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Ryu laughed, this time more openly. "All right..." He grabbed his towel, draping it over his shoulder as he walked, then got the door for Kon. Both out of the pool room, he took hold of Kon's hand and lead him back to the elevator. For some reason the memories never resurfaced this time, and he walked out of the elevator as calmly as he had gone in. He once again headed to his bedroom, but paused and turned. He looked back over his shoulder at Kon, then pointed at the door to the bathroom. "You can change in there again...your clothes are on the chair nearest you..." He went into his bedroom, and called out just efore the door closed "Let me know if you need anything warmer- I'll get you a jacket."

Ryu chuckled- Kon seemed so...child-like....But Ryu loved it all the same. "Just put it in the bathroom for now," he said with a smile as he pulled on a warm coat. "Are you going to be warm enough? I have plenty of jackets..." For emphasis, he opened a closet nearby the door, nearly full with different coats. He added in a soft mutter "A lot of em don't fit me anymore- haven't gone through them to figure out which ones fit, so they kinda accumuliated..."

Kotoro just assumed he meant the occasional family or friend visit, so he took the answer without further question on the certain subject. He took a moment of silence, just observing the youth sitting across from him as if trying to read him.. If that was the case, it wasn't working. Just as he suddenly opened his mouth once more, a loud beeping alarm went off.

"Oh, uh.. Food's done," he stated, getting up and hurrying into the kitchen to turn off the oven alarm and pull the two dinner trays out. He hadn't bothered to get it out with assistance of a cloth. It seemed his gloves were enough protection to his hands as it was.

As soon as they reached outside, Kon hurriedly put the jacket on, shivering. He was deffinately more sensitive to cold in this body. Laughing as his shoes crunched in the fresh snow, Kon ran forward, holding his arms out-stretched to catch the falling flakes. He felt much happier than he had in a long time. Snow was... snow was special...

Kon observed that, although it most likely had not been falling for too long, the snow was already quite deep. He stuck his hand down until his fingers touched the ground beneath and was delited to see that the snow came up a few inches past his wrist, although he had to withdraw his hand quickly afterwards because of the cold and his lack of fur or gloves.

Kon straightened up, his expression filled with joy and rapture. He shook his head avidly. "No... Kon never has," he replied, wondering what on earth a snow man was. Did... did people create people from snow? He knew there were snow spirits, but they never really came into the cities... or did they? Kon wasn't really sure...

"Mmmm... sure, but... isn't that cold?" he asked curiosly, eyes fixed on the snow ball in the other's hands. He could feel his instincts growing - becoming more acute now that he was in a situation that was natural for him. It was becoming very hard to hold a human form and the strain of it drew something from his eyes, dulling and graying them slightly. But that might just have been the effect of the white snow and gray sky.

Kon watched avidly, wide-open eyes fixed on the other's movements. He trotted forward to come closer so he could see what Ryu was doing better. After all, it was very interesting. Kon had never seen anyone make a man out of snow before - he'd have to watch carefully so he would be able to get it right if he ever tried. But... then... why would someone want to create a living being out of snow. His expression mingling confusion with perplexion, Kon asked, "Neh... Ryu... why do people make other people out of snow...?"