Haruomi Hosono and Takashi Matsumoto invited their bandmates to stay at a resort for a week. The place is quite popular and has the best facilities. "The two of you really shouldn't have." Said Yukihiro. "Yeah, you two are really spoiling the four of us..." Ryuichi added.
Unlike YMO, both Shigeru and Ohtaki really appreciated Matsumoto to invite them along. The convoy arrived at the resort and the two bands checked in. Each pair are in the same room. Hosono with Matsumoto, Shigeru with Yukihiro, and Ohtaki with Ryuichi. They went to their respective rooms and unpacked.
Night came and both bands went to have dinner. "Are you enjoying the place?" asked Haru. Shigeru and Ohtaki happily replied that they like the place while Ryuichi answered, "I hope it won't be like last time..." Yuki nodded in agreement. "What happened last time?" asked Matsumoto. YMO looked at each other and Yuki answered, "Let's just say that last time we had an incident that nearly killed me and Sakamoto-kun."
Both Yuki and Ryuichi shot a glare at Hosono and he defended, "That was a different me! I'm not that in here.". Happy End looked at YMO in confusion but laughed it off anyways. They finished their dinner and went back to their rooms to get enough rest, preparing for tomorrow's activities. Morning arrived and both bands did their morning routine first before going out.
The six of them rented snow gears and immediately Shigeru ran and shouted, "Out of the way! Snow express coming through!" while carrying his snowboard. "Race you to the bottom, Yukihiro-kun!". "You asked for it, Suzuki-san!" Yukihiro caught up to Shigeru and the two raced down the hill. The rest laughed at the two's enthusiasm.
"How about you two?" asked Matsumoto to Ryuichi and Ohtaki. "I'm going to find a skating rink." Ohtaki replied. "That's a nice idea.". "Have fun, you two!" waved Hosono and the two walked away, leaving Hosono and Matsumoto to play ski. Ryuichi and Ohtaki finally found the rink and the two went inside after changing their shoes.
Ryuichi had a bit of a trouble in maintaining his balance. "Are you okay, Ryuichi-kun?" asked Ohtaki, helding out his hand. Apparently, Ryuichi had his first fall. "I'm fine, thanks." Thanked Ryuichi while standing help and finally got his balance. The two then skated through, enjoying the view with the other visitors.
Both of them were casually skating for a couple hours and Ryuichi fell most of the time. "Are you sure you're alright now?" asked Ohtaki, helping Ryuichi again. "Let's just call it a day...". "Okay then." Ohtaki chuckled and the two exited the rink. They changed back their shoes and went back to the others. When they got back, they found Shigeru was covered in snow.
"What happened to Shigeru?" asked Ohtaki. "Yukihiro?" Ryuichi looked at his bandmate who was trying his best to hold his laughter. Yukihiro finally calmed down and explained that while he and Shigeru were racing, Shigeru was going really fast that he didn't notice a bump on the slope. "Suzuki-san's board tripped and he..." Yukihiro then started to laugh again. "Did something funny happened?". "Just tell them, Yukihiro-kun..." sighed Shigeru after Hosono's question.
"He fell and destroyed someone's snowman." Added Yukihiro with chuckles in between. Four of them broke to a small laughter and Matsumoto reminded Shigeru to be more careful next time. "I'll remember that." Promised Shigeru and the two bands went back to their rooms.
Few nights later while Happy End and YMO were having dinner, Hosono suddenly asked if there's a forest near the place. Both Ryuichi and Yukihiro froze hearing it. "Are you two alright?" asked Shigeru. "Relax, you two. I was only asking." Hosono shrugged it off and Ohtaki remembered that he saw a forest near the resort.
Later that night, Matsumoto heard something in his room and the door was heard shut. "Hosono-san?" he woke up and his roommate was not asleep. He thought Hosono was taking a break and when Matsumoto knocked on the bathroom door, it was not locked. He then went to the other's room, waking them up and told them about Hosono's sudden disappearance. Ryuichi and Yukihiro immediately sprung up.
"Not again..." Yuki shook his head. Before Happy End could ask, Ryuichi told them to gear up to go find Hosono. "This is the reason why he asked that earlier." He added. The five of them put on their coats and went to look for their bandmate with flashlights in each hand. There were some screaming and at the end, only Matsumoto and Shigeru got out even though heavily injured.
A.N : I just have to put in the Halloween special. Just for fun and I think this is the last winter edition chapter before spring! I'm still not sure but I think I'm going to finish the book at the 50th chapter. This one is the 45th so five more to go! Hope you guys enjoy and I'll see you in the next chapter! RD out!! Boi!!!
