Title: Four in the Morning

Pairing(s): None, side Shiki/Rima, Kain/Ruka

Words: 402

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Ichijou is up at the most godforsaken hours of the morning. He pops into everyone's room, wakes them up, and is greeted with growls, roars and various pieces of furniture being thrown into his face.

"Takuma," the blonde vampire turns around to see Kain stepping out of his bathroom, a towel in his hair. "What are you doing?"

"Akatuski," he chirped, leaning over Kain's cousin, "You're up!"

And he threw a bucket of cold water onto the sleeping vampire.

Hanabusa woke with a deafening roar, dripping wet and vowing vengeance.

"What?!"

"I scented it," Takuma says innocently, and hops off. Hanabusa looks over to his cousin. "Why didn't you stop him?"

Kain shrugs and towels his hair as Shiki and Rima appear in the doorway.

"What time is it?" the black-haired boy asked groggily.

"Four fifteen," Kain points to the clock beside his bed.

"Oh," Shiki replies, "Okay."

"Wait," Rima blinked. "Why are we up, then?"

Ichijou bounces back in, Ruka and Seiren in tow. The former looked extremely agitated, wearing nothing but a slip. The latter was as wet as Hanabusa.

"Vice Dorm Leader," Rima rubbed her eye. "What is this about?"

"Stay here," Takuma orders as he darts out again.

Ruka sighs, and walks over to Kain's bed. He offers her a shirt, and she takes it, snuggling into the hollow mountains of his covers. Shiki and Rima follow, sitting on the edge. Seiren takes one look at the puddle on Hanabusa's bed, and makes herself comfortable on an upholstered chair.

Hanabusa returns from the bathroom, and almost knocks over Ichijou.

"Oh," he says. "Oh. Oh."

Kain and Ruka reach the same realization mere seconds later.

"Oh. Oh no."

"What?" Rima asks. She turns, and sees.

Ichijou is carrying a cake.

"It's my birthday!!" the blonde grins gleefully. "We have to have a party! We have to cancel class! There's so much to do!"

He whirlwinds out, and the rest of the class wonders how on earth he could remember something like that, before the Day Class is even up.

When Ichijou returns again, he finds Kain and Ruka asleep at the head of the former's bed, Shiki and Rima curled up at the foot, Hanabusa snoring in a mountain of dry covers, and Seiren nodding off in her chintz chair.

With a fond smile, Takuma tucks them all in with whatever he could find.

He guessed they could plan later.

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Timeframe: before Chapter 9.

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