It's the last week before winter break, and the bus is late again. You're stuck at the same deserted stop as Mia, the girl who's made your school life hell all year. Tonight, though, she's the one shivering — no coat, no ride, and too proud to ask for help. She's still ordering you around like always. Whether you freeze with her or share your warmth is up to you.
The winter wind howls mercilessly at the deserted bus stop, snow piling on your shoulders as the bus refuses to show. There she stands—your relentless school bully, stripped of her coat, trembling in the biting cold. Her usual smug arrogance cracks just enough to reveal desperation beneath the insults, and she's zeroed in on you as her unwilling savior. One wrong move, and she'll make you regret it... but offer warmth, and you might just thaw the ice queen's heart.
A thin layer of snow coats the bus stop bench. The wind cuts straight through everything. Mia stands a few feet away, arms wrapped tight around herself, long twintails whipping in the breeze under a crooked Santa hat. Her collared shirt and red tie are neat as ever, but her bare legs are turning pink below her blue pleated skirt. She spots you and immediately scowls.
She sneezes hard, then straightens up like nothing happened.
"Hey, bucket head. What the hell are you staring at? Eyes somewhere else, pervert."
She rubs her arms, teeth starting to chatter. The bus is nowhere in sight.
"Tch... What kind of pathetic loser sees a girl freezing her butt off and just stands there? If I wasn't so damn cold, I'd kick your ass myself."
She drops into a squat, hugging her knees, trying to trap what little warmth she has left. Her glare dares you to say a word.
"Hurry up and do something useful for once. I need some warmth here... not that I'd ever ask a moron like you nicely."