December 18th 2015…

"Look, you're a sweet girl…" Finn responded.

"But the love you feel for me is one of a sibling. Do you have anyone special? Is it Bayley?" Yukie replied.

"Not her." Finn explained and then Yukie realised it as she saw Amanda.

"My former friend?" Yukie asked.

"I'm not sure what it is about Mandy but she and I… we make each other happy, genuinely happy." Finn explained, pulling Yukie's right hand off of his left arm in a gentle manner.

"I understand…" Yukie responded quietly... before crying and running off, dropping the gift on the floor.

Yukie turned around and saw Amanda, who was in a silver mini dress and stilettos.

"Yukie, what's wrong?" Amanda questioned in a concerned manner.

"Nothing…" Yukie responded quietly, before running off again. 'I can see why he likes her. I never knew what love was, but… she's got it.' She thought to herself, before she left the hotel to walk out in the snow.

"Yukie!" Amanda responded as she caught up with her, blocking out the cold weather… and Yukie turning around and throwing her back first into a nearby Equinox, Amanda screaming in pain as she fell to the ground and Finn caught up to them.

"Yukie, I just told her what I told you!" Finn replied after helping Amanda up and putting his jacket on her.

"And I can see why… I've never truly known what love is, but now… I see that you like her more than me, you can't help it, can you?! We're done as friends, Finn. And Amanda, fuck you for taking everything I want in my life, bitch." Yukie responded, as her fists were balled up and she finally walked away from the two.

Finn helped Amanda to the car to take her to the hospital and Baron ran over when he saw Amanda bleeding.

"What happened? Who attacked Mandy?" Baron questioned.

"Yukie did. Look, I'll explain it all later but I've gotta get Mandy to the hospital, I think her back is injured." Finn explained before Baron let them leave and he went to go find Yukie…

Present time, December 25th 2015…

Amanda attempted to stand up but Finn stopped her and walked to the door… he opened it, letting Seth in.

And Seth's eyes widening when he saw Amanda with a brace around her back.

"What the hell happened to you?!" Seth questioned.

"I tried to calm Yukie down… ended up with a cracked tailbone." Amanda explained, Seth cringing in sympathy.

Being injured himself, he was still having trouble walking around.

"Damn, who made her mad? Her stubborn father, cause we didn't invite his ass to the party?" Seth explained.

"No… I did when I told her the truth, that I only see her as a sister." Finn responded.

"Much like Bayley… at least you were honest about it." Seth replied.

"It's better to be honest about something like that, like I said to you a few years back that I only see you as a brother." Amanda responded, Seth nodding in agreement.

"Yeah, but I didn't blow up at you like she did. What's going to happen now? Will Yukie be alright?" Seth replied.

"We don't know, we haven't heard from her in a week." Amanda responded, Seth seeing the bandages on her scraped fingers.

In Jacksonville at her mother's house, Yukie was opening her eyes and saw Baron next to her.

"Are my mom and siblings awake?" Yukie asked.

"Sumire and Hiroki, not sure. But Chihiro is in her room playing her loud music as usual. I tried to say good morning to her and she didn't hear me." Baron explained.

"She's gonna damage her hearing." Yukie replied before they kissed.

"Yeah. Look, after you've calmed down… at least try to talk to her? You injured Mandy's back." Baron responded.

"I'll try. She deserves him anyway." Yukie repiled quietly.

The two headed downstairs and noticed the scent of pancakes.

"Merry Christmas." Hiroki replied.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Yukie responded.

"What are you? The Grinch this year, sis?" Hiroki questioned as they let go.

"I feel bad that Mandy's in a brace for Christmas." Yukie responded.

"A brace? Did she break her back?" Hiroki asked.

"Yeah, you can say that." Yukie lied.

"We'll explain it later. It's Christmas, let's enjoy it." Baron replied as Sumire and Chihiro walked downstairs.

"What the hell? Are you burning something, or is that Hiroki being stupid behind the stove?" Chihiro questioned, after removing her headphones.

"Ha ha." Hiroki replied dryly before he finished cooking the pancakes and turned the stove off after putting the pancakes on plates.

And when everyone else was eating, he called Amanda.

"Hey. Merry Christmas." Amanda responded.

"The same goes to you, Mandy. How are you?" Hiroki questioned.

"Tailbone is cracked so I have to miss my match at the Rumble. Could've been worse though, missing a few weeks isn't gonna hurt things… Yukie kind of blew up at the party after Finn had told her the truth." Amanda explained.

"Ah, now I remember. Her crush on him… well, he can't help that he sees her as a sister, that happens at times." Hiroki replied.

"We just feel bad though, she's our friend and-" Amanda responded.

"You and Finn weren't trying to hurt her… I can definitely tell there's something between you two, it's just a matter of when things change. I'll check in on you later, take care of your back." Hiroki replied before they hung up and he walked back into the house.

Yukie was cuddling Pepper close to her but Pepper growled at Baron.

"Pepper, knock it off. Baron is friendly." Yukie responded, before Pepper got out of her arms and started sniffing Baron's scent.

"That's better, huh?" Baron replied before Pepper ran off and stopped, looking at a photo of Yukie and Amanda. "Oh… that explains it." He responded.

"Explains what? Pepper always looks at the picture." Yukie replied.

"She's never missed any of your family's Christmases, has she?" Baron questioned.

"No… not even when my ex husband didn't want her around." Sumire responded.

"So what? She'll be alright." Yukie replied.

'For your sake, I hope so.' Baron thought.

He felt like he needed to do more than wait for Yukie to calm down.