EXOCarols: FirstSnow

The Real Reason

The sky was an evening grey, and the clouds chased the endless grey sky. The trees had no leaves, their branches seemed to reach out to the sky, like boney fingers. Even though boney, they seemed somewhat mystical and calming.

The grass was a bright green, and it was a contrast to the evening winter colours that covered the streets. Only, it wasn't snow. It was just the atmosphere surrounding them.

Yes, fall was just coming to a curtain call, and winter was about to make an entrance. Luhan could feel the winter breeze pierce his skin, he could feel the winter colours envelop him like a war, knitted christmas scarf.

But he was there solely for one reason.

Luhan had intended to watch the first snow fall.

It wasn't snowing just yet. Luhan knew that it only started snowing at midnight of Christmas Eve. The first snow of Beijing.

Everyone didn't know this. It was an indisputable fact that wasn't well known to many people.

Luhan sat at the bench. It had been a year since he was at this exact spot, waiting for the first snow, sitting on the same bench...

The same events were replaying at that exact moment.

The wind blew against Luhan's soft skin, and the animals had just started to scatter back to their homes. The kids were playing ball, a couple (probably the same couple from last year) were cuddling against a tree.

Everything was the same...

Except, Raegel was no longer beside him. Raegel, the girl whom was made with perfection, was beside Luhan the year before.

Luhan remembered exactly what she had said to him when they first met last year, a few minutes before the first snow.

"Are you here for the First snow?"

Luhan was shocked, and amused that the girl knew of the First Snow. Like said earlier, it was a fact that was very very rarely known.

Luhan gazed up at the sky from the bench, it would just be a few more minutes until the First Snow would come.

He inhaled the scent of the snowy chilled frosty air, he let out an exasperated sigh.

This was his hometown.

He would always return to watch the first snow. It was just that special magical moment to him.

And they both shared that special magical moment.

But she wasn't with him.

"I miss this town..." He whispered in the chilly air.

"Me too..."

A breeze swept past him, for a moment, everything was silent.

He heard her voice.

He didn't want to turn around.

What if she really was there?

He was scared.

But nonetheless, it was her.

"Ni Hao, Luhan"

He couldn't help but look. It was Raegel. The girl whom had chilled his heart and taken it with her.

"Luhan...?"

He saw her. Her doe like eyes, her beautiful porcelain skin, her heart-melting smile...she looked just like last year...she was wearing the same jacket, same boots...same perfume.

Vanilla apples.

But this time, she was even more beautiful.

"Raegel...is that really...you?" He said, he couldn't help but smile. He missed her.