No matter how happy life is.
There will be an end one day.
Even if it's just a short time with you.
There is only loneliness left.
——Suyuri Shindo. The Endless Winter
Muto still remembers that when he first met Su Yuri, Tong Shinoye was experiencing a rare heavy snow. The small floral umbrella she was holding was also stained with a layer of misty white snow, and her breathing cast a thin layer of mist over the world in front of her.
In this season when transfer students were not supposed to appear, her appearance was so sudden and strange. However, life soon returned to ordinary daily life.
Muto's memories were like the gray-white snow in the corner, gradually adding up and becoming heavier. She always held the floral umbrella and stood alone on the street corner, quietly staring at the helpless gray snow in the sky.
"It seems like it's been snowing for a long time. Don't you feel cold here alone?"
"This snow will continue to fall for a long, long time. By then..."
Muto realized later, struggling between illusion and reality. But when he discovered all the truth, this long and endless winter seemed to be real - it was about to end.