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located in Cherico Town, a part of Count of Time, one of the many universes on RPG.

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Ava's day improved drastically from there, and she soon set the bus accident and the not-quite-stranger from her mind. Walking via her house to grab a coat, she'd soon been offered the twins' company. Accepting gratefully, she'd laughed a lot more as they walked to the library as a trio. The walk hadn't taken them too long, and they'd made short work of returning the book that had started it all off. Yuri had made a small joke about the quality of some of the literature in the library, which had set them all giggling quietly.

Leaving the library, the snow had begun to fall heavier. It swirled around, whistling, almost aggressively through her hair and she'd gasped as the cold hit her sharp and quick. The twins had reacted similarly, instinctively stepping towards each other.

"It's so cold!" Ava had gasped, shouting over the spontaneously violent weather. She had begun to shiver, feeling the cold deep. Wrapping her arms around herself, she looked at her friends, and then around. Everything was a haze of white, the snow darkening the previously bright sky ominously so that everything the sun's light touched had an eerie, watery glow to it. All, that is, except for the orange neon blur across the road. Ava couldn't read what the words said, but she gestured to it with one pale hand and, as one, Eiji and Yuri had nodded. Together, they held hands to cross the road, stumbling through the tinkling door of a quiet coffee shop.

The three looked at each other, noting the white that adorned their coats and eyelashes, eyes bright with the quick thrill the lashing winds had brought to them. They shared a moment of silence, then burst into laughter, relieved to be in the comparatively warm shop. Smiling, Ava led the way to the counter.

"The snow is unbelievable today. It's so cold!" She repeated numbly, pausing to direct her words to the green-haired woman behind the counter, and pass over enough money to pay for a hot chocolate. The others agreed, paid, and then they mutually agreed on a set of chairs by the front window of the coffee shop. Ava gratefully sank into the warm couch. She sighed softly, and cast her gaze out of the window, barely listening to the random chatter between the two twins. The silhouette of a streetlight belatedly reminded her of the man she'd met earlier. She blinked, and turned back to them as their drinks were placed on the table between the three of them.

"I almost slipped in front of a bus," she told them out of the blue, adding quickly to quell their worries, "There was someone there though. I mean, he made sure I was fine"

"No! Who?"

Inundated with questions, Evelynn couldn't help but laugh at the incredulity of her friends. Surely it wasn't that much of a big deal? She Ava filled them in with the details, waving her hand to disregard their worries. Yes, she was okay. No, she wasn't hurt. No, she hadn't fallen. No, she didn't know who the man had been. That had caused her pause, still uncertain as to why he was so familiar.

Sighing, she took a sip from her drink. Her hands shook slightly, filled with the cold, and she lapsed once more into another daydream. The background music changed, hauntingly familiar, and she warmed her hands on the ceramic of the cup.

Her whole body began to warm, but there was a slight breeze on her neck. It came and went, rhythmically, not quite in time with the music, but it took her a few moments to realise because her whole body was meltingly warm, as though she'd woken wrapped in a toasty cocoon of blankets on a cold morning. She smiled, without realising. A slight pressure on her hands, around her waist, and the top of her back. The breath on her neck. Belatedly, she realised the warmth was coming not from just her hands, but from behind her, where a tall man all in black held her securely against his chest. Sighing contentedly, she turned to look up, just as the shrill screech of a phone reminded her of the coffee shop.

Ava snapped out of her daydream, almost dropping her drink which was now lukewarm. Looking around for the source of the noise, heart pounding, she watched as Yuri answered her phone. She felt shaken, pale. Had she really fallen asleep?

"Hello? Yes, she's speaking... No, he's my brother... Okay... Yes... Sure... What? No!... Of course... We'll be there... We're going now..."

Yuri looked up, trembling, her phone unceremoniously clenched in her hands.

"It's mom. It's our mom. Eiji, oh my god, she fell again. They say they hit her head"

Ava frowned, reaching across the table to take her friend's hand. Moments later, they'd gone, Eiji and Yuri, to find their shared mother refusing Ava's company as she wouldn't' be allowed in to see her anyway. Shaking slightly, Ava finished her drink, then sat back to take in the weirdness of the day.