~Chapter Three~
Svetlana and Yuki continued decorating for the party for the next few hours in relative silence, besides the occasional phone call Svetlana made and Yuki whining about having to do all of the work.
"The guests should be arriving any minute." Yuki said as she unwrapped an old looking fruitcake and set it on the table.
Svetlana looked at the fruitcake and remembered the one she had in her dorm room. It had been tossed back and fourth between her family members for seven generations and is now Svetlana's burden to bear it until the next family Christmas.
DING DONG DING! The doorbell rang loudly resonating through the rooms of the house.
"I'll Get it!" Yuki said ecstatically, running towards the front door. Svetlana followed at a normal, human pace. Svetlana caught up to Yuki just as she opened the creaky wooden door to reveal Akatsuki, Ruka, and Hanabusa.
"Hello Yuki, Svetlana!" Hanabusa said in his obnoxiously loud voice.
"Hi guys! Welcome to my-" Yuki started
"Welcome to MY party." Svetlana interrupted. Yuki glared at Svetlana. It was obvious to everyone that Yuki was going to have another one of her fits, so Hanabusa awkwardly tried to change the subject.
"So... We brought eggnog!" He held up a fancy bottle filled with the yellow sludge. "I made it myself!"
"Thank you. Well, come inside," Yuki said as she calmed down, "it's cold out there." Svetlana looked outside and saw that it had started to snow again. The three came inside and shook the snow off of their boots.
"Good job with the decorations." Akatsuki said in monotone, probably trying to be cool. Svetlana knew he was trying to be cool for her, but she didn't have time for some annoying boy with a crush. "I know." She said with her nose stuck up to let Akatsuki know she wasn't charmed by his attempt at coolness.
"So, will Kaname be arriving soon?" Yuki asked. She tried to sound casual, but it was obvious to everyone (Or at least Svetlana) that she was desperate to be in his presence.
"Our Lord and savior Kaname will arrive precisely when he means to! No sooner, no later. You will do well to remember that, Yuki!" Ruka said indignantly.
Yuki's eyes grew wide at the offense. They were about the size of jupiter now. The two girls stared daggers at each other for a few minutes while the others tried to make some conversation to lessen the awkward tension in the air. Just then, the doorbell rang again.
DING DONG DING!
"I'll get it." Yuki said as she pranced towards the door. Before she could open the door it bolted* open and Kian Cross, Yuki's adopted father, burst* into the room dramatically.
"YUKI! MY PRECIOUS DAUGHTER, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PARTY YOU ARE THROWING!" Kaien screamed while flailing his arms in the air.
"Oh my goodnessing! He is more obnoxious than Naruto and Yuki combined!" Svetlana exclaimed. However, no one heard her over Kaien's flamboyant screams of adoration.
Zero and Sayori were standing in the doorway this whole time waiting for Kaien to move out of the way. When Kaien was done with his flamboyant outburst everyone let out a sigh of relief and Yuki greeted her other two guests.
"Hello Zero. Hello Sayori. I'm glad you could make it to my party." Yuki said as she gestured for the two to come inside.
"Anything to be near you, Yuki." Zero mumbled to himself, a bit creepily.
"Thanks for inviting me, Yuki," Sayori said, "but I'm just an unimportant background character and I will probably disappear halfway throughout this story anyway."
The two walked inside and into the living room where everyone was having some punch that Mr. Cross brought.
DING DONG DING! The doorbell rang again.
"I'll get-" Yuki started, but she saw that Svetlana was already at the door. Yuki dashed over to the door and shoved Svetlana out of the way and opened it.
"Hello Kana- EEEEK!" Yuki shrieked as she saw a huge, black, faceless monster standing outside the doorway. He was tall, fat but buff at the same time, and he had no eyes or nose. Just one big mouth.
"HallÄ Brad, Bologna. Welcome to my party!" Svetlana said after she got up off the ground.
"Ooh! Halo Svetlana!" Screamed Bologna. Yuki was so busy freaking out over the monster named Brad that she had not noticed Bologna standing there next to him until just now. However, since Bologna was about 3.5 feet tall (maybe even less) she can be hard to spot.
"You must be zeh annoying gurl my cousin Svetlana told me about." Bologna said, turning to Yuki.
"Yeah, um... I mean no. I'm Yuki Cross, welcome to my party."
"Zees is my sexy alien boyfriend Brad!" Bologna announced proudly.
Brad extended his had to shake Yuki's. Yuki hesitantly extended hers and shook Brad's daintily.
"Um, well, come inside guys. Yuki said.
"Glad to! It's so much colder here zan in Hawaii!" Bologna exclaimed, and the two walked into the living room.
"Svetlana, I'll be honest, when you said Brad was an alien I thought you meant he was from Mexico, or China, or something. Not an extraterrestrial. Yuki said in a hushed tone as they walked back into the living room.
"Jah, I don't really understandig it myself. He is so tall and Bologna is so small." Svetlana said.
The two got into the living room with all of the other guests, ending their conversation.
The guests enjoyed a time of mirth before Kaname arrived. Svetlana intrigued the guests with stories of how she got were she is now in her modeling career, and how that lead her to Cross Academy. Bologna tried to outdo* Svetlana's storytelling by sharing some of her own stories; such as her romantic adventure with Hot Wolf Guy, a wolf furry she met in the woods, but that only resulted in Brad getting jealous, and the two getting into an argument.
DING DONG DING!
The doorbell rang again, but before Yuki could answer the door, it dramatically flung open revealing Kaname Kuran with his head bowed down as if he was brooding. Everyone went silent. Kaname strode into the teacher's residence slowly and dramatically, he didn't even close the door.
"I'll get the door Lord Kaname!" Hanabusa said as he threw himself at the door.
Kaname ignored Hanabusa's pathetic attempt at gaining appreciation.
"Yuki, Svetlana, What a lovely celebration you two have put on." Kaname said in his usual monotone voice.
"Well, it was nice until you came in and completely ruined the atmosphere with your undeserved puissance! You are really being the party pooper!" Svetlana blurted out. The guests all gasped in horror.
"How DARE you insult our Lord Kaname!" Ruka lashed out.
"Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to be insulting your religion." Svetlana said. The guests all glared at Svetlana, especially Yuki, who looked like she was going to strangle her.
"You always intrigue me, Svetlana." Kaname said tenderly, or at least as tenderly as he could. It actually sounded slightly creepy.
"Um... Ok." Svetlana said, disinterested in Kaname's creepy complement. "Let's all go into the living room and have some drinks." Svetlana suggested. Everybody looked at Kaname, their lord and savior, for his approval on the idea.
"Let us go then." Kaname said.
All the guests soon forgot their offense at Svetlana and returned to enjoying the party, except for Bologna, who was still arguing with Brad.
"Um, Kaname Senpai," Yuki said sheepishly, "how are you enjoying the party? I worked really hard to make it an enjoyable event for you... and the whole night class of course."
"It's very nice." Kaname said.
"You're very nice..." Yuki said under her breath. Kaname must not have noticed, or cared, because as soon as he saw that Svetlana wasn't talking to anybody at the moment he rushed over to be with her, leaving Yuki standing alone in mid-sentence.
"Hello Svetlana, you look lovely this evening. All the stars in heaven cannot compare to your radiance." Kaname said, staring intently into Svetlana's bright blue eyes.
"I know!" Svetlana said, staring intently at the bubbles in her cider.
"There you are, Kaname!" Yuki said as she cut in between them. "Look up Kaname, we are under the mistletoe, guess you're gunna have to kiss me!" Yuki was stretching up her arm as far as she could to hold a piece of mistletoe above Kaname's head. Even on her tip-toes she could just barely reach above his nose. She puckered her lips and closed her eyes, waiting to meet Kaname's lips.
"Excuse me Yuki," Kaname said as he pushed Yuki out of the way, "Where were we, Svetlana?"
"Bologna! Check out these cool bubbles." Svetlana yelled as she ran over to her cousin.
"She is truly precious." Kaname thought out loud as he gazed dreamily upon Svetlana.
"Yeah... she's really one of a kind." Yuki said with a scowl.
Svetlana had ran up to Bologna by now, trying to show her the bubbly cider, which she thought was more exciting than all of the guests at the party.
"Svetlana! Go avay!" Bologna said. "Cannot you see zat I am trying to be resolving of zeh drama with my boyfriend?"
"Hey! I am having the boy trouble too!" Svetlana said, "That annoying Kaname keeps flirting with me and it's creepy! I mean, he looks like he hasn't even ever took the shower in his life!"
The two argued for a bit while Brad just stood there, ready for them to finish, until Svetlana finally ended it by going to get some more bubbly cider.
