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When Tamaki got home and ran to his room. Finally no parent or grandparent was there to give him work. He went into his room and grabbed his present for Kyouya. He'd put a weird amount of thought into it. It was just a teddy bear holding a little toy, cliche, christmas gift but he wasn't sure if Kyouya liked stuffed animals. He had to find him something else. He got a car and went to the mall in a hurry. He looked around but couldn't find anything Kyouya would want.
Kyouya was trying to find something Tamaki'd like but was drawing a blank. He was thinking about not getting him a physical thing. Maybe taking him somewhere a few days before Christmas. He knew he'd like that. He was just about to figure out what they would do when he saw Tamaki walking with a wrapped gift. He dashed for the exit and made it out unseen. Kyouya got home and told Fuyumi his troubles.
"You're exchanging gifts?"
"He's such a dumbass!"
"Why's that?"
"He said he doesn't care if I give him something but he wont tell me if he got me something. He doesn't want to pressure me into it. I'll look like a jerk if I don't!"
"How considerate."
"I don't know what to get him. He has everything already. I was thinking about taking him somewhere but where?"
"My my my, you two are becoming fast friends."
"Present Fuyumi, present!"
"Right...why don't you take him ice-skating. My first boyfriend took me over the winter break."
"I'm not his boyfriend!"
"It was fun is all I'm saying."
"...Okay..."
Kyouya called Tamaki and told him he'd planned a gift instead and to meet him at the school Christmas eve. Tamaki made sure he got both of his presents wrapped and wondered if he should choose between them or give him both. Kyouya ended up getting him something else along with ice skating. They met up at the school. Tamaki had chosen his gift. He'd wrapped it and concealed it in his school bag, which he took with him, making a very lame excuse for it. He got in Kyouya's car and he blind-folded him.
"Where're we going?"
"You'll find out."
Half an hour later they made it and were dropped off. Kyouya brought Tamaki some of his old ice skates and told him to put them on.
"...I don't know how to skate."
"It's easy once you get the hang of it. Don't worry."
"...Okay but I bruise easy in winter. My skins all cold and vulnerable."
"Tie 'em up tight okay?"
He did. Where they were ice-skating had plenty of couples. It was really just a frozen lake people payed for. But it was spacious and pretty. Kyouya gently guided Tamaki onto the ice. He had a tight tight grip on Kyouya's forearms.
"Okay, doing good. Now just push your feet side to side."
"...Like that?"
"Mhm. You're doing good."
"Don't let go!"
"I'm not gonna."
"...This isn't so bad...my face is so cold though."
"It's winter."
"Ah!"
"It's okay. Just glide with the ice. Be the ice."
Kyouya let go and laughed while Tamaki struggled to move. Eventually he made a lap around the lake. Halfway through Kyouya's second lap some couple knocked Tamaki over and did nothing about it. Kyouya raced back to him and looked down at him.
"You alright?"
"I suck."
"You don't suck."
Kyouya grabbed his wrist and helped him up.
"All you need to do is copy with your feet what my feet do okay?"
"...Okay."
As long as he had a lifeline Tamaki was a pretty good skater. The second Kyouya'd let go he'd freeze. After almost an hour Tamaki finally made one slow nervous lap around the lake without Kyouya's help. Kyouya was cheering him on the entire time. Yelling at couples to go around him. He made it back to Kyouya and fell in the snow on the side of the sat down next to him.
"Having fun?"
"Yeah!"
"Good. You're hard to shop for."
"Want hot chocolate? It's freezing out here."
"Deal. Whoever can get around twice the fastest wins. Loser pays for coco."
"...Deal."
Tamaki took the challenge and really stepped up but in the end Kyouya won and did a victory lap while Tamaki slid around the ice on his ass after falling at the end, laughing and pushing himself around the unscathed middle ice. The other couples adored them, they thought those two were the cutest thing ever. Kyouya skated to the middle and helped Tamaki up and they got on the side, in the snow and got their regular shoes on. One young couple skated up to them. Of course Tamaki was the first to talk to them.
"Are you two here together?"
"Mhm. Are you two married?"
"Last Spring."
"Baby?"
"Actually in eight months. How'd you know?"
"You look so pretty. Pregnant women look so pretty all the time I knew you had to be having a baby."
"Aw, you're so sweet. What's your name?"
"I'm Suou Tamaki and this is Ootori Kyouya."
"So why decided to skate this time of month?"
"It's my Christmas present from Kyou."
"Aw. So are you two dating?"
"Ha! No. We're friends."
"Oh, sorry."
"Kyou say something sheesh."
He greeted the two of them and continued untying his skates.
"Well listen, since you're so young you must not carry a lot of money with you to go ice skating and it's cold out. We were just about to go get some hot chocolate if you'd like to come."
"That'd be awesome! Thanks so much!"
Kyouya thanked them too and they walked to the little coffee shop. There was one continuous booth along the wall where Kyouya and Tamaki sat and two chair across from them where the couple sat. The woman's husband went and ordered four hot chocolates with extra marshmallows upon Tamaki's request.
"So what school do you two go to?"
"Ouran middle."
"I went there. I didn't get to go to the highschool because my parents moved but I loved it."
"We do too. So what baby names do you have?"
"For a boy we like Kio and for a girl...we're not at all sure."
"How about Rene."
"Is that French?"
"It's my name. My real name."
Kyouya interrupted. Tamaki was being confusing and it was frustrating him.
"He was born and raised in France. He moved here last spring."
"Oh. I've always wanted to go to France."
"It's beautiful. I miss it but I like it here too."
Her husband came back with the hot chocolates and they thanked him for it. It really warmed them all up. Kyouya gave Tamaki his marshmallows after much begging. The couple was looking at them with these huge puppy dog eyes. Tamaki didn't notice and Kyouya didn't want to notice.
"Ma'am you have beautiful eyes. So blue. Like the ocean when it's sunny."
"Th-thank you. You've got great eyes too."
He smiled at her and she smiled back. Kyouya ended up talking a lot more than he ever expected. It was fun, it was nice. They had to go so Tamaki and Kyouya said goodbye and thanked them and promised to stay in touch. The couple took a walk. As soon as they left Tamaki remembered his present for Kyouya. He got it out of his bag and put it on the table. The couple was just outside and they just had to watch this, it was too cute. Kyouya smiled at him and took his out of his pocket and put it on the table.
"Another?"
"Just open it."
"You first."
"Okay fine."
Kyouya's was bigger than what he'd given Tamaki which made him feel bad but he focused on opening the present. He undid the ribbon and took the top off. A camera. He smiled at Tamaki.
"That's not it."
He looked confused and took some tissue paper out. Beneath it was a picture frame with a picture in it. A picture of him and Tamaki. Tamaki and him when they went to Hokkaido. Tamaki hugging him tight while he smiled slightly at how excited Tamaki was for a picture. He took it out and looked at him.
"Like it?"
He nodded and took it out of the box.
"So your room wont be so bare anymore."
"Thanks Tamaki."
"Welcome. Merry Christmas."
"Open yours!"
Tamaki opened his and his eyes gleamed when he saw what it was.
"I thought you'd like stuff like that."
"I do!It's corny but I do. I'm just surprised you'd let yourself be seen buying this."
A bracelet Tamaki put it on and smiled. His said friends. Kyouya rolled up his sleeve and showed him the 'best'. Tamaki smiled and hugged him. Kyouya hesitated a little but hugged back. The couple was outside and were so blown away by how adorable the whole thing was. Tamaki stood up and Kyouya put his present back in Tamaki's bag and they left. The couple tried to act natural.
"Damn! I forgot my gloves at the lake."
"Wanna borrow mine?"
"Then you'll have cold hands dumbass."
"Watch."
Tamaki took one off and gave it to him and held his other hand.
"People'll think we're a couple..."
"We don't know anyone here. The car's just two blocks down."
Kyouya wasn't too fond of holding a guy's hand but, though he would never admit it, didn't mind holding Tamaki's. They started walking and soon enough they were in the car. They started the drive home. On the way Tamaki fell asleep on Kyouya and he fell asleep on Tamaki. The driver got back to the Suou's second mansion and woke them up.
"Mr. Suou. We're here."
He laughed and Kyouya gave him his glove back. He got his present out and started scooting out of the towncar.
"Thanks for my Christmas present Kyou. It was a lot of fun."
"Thanks for mine."
"Take lots of pictures alright?"
He laughed and shut the door and waved at his car as it headed back towards his house. Kyouya was feeling like an elementary kid. He always got that feeling when he hung out with Tamaki. Their small stature didn't help the assumption that they were about twelve years old. Though they sometimes acted younger. Before he knew it he was home. He went inside and unbundled up.
He went into his room and put the picture on top of his dresser. He looked at the camera Tamaki had gotten for him. It looked pretty expensive. It made him smile. He looked through and Tamaki had a few pictures of him in there already. Him with the store clerk giving a thumbs up, him in the car on the way home smiling, him in his room with the teddy bear smiling. HIS ROOM!
He'd never seen his room and now he had a high def picture of it. But did he really care. It was just some guy's room. He turned off the camera and sighed, a little frustrated at himself for being excited. Fuyumi came in.
"Oh hey."
"Where've you been all day? I covered for you but where were you?"
"Oh I forgot to tell you. I was skating with Tamaki today."
"Well did you have fun?"
"I actually did. Maybe he's decided to stop infuriating me in the holiday spirit an all."
"Where'd you get this picture?"
"Oh...it's my Christmas present. He thinks my room doesn't have enough pictures of good memories so he framed that and gave me this camera."
"That's a nice camera."
She walked over and admired it. She then saw Kyouya's bracelet.
"Did he get you that too?"
"...I got these...He likes cheesy stuff like this."
"I love those things!"
"So does he. It's Christmas. I can wear a bracelet for awhile right."
"You and Tamaki are getting along really well. I'm happy for you Kyouya. I feel like you're not just his friend for dad's sake."
"...Maybe...oh so you know what happened?"
"Hm?"
"I guess some people thought we looked like a little middle school couple so when we stopped skating this newly wed couple bought us some hot chocolate."
"Aw, that's sweet."
"Christmas got to them. It was really good though. You know Tamaki pointed out she was pregnant. He just knew."
"That can be risky."
"No she's one month in, not showing."
"I like him Kyouya. Stay friends with him okay?"
"Don't really have a choice."
"Why don't we have him sleepover one night? While it's still cold and we can watch movies and stay up all three of us."
"Three of us Fuyumi?"
"Sorry."
"No that's fine. I'm sure he'd love you."
"Tomorrow's Christmas Kyouya. Go to sleep."
"Ugh...I can't. I've got a pit in my stomach and my heart feels weird. I think I'm gonna have a heart attack. Or maybe an aneurysm. Or viral meningitis."
"Maybe it's cause you had a lot of fun today...or you're tired."
"...I'll just stay up. I can't sleep."
"Come on, go up to you're bed."
He slumped up to his loft, camera in hand and Fuyumi turned the lights out and left. Once he heard the door shut he looked through the pictures again and fell asleep.
Hello, I just realized I have no concept of time during summer. I thought I was like a week in...I'm so much more than a week in :'(
