AN: I just want to put it out there that I'm still trying to come up with three gifts Sunako would like, so if you have any ideas, feel free to leave me a suggestion along with your review! If I can make it work with the story and haven't already planned to use the item, I'll be sure to credit you! So without further adieu, let the story begin!

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…

Dec ember 13

Scene.

The air was cool and crisp as the sun reached its peak in the sky. Birds chirped in the branches of evergreens surrounding the Nakahara mansion. Everything was peaceful, except…

"GET OUT OF MY ROOM!"

Ranmaru, Takenaga, and Yuki stood in the hallway and watched in apprehension (and mild amusement) as Kyohei was literally thrown out of Sunako's room. He hit the wall and was back on his feet in a matter of seconds.

"You've been in there all day! I'M HUNGHRY!" Kyohei bellowed out as he lunged at her again.

"Do you think he'll ever learn?"

Kyohei now had hold of Sunako's legs as she clung to the doorframe.

"I doubt it," Ranmaru responded as Sunako landed a beautiful kick to Kyohei's face, knocking him out, and bolted back into her room. She slammed the door shut behind her and locked the door with a resounding click.

The three observers continued to stare, not sure if they should move their now unconscious friend or leave him where he lay.

"Oh, dear! What happened to him?"

Noi stood at the other end of the hall, her eyes wide as she stared at Kyohei's slightly beaten form.

"Poor fool tried interrupting Sunako-chan's 'Monster Movie Marathon' for food," Takenaga shook his head at Kyohei's stupidity. No more needed to be said about it.

"Well, I have something that might cheer her up!"

Noi pulled a box out from behind her and skipped forward.

"No! DON'T!" all three boys cried out but were not fast enough to stop her from knocking on Sunako's door.

"Oh, Sunako-chan!" she sang.

There were five seconds of eerie silence before the door opened just the slightest.

"What do you want?"

"This is for you!" Noi shoved the box out, forcing the door open and giving Sunako no choice but to take it.

"What is it?"

Sunako eyed the package wrapped in gold paper as if it would suddenly come alive and try to take her hand.

"A Christmas present, obviously."

Sunako held the gift box back out to Noi.

"Why are you giving it to me? The tree is in the living room."

Noi rolled her eyes and lightly pushed the box back to Sunako's chest.

"You're supposed to open it today. See?" Noi held a small card in her hand. "It was sitting on top of the box when I found it on the front porch. Sorry, but I was nosey."

Sunako peered at the card, having slight difficulty reading the handwriting.

To Sunako

Open today

She shrugged and tore into it. Everyone, minus Kyohei, watched with various degrees of curiosity.

"What is it?" Yuki asked, stepping forward.

"Yes, Sunako. What is it?"

What Sunako pulled out was a simple, white cooking apron. Another note was pinned to the front.

"Does it say who it's from?" Takenaga asked.

Sunako shook her head, though she still was trying to decipher what it did say.

"Oh, give me that, Sunako-chan."

Noi snatched that apron out of Sunako's hands before she even had a chance to respond.

"It says, 'Expect more'. Oh, Sunako-chan," Noi exclaimed as she pounced on the unsuspecting scary girl, "you have a secret admirer!"

Takenaga pried Noi, obviously the more excited of the two girls, off Sunako, who seemed to be frozen in place.

Slowly, she seemed to defrost.

She looked at the apron, now back in her hands, and then at Kyohei, still on the floor, and shrugged.

"Might as well."

But her grip on the apron and the slight glow of her aura as she made her way to the kitchen betrayed her bored tone. With the monster movies forgotten, she eagerly set about putting her gift to use.

A partridge in a pear tree