao Tong returned home, it was already past eight o'clock.

"I'm back......"

No one answered her with a "you're back".

At this time, my father was still in the company, and my younger brother went to tutoring.

The kitchen was again filled with the sound of chopping vegetables.

Both parents were away from work, and my mother came home at about seven o'clock to prepare dinner, so it was not uncommon for the family to eat dinner late.

My mother has been nervous lately.

The reason is her brother.

Zhao Tong and her brother are about to take their high school exams. He could read better than she did. My mother has a lot of expectations for my younger brother, but her grades have not improved recently, and at most she is on the edge of the passing score of the voluntary school.

The mother, who was staying in the kitchen, unusually happily said to Zhao Tong, who walked into the living room, "Why is it so late." ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Tong only responded. I threw my bag on the sofa and sat down. Pick up the remote control on the table and press it with a crackle. She doesn't particularly want to watch a show, in short, she just looks at the comprehensive channel full of knowledge absentmindedly.

Judging from the mother's anxious appearance lately, it was absolutely impossible to imagine that she would say mildly:

"Zhao Tong, go wash your hands and rinse your mouth, what if you catch a cold?"

"Oh."

Zhao Tong replied. In order to comply with her mother's words, she stood up.

"I'll be back early tomorrow. Satoru doesn't have to go to cram school, and I'll have a party with the dance teachers tomorrow. So, I'll leave it to you tomorrow for dinner. The mother shouted to Zhao Tong who was about to walk out of the living room while humming a song.

This time, Zhao Tong walked to the bathroom without answering.

Tomorrow will be a little early...... Yes.

Do you want me to take care of Zhao Wu? Want to prepare dinner?

Moreover, there is a party between the mother and the teacher who practices the dance.

I see, I see.

Okay, okay.

The so-called "gathering" is not a meeting where the uncles are not Mr. Shuluo.

Oh my God, I've been so happy since the other day, and I'm not a schoolboy.

Ah, isn't the dance teacher also a man?

I see, I see.

It doesn't matter what happens to my daughter? Is a man more important than a daughter?

Tomorrow -

It's my birthday.

You'll forget about it.

That's how bad I was anyway.

Anyway - because I'm the only one who does.

My parents worked hard to build an ideal house with a loan.

Poorly functioning washbasin.

Turn the faucet on.

The palm of the hand, the temperature is cold and stinging.

Body temperature.

Cold hands, as if they were going to freeze.

The cold heart seems to freeze.

If you can do this, you will be happy.

If I—like that—disappear—

If it disappears like this......

Definitely—much easier.

Zhao Tong thought so seriously.

But why?

You'll remember her smile.

Li Qian was smiling.

She smiled at me.

She must be the sun.

Well, ...... yourself It's snow.

When the snow hits the sun, it melts and disappears.

It takes a long time for the sun to go down.

However, what is still deeply imprinted in Zhao Tong's memory is that the sunset that day is very beautiful.

Following.

Yesterday's snow literally turned the whole street white.

Zhao Tong thought it was snowing outside, so he got up earlier than usual and went out earlier than usual.

The mother is still very happy, and she has forgotten her daughter's birthday already.

Zhao Tong didn't sigh at all.

The weather outside was clear, but the road was snowy and difficult to walk, so she walked cautiously.

Although he walked carefully, he was still hurt by the melting snow.

fell on all fours, ugly to death.

"It hurts...... Zhao Tong fell very humiliatingly, painful and embarrassed, so he muttered unconsciously: "Alas, I really want to die......"

Those who, like Zhao Tong, walked to the station in order to get to school by train, were exhaling white air and walking briskly with their bodies curled.

There was a girl who looked like a high school student on the other side, and she also had a wrestle like Zhao Tong. Her face was flushed, redder than her pretended face, her head was lowered, and she ran away as if she had fled the scene.

If you run so fast, you'll fall again?

Or are you so ashamed that you want to die?

Like me?

It's different, isn't it......

I......

Because, I—

I am—alone.

When I was fixing him, I remembered a certain time in the past.

My back screamed with scruples.

If only I could hold you tightly.

I wish someone loved me.

I'm alone, but I finally have a partner.

However, now I am still waiting for her.

Heartily, waiting for her.

If only I could hold you tightly.

My back cried out in solitude.

The snow barely affected him, and Zhao Tong arrived at the school without incident.

The car also runs according to the timetable.

She just fell once.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Tong arrived at school too early and sat in an empty classroom seat.

The classroom was unheated, and it felt cold, but she somehow was in a daze.

"So, what am I doing......"

The teacher's clock ticks the time. It was carved with a loud noise.

Tick tick,

Tick tick tick.

When she was in a daze, "she" still came to mind.

Li Qian is always smiling.

Brighten up those around her with her smile. Qishu.com

But

"——— huh......?"

Even I was weird.

A teardrop ran down Hitomi's face.

Tears burst at once.

"Why am I crying......"

Obviously no one saw it, Zhao Tong was still very embarrassed and hurriedly wiped his face with the sleeve of his coat.

The warm tears immediately turned cold and smeared on the coat.

At this moment, the laughter of girls came from the hallway.

Three girls walked into the classroom. The three of them held back their glances at Zhao Tong, who was sitting alone in the classroom, and put things on the seat, and got together again to start chatting.

The three of them were chatting about the TV show they watched yesterday, and they were chatting energetically.

As usual, no one was calling Zhao Tong.

However, she always said "good morning" to me, because her seat happened to be next door to me, so she did that.

However, I didn't answer her directly. just glanced at her obliquely, and replied to her without answering, "...... Good morning".

As a result, in the end, I still didn't look at her and say hello to her.

No one, no one will......

Then, the teacher's door opened and a student walked in.

As soon as the girl saw Zhao Tong in the classroom, she happily ran over.

"Good morning, Zhao Tong."

It was a quiet, slightly nasal voice, and she adjusted her thin, slightly crooked pale red lenses.

She is Li Li, one of the few friends in Zhao Tong's class.

Zhao Tong thinks that he is "both slow and slow to react", while Eri is "quiet" and even Zhao Tong wants to take care of her.

Li Li was unusually unusually and unsettled today.

Zhao Tong couldn't guess the reason, but he knew it later.

"Early ......" Zhao Tong still didn't look at the other party, and he didn't answer. Li Li didn't wait for her to finish, she took out something from the schoolbag on her shoulder and said, "Happy birthday!" ”

Zhao Tong couldn't help but let out a "huh".

But......

How could it be......

The gift that Li Li handed over, the outer packaging was sky-colored, and there was a bright blue bow on it, which she carefully wrapped herself.

…… She actually remembered my birthday.

But I didn't give him anything.

"Can it be opened?"

Zhao Tong asked. Li Li nodded a little embarrassed in agreement.

"Oops......"

Open the package and there is an ivory teddy bear inside.

"I'm sorry, I just want to get this delivered. Still, it's something I've worked so hard to make. ”

"Huh?"

Zhao Tong was taken aback again.

This teddy bear is delicately made even the smallest parts. Li Li's time passed slowly in another dimension. It must have taken her a lot of time.

The teddy bear in his hand was very warm, which made Zhao Tong's tears roll straight up.

"Thank you, Lily."

"Hmm. Happy birthday Zhao Tong. ”

Li Li smiled shyly.

Zhao Tong looked very happy.

She thought about it, though. This will one day be forgotten as well.

She'll definitely forget.

Forget me as a person......

Zhao Tong said so in his heart.

Ah, I'm such a bad guy.

Li Li gave me such a warm gift.

I'm - snow.

Maybe everything will turn into a white patch.

Li Li's thoughtfulness is the same as today's memories.

It's good if I'm dead.

I'd better die.

Because, I'm a nuisance.

It's better to die.

After the morning tutoring, the tutor called Zhao Tong.

"Zhao Tong, come to the faculty room."

Don't know what the mentor is calling to do? Zhao Tong could only think that at most, he was in a daze and was lectured in a daze during Chinese class yesterday.

Could it be that the teacher didn't scold enough yesterday?

So...... Even the mentor wants to teach me a lesson?

During the time when Zhao Tong followed his tutor to the faculty room, his mind was constantly cranky. However, she was all wrong. It's another thing entirely.

And, it scared her.

The tutor sat down in his chair with a flutter, rattled his back, and asked:

"You and Li Qian are very good."

Hey?

What a strange question the instructor asked.

Me and her?

We barely spoke.

What the hell is going on -

"Hmmm......"

However, Zhao Tong did not say the question in his heart, but only answered vaguely.

Then, the instructor took out a light blue envelope from the bag he held at his feet.

"This is for you."

The tutor handed the envelope to Zhao Tong.

The envelope was sealed, and there was no address written on it, but his name "Zhao Tong" was written horizontally.

It's-

“……”

Zhao Tong wondered if he had stopped breathing, and his pulse was beating fast.

The name of the person who wrote the letter –

It's "she".

is no longer there,

Li Qian——Written.

The moonlight swayed.

She held out her hands.

Sigh at the strength of the sky.

The stars have fallen and faded.

Sigh at the end of the sky.

She stretched out her hands and left.

The moonlight swayed.

She held out her hands.

Zhao Tong had dreamed of it before.

It's probably a dream.

It's so real, it's like a pipe dream.

Many small white flowers.

A large patch of small flowers.

When I touched them, I realized that it was snow.

"It's so cold......"

A chill spread from the fingertips to the whole body.

Deep in the ears, no, there was the sound of a bell ringing beside him.

There was a black cat that was there at some point.

He had a prominent bell on his neck.

The black cat's eyes were like a golden moon, and one was staring at Zhao Tong.

Then, in the other direction, he said, "Humans really can't do it, and they don't even know where they are." ”

It's a cute teenager's voice.

It's out of tune with his arrogant tone, and it feels a little cute.

Just as Zhao Tong was thinking this, in the other direction, where the black cat was talking in that direction, there was a girl dressed in white who stood there for some time.

The girl was transformed into a blooming white flower, and it was very beautiful and looked unreal.

"It's not that I don't understand, I just don't know. If you know, you won't dream. And even if it is found, so what. The girl in white said.

That old-fashioned but childish voice.

Hey?

It seems like where......

However, Zhao Tong's thoughts were interrupted.

"Do you think so too?" The girl suddenly asked Zhao Tong.

However, Zhao Tong was difficult to answer, and he didn't know what to say at all.

"It's all unknowing, unforgivable, but even so, I'm still breathing. No matter how anxious he was, struggling and crawling on the ground, he still fell because of the cowardice that should have been discarded a long time ago. Even when I was disheartened and yelled, I was still breathing. ”

The girl sighed and said, "Maybe most of them make more mistakes, and the result is not necessarily right." But, but, that's what you're going to do, isn't it? When the morning sun rises, you will surely find it too. You're breathing, you're here. "She's going to do it—hey, I see, and the starlight flickering ......"

The girl was gone.

The black cat was gone.

Just deep in the ears,

The sound of bells is faintly heard.

White flowers swaying in the warm breeze.

A crescent moon appeared in the sky.

"She" stood just below the crescent moon.

She—Li Qian, like moonlight, stretched out her hands, trying to grab it.

Her expression was sad, but very beautiful.

With tears in her eyes, she stretched out her hands to touch everything.

Why is she crying?

It's so beautiful.

Clearly bathed in light,

When she saw Zhao Tong, she wanted to say something, but she didn't say anything.

Then she laughed.

Even with tears in her eyes, she still smiled.

It was like watching a very sad movie, Zhao Tong shouted at her back who turned around and began to leave-

Don't go –

Zhao Tong was woken up by his own screams.

Cold air enveloped the room.

Quiet morning.

But what is the sound that reverberates in my heart?

"I ...... Why are you crying......"

On Fridays, school is closed.

Although it was a holiday, Zhao Tong still walked in the direction of the school.

Because her destination is located near the school.

Zhao Tong doesn't go out often, let alone if the weather is cold, but she has a purpose today, and she wants to go out.