By: Mikazuki Senshi
// I do not own Beyblade. The idea behind the fic is mine, though.
// I offer neither excuse nor explanation. I'm in the process of revamping my war story – I've got wa-ay more on paper than I do uploaded- but don't expect anything on that front for a long while yet.
/ Starts fic/
Bryan stared at the monstrosity that dominated the living room. Lights twinkled merrily on it, forcing seasonal cheer into the room. Tala looked up from where he was stirring something in a large pot. "It's a tree," he offered helpfully. "A pine tree if you want to be specific, and a dead pine tree if you want to be anal about it. Ian could tell you the scientific name."
"I know what it is," Bryan snapped irritably. "What is it doing here?"
"Dying, I expect," Spencer called from the stairs as he came down, bearing wrapping paper and unlabeled boxes.
"It's Christmas, Bryan," Ian informed him snidely. "Or did you forget?"
"Evergreens are a symbol of the season," Tala added with a shrug.
"I know all that," the lilac haired boy grumbled, kicking off his shoes as he walked through the living room to the kitchen and dumping the grocery bags unceremoniously on the table. Bryan began putting the food away and raised an eyebrow at his captain. "Since when do we celebrate Christmas, much less any other holiday, anyway?"
"Since Kai let it slip to his team that we've never had a Christmas," the redhead responded. He turned off the stove, taking the pot off the hot burner. "The Bladebreakers have decided they're spending Christmas with us. Kai is picking them up at the airport now."
"Yeah, and Max's old team decided that no way was he spending another Christmas without them," Ian put in. "Rei's team agreed, so they're on the way, too."
"What does Kai think about all this? Seeing as it's really his house and all." Bryan pulled out a pack of cigarettes, only to have Tala snatch them away. "Hey, you-"
"They're bad for you." Tala smirked as he dumped something white and frothy into the pot and began stirring it in. "To answer your question, Kai doesn't know he's picking up anyone besides the Bladebreakers."
"Huh." Bryan munched on an apple, he only got cigarettes when he was bothered by something, and couldn't remember why he bought them in the first place. He watched Ian fight with tinsel and Spencer carefully wrap a small gift. Vaguely, he wondered how Kai would react to his impromptu present of more mouths to feed and smiled crookedly. "So, Christmas, huh?"
Tala nodded, sampling the tapioca and confirmed, "Christmas."
/End/
// Bryan kind of struck me as the type to smoke only when thinking or to annoy someone. He probably wouldn't smoke all the time, simply because of what it does to a person's health.
//Depending on how this goes over, I've got two more Demolition Boys holiday fics.