“Because…” Serenity swallowed the last bite of her bun which tasted mediocre, at best. In the past, she would have disliked it, but now, taste had become secondary to her. What was more important was to have enough food to fill her belly.

“I guess it’s because we’re the same kind of people,” she continued. “We’ve both been tossed aside by society, and we’re just trying to survive at the bottom rung. No one wants people like us, and nobody cares about us, but at least we can hug each other for warmth, and I can cherish you, and you can cherish me, right?”

She smiled gently. It was a smile full of hope, longing, and even nervousness.

“Is that so?” he murmured. “Sounds like we really are very similar…”

His gaze was that of a hunter who had just seen his prey falling into his trap. Perhaps life had been too easy for him lately. So easy that it had become boring. Anything he wanted, he merely had to stretch out his arm, and it would be there for him to reach it. As time went by, this easy kind of life became uninteresting to the point of being irksome. Yet, this game he was playing made everything exciting again.

“Sis.” He softly murmured the words that she had been waiting to hear.

In an instant, her smile bloomed till it sparkled like stars in the sky.

***

After dinner, Serenity took Jackson out to the night market so that she could buy him some clothes.

Although she ended up only choosing cheap used clothes, it still cost her 70 dollars. She immediately told Jackson to put on the padded jacket and asked him, “Is it a little warmer now?”

“Yeah,” he replied nonchalantly, his eyes looking down at the woman who was about a head shorter than him. “You didn’t have to buy all these clothes for me, you know. I’m used to the cold now. I would’ve been fine wearing my old clothes.”

“Even if you’re used to the cold,” she argued, “That doesn’t mean that you should stay cold. Besides, I didn’t spend all that much at all, and I couldn’t afford to buy nearly enough clothes for you anyway. At the very least, I could keep you a little warmer, so I’m glad.”

to me?”

your big sister,

that they were as cold as ice, so she held them firmly with both of her hands before leaning down to blow warm breaths

hands are too cold,” she said. “If we rub them

narrowed. No woman had ever rubbed his hands just to warm them up the way she

he never liked anyone to touch him. But for some reason, he did not despise Serenity’s touch all that much. Was it because this woman was the most important part of this game he

not react, she suddenly thought

that it hurts you…?” she asked before releasing his hands in

if he was upset that the

hands up to her as he said, “My hands

but on that cold wintry night, those tiny

time to breathe warm air onto his hands. Because of the

being wrapped around those tiny hands, and

***

days later, Serenity received a

but I begged him not to do it. I want to give it to

knew exactly which photo album Aria was referring to. It was the one with photos

in a gentle voice, “If you don’t come over, I might misplace the photo album and lose it.

sent a specific address to Serenity and quickly ended the call without waiting for her sister’s

just hand the photo album to her for no reason. She definitely must have some kind of sinister plan. Still, this concerned the

baritone sounded

senses and took

wait

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