The Clocktower

"n..n..n.n..no" he stuttered " i..i.just felt.....a...a lump of snow....f..f..fall down my b..b..b.back" he shivered and true enough the back of his coat was wet and stained white with the winter snow.

*looks at him*
oh...
*runs my hands down the back of his coat, drying it with the heat of my body*
that should do it
*smiles*

"th-thanks" he stuttered slightly, he was still rather cold but atleast his back was dry

*looks at him and puts my hands on the sides of his face*
this should warm you up
*sends heat throughout his whole body*

Craiger feels a heated sensation surge from his cheeks all the way down to his feet until his whole body felt lik he was sitting in front of a fire "thanks....i needed that" he smiled "y'know your real good with controling the heat" he complimented "im guessing your element is fire?" he added

*nods*
yeah my element is fire
*smiles, not noticing my hands are still on his face*

Craiger saw this as an oppertuniy for a little joke, slowly his physical being and shape morphed into that of leeloo except with black hair he then placed his hands onto leeloo's face and from a distance this would look rather weird.

*eyes widen and i step away, dropping my hands*
please dont do that....its creepy

Slowly craiger became his usual self and he looked down in guilt "im sorry" he muttered appologetically.

aww...
*hugs craiger*
its okay....i guess that was your reaction from me forgetting my hands were on your face
*giggles softly*

"i suppose" he chuckled as he hugged her briefly before gently pulling away "well i need to go now....ill see you some other time " he smiled as he began to walk away, the faint clank of his cane could be heard as he went.

*smiles and waves*
bye
*climbs back up in the tree and gets my bass off my back and plays it*

Craiger smile's as the music of the guitar echoes around him and keeps him company as he dissapears into the snowy mist.

*continues playing*

*Walks in the darkened with a lit oil lamp and sets it down against the back wall, illuminating the room partially*
*Sitting up against the wall beside the oil lamp, she hugged her knees as the blizzard outside blew in icy chills through the gap of the door*
*Su sat there silently, leaning head back against the wall, and exhaling to watch the heat from her body evaporate into the air*
I wonder...how long this blizzard will rage on around Hokkaido.

A slight rangle echoed around the room, it was the same you might have heard from chains being shaken a bit, clashing into each other, although the room being lit, there were still corners conceiled in dark, not to talk of the ceiling, the light could not even make it to the top, these facts made it hard to exactly know where the rangle came from, the sound waves deflected of the walls, and produced echo'es, which when striking suzu from all dirrection made it highly difficult to figure out who produced them..

-Cold am i right-

A little below the ceiling, not far away from Suzu's residence, Hito was hanging, almost laying down, swaying in a clam rhythm, in a small gather of iron chains, which where attached to a long object inserted in the ceiling, there he could relax, in complete darkness

As Suzumi sat, she heard a rangle echo throughout the Clocktower. The small, low fire danced about against the glossy encasing, as the vibrations of the sound waves traveled through. Her eyes flashed a darker shade of blue, as her hands curled to a clench while the sounds droned on. As it neared to a stop, Suzumi's head flickered up toward the anonymous voice in the Clocktower, eyes squinting to make out the human's figure upon the clangy chains.

"Quite a bit, if you do not recognize the blizzard fighting outside. Are you not cold?"

Her arms wrapped around her stomach, trying to contain the heat. She turned her gaze toward the small opening of the door as the icy chill continued to breeze into the room. The snow continued to fly around in wisps, covering the grass with icy crystals as the wind blew vigorously.

Tilting his head, hito looked down slightly, seeing a light illuminating the rather large place, it flickered slightly in the powerful gust of the blizzard, and the flame died away slightly, it was the powered again, and dimmed down once more, followed that pattern for a essential time, but hito didn't care anymore, he saw a girl sitting in the cold, a grin build up on his lips, but that was pushed aside quite fast, and replaced with a neutral face..

-Not really.. It's kind of varm up here.. Heat rises-

He tilted his upper body, and lunched into a free fall before landing safely next to the girl, standing up right after, his legs began shivering a bit..

Suzumi turned her head in time to watch Hito land safely on the ground from above. The small fire flickered again with the impact of his landing, dimming the room more. The winds outside shook the tower slightly, Suzumi drawing back and wrapping arms around herself more tightly to keep from shivering. Her voice softened to a uneven whisper, as the temperature continued to drop. Suzumi's hand reached out very shakily, a chalky white from the cold and numb in her hand. She tugged lightly on Hito's pant leg.

"Sit with me?"

Her voice echoed faintly in the dry air. She tilted her head up, gazing up at Hito with vibrant blue eyes, as she awaited for a response.

Hito looked down at suzu, she looked awfully freezing yet she pulled her heating arm away from her body to pull his pant leg, he could only smile at that, he dropped to his knee's, and send a small glance at suzu, then sat down next to her, with both arms resting by his side, they were slightly shivering but it wasn't something big, he was heated by his jacket anyway..

-It is actualy slightly cold down here-

He leaned forward, and took his jacket of. It was kind of thin, but keps the heat in a good way, leaning over to suzu, he slowly put it on her shoulders.. It was a habbit he had of being nice to people that way.. He hated when other people were cold..

Watching him sit next to her, Suzumi returned his smile with a small, genuine one. Her glasses gather small traces of frost around the rim. Her arm had retreated back to being wrapped around her body, digging into her sides. As his jacket settled over her shoulders, her eyes met his with curiosity and questions burned into them.

"Won't you be cold, now? I don't need it, it's yours afterall. I'm quite use to the cold."

She tried to smile reassuringly, although the smile was faint and her fingers trembled. Her hands drew near the jacket, beginning to slide it off in a swift manner.

Hito shook his head, and wrapped the jacket around her shoulders once more, he tried smilling at her, but the slight shaking in his muscles made it quite hard to keep a smile like that, he let go of her shoulders gently, and looked away from her, staring at the shadows not far away, raising his left arm he quickly brushed his hair away from his face, looked back at suzu again, with a body not shaking at all..

-I have grown up in a cold country.. With snow everyday almost.. I need no jacket-

His Body was firmly now, like he somehow had regained his heat.

Suzumi furrowed her eyebrows together, unsure. She had caught the slight tremble of his muscles which was now gone. She nodded her head in a slight defeat, accepting the jacket of his. Suzumi followed his gaze to the shadows, and back towards his eyes. Her softened voice spoke, now steady from the warmth of the jacket.

"Thank you, Hito."

The smile had returned to her face, brightening it, although the cold features were still there as she tried to look optimistic. Her skin was pale, despite the jacket and it's warmth. She loosened her arms a fraction, around her body, but still kept them close to her side.

"How did you..seem to get warm so easily?"

Hito looked downwards, his neck was kind of tense, which was a natural reaction when feeling a little cold, for Hito it was the thing he did just before shaking from the cold, he quickly raised his hand, and swept some hair away from his face again, tucking it in behind his ear, holding out a hand for the oil lamp which led a small sensation of heat in the palm of his hand, he closed his eyes, and smilled slightly, enjoying the cold for a second...

-No problem.. I like helping, especially with heat-

He wiped his cheek gently, it had a small scratch on it, he got that yesterday after falling on the ice skate rink, yet this cold seemed to make it hurt..

-I was never that cold to begin with.. I was shaking because of the cold, and that i tried to hold myself away from touching my hair-

Suzumi watched Hito carefully, observing how his neck tensed up. A small crease formed on her forehead, when she's in deep worriment. She watched how his hand hovered near the oil lamp and swept his hair back. Lifting the oil lamp, she set it closer to Hito for warmth.

Suzumi turned to face Hito, standing on her knees. Her hand lifting hesitantly and slightly trembling, the flames of the oil lamp reflecting off of her eyes. She brushed her weightless fingertips along Hito's neck very gently, tracing the lines up to his cheek. Her fingertips rested at the scratch along his cheek, as her thumb softly brushed over it.

Her voice spoke as light as a feather with ease.

"Are you sure you aren't cold?"