Author's Note: Just because I'm overly picky about things, I decided to write a couple of things over Sena's and Suzuna's relationship. And another thing. The Christmas Bowl is December the 23, not the 25. But I decided to write this for no reason. And furthermore, this is no 'right' prediction of what is going to happen in the anime, it is merely only a setting of events in the future.

When they had won the Christmas Bowl, an obvious difference has settled between them. It started with football. They were done, finished. It meant Taki would spin a tad bit more than he used to, since he couldn't play for his fans very much. It meant that Suzuna wouldn't come and cheer for them at football games. It meant that Mamori was visiting Hiruma more often than she needed to even she didn't have to worry so much about him playing football anymore.

Football out of the way, it created opportunities. As in, not football.

Let us take the example of Sena-- lovely. He had developed a relationship with Suzuna, but it was bordering more on platonic than romantic. Ah, if he wasn't so indecisive!

But it was different. Suzuna had taught him how to roller blade on Sundays, promised to buy him a pair if they won the Christmas Bowl, and hoped that he might have more time for her. It was sort of fun, thought Suzuna, even though she didn't really expect an answer.

There were fleeting moments, in which Lady Luck had bestowed on her sometimes. There was the time where he had collapsed dead tired on her. They were texting before the big match. And who never did the big act for the cultural festival in the school? She treasured each and every memory, cherishing every second she bumped into him. Usually he would apologize, and it gave her a queer delight to see him flushed. Especially when Hiruma read out his profile in the Devil's Handbook. That was fun.

Today she had planned to attend her mother's party, but an unfortunate incident had caused the location to be moved elsewhere.

"I'm sorry, Suzuna-chan. We can't celebrate Christmas with the whole family this year." Her mother said apologically.

Suzuna shook her head. "It's okay. I had plans today anyway."

It was a complete lie. She almost had forgotten it was Christmas--- all the excitement of the football tournament had driven the thought of the holidays away--- and the thought had just came up for no reason.

And she really needed to get out of the house. Her family consisted of a mother and father, and one idiotic brother. Which meant if she stayed in the house, she would get stuck with Taki. Ah-ha-ha!

Instantly she grabbed her cheerleading's bag to fetch something crucial right now: her cell phone.

"Hello?" A guy was on the other line.

"It's me, Suzuna. Sena, do you have any plans for tonight?"

"Er, no, my parents are out of town. Mamori-nee-chan just ran to meet Hiruma-san in the clubhouse... I think."

"Ooh. I knew Mamori-nee had feelings for You-nii!"

"EH?!?"

"Goodness. You can't ignore them when they're in the club headquarters. They're like dogs and cats and Mamori attracts guys like flies in a sugar bowl."

"But what about Hiruma? He's... he's too... abnormal."

Suzuna smiled. Only Sena would talk about Hiruma like this when he was with her.

"Ah, who cares. I have something for you."

It took Sena only a couple of seconds to figure it out. "Roller skates! Right, Suzuna-chan?"

She didn't answer.

"Suzuna... chan?"

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She was surprised. She really was. It wasn't the fact that he had guessed that his Christmas present were roller blades. It was the fact that he added a "chan" to the end of her name, despite his embarrassment since it meant they were good friends (or, as she secretly hoped, a couple). Were they that close?

"Suzuna-chan?"

"Ah, gomen. I was spacing out a little."

"It's because I guessed right, right, Suzuna?"

"Yes and yes. You get roller skates." No it's not, she thought to herself secretly. No, it's not.

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"Merry Christmas."

She handed the package, he put them on, and they cruised happily down the park.

"You look really happy. Did something good happen to you?"

"Yeah," she said with a grin. "You said Suzuna-chan."

"What about it?"

She shook her head bemusedly. "Ah, remember? You didn't want to say it when I met you on the Death March."

She was conscious of the fact that he was at last three centimeters higher than her. Did that help?

"Oh... oh yeah! And you were looking for your brother and he was trying out for the Amarillos, right?"

"Yeah. Those were good times..."

"Yup."

They ran out of things to say.

One decided she'd go home. What else would happen? She remembered that the dishes needed washing and the idiot brother needed a present to entertain him. Not strictly saying that she'd get him a football or anything. He'd probably get some fake fanmail card that she'd forge all the signatures. She didn't have any money left after the roller skate splurge.

"Gomen, Suzuna. I didn't get you any present."

"It's okay." It was, really. For her, she was happy that he'd recieved it.

She went in the opposite direction, her house. Sena's was in the other direction.

Dust billowed.

She was perplexed. How could you do the Devil Bat's ghost on roller skates? And why was he doing it?

He stopped in front of her, looking so cool at that moment when he just glided smoothly on the pavement.

"I need to thank you."

"You don't have to, I already said! Mou, you really don't get many presents, do you?"

"No. I don't." His eyes, usually enthusiastic and gentle, was burning with a fiery gleam, which she could not avert her eyes away from.

He kissed her, hard and quick. "Merry Christmas, Suzuna-chan."

And he disappeared into the night. Suzuna didn't look back, though even if she did, she wouldn't have seen him smile guiltily, him planning to apologize tomorrow.

Author's Note: I usually don't have a bad problem with OOC, but I kept comparing Sena with Daisuke from DN Angel (the same voice actors, the same personality, ect.). I think Sena could possibly have two sides of him, right? I mean, that usually happens to guys his age and have the same personality: quiet, a famous person alias, polite, and stuff like that. And Suzuna is one of my favorite characters in Eyeshield 21, right after Mamori (Hiruma is number one... for most of us...).

In my opinion, Sena is so freakishly similar to Daisuke it's not even funny. Seriously.