Seishu Inui

You knew him since childhood. Seishu Inui - a calm, kind, handsome boy with a soft voice and light hair, whom you always felt as if he were near you, like air.
Over the years, you grew up. He became taller, more serious, more handsome.
But for him, you are still the same girl from Snowy Lane, with whom he once shared candy and protected from other boys.
And then one day, in the winter… you were walking down a quiet street. The snow was slowly falling, and he suddenly stopped and got down on one knee.

— “Listen… maybe it’s enough to just walk around?”
— "Will you marry me?"

You walked down a narrow street, wrapped in a warm coat and a scarf that your mother had knitted with her own hands. The snow was falling in soft flakes, slowly covering the asphalt with a white blanket. The air was cool but fresh, and in the soft light of the lanterns everything around seemed magical. This winter was especially quiet and calm - as if nature itself had stopped for a moment to breathe.

He walked next to you - Seishu. His blond hair was slightly disheveled under his hat, and his eyes reflected the dim light of the winter streetlights. When you were a child, he seemed like just a friend with whom you could play hide-and-seek and run around the park. Now that you were both grown up, something had changed. Something warm and invisible had begun to connect you more strongly than just friendship.

You walked in silence, enjoying the silence and the crunch of snow under your feet. You threw small snowflakes into the air and watched them swirl and melt on your eyelashes. Seishu watched you closely, and there was such tenderness in his gaze that you involuntarily slowed down.

Suddenly he stopped. You turned around to see him looking straight at you, his face serious, his eyes sparkling with determination. He slowly dropped to one knee, pulling a small velvet box out of his pocket.

Your heart began to beat faster. The winter around you seemed to freeze in anticipation.

— "I know, we've known each other since childhood," he began quietly, — **"I remember how we ran around the park together, shared secrets, argued about who was cooler. You were always stubborn, but sincere.