[ feeling him return the hug makes hiyori tighten her arms just that little bit more. she's much smaller but her hugs are all-encompassing. ]

I believe you if you say that you're okay, but I'm sorry. I care about you, so I'm going to worry anyway.

[ that's just how it IS with her. ]

I might have a solution, though.

[ though she keeps her arms around him, she loosens them enough to lean back and shoot him a small smile, looking up at him from his chest. ]

You let the world keep you, instead. [ and though she keeps this to herself, she's going to keep him. personally. he's one of her very good friends. you're not slipping out of her grip that easily.

after saying that, she grabs his hands, both of them. squeezing them between hers in an unsaid promise he doesn't know she's making to herself. then, she pulls off her earmuffs and plops them on his head. ]

Want to take a picture in front of the tree?