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"Here, wear this!"
Kouga stared at the red and white costume held out before him.
"What is that?" He picked up what seemed like a soft cone hat, with a white furry ball attached to the tip.
"It's a Santa Claus costume! Just try it on!" Kaoru snatched the hat from his hands and shoved it onto his head. The furry ball fell over his face, obscuring his vision.
"I refuse." He growled in annoyance, plucking the hat off his head and dumping it aside as he made his way to the dining table, where his breakfast awaited him. Frustrated, she stomped her foot and followed after him, not willing to give up just yet.
"Please, just this once?" Kaoru begged, giving the best puppy eyes she could muster. Kouga sighed, setting down his fork and turning to face the persistent woman.
"If I do, will you leave me alone?"
He barely saw the enthusiastic nod before his combed hair was covered by the hat once again, no doubt messing up minutes of effort put into styling it. In a flurry of movement, he soon found himself in a warm, overly-cheerful outfit complete with a fake beard and a fake pot belly.
As luck would have it, orders came in from the Senate. Taking advantage of the moment Kaoru ran upstairs to retrieve her camera, Kouga quickly grabbed his sword, dashed out of the mansion and opened up the Makai path to the Senate. Several times, he thought Zaruba was trying to say something, but instead he was making strange sounds he could not identify. Making a mental note to ask Leo to look at Zaruba, he rushed to the Senate and reported for duty.
"What is it this time?" Kouga asked in annoyance when neither the watchdog nor Leo said anything upon his arrival. Instead, they seemed… amused.
"Kouga-san, I didn't expect to see you in that outfit today…" Leo managed, before bursting out in laughter. This set off a chain of laughter in the otherwise ominous room, even Zaruba was laughing! Kouga looked down at his clothes and realized, in embarrassment, that he had forgotten to take off the Santa costume before leaving. Cursing under his breath, he quickly stripped down to his black leather outfit before finally receiving proper orders.
Honestly, he had no idea why he tolerated that woman.