"Shion! What the heck is that racket? Is something burning?" the man asked. Shion slept on.
"Have it your way then," he said shoving her off the bed similar to the way a snow plow moves snow. Shion hit the floor and popped back up to her feet.
"So we're going to play rough now are we?" Shion tilted her head and placed her left hand on her hip. The man just shook his head unable to think with the buzzing of the alarm clock.
"Don't worry it's only the alarm. If it bothers you that much I'll turn it off." She yanked the cord from the wall and immediately silence filled the room. The man rolled over unto his side.
"So what time was it anyway?" Shion's eyes moved towards the clock, which was blank. She shrugged.
"Some time between six and nine"
He climbed out of the bed. "I'm going to go get some breakfast. You want anything?"
Shion ponder his question for a while then darted out of the room. He allowed himself a quick laugh at the antics of the woman he loved so dearly. Shion reentered the room trying to grasp some of the dignity she felt she had lost.
"Ahem…where were we now?"
He smiled and poked Shion in the ribs. "I was telling you how you shouldn't drink so much water before bed. He pulled the door open and waved to her as he exited the room. Shion flopped down on the bed unwilling to except that it was morning. A beeping sound filled the room. Instinctively, Shion smashed her hand down on the alarm clock. When the noise continued, she looked around for other possible sources of the noise.
"I swear if Allen started another toast fire…" She went into an uncontrollable fit of laughter as she recalled the "toast" incident.
"Shion….Shion…Did you die Shion?" Shion spun around to face the voice, which was coming from the pile of clothing on the floor. She raised an eyebrow, grabbed the stick that was leaning against her table and cautiously approached the talking pile. After she was sure nothing was going to jump out at her she shifted through it only to find her connect gear beeping.
"Hello?" She asked it. Immediately the face of her brother appeared on the screen. He rolled his eyes.
"Do not tell me you just got up, Shion"
Shion was silent.
"Are you alright?" He asked wondering why she wasn't talking his ear off as she normally did.
"Sure," Shion said, "But you told me not to tell you so…"
"Ha ha ha. You're utterly hilarious. Have you ever thought of going into comedy Shion?"
"Actually I have…"
"Anyway…about Thursday…I can count on you and Allen right."
"Jin I've told you time and again I have no interest in your book club."
"Shion…What are you talking about?"
Shion began playing with a strand of her hair. Jin obviously wasn't the only one who didn't have a clue.
"It's Thanksgiving on Thursday."
"What today!"
Jin hung up knowing full well that when Shion was like this there was no getting through to her. Shion placed the connection gear down and joined Allen in the kitchen. He was eating a piece of apple pie and sipping coffee from a chipped mug.
"Pie," Shion charged towards Allen's plate. He gobbled up the remaining pie and poured the rest of the coffee down his throat not wanting to take the risk of drinking anything when Shion was in the room. He had choked far too many times to not learn from his mistakes.
"Make me toast," She ordered.
"KOS-MOS confiscated the toaster remember?"
"Did she…all I remember is the time you reduced the toaster that had my name engraved on it to ashes and all you could say was…"
"And that as they say is how you make toast!" They said together.
"So?" Shion asked, "Did you know this Thursday was Thanksgiving?"
Allen nodded. "Weren't you wondering why we didn't have work this week?"
"I just figured they figured…I don't know what they figured."
The doorbell interrupted Shion's confusion. Shion raced over and peered through the peephole. Outside her door stood chaos.
"Who is it?" Allen asked.
"chaos, should I let him in?"
"Of course I'm sure he is freezing out there."
"But I'm not dressed" Shion looked down the grey t-shirt and indigo pajama pants she was wearing.
"Honestly Shion, You're wearing more than you usually do."
No sooner had Shion turned the doorknob did chaos walk in dusting a few stray leaves from his coat. He placed the bag he was carrying on the countertop and returned to the living room to hug a bewildered Shion. Allen tapped his fingers on the table. chaos looked over at him.
"What are you doing here at this time?" Allen asked.
chaos pointed to the calendar hanging above Allen's head. The 21st of November had an X on it and the words "chaos is coming over at noon to practice for the pie bake off" written in green pen. Both Allen and Shion looked at the clock on the stove. 12: 09 it read. Shion sprinted across the room tripping on a turkey plushie. Both men ignored her and chaos struck a conversation about the football game that was to take place later.
A shower and a change of clothes later Shion was walking down the stairs that lead up to her apartment. Before heading out onto the streets she pulled on her fuzzy gloves and hat. Second Miltian falls were unforgiving. Outside the sky was slightly overcast, but Shion presumed the rain would hold off at least until she made it to Jin's place to pick up KOS-MOS. After Shion had moved out Shion had insisted that Jin take her in partially because she didn't want him to be lonely, but more so because KOS-MOS lacked a home since Vector had thrown her out. Shion entered through the backdoor. As she walked down she eavesdropped on the conversation between Jin and Kosy were having about some ancient book even Jr. probably never heard of. In the kitchen, Shion helped her self to some lunch. She was eating her third apple when Jin walked in to fill his coffee cup once again.
"Of course you can have an apple my dear sister," Jin said, "It was so nice of you to drop by just to say hello."
Shion swallowed the apple core. "Where is Kosy I'm heading to the store to pick up some Thanksgiving crap and I need my sidekick along for the ride. Jin pointed towards Shion's old room, which she had ever so kindly donated, to Kosy. Shion skipped off. Inside Kosy was rummaging through the closet. Shion peeked over the android's shoulder. The closet was jammed full of various shiny kitchen appliances including Shion's toaster and chaos's stove.
"Shion instead of judging me please assist me in shutting this door. Both of them had to push as hard as they could in order to force the door to close.
"Get your purse Kosy we're going to the store."
"Shion as much as it would please me to accompany you. I have a previous engagement with a cooking show so I will to pass."
"Sucks for you" Shion grabbed Kosy's hand and pulled her out the door. "Trust me those shows suck. I'm the one you want to learn from."
"Shion need I remind you of all the times you've given Jin food poisoning."
Shion made a face. "I was young and inexperienced, but now I'm the master chef."
"This year me and Jin agreed we'd be doing all of the cooking."
Shion stopped dead in her tracks. This was one time Shion was hoping she actually was hearing things.
"Well weren't you wondering about why sudden interest in cooking shows?"
"I wonder a lot about you Kosy"
"Funny is how Jin and I were discussing you as well last night over scrabble."
This perked Shion's interest.
"Too bad it was deleted from my memory banks"
Shion pouted and stomped off in the direction of the local mall. A few minutes into their walk, a torrential downpour began. Kosy pulled an umbrella from her pocket to shelter herself from the rain. Shion reached for it, but Kosy held it way above her. By the time, they made it through the sliding doors Shion was soaked through all her layers of clothes and her shoes were squeaking from all the excess water. Kosy closed her umbrella and shook it in Shion's face.
"Really Kosy I haven't the slightest clue where you learned selfishness from. It must have been Allen. I'll have to bring this to his attention later." Shion wiped her face on her coat sleeve. Kosy watched her curiously. They headed over to the seasonal store.
"What exactly are you hoping to buy Shion?" Kosy dared to ask.
Shion danced around the question. "Nothing special just some decorations. Jin's house can really get to be a bore around the holidays." Kosy feared what Shion might be planning. Shion raced off weaving through the aisles like a pro. In her excitement, Shion crashed into a young pink haired girl who was looking at pilgrim hats. Shion rubbed the spot on her head where the box of sporks had hit her. The youth approached her and offered her a hand to help her up, but drew back when she saw who had stampeded into her.
"It's good to see you too Shion"
Shion gathered her things from the ground. "Oh hey Momo what are you doing here. Guess you heard about the holiday too."
"Jr. and I are in the Thanksgiving play. I'm a ham and he's a pilgrim. I'm looking for costume ideas." She held up a hat. Shion tried it on looked in a mirror then tossed it behind her. She grabbed another one with a slightly smaller buckle from the shelf.
"This one" She handed the hat to Momo. Momo put it in her basket. She knew better than to question Shion.
"You eat yet?" Shion asked in response to her growling stomach.
"My mother packed me a lunch before I left so I'm good."
"Kosy is around her somewhere too. Let's go grab a bite to eat." Shion said as if she didn't her Momo. The pair entered the check out line. Momo watched to see what Shion was buying.
"What do you need all those cotton balls for? Among Shion's more normal purchases were a cornucopia centerpiece, a comical turkey tablecloth and a set of apple candles. As they left the store Kosy caught up with them or at least they thought it was Kosy. It was hard to tell through the turkey mask. As they headed to the food court Shion dragged her bags behind her and Kosy bumped into every pole they passed since the mask obstructed her vision.
"Go sit down and watch our stuff while I go and get us some food," Shion said handing her bags to the realian then pointing to a table right behind an artificial plant. Momo barely was able to make it too the table before she collapsed under the weight of the packages she had been forced to lug over. A few minutes later Kosy rejoined her chewing a gumball. Just as Kosy was blowing a huge bubble Shion walked up and poked it causing the gum to stick all over Kosy's face. Shion dumped the tray she was carrying on the table in front of Momo. Momo gasped. Never before had she seen or even dreamed she would ever see that many tacos in the same place.
"Come on Kosy help me get the rest of my order." Shion directed Kosy to the taco stand where two more taco covered trays waited for Kosy. Momo felt sick to her stomach already. Kosy balanced the trays on her head. Shion handed Momo a cup.
"I got you chocolate milk" Momo's eyes widen as she gulped down the brown liquid. Kosy poked Shion.
"What are you drinking?"
"Diet soda of course! You got to love aspartame!" Kosy raised her cup and poured its contains down Shion's throat.
"Calories!!!!!" She spat the some of the soda out and choked on the rest.
Momo squeezed the soda out of the taco she was eating. "Because everyone knows all these tacos don't have calories."
Still gasping for air, Shion dove into the tacos like a hyena goes for scraps. Kosy noticing Shion had gotten a head started stuffed nine tacos in her mouth at once.
"Taco Eating Contest!" Shion said as she unwrapped her sixth taco. Momo excused herself to the washroom. By the time Momo returned more than one third of the tacos had been devoured and Shion and Kosy both had their heads on the table looking quite green. Shion didn't move again until her connection gear went off. Shion groaned and handed it to Momo.
"Hey Momo!" Allen's cheerful face said, "Umm…can I talk to Shion."
Momo shook her head. Allen looked worried.
"She did something stupid again didn't she?" He asked. All Momo could do was nod.
"Well Momo just make sure she gets home safely. There isn't anything in Udo's universe that can stop Shion once she gets one of her plans.
"Sure thing Allen…and don't worry about dinner we have plenty of tacos…"
After Allen left Momo grabbed both Kosy and Shion's hand and dragged them to their feet much against their wills. Shion painfully stumbled to the exit. Outside it was beginning to get dark and the rain was turning to hail.
"Look over there!" Momo pointed to a giant turkey. "It's the same air blown turkey you just bought Shion." Much to Momo's surprise the turkey turned to them and held up a bucket.
"What are you collecting stuffing?" Shion asked laughing much more than was necessary. Kosy filled the collection bucket with tacos.
"What are you guys doing here?" the turkey person asked pulling off his "head". When she saw whom it was Momo jumped into his arms. Kosy just stared in an attempt to assess their current situation. The laughter had proved to be the straw that broke the camel's back and Shion withdrew behind a nearby shrub.
"Since when did you work charity?" Shion asked reappearing.
"Well you know…I thought I'd give something back to humanity after all you guys did for me."
"Whoa the holiday caused someone to be way out of character." Kosy pointed out.
"What were you thinking with the turkey suit though? It's just not plausible." Shion asked.
"And that's coming from the person who bought 69 tacos and an inflatable turkey two days before Thanksgiving."
"Hey 96 tacos for 69 dollars are a great deal. It's not my fault if you never learned how to shop for values. And if I cover the turkey with cotton it'll double as a snowman." Shion defended herself. No one had anything to counter that.