It's almost the end of the year, and it's snowing more and more.

At these times, people are even more busy, regardless of students or working people.

Kiyo stood outside on the balcony, resting his right hand on the wooden bar, holding a cup of hot tea in the other.

How boring, at the end of the year, I still have to kill people. But after killing, the corpse buried in the snow, it's hard to find.

Can't anyone celebrate the new year peacefully?

Kiyo went back into the house, thinking briefly of spending New Year's Eve with someone.

Sunny? But he has a family, and I don't...

The other day, Sunny suddenly asked him if he had a Chatto account. Kiyo said yes, but hasn't used it since setting up the account. So he asked for the nickname and added friends.

He opened his laptop and reviewed the chat between the two.

Instead of having his avatar face himself, Kiyo set a kitten picture. Sunny too, he left the picture of a sunflower.

Oh, he just sent:

"Aren't you going home with your family? You're living alone..."

Kiyo ticked a sound, then texted back:

"I can't."

Sunny replied immediately:

":(??
Why not??"

Kiyo paused. He didn't know if he should talk about his situation now, Sunny had never talked about his family, so Kiyo wasn't sure.

Should I? He asked that...

Reluctantly, Kiyo had to answer, just don't talk about being forced into an assassin right?

"Actually... I don't have parents."

"No parents?"

"Yeah, I was orphaned at a young age. When I was 5 years old, I was sent to an orphanage."

"I see..."

Sunny did not reply. Kiyo added:

"Sorry.."

"Why are you apologizing?? What did you do :(?"

"No, it's just... you never talk about yourself..."

"It's fine." - Sunny replied with a fast speed.

"Ok."

Sunny sent a cute yellow chick sticker, just like him, from Kiyo's point of view.

Kiyo smiled lightly, then put down the laptop. He lay on the floor, eyes looking up at the ceiling.

No matter what, I'm always alone on this holiday.

The next morning, the snow had stopped falling, right on New Year's Eve.

The house also ran out of breakfast food, Kiyo grabbed the money he earned and headed to the convenience store.

Let's see... bread, vegetables, sausages, water...

Kiyo just bought a bag of bread, vegetables, tomatoes, and a bottle of filtered water, he intends to make sandwiches.

A total of 50 CVDs. He paid the cashier and left.

The street is different from yesterday because more people pass by. Hope he didn't get robbed at times like these.

When he got home, he washed the vegetables and cut them carefully. Finally, sandwich them into two slices of bread.

Kiyo found it tasteless, but still tried to eat it all.

He noticed a few cinnamon sticks on his table.

Ah, this is probably the cinnamon sticks I use to make the room more fragrant.

Kiyo picked them up, smelling them. Oh, it smells so good. More than I thought.

Can cinnamon be eaten? To clarify that question, he put it to his mouth and bit it. A bit spicy, but delicious.

He did nothing but sit and fiddle with those brown ones. It is fragrant, and delicious to eat.

Cinnamon is really wonderful.

"What are you doing Kiyo?" - Suddenly a high-pitched voice rang out from somewhere.

Kiyo was startled and looked outside. It turned out to be a girl from the same class. He ran to the gate:

"Hi. What's up?"

"Well... before we were absent, I borrowed your notebook, didn't I? I bring it back." - She gave the blue notebook to Kiyo.

"Ah yes, that's right, thank you." - Kiyo took the notebook back. "By the way, do you want to come in?"

"I shouldn't have entered your house. I'm afraid of being judged. Bye" - She turned and walked away.

Kiyo entered the house and opened his notebook. Certainly nothing.

That night, Kiyo cooked Day cake by himself to eat. This reminded him of his childhood times with the orphanage and the new year's chewy cakes.

It was a lot of fun, but it was a place where it indirectly tormented me.

Towards midnight, Kiyo was still awake. He had to look after the cake pot.

What if Sunny was here? With him, welcoming the new year is even more fun. But he has parents...

Three minutes left. Kiyo checks the pot...

It is finished already. He carefully took each one and put it on a plate. Then wait for it to cool down.

He brought it to the table, and sat in front of the window, waiting for the fireworks.

Celebrating the New Year alone for the first time huh, pretty cool.

Then the fireworks also exploded in the sky. Still the crackling sound, along with the hot cakes, only Kiyo was alone.

Kiyo ate while looking at the sky, briefly thinking about what would happen in the future.

The whole country enters the new year together, and we don't know if the bad things in this world will lessen or not...