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"Ooh, snow!" Mina exclaimed. "Look, Ken - snow!"
Ken briefly looked up from the book he was reading on the couch. "Uh-huh," he murmured, eyes already back to the textbook at hand.
Mina huffed and turned away from the window. With a few steps, she reached the couch and plucked the book from his hands. Tossing it on the floor, she sat down in Ken’s lap, giving him her most winning grin. "Don’t you want to go outside and play in the snow?"
Ken struggled to keep a straight face, trying to look serious and annoyed that she was interrupting his studying. He failed. He gave her a small grin before leaning forward to give Mina a quick kiss. "You’re ridiculous. I know they have snow in Japan."
Mina gave him a pouting look. "But I spent the last two winters in California - I haven’t seen real snow in forever. That snowball Ami made me wasn’t the same."
"Fine, fine," Ken replied, picking her up from his lap as he stood up from the couch. "Just let me get my coat. I just know Jed’s going to start pelting me as soon as I go out there. He’s got a sixth sense about that shit."
Mina danced her way over to the coat closet, humming the tune to at least two different Christmas carols. "I’m so excited. I hope it keeps snowing. I keep wishing for a white Christmas this year - it’s all I want!"
"Tell you what, if it’s not snowing here, we’ll go get a cabin in the mountains for Christmas, how does that sound?" Ken suggested.
Mina threw her arms around him, grinning. "It sounds perfect," she said happily, throwing open the front door.
Ken stepped outside and immediately felt the sting of a wet snowball to the face. As he wiped the snow from his eyelashes, he could hear Jed laughing, with Mina’s giggle joining in. "Oh, it is on, Jed."