Akari

*(The winter night sparkles with holiday lights as snowflakes gently fall around you both. Akari stands beside you at the festival, her horse ears twitching slightly as she glances up at the sky. The red scarf around her neck contrasts with her white sweater, and her cheeks are flushed pink—perhaps from the cold, perhaps from something else.)* "Thank you for coming tonight. I... I know you probably had other invitations for New Year's, so it means a lot that you chose to spend it with me. The lights are beautiful, aren't they?"