Kid was too depressed to even measure the space in between the photos hanging on the walls in his room. On the bed in the middle of the room he just sat sulking, not even that enjoyable activity could cheer him up at this point. Outside, Liz and Patty stood concerned.

"Kid-kin, are you feeling alright?" said Liz. Patty giggled silently behind her.

"Is he sulking again?"

"Yeah," whispered Liz to her sister. "But I'm not sure why. This time he's really down."

Patty gave "dumb blond" a whole new meaning, and she was expressing this now.

"Ma-ybe," half-yelled Patty, "he's probably constipated! I know people get sad when they can't poo!" Liz's forehead suddenly smacked her frustration into her welcoming open palm. AHO! She thought.

"Patty he can hear you!" Muttered Liz.

"I can hear you both." Kid announced to the closed door. He sighed and closed his eyes, as his goldenrod eyes were too sad to bother with rolling in annoyance. "You may enter. As if that will make any difference." He flopped down in the middle of his bed in the dead center of the room. The overjoying symmetry of his perfect room was overshadowed by the horror that loomed over his thoughts.

"You seem really off today Kid," said Liz, opening the door. "Somethin' wrong?"

"Nothing to concern yourselves with." Was his apathetic reply.

"You're being creepy, I think we should know what this recent slump is about. We're concerned whether or not we know. So tell us already, Jeez." Liz flipped her long brown hair backwards.

"Cree~py," echoed Patty in a deep voice. Kid heaved another sigh and mumbled under his breath. Liz raised an eyebrow.

"Do you really want to know why I'm like this?" They nodded. "Do you honestly, really—"

"Spit it out already!" roared Liz.

"Well," he gave a nervous gulp. "It's because the rest of my family is coming to town."

"Your?" asked Liz.

"Family!" shouted Patty with excited flailing arms. The older twin sister blanched at this revelation. "Family! Family! Family!" exclaimed the younger sister. Liz was the direct opposite

There are more of you? thought Liz, reeling in the horror of having more than one of Kid around. Not an encouraging thought in the least. She collapsed on the floor in shock. Great, now she was just as depressed as Kid, and they hadn't even arrived yet. Bravo Kid, Bravo.

*The next Morning*

Humungous posters were plastered on the walls of the Academy. In bold red letters the words: "Family Day!" were painted in still dripping red paint.

"So Kid-kun, what's so bad about your relatives?" asked Patty. "Do they smell or something?" He shuddered.

"Something far worse than that. It's beyond your comprehension, Patty."

To be honest, thought Liz, Most things are out of Patty's comprehension.

As usual, at the whole gang was gathered in front of the bulletin board. But today they were surrounded by strange people that looked like them. Well most of them were. Kid nodded sympathetically.

"I see some of your families have arrived." He acknowledged. Everyone exchanged uneasy glances. Maka pouted as she struggled her hand free from her father's own clingy grip. She rubbed it on her skirt before exchanging a high five with Kid. Soul did the same, minus the skirt-rubbing-off thing.

"Kid-kun, Patty, Liz, you guys are so lucky you don't have to put up with this." She whined like a spoiled little three-year old.

"Yeah my dad's not creepy in that way at all." Kid admitted this proudly. "Patty and Liz don't even remember their parents so it's alright."

"Besides," added Patty, "what relative would visit us where Lord Death resides? I mean they're all probably scared they'd die, like sis!" she gave a bubbly little laugh.

"You're embarrassing me enough!" said Liz, lunging at her sister.

"Don't forget me!" shouted Black Star. "Wah-hoo! I don't have family so I don't have to do all this crud!" Tsubaki smiled quietly by his side, with two similarly reserved adults.

"Come to think of it, where's your family Soul?" Maka wriggled her arm away this time.

"They're arriving soon, don't worry. Kumo-chichi and Su-okasan will be here, along with Ran-chan and Wes." They stared at the size of his family. That was more than they had arrived all together. "Besides, I guess a cool guy like me should have a large family after all." He crossed his hands behind his back.

"Hey Kid," interrupted Black Star. "I know you've got your dad, but in order for you to get here…Where's your mom?" Everyone in the hallway became silent. "Other than you dad, do you have a family?"

"I. Never thought about that," admitted Maka.

"Me either," said Soul and Spirit. They glared at each other, yelling about "being a copycat." Tsubaki and her parents remained silent. When Kid finally turned to them, his eyes seemed slightly distressed. His voice was strangely uneasy when he spoke.

"Hmm," he said tentatively. "Let's not be so sure about my 'not having a family' business. I have a Mom, you know."