"hahaha..."
↑ him's last voice.

and shot the guy. he's dead. and me...

"damn"

BANG!

"!"

it's 4:44..

oh, well. it's damn dream. yeah?

.......ahhh. so sleepy. zZzZ


....


open eyes.

it's one dead guy, and zizz in my pants. (this pants was soooo cold, because afraid the killer, and dead guy.)
ah? dream....?? and.. it's real? really?

ahhhhh crap.

.....the gun bullet pierce my head. and my mind is gone.

Ice and bubble tea are couple deep in love with each other
Ice is always so eager to meet bubble tea in the cups
but after every single reunion which is always too short, bubble tea is gone.
Ice could only lonesomely melt itself into tears

that's why I always chew up all the ice in the bubble tea when drinking it `w` si they can reunite again in my stomach~

hahaha...
one day~~~

oh no...what time is it!?

unnnnnnn...8 o'clock. Say mother

= =

why not call me come back to school?

today is a vacation. Say mother

Yaaa....I can sleep a lot time

..........Are you believe this sentence? this is not true. Say mother

my feeling

On a very hot day, I went to buy drinks on the market, but I saw that it had no ice in my house. My mom just heard ice began to think of the iceberg of the movie Titanic. It gave me a good laugh, so me and my mom started to see the movie and ended up crying. When my dad came laughed at us

one day,there are two ice on the table,and the weather is very very hot
the one ice said "hey,go on like this,we'll all be died! what terrible!!
the other ice is laughing,and not say anything...

Suddenly,a man pick up the first saying ice,and put it in the hot drink...
the other ice is laughing more loudly than before.

Shortly after that,another people pick up the alive ice,
and throw it in the dog's mouth...finally,they are all die~

In the refrigerator...
one ice said"does anyone see my two friends?"
the other said"we are all feel sad,maybe your friends have already died in the earlier."
that ice is sad,and said "i'll go out to find them!! "

A few year later,everyone thought it was a very magical refrigerator...
because no matter how many ice you put into it, they will disappear in the near future.

sorry it's just a bad story.

Since the day I opened my eyes,I lost myself.
'Who am I?'I have asked myself by incalculable times,no one has answered me.No one even gave me a name,do I have mum?Where did I born?Any questions about myself are riddles,gussing them,and I gain the answers which I will.

I have once asked a man whose eyes colour are azure '... ... ...... ...... ..... ... .........?'(I wanted to ask who I was and why he has such special eyes.)
The man took his rod and then hit on my skinny leg 'GO AWAY,CHINESE DOG!'
Am I a dog?Or a human?

The city appeared more and more people who had special eyes.They used their rod hit on the people who had black eyes:man,woman,greybeard,baby.They abused all the people they want to.
'Are they human or Gods?Who can answer me?'I doubt on myself with my sounding stomach:If they're human,I am worse than them so I am not.If they're God,then the people who are abused by them and have black eyes are human.I am worse than them,therefore,I am a dog.
I got the answer,I am a dog.

I suffered the autumn wind,there were all ice and corpses on the ground.I pinched my stomach,walking to the place where I can have warm.
Falling down,closing my black eyes.'Despite my hollow stomach,nowhere is warm enough.'I soliloquized on the street which was covered by snow.After that,I closed my speaking mouth.

It was warm enough,safe enough,no war.I could saw the answers which refered to the questions I always asked myself on the wall:'Human' 'You have mum' 'You are valuse' ' The war will be clammed down'
I realized that,winter isn't that icy,the most icy things are 'no family members' 'no peace' and 'no one cares me'.
Lying on ice and snow can still be warm.

Ice is cold.

The ski-lifts were starting to run. Nyquill hurriedly ran up the slope tinted with white. She was dressed from head to toe in thick clothing. The bright red color of the winter coat complimented the green hue of her snowboard she was carrying.

“Yo Nyquill! You’re late sleepyhead!” at the top of the hill, teasing her, was a man.

No taller than Nyquill, he was dressed in navy blue in clothing similar to Nyquill. Like her, he was also holding a snowboard. A broad grin appeared on his face as she quickly ascended.

“But it’s still seven Lunar…” Nyquill gave a half-hearted reply. “I’m still sleepy…”

“Don’t you worry about that. The snow’s bound to wake you up when you fall. It just snowed last night. The cold is bound to wake you up.” said Lunar in a laughing voice.

“That’s quite mean of you…” Nyquill could only sigh as she reached the top, standing next to Lunar.

“I’m joking of course!” Lunar was continuing to laugh.

“I know that but…” her sleepy rant was interrupted. “COLD! COLD! COLD!” Nyquill suddenly let out a loud voice.

“There that should have woken you up!” Lunar was holding a piece of snow up her face. He flashed her as mile as he did.

“Tch-“ Nyquill swatted Lunar’s hand. “It looks like someone needs to be taught a lesson in snowboarding.” The sleepiness in her voice was suddenly replaced with an emotionless monotone.

“Ha! Now that’s the ice queen I know.” Lunar smiled once more as he slid his goggles on.

“Heh. I’ll have you know that snow is ice. Calling me the ice queen will just secure my victory.” Nyquill followed suit, placing her goggles on.

“That’s a pretty interesting point of view.” Lunar turned his face away, trying to conceal his chuckling.

“Be prepared to admit defeat!” Nyquill smiled as she readied her snowboard.

“Yes, yes. I know Ms. Ice.” Lunar also readied his snowboard. “Down to the cabin then. Oh and you have to pass between those two pine trees over there.”

Nodding to each other, the two started the race.

---

Her eyes slowly opened. It was dark. She remembered what they told her to do when this happened. She moved her head to form an air pocket, but she still couldn’t tell which direction was up or down or left or right. Her body felt frozen, unable to move

“It’s cold.” her thoughts were calm. Just act calm. Don’t expend your air. Just act calm. Calm. CALM.

It was no good was it? Lunar… LUNAR. LUNAR! The ice queen breathing became erratic. Cold. What exactly happened? The events were a blur. It all happened too fast. The cascade of white ice, snow.

What did he do? Why was she- A small memory popped into her head. That alone caused tears to flow. Apparently, she was upside down. The tears had dripped towards her forehead.

How long has it been? Her mind was feeling light now. Cold. She felt very sleepy. Lunar… Lunar…
Suddenly, a beam of light appeared.

“She’s here!” a male voice rang through her ears. It wasn’t him though.

---

The two pine trees were closing in. The cascade of ice was behind them, catching up. She was stumbling. She would hit the tree on the left. Suddenly, she felt a push. She turned around, he pushed her. She saw him. She passed by in between the trees. He on the other hand…

Ice is cold. Very cold.

“Aw! So cold,” a boy with short, black hair says, “Why did you put an ice on my forehead?”

"Because you were sleeping … like a pig.” A boy with red hair replied.

I am One. The guy with red hair is my best friend, Zero.

"I love ice.” Zero suddenly said something weird.

"I know. You love to eat ice, even the ice in beverages, but what you like the most is ice cream.”

As you can see, I know him well. I like Zero, as a family, as a friend, and more.
However, he does not know my feeling to him because he is super obtuse.

"One … you are really my best friend.” Zero says with a big smile.

I made a wry smile to him.

Seriously, I hope one day he can know my true feeling. Sometimes, his reactions are just hurting me too much.

"Come! Let’s go make some ice!” Zero grabbed me while he was talking.

Our, or I should say Zero’s, favorite thing to do in weekend is to make tons of ice by using ice making box for our beverages.
Zero can even make his own ice making box and get different shapes of ice!

"What kind of box did you make this time?” I asked.

"Myosotis.” He said.

"Why did you make that?”

"......" Zero did not say anything.

Zero’s face looks really sad. I wonder what have happened to him.

Both of us did not say anything while pouring water in the box. It feels really weird because Zero usually talks a lot to me.

"By the way, One, do not take off the box until next week, okay?” Zero said.

"Oh, okay, but why?”
I do not understand why Zero said that to me because the ice is usually ready in two days.

"Do I look like I will tell you the reason?” Zero said and laughed.

"Well … no I guess. Never mind then.” I gave up asking.

"Ah, One, can I play the PS3 in your room?”

"Go ahead. I am going to stay in the living room and watch TV.”

--

"One, it is 6 o’clock already, I think I got to go. See you later,” Zero says and waves at me, “In the future actually.”

I still wish I could have heard the last sentence carefully.

--

From that day, I never see Zero again.

According to the teacher, he moved, but teacher did not tell the class where he is now.

I went home and looked at the fridge. I realized the box is still in it.

I opened the fridge as fast as I can because I think Zero probably left something in the box.

……

There are ten myosotis ices in the ice making box. I took the box out and looked at them closely.
Five out of ten have color. I think Zero added some food coloring in those five.

In the blue myosotis, there is something inside. I looked even closely and carefully.

I started to cry. However, I did not know the reason of what I am crying for. Maybe I was just so sad.
In that blue myosotis, there is a ring right in the middle of it.

I remember I saw that ring in the store before.
"This is a good ring. I want to buy a pair and wear it with my lover in the future.” I once said.
"Oh…” Zero looked at me and turned his eyes to the ring.

I put the box back in the fridge because I do not want to let the ice melted. I want to save the ring in that blue myosotis.

I walked back into my room and hope to see if Zero put something in my room because he was in my room playing PS3.

After all, I found a letter under my pillow.

"Dear One,

Sorry, I did not want to tell you that I was about to move.
And sorry again, I won’t tell you where I am right now, but please trust me that I will go back there and find you again.

Did you find the ring?
I know you really like that ring just by looking at your eyes when we were in the store.
I put it in the myosotis because myosotis is also called ‘Forget-me-not‘
I hope you will not forget who I am by the time I come back to you.

The most important thing is
I love you.

We will meet again soon. -Zero”

"Zero you idiot, I will not forget you, never,” I cried even harder, “And I love you too.”

--

My favorite thing to do right now is to look at the blue myosotis inside the fridge everyday.

"I will take this out and let it melt when you are back.” I murmured.

"Ding-Ding-Ding---" The doorbell rings.

I accidentally left the blue myosotis on the table.
I walked to the door and open it.

"Long time no see.” The guy said and smiled.

I smile back to him.

The ice of blue myosotis on the table just melts.


End

"Where do you wanna go ?" Akito asked Nyquill
"Anywhere" he replied
As always Nyquill didn't care the place he wanted to go with Akito, as long as he stayed near him everything was ok.
"Well then, Let's go to the Ice Skating Park" Akito smiled him
He got freezed "I said anywhere b-but..."
"Eehh? What happened Nyquill... If you don't to go there then it's fine"
"No... it's just... Agh, nevermind, let's go" He started to walk again.
Akito glanced at Nyquill's expression. He obviously was nervous.
They got to the park and Akito talked with someone to rent some ice skates.
The reason why he didn't wanted to go there was because he doesn't know how to skate and his proud donesn't let him show that he couldn't do something as simple as skating.
Akito came back with two pairs of skates and they sat in a chair near by. Nyquill looked how Akito was putting up the skates and he did the same.
Akito entered to the Ice Rink and he started skating around the place, then came back where Nyquill was standing. Akito reach out Nyquill's hand and grabbed him in, he slipped just as he got in. Akito started laughing
"W-Why you laughing? I don't see anything funny." he said angry
Akito stopped laughing to get his breath back "I knew you couldn't skate, you're really obvious Nyquill, why coudn't you tell me?" He smiled and then held out his hand to him.
Nyquill got up wobbling without letting go Akito's hands.
Akito started moving backward with him
"Just move your feets like this ^^"
He began to get the knack and then Akito let him go.
Nyquill suddenly felt really happy he could skate! He did a couple of rounds to the rink and then came back to where Akito was... the thing was that he didn't know how to stop, so Akito grabbed his hand and then slowly they stopped.
The sounds of fireworks on the sky begin to flow, they looked at each other and then kissed. They didn't cared about all the people that were there.
"Thank you for teaching me skating in the ICE..." Nyquill said a bit shy.
"No problem, i already got my reward ^^ "
Nyquill blushed. "S-Shut up.."
The beautiful fireworks on the sky were exploding over a winter night sky one after another as everyone were watching them.

"Ice Ice Baby"

That was the song that was playing when my entire life was thrown astray

Ice Ice Baby

The coldness of her body as I desperately searched for her vital signs

Ice Ice Baby

Baby. . .

Baby of Ice

My life was finally seeming to get somewhere. My beautiful wife and our new son were going to visit her parents

After years of tension, years of her parents saying I would ruin her life

They were right

I didn't see the car. I doubt he even saw me. We weren't speeding or anything. We weren't breaking any rules. I was paying attention. Looking before I transitioned, leaving a full car length before me.

I tried to stop

I tried

But God decided that day to ruin everything

Ice Ice Baby

Why am I not stopping? I pressed the brakes

I pressed them

I pressed them again

Ice Ice Baby

They were frozen. I removed my feet from the pedals, hoping to kick something out of the way. I tried everything

I couldn't stop

Ice Ice Baby

Ice Ic-

"ROBE-!"

It was too late.

I remember the coldness of their bodies when I managed to get out of the wreckage

My beautiful wife, her arms completely broken, her eyes paused in frozen fear. Frozen, glazed, cold fear.

My child had no idea what was happening. He lived his entire life without probably so much as a single memory. He probably wasn't even aware he was alive

He didn't know what death was

He was just ice.

I couldn't live with myself, sitting in this wreckage, looking at my wife and child, being taken straight from the crash site to the mortuary.

I was left on the freeway alone. The driver of the other car scolded me immensely, as I damaged his truck full of musical equipment

But the words simply passed through me, I wasn't paying much attention

I wanted her back

Her parents told her "Rhonda, this man Robert, he just isn't the man for you! He's probably going to ruin your life!"

I was a blissful high school kid. I didn't care about fate

I didn't care about any of that.

I saw the cars, speeding up now, no longer curious to stare at the wreckage.

I could imagine my wife and her child

Cold as ice

Their body and soul. . . gone. . .

I couldn't live my life like this.

Without so much as a second thought, I ran.

I ran, leaving no energy in my body

Ran into the speeding cars, living carefree lives as I once did

and as I flew into the air, pain filling my entire body upon impact

I lost it

I lost feeling

I lose sensibility

I lost everything

and I became cold as ice

I´m sitting here in a icy room.
It´s just another cold and rainy afternoon.
I´m wasting my time, I got mapping to do.
I´m chilling around and modding for you.
But nothing ever happens.

And I´m sliding.

I´m sliding up, I´m sliding down.
I´m sliding, sliding, sliding, standing up, falling down.
And all that I can see, is my feet getting chi-illy.
I´m turning the heat up and down.
I´m mapping, modding, playing everywhere on my own.
And all that I can see, is my feet getting chi-illy.

Many people say that dogs, unlike other animals, are kind intelligent and really devoted to us. Sounds like a stereotypical thought, but it s true. Here s my story.
My dog's name is Pie. He's a white coloured french bulldog with a scar at his back. I swear to you there's no one it the whole world who I can rely on, but Pie is probably the only exception. Once a terrible thing happened to me: I broke my spine when I fell down the stairs. Some doctors said I could possibly become paralyzed. Fortunately I didn't. But I had to live with a list of physical limitations for several months. My parents were there, but not permanently, they always work hard. There are no brothers or sisters surrounding me, I find it hard to make friends with other people, so I felt lonely. But not for a long time.
Once my dog Pie came to support me. And I was really glad because, you know, I love my little doggy. But that time was really unusual. Pie came to me and he held a gift with his teeth. A teddy bear was the gift. Yes, a small brown teddy bear that smiled right to me. That action was really really touching. And then Pie got to the bed and laid next to me. I hugged him and we both fell asleep. Since that moment we spent almost every minute together. We even talked, in a special way of course. I could tell Pie stories and he listened to me paying attention to every detail. I told him everything I couldn’t tell any person, I described my fears and things that made me happy. And Pie was a great listener. In his eyes I saw something special, he listened to me he cared about me. Friendship between a person and a dog truly exists. I found a friend in Pie a real friend who never lies never judges and never betrays I hope you love your dogs as much as I do. Because they deserve our love.

Sakuya and Nyquill are two detectives looking for a mysterious stone that is said to have special powers. It was called the "Note".
what they did not expect was that their journey would take them in Antarctica, and exactly in front of them now was expanding a huge frozen lake.
Sakuya and Nyquill were trying to be cautious in crossing the frozen expanse. Missile, the little dog that kept them company was even more tense and the two detectives felt almost guilty to take it with them, so Nyquill decided to release him and unhooked the leash.
The little dog seemed to hesitate a bit scared 'before turning and start a frantic race to the other side of a snowy hill.
Sakuya tried to feel the small pieces of ice resting gently on the sea.
Some did not seem particularly stable, while others were much more solid, and it was there that the two was cautiously trying to support their feet with lot of attention.
Step by step they were approaching to the other side and for now there seemed to be no obstacle yet.
Neither of them had the courage to speak, not even a word, they could hear only the wind roaring cautiously between the white expanses that were around them raising small snowflakes resting on the ground and once in the air seemed to be of little puffs of grayish smoke.
The atmosphere was very rigid and at times seemed to immobilize the time.
Neither wanted at least imagine what was underneath those ice, but in some places they could see some rifts between some small water jets that small waves trapped in the ice cage were trying to destroy in order to get out and breathe outside of the thin ice prison.
Only a misstep they could break that glass floor so beautiful and yet so deadly.
The water that was below had to be really frozen in there, falling in there would have been incredibly disastrous and the two would have risked hypothermia.
"We're almost there ... we are almost in half ..." Sakuya said softly, but with the silence that reigned his words seemed to echo everywhere.
Nyquill did not answer but he could hear very well her attention.
Sakuya suddenly stopped completely. He tried to locate, touching with his foot sheet of ice more solid, but seemed to be finished in a dead end.
Nyquill waited frantically to take another step: the forced immobility was making her waver.
Then the guy decided and tried to rest it on a sheet of ice. He tried to be as gentle as possible but in that case also the slight pressure seemed to cause an immediate split in the ground.
Sakuya immediately withdrew his leg trying to stand still, as if trying to limit the damage as much as possible. when he just leaned back on solid sheet, however, felt like a crunch stronger and also the slab that lay beneath their feet began to give way.
The two were still petrified and could only watch for a few seconds what was happening around them: the whole stretch of ice was becoming full of cracks and splits that did not seem to want to stop.
Neither knew what to do, what was the best move, the flatness of the landscape was not allowing them to have solid references and did not have any support, it was like being in an invisible cage.
Suddenly Nyquill tried to take back. The two looked around, but knew they had to act quickly.
"Let's get to the bottom running! Here! In front of us! It is the best way there are fewer cracks in the ground, "said Sakuya to his partner as fast as possible.
"But let's split! We need to distribute the weight or risk of collapse both in the water! "
Soon the detectives wasted no time. The two tried to be more agile as possible, but at each slab seemed that their steps were becoming heavier and heavier, and that more and more slabs were collapsing under their feet.
Every movement corresponded to a crunch, every moment was precious and stop on one of those crumbling slabs would be too risky.
In addition to centering the fine points of support was also necessary to identify the plates firmer and especially those less small.
But to think in such a situation was impossible and it was the instinct to guide their movements.
The two came more and more to the most solid part of the stretch of ice was probably the one where the ice was thicker and in fact was the one closest to the opposite coast.
Nyquill with a final step came there and almost dropped to the ground. Sakuya was coming, but here's misstep came and the boy saw a slab turning right at the arrival point and nearly half of his body was in the water.
The sheet of ice pushed against his body that the boy was trying to keep out of the water as possible.
Nyquill hastened to get to him.
As soon as she was in front of him grabbed his hand and tried to pull him up.
The pressure that the water over him was great and neither was able to make the decisive move that would free him from the grip of ice.
"I can't do it! You must be stacked!" Nyquill seemed really desperate, trying to turn around, trying to find a support or something that could help her, but the environment was still hostile.
"I can resist!" Sakuya tried to reassure her, but he knew it would be difficult.
Suddenly she heard a sound, it was not natural, no creaking, more like a bark.
Nyquill looked up and saw in the distance Missile running on the ice with agility, and with his little body he could not shake even a small faction of land.
Nyquill herself smiled. she did not know how it would be able help but she felt less alone.
The puppy was really fast and in no time he was in front of them; running the dog gave a very strong blow to the slab that was pressing on Sakuya moving vertically: it was a risky move, but it served to liberate much of the boy. Those few seconds were enough, and Nyquill did not miss the opportunity to pull with all her strength the boy out of the water.
finally in a few seconds the boy was finally out of the water.
All three lay on the ground, on the solid ice, exhausted, but happy to getting away from that tragic situation.
Nyquill After a few minutes got up and went to caress Missile "what a good dog! - Repeated to him- you are great! Do you realize what you've done? The dog seemed not to hear, but it certainly was perfectly aware of having done a good thing.
"Someone should have trained you really well! - Exclaimed Sakuya- I really have to thank him!"
"Yeah ... you really are a great!"
"Just so! but ... better to make something, or my legs will freeze! With this short run we did not really come a long way, we are very close! "
"right! Soon we go! Up! Come Missile! "Nyquill called him toward her.
The dog seemed to really be very active, but in that case the two really owed him a lot, and also Sakuya's life.

The emotion was felt, now more than ever, the fantastic stone was close and they could not let it escape.
The two came closer and closer and the landscape was passing more and more into the background compared to their main objective.
The walk was exhausting and waiting to find out what would be the next was even more so.
Nyquill's legs were trembling, but kept the smile, this time knew she could keep with tranquility, yet for a while '.
They were now in front of a huge expanse of ice: a completely flat ground, sparkling and white as ever, a white that seemed more intense than before, even more than all the rest of the snowy expanse of the whole of Antarctica.
The sky was totally blue, and the sun on the horizon in front of them did not give any trouble.
It was obvious where was hidden the note in front of them between the flatness of the landscape, a small mound of ice was standing with a very particular form.
It seemed as if a wave of the sea had suddenly solidified together with the note and now stood there for a long time as if no one had dared to break that wonderful creation.
inside the ice glowed a faint light of a delicate pink and tender.
The two detectives were now in front of that ice formation, with the heart pounding and rush to find out what would happen next.
Nyquill came by and saw inside that little pink pearl shine before her.
The girl held out her trembling hand, grabbed it and when she closed the palm with the pearl inside it seemed to go beyond that ice easily, as if it was an accumulation of tiny snow crystals fragile and almost insensitive to touch. The feeling was to grasp an object property in midair.
When she pulled her hand away the mountain broke up and the ice that composed it mingled with the rest of the snow on the ground.
The two detectives made a deep breath.
"we did it! ... we really did it!" said Sakuya smiling.
"yeah... we did it!" Was immense satisfaction and happiness felt incredibly.
suddenly the stone began to glow and emanating a bright light in the sky creating a beautiful aurora that enchanted the two detectives. an incredible show full of colors and lights. who knows, maybe that was the mysterious power of that stone, maybe it was not much special, but it certainly paid off them both of all their efforts in that stretch of ice. the rest would be left to the scientists, and maybe one day all the world will know the real power of the Note.
it was a hard and dangerous journey, but this time the two detectives were able to complete their mission and return victorious to their base, this time with the new agent: Missile.

A man wanders through a ghost town, in search of water. While there, he finds a saloon. He enters.

"Excuse me, is anyone here?", said the man.

There was no answer. The man walked further into the saloon, finding what you'd expect in a likely abandoned saloon. Dust, dirty tables, mold. But then something unexpected appeared. A ghost.

The man stepped back. "Who-- or rather, what are you??", he uttered.

"I am a ghost, sir. This is a ghost town, after all."

"I see.", the man said, on edge. "So... do you have any water?".

"Ah, yes. The problem at hand.", the ghost replied. "We do not."

"But we have Ice.", the ghost said in a harsh whisper, "Is that fine?".

"Ice? That's good enough, I suppose."

...Uh, where am I now?

What is this place? Why am I feeling really cold?

Eh wait... Why am I so solid like this? I'm supposed to be some normal liquid stuff right?

Wait, let me recall.

Ah yes, those drops of water talked about the various ways of how can their life (and mine) end (and begin again, from what I've heard).

One of them is to be consumed by living creatures, such as humans and animals. Another is to be vaporized by heat. And yet another is... kinda similar to what I've said first, right...

...Yeah, to be frozen in what humans call refrigerator, or more specifically in the freezers, and thus becoming an entirely, completely different entity from what we were.

I should try to remember more about what happened before, damn it.

So, maybe three or four days ago, I was in this thing called a water dispenser, alongside probably hundreds of thousands, or even millions of water drops.

I greeted the drops and started talking and talking for a few days.

I'm not sure of what we were talking about... I mean, are drops of water supposed to have many things to say?

We only talked about what kind of water drops we were (maybe we were fruit or milk flavored, or maybe we ended up being plain old water) and what kind of experience we went through on water cycles.

Mostly normal and boring stuff, at least for us water drops.

But then, maybe a few hours ago, a young female human, probably 13 or 14 years of age, came to the dispenser and got some water out of it, put them in a glass, and then placed them inside... something I'm not really familiar with.

It's rectangular-shaped and has lots of smaller, cube-shaped sections, and it is transparent. I think it was made of plastic. I'm sure my fellow water drops called it as some kind of tray...

Well, I was the part of the water drops that she got.

And I think that's how I ended there.

Not really sure; I guess I wasn't conscious for a while.

Oh well, I don't really have anything to do. I can't move since I'm frozen here. I just can't.

I think I have become a part of this...

What did the drops call solidified liquids?

...Ice cubes?

Well, I guess it is.

And I suppose I'll be trapped here as a molecule of this cube until someone gets me out from here and use me again.

Talking about molecules and ice cubes...

Ah, I remember now! I have been solidified like this a few times too.

I don't know why, but my memory didn't seem to work well when I was awake, and is actually still going kinda weirdly now.

Oh wow, I suddenly remembered the first time I got frozen like this.

It felt really weird when the cube I was in melted. I became much more flexible and could move freely again after freeing myself from the other molecules, yes, but the process is just unsettling.

I have not much problems about being solid aside from being unable to talk and move, but I really prefer to be able to do anything I wish, and at least not to have go through the weird melting sensation all over again.

...Did I hear the sound of the freezer's door being opened?

Ah, that girl again I suppose.

Uh wait, why do I feel that the freezer moves--

Wait, it isn't the freezer.

She is taking the tray I am currently in from the refrigerator.

And what is that?

An empty medium-sized glass and a can of soft drink, right?

Oh shit.

Looks like I'll have to go through the melting process again.

Well...

She then takes a few ice cubes, including the one I'm ensnared in, and put them inside the glass, and then pours the soft drink into it.

I am... starting to feel weird.

Ah, is the glass moving?

Oh yep, the girl lifts this glass up and... starts to drink it, of course. What else could've happened?

Damn, this melting sensation again. I can't describe it... It just feels like I'm getting forcibly separated from the other molecules. It is... painful.

Naaaah, I'm now free from the ice cube's body... But is this cola?

Nice; now I'm a cola-flavored drop. Not that I dislike it, though.

...And what's nicer is: I'm now inside this girl's mouth.

Good.

Now I have to go through the process in a human's body again, then I'll need to go through one more water cycle alongside the other drops before I become another living organism's drink again or before I evaporate somewhere in an extremely hot place.

Good.

Really good.

Maybe this is how I'm going to live.

Eternally going on cycles and cycles, with only one purpose: To fulfill and satisfy what the living ones need.

Can't be helped.

The meaning of Ice

My name is Nagamine Touya. I live in a small city, where nothing ever happens. It wouldn’t really matter as long as that person stayed in this place. But then, that happened.

“Hey, are you feeling any better, Eihara?”

Eihara Kyouko is my childhood friend. Since a long time ago she had a weak body, so she often stayed in bed. That day was no different.

“Don’t worry, Touya-kun. I’m fine! And I already told you to call me by my first name! We’re childhood friends after all!”

She did say that, but I just couldn’t help it. Just the thought of calling others by their first name would make me nervous.

“A-Anyways, I have something for you, Eihara.”

I gently handed the present over to her. There’s no way I could forget that important date.

“Happy Birthday.”

I had a soft smile on my face. She slowy unwraped the package, looking rather curious.

“This is... Beautiful! Touya-kun, thank you! I loved it!”

It was a simple emerald necklace. She immediately put it on. The smile she made while thanking me was warm and made me blush a little.

“I-I’m glad you liked it.”

I was so intrigued with out conversation that I didn’t even realize that the television was on.

“And the second part of the forth day of London World Figure Skating Championships will now start! For the free dance category we will be having lots of participants and...”

Ebihara had a blank expression while staring at the screen. I didn’t think twice and turned the machine off. She awoke from her daydream, but still looked really upset.

“Ebihara...”

Ebihara’s dream was to participate on the ice skating olympics, but that wouldn’t be possible anymore: her doctor told her to stop practicing the sport because the physical effort would do bad to her body. She didn’t want to accept at first.

“Ebihara, I’ll be leaving then. Stay well...”

Saying that, I left the room.

“Damn!”

I punched the wall beside me. I wanted to do something to help her, but what could I do? That
thought of uselessness frustrated me.

The next day, I thought of paying her a visit again. I entered the room and got really surprised with
what I saw.

“What... Where is she...?”

Ebihara was nowhere to be found. I called out her name but there was no answer.

“Damn! Where are you, Ebihara?!”

I left the hospital and started running through the snow, hoping that I would find her. Before I noticed it, white flocks started falling from the sky.

“Ebihara... I must find you soon or else...”

No, it would be better to not think of the worst. I looked for her in every place I could think of.

“There’s one place left... The ice skating rink...”

I ran as fast as I could. After some minutes, I sigthed someone lying on the snow.

“Ebihara!!!!”

She was lying there, holding the skates. It seemed like she couldn’t even arrive at the rink.

“Ebihara!!!! What happened?!! Are you okay?!! Hey!!!”

I put my hand on her forehead: It was burning hot.

“You have a high fever!! I’ll call for help!!”

There was no cellphone signal because the rink was at the top of a mountain and we were far from both the rink and the city. I was thinking of what to do when I felt someone pull the bottom of my jacket.

“No... Touya-kun, just stay here with me...”

She had a faint voice. I tried to convince her, but it was no use.

“But Ebihara—!”

“Call me Kyouko...”

It was painful to look at her suffering face, but I decided to stay by her side.

“K-Kyouko...”

Ebihara smiled faintly after I muttered her first name. We kept in silence for a while and then she weakly opened her mouth.

“Hey, Touya-kun. Do you know why I like ice skating so much?”

I shook my head.

“It’s because ice is just like me... It is there for a brief time and then it melts away. When I go to school, I stay there for some time but then I have to go back to the hospital room...”

I didn’t say a word. There wasn’t anything I could tell her. With effort, she continued.

“But you know what....? I doesn’t matter if I’m “an ice” or not anymore..... Even if I “melt” you’re always there for me....”

Tears started to fall from my eyes when she said that, it was as if I knew what was going to happen.

“Touya-kun............. I... love you.........”

That couldn’t be happening. Kyouko’s body was getting colder and colder even if it was burning hot with fever before.

“Kyouko!!!!! Kyouko!!!! Hang in there!!!! Kyouko!!!!”

She closed her eyes to never open them again. Even knowing that she couldn’t listen I answered her.

“I love you too... Kyouko”

From that day on, the meaning of ice to me is totally different.