Raing:: T

Warnings:: Slash/shounen ai (maybe YAOI), Het, these are usually highschool/junior high age kids, spicy foods

Disclaimer:: If I owned this, it would be the same as if I own Gundam Wing. A bunchof hot guys, with questionable morals, hooking up with eachother left, right, and center.

Note:: Merry christmas guys!!! Expect an update on this by new years as it's a "Holiday" fic sort of thing. Probably going to stick to American Holidays for a while. At least until I can research other nationalities holidays.

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Fuji Syuusuke was not the type of person that rejoiced when the holidays came around. As a kid he'd been shown off to his relatives, as a teen he'd been viciously told to fuck off by his brother. The only reason he was threading garland through his belt loops now was because he had a reason to look forward to the season today. Seigaku would be going away on a trip for the entire holiday season, the regulars anyway.

Why would that be exciting? Well a certain someone was going to be on this trip as well and Fuji planned to room with him. He'd been a very sneaky tensai for the past month when it came to Tezuka Kunimitsu. The buchou was assigning room arrangements and a few hints dropped at embarrassing moments were all it took for him to be guaranteed his roomy.

Santa cap on his head, various bags filled with clothes and bathroom things, Fuji was ready to go. Thanking whoever hadn't given up on him for his family being gone on his morning of departure, said tensai almost whistled on his way to the bus stop. His face brightened, though it was hard to tell with that smile, as he caught sight of green hair.

"Echizen! Ready to go have fun in the snow?" A sour look was thrown at him. As soon as the first snowfall had happened Echizen had made it very clear to everyone that the frozen water was a vile thing. He hated it with as much passion as he could muster. Considering his stunted emotions that wasn't much.

Instead of answering his senpai he pulled the brim of his hat down and hunched further in his coat. That was another thing about Echizen that was made abundantly clear, he hated being cold. Wet and cold from rain was okay, cold from standing on top of a windy building was alright, cold from snow and ice was almost as bad as being forced to stop in the middle of a volley.

The bus ride to Seishun Gakuen was short and silent. Neither party spoke much as enough people were watching them in interest. It probably had something to do with Fuji's arm resting casually over Echizen's shoulders. None of the regulars commented on it when they arrived. It was a pretty normal sight to see the tensai bothering the anti-social first year.

It was half way through the vacation that Fuji came upon a wistful looking Echizen. The boy was seated on the window sill staring out at the glittering snow. He was in his pajamas, shivering because that was just a pair of boxers with a tennis shirt. He glanced down at his hot chocolate and wished he hadn't put so much pepper salt in it.

Grabbing a blanket off his bed instead, Fuji made his way over to the shivering teen. Draping the cloth over Echizen's shoulders without spilling his drink proved to be pretty easy. It took little prompting for the blanket to be pulled around so he was wrapped up nicely.

Settling beside his kohai, Fuji sipped at his spicy chocolate drink. He was expecting them to sit in silence the whole time so it was mildly surprising when Echizen spoke up "Ano, Fuji-senpai?" The uncertain start was nothing like the cocky boy he knew "Do you think the snow is a bad thing?"

Fuji looked thoughtful for a minute "Saa, sometimes I do. It isn't very good for tennis, but I know so many people who can be compared to snow that it would be hard for me to totally hate it." Startled golden eyes were turned on him and Fuji's smile widened "Take Tezuka-buchou for instance. He seems very cold and harsh doesn't he? Well when you get to know him well enough its almost like the cold ice has become fluffy snow then warm spring."

"Then again, snow is the herald for the holidays and I'm not very fond of the season. Perhaps I don't like it very much after all, ne?" He sipped his drink.

Echizen turned disbelieving eyes away in an attempt to seem like he believed the other. Fuji chuckled quietly at this "I don't like the snow Fuji-senpai. It's cold, slippery, and makes the courts useless." Fuji took another sip of his drink and saw Echizen shiver again. Without hesitation a slightly shaking hand emerged from the blanket and snatched his drink from him.

Before he could warn the other about the pepper salt, Echizen had taken a drink of it. He paused to blink curiously at the Styrofoam cup before taking a larger sip and handing it back. "Is that why you like spicy food senpai? Because it warms you quickly?" A smile was tugging on the usually apathetic features. Fuji thought it made Echizen's whole face come to life.

"That's one of the reasons, yes." On cold nights like this it was, but for the most part he just liked to eat odd things. If it could ignite his mouth then all the better. Echizen hummed slightly in reply, scooting closer to the warmer tensai. "Is there any other reason you dislike the snow Echizen?" Fuji was a bit curious. There had to be more than tennis reasons for disliking something as intensely as Echizen did.

Golden eyes seemed to darken "Usu. Everything bad seems to happen when it snows. Karupin was lost for a month the first time, then my father broke his leg and couldn't play in the indoor courts." He wrinkled his nose "After that my racket was smashed, Ryoga-nii left, and something bad always happens every winter. I hate the snow."

So that was it. Only bad memories were associated with snow. It was the herald of bad news for the other because once it snowed he couldn't engross himself in tennis so much. Without that major distraction he noticed more of the things going on around him. "Hmm, Echizen? I think you just need to make good memories while there's snow outside."

Knowing full well the tennis prince would probably beat him with a racket later, Fuji ducked his head and neatly placed his lips on Echizen's. Blue met gold and they stayed like that for several seconds, frozen in position. Finally the gold slipped shut and a small sigh condensed on the window beside them. Fuji didn't notice as his eyes had slid closed as well.

They pulled apart some time later, Echizen settled firmly against the tensai. He licked his lips with a little smirk "You were eating Taka-san's Super Spicy Fire Sushi before you came up here." The soft burn on Echizen's tongue was enough of a taste for him to guess what it was. Fuji blinked, then started to chuckle.

Settling his arm over the others shoulders, Fuji smiled out at the snow. "Saa, I didn't think I'd be kissing anybody afterwards. Sorry Ryoma-kun." The first year sighed contentedly and snuggled closer. He didn't mind, it helped warm him better than any cup of hot chocolate could.

Fuji Syuusuke was not the type of person that rejoiced when the holidays came around. As a kid he'd been shown off to his relatives, as a teen he'd been viciously told to fuck off by his brother. No, Fuji Syuusuke was not one to enjoy the holidays. But maybe, just this once, he could enjoy his Christmas present as the fluffy snow slowly fell to the earth.

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Taku