The class breaks at 12 PM and parents arrive
To gather their children for home.
Sunday afternoon heat wavers upon the blacktop
Swimming for the sky like snakes.
"Sorry for the wait."
He arrives with a towel hung from neck
Sweat beading his forehead.
I rise and shake my head.
"I don't mind."
As I speak, I feel a sudden chill fall upon my shoulders.
I give a shiver as something like snow melts through my skin
Icicles cutting into heated flesh.
Be careful.
A voice whispers in my mind, accompanied by ice.
"Shirayuki..."
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Before I Count To Three (Cellphone Novel) [HIATUS]
Random-under construction- I only wished that we could have been normal sisters. Living a normal life. When will I be able to meet you again, Onee-chan?