• "When I was born, I was abandoned in the woods during winter." I told him. "I grew up in the mountins, in shear cold. I lived with the white foxes. On the mountin it was snowy all year round. I learned their language, and we lived together as one family, and we loved eachother like one. But, one day, an avalanche came, it killed my family, and almost killed me." I put my chin on my knees, arms around my legs and looked at Ikuto. "All I could think about was how alone I was. So alone. The people I loved, dead. I was so alone and so sad. I was sixteen when this happened. I fell down a slope and banged my head into a tree. My head cracked open, my ribs cracked, my jaw was fractured, my legs were twisted around 90 degrees. That was the day I died. I died alone, and sad." Ikuto put his arm around me and buried his face in my hair. "I woke up surrounded by cold snow and ice. I saw a women's face. She was Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, and other stuff. She told me that I would be the goddess of winter and white foxes. I didn't believe her until my dark hair turned white and I grew white fox ears and tail. I did my work, made winter come, made snow, hail, and blizzards. But sometimes I was caught by a human. 'Demon! Demon!' they would call. Then, they tried to kill me. I was truly alone, things got worse when Ruka started stalking me. People made fun of me, and when they called my the second Aphrodite, I thought it was an insult, and Ruka scared me. Everytime he would touch me it would hurt. I always thought it was better to be alone, to be hated, so I wouldn't get hurt again. That was why I was scared of you. I thought you were going to hurt me, but something about you made me want to jump into your arms, and cry. But, I knew that was stupid of me, so I told you to get away, but I backed up against a tree, and blacked out." Ikuto took me into his arms and hugged me. "During my time as a goddess, Ruka got me sick with all his fire. I was scared I was going to die alone again. That's why I was reminded of my expierience and I just had to ask you to never leave me. I'm sorry about that." Ikuto shook his head "I love you, no matter what" he said. I looked up at him "Thank you.....so much." I said and we kissed until we heard our classmates entering our room without permission, again.

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