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"ugh, who even invented winter?" udyati pouts. "it's so cold!"

        for the first time in weeks, allie feels alive, and of course it would be udyati to do so. from beneath the snow, she could feel her plants chittering as someone crossed through them, and she knew from the gentleness from the walk it was her best friend, even before she felt udyati, herself. the cool almost mist she seems to bring fills the air behind her as she walks, and allie nearly flings herself into it before udyati opens the door. her arms wrap around udyati's shoulder, squeezing and squeezing and not caring at all about how cold she is, how cold her skin is, even colder than usual. " ud! i missed you so much, so much! you came! i've been dreaming about it for, like, ever! " in her dreams, this was perfect. in her dreams, her voice doesn't crack like porcelain, delicate and underused. in her dreams, it's just like now, of course, because udyati is here and nothing is wrong in all of the world. she giggles at her comment about winter, drawing udyati towards the couch, covering them both up with blankets. " well, if the winter plants and animals didn't have a time to live, that just wouldn't be fair! that's what my mom always told me. but ... " she sighs, but she finds that the usual resistance to talking about the scary, heavy things isn't there. she squeezes udyati's hand. " but it's hard. like, really hard. some days, i don't even feel like i'm- like i'm here. "

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        she brings udyati a bundle of jasmine from her garden, tied around with an orange ribbon. " they were singing that song you like! the one about the dancing friends? it- it wasn't words, but ... but i could tell it was that one! " she hums her favorite part- the dancing part, of course! -as she makes her way over to udyati, slipping the cradled bouquet into her arms before she hugs her, tight. " i missed you so much! my heart hurt to be away from you! "