HAVING A FRIEND LIKE HIM

"ARE you alright, Snow?"

Astrid's voice cut off Snow's thoughts. He took a deep breath and calmed himself. Then he forced the corner of his lips to turn up before looking back at Astrid and answering the other.

"Yes, I'm fine."

But what Snow didn't know was that his expression right now was very stiff. Even the corner of his eyes were red, as if he was on the verge of tears just a few seconds ago. And Astrid noticed all of that.

In the first place, if Snow was like his usual self right now, he would have asked why Astrid would even think that he's not fine. But instead, he just answered like that, as if trying to convince himself that that was indeed the case.