It was approaching the end of the year and the squad were all outside enjoying a warm meal. All of them sat on a bench they found and put it on top of a roof making it somewhat safe from mutants. While eating they noticed white dots falling from the sky indicating winter was in full swing.
"It must be close to Christmas." Reia reached her hand out letting a snowflake land on her hand.
"Too bad we can't celebrate it as we did in the academy and how long ago was that? 6 years?" Akira had a flash of memories of when Christmas rolled around and they had a bit of free time.
"Even in the military we didn't really have a Christmas, but at least we had a day off if we weren't on a mission." Echo chimed, reminding everyone that their time in the military was rather miserable and something they want to forget.
