I tried to make this one sad yet good enough so people would keep reading...
Merry Christmas, folks : D

-Mintt!

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The crisp fall weather turned to sharp piercing snow.

Kururugi Suzaku could only look out his window of his room. His eyes tired of glancing at a textbook he would never memorize and his hands blistered from notetaking.

This was the first snowfall Suzaku had seen this year. He watched below as students outside would either run from it, seeking shelter inside, or excited and danced among the flakes was between those moods.

Snow made him feel cold & pale. Cold & pale reminded him of a girl. A girl he couldn't get off his mind for the last month.

The last words she ever said to him was his own name, such a thought made him feel selfish. He pressed his forehead against the chilly glass and let out a sigh. Only himself and the Lancelot knew about her.

Even if that was the way he wanted it, he still couldn't help to wonder what it would be like if it wasn't just a mission.

The door swung open and Suzaku turned the chair & focused his eyes on the textbook once more. His roommate, Lelouch slipped in the room with white powder draping over him. "Oh, Suzaku, I didn't know you were in here." He took off his coat and smiled at his friend.

Suzaku tried to respond the same. "Yep! Still staring at this book."

Lelouch sat on the perch of the window. "If you keep that up, you'll lose you're vision and all you'll see is that text."

Suzaku laughed a laugh that would sound cheerful to anyone that didn't know he was broke down, but he knew himself it was a quite dull laugh. "Well if that's what it takes to pass Physics!"Lelouch looked out the window, down on the campus. "Did you hear about the new girl?"

Suzaku didn't want to make eye contact so just shook his head no.

Out of peripheral vision, Suzaku saw Lelouch put his index finger against the glass. "There she is now, she is a transfer student. I don't know where she came from, but she is quite intelligent but very bashful at the same time."

Suzaku finally memorized the phrase. ' If it doesn't work, it's PHYSICS. ' "Oh really?"

"Yeah, her name is Hyyuga something."

Suzaku grimly sat up and stared at his friend. "What?"Lelouch, finger still pressed to the glass, nodded. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's Hyyuga. I know, odd name, but she is suppose to come from some rich family and-"

Suzaku had his coat on and dashing down the hallway when the door slammed shut to make Lelouch stop.

Not even knowing where Lelouch was pointing at, he didn't care. Suzaku was winding down the hallway. When he reached the elevator, he almost blistered his finger button for down wouldn't work fast enough, at least to his liking. A jumble of thoughts rushed through his head.

Maybe it's not her. Maybe it's her sister or something. Maybe Lelouch heard the name wrong. Or maybe it.. Maybe it was Hinata Hyyuga. Maybe it was the girl he found by chance in a meadow of her village. Maybe it was the girl whom was there on his mission.

The thoughts pilled up worst during the 30 seconds it took to get from floor 10 to ground. When the doors opened he busted out in a sprint. A sprint which made him run into Shirley.

They fell on the floor in a tangle & a snowfall of papers came crashing every direction."Ehh, Sorry Shirley, I was in a hurry."

Suzaku picked up some of the papers then help Shirley up."Geez! You got to remember that this is the main hallway, expect people to be going through here."Shirley took his hand and got to her feet fixing her hair. Shirley was one of the nicest people but sometimes she was crabby.

Suzaku didn't want to be stopped so he handed her, her papers and blustered past her. "Lelouch is in his room!" He shouted behind her and without looking back knew her face was caught up in a tint of red.

Throwing himself at the door, Suzaku fell down the steps. He slid down the on his back then slid across the cement ground. His eyes were faced towards the sky. Tiny speaks of what looked like vanilla flavored cotton candy spiraling from the sky.

But they speaks were stopped. A face stood in the way. But they managed and crashed around her. Pale snowy skin and ebony hair hung down. "Kururugi-kun?"He sat up on his elbows and look at her. Hinata hadn't changed a bit from the last time he saw her. Except she was in official Stadford academy uniform.

Suzaku jumped to his feet and looked at her. "Hinata. What are you doing here?" It wasn't the most grateful question but it was the first thing that overflowed out his mouth.

She looked down and twisted her fingers together. "I wanted to see you.."

"So! You didn't have to enroll!" After a moment or two, Suzaku noticed Hinata shrink back then he shrunk back himself.

Hinata bit her lip and looked up at him. "I thought you wanted to see me too.." Suzaku looked at her and realized for a minute, she was shaking from the cold.

With a sigh, he grabbed her arm slightly, and pulled her to the academy. "At least come inside, it's too cold out here." Suzaku lead her up the academy steps and noticed her eyes avoided his. He didn't know why he was harsh to her.

When he opened the door and came inside, he punched his hand against the wall. He missed her all this time, and now she was here. & all he could do was be mean to her. Hinata leaned against the opposite wall.

Her eyes shifted back and forth down the hallways.

She tried to avoid looking at Suzaku. Hinata tried to drown out his presence with other thoughts.

The hallways here are nice. So clean and just like you would see in a Manga. If Sakura was here she would take pictures. But if Chouji and Naruto were here, they would most likely get food all over the place. I wonder if they even have a ramen bar here.

Hinata glanced over at Suzaku who was sitting against the wall now with his hands over his face. "I'm so sorry.."

She jumped in surprise. She missed his voice. Even though moments ago, she heard it, she missed his voice. The voice that was calm and gentle. And not an automatic. It wasn't like anyone else. Not like Kiba's or Naruto's or Shikamaru's. No one could replace Kururugi Suzaku's voice.

Hinata walked over to him and slunk her body down to his level, standing in front of him. She wasn't that close to him. Infact there was a couple inches of distance between their feet. Hinata's hand wanted to reach for his but she hesitated for a minute. It fell to her side. "I can leave tomorrow if you want."

Her head hung down with those words as the atmosphere changed from being directed at looked up sharply and saw her faint lavender eyes sadden.

No longer the smiling light or happy aura, but hung with an aura draped with a foggy mood. "Hinata.." Suzaku reached his hand out when her eyes were shifted away from him. But he drew it back. It was bad enough he yelled at her when he hasn't seen her in over a month and she was the only thing he thought about in that time felt like the dog man, Kiba. He always seemed to yell at Hinata.

Suzaku sighed and got to his feet."I'm sure, Shirley can help you."

He walked towards the elevator and without turning to face Hinata's startled face, he pushed the up button.

"Suzaku!" Hinata said as she drew her hand forward as if it would stop the closing elevator doors. She thought he heard her, because before the door shut, it almost looked like he was going to turn around.