Outside, a thick layer of snow had already piled up across the street.
Uesugi Sakura still remembered standing in the same spot last year, watching the snowflakes fall.
Back then, when little Hanabi heard about the Christmas date, her face was filled with shyness and blush.
Sakura still remembered her voice being bashful at that time, yet there was a hint of expectation in her heart.
"Sakura-kun, where are we going today?"
"Where to? Honestly, I haven't decided yet."
"Then think quickly, Sakura-kun!"
"Honestly, I can't think of anything..." Sakura said, turning back to glance at the living room while drying his hands in the basin, "How about we go for a walk now?"
"Go for a walk? Where to? It won't be too far, will it?"
"Just to the Kanda River in front of our house, for a stroll."
"Just the two of us?"
"Yes, just the two of us, and later we can go out with Yuuki and the others." Sakura reached out his hand to her.
