the first snow of the season, thinks it's magical.

watches the snow from his house. It seemed as if it was that time again.

Walks down the sidewalk toward her brother's house. "Ivan, snow!" calls out to him when she gets there.

waves at her and approaches. "I see that!" he replies. "It's that time of year again, it appears."

"Tak, it is!" dances around him. "The first snow always makes me feel happy."

marvels at her infectious energy and happiness, a small smile on his face. "I do like it when it's light like this. The later snows are not_

s fun though..."

"No, they're not as fun." twirls around a few more times, looking up at the flakes coming down.

catches a couple flakes with his tongue. "I agree!" ^__^

runs up and hugs her brat around the waist.

surprised at first. However, after a second, he wraps his arms around her and hugs her back.

looks up at him. "See? Hugging me isn't a death sentence.

her a small smile. "It seems so."

"Do you think we can become closer ... not like before, but more like brother and sister? I mean without you running away every time I _

happen to be around."

pouts a bit. "The only reason I ran was because you looked like you would hurt me. I had a legitimate concern for my health!" he says,

half-joking, half being serious.

"But, we have a union state that my boss wanted, but now he doesn't. On paper we're married."

still getting accustomed to that thought. ;~; "I know... Don't tell Yao." >_>

"It's not a secret. everyone knows it happened." Sighs, "Maybe when this election is over and my boss wins again, he will do something_

to eliminate that union. He wants me to have less to do with you know anyway."

*now

shrugs. "Maybe he will. Regardless, I don't think my boyfriend will be happy that I'm married to someone else..."

"And what do I do about Alfred? I really really like him, and he says he likes me a lot. He wants to spend more time with me."

smirks, "We could say that it's more of an alliance and sleep with whomever we please?"

about that, then nods in agreement. "An alliance on paper, but has never been in practice."

grins happily. "I'm glad to have this alliance with you, sister."

"I'm happy we have it too." Thinks. "So this means I can go on more dates with Alfred, if he asks me?"

half frowns. "I suppose. I'll try not to hate it. You've been very good about me and Yao."

"Not like I can really say no, can I? You always do exactly what you want anyway."

her a knowing look. "I believe the Americans have a saying... something about the black pot calling the kettle the same color?"

"I can't ask you to stop hating Alfred either."

a small smile. "Thank you... I do want you to be happy though. Even if it is with him, it's better than you being lonely."

"I never thought I could be so happy before."

sighs. "Well, that is something at least. I... am glad you are so happy." ^__^

"I hope I get to see him again really soon. Maybe when there is more snow we could go sledding?"

nods. "We should invite Katushya too!" he says excitedly. "It would be lots of fun!"

"Oh yes! Of course we will invite her too!"

claps his hands. "We should plan it for the next big snow. That way, we can become like siblings again more quickly!"

"Yes, we should invite Toris and Feliks too! Have as many of us back together as we can!"

nods. "Do you think Estonia and Latvia will want to come? I don't like Estonia as much, but Latvia's cute and we should invite all 3 baltics

da?"

"Yes, let's invite them all, even though it means Estonia would have to unplug from his computer for a while. "

laughs. "He'll probably bring a laptop anyway, and type on it as he's pushed down the hill."

"Or insist the snow sledding with his WoW guild is so much better."