Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Mixed Fruit ❯ Spring ( Chapter 1 )

Mayuko sat under the kotatsu, just watching the snow accumulate on her apartment balcony, hiding the concrete under a blanket of dazzling white. The longer she sat, the more her thoughts turned inward, eventually returning to her college days and a similar afternoon spent under a similar kotatsu.

 

On that day, her pensive quiet had been broken by the smile of her best friend. Sighing quietly, she thought, 'What becomes of snow, indeed.'

 

She leaned forward, resting her elbow on the table and balancing her chin on her hand. There would be nobody walking through the door today, no spring to balance the cold outside. Spring had forgotten and moved on, she…

 

They had been left behind.

 

A gust of wind rattled the glass, and she looked up to see swirling eddies of snow sparkle in the light and Mayuko smiled. It was inevitable; spring would come again.