Title: Child's Play

Theme: #8 Santa Claus

Main Character(s): Hiro Daidouji, Eriol Hiiragizawa & Syaoran Li,

Disclaimer: Hey! I know. Let's be lazy this time and apply the standard disclaimer.

-Standard Disclaimer Applied-

Chapter: "I'm not Stupid!"

Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo, Eriol, and Hiro were in Tomoeda's Town Centre Mall for the Christmas holiday. They were there to do some last minute Christmas shopping. It seemed that a lot of the other citizens were doing the same thing, as the whole mall was packed.

Tomoyo and Sakura were having a frenzy with all of the different store sales. Eriol and Syaoran…eh…not too much. They were, as usual, holding the bags. The boys both wondered where the girls got all this money for shopping, until they realized that their pockets were a little bit lighter than usual.

Hiro happily skipped behind the excited best friends and was looking at the many things in the view window. He was really bored at home. So, when Tomoyo came into his room to ask if he wanted to go shopping, he quickly said "Yes!!" and ran out to get his boots and jacket.

While looking in a toys store window, his belly growled. "I'm hungry," he groaned.

He turned to his sister's boyfriend. "Eriol-nii-san." Eriol looked over his shoulder questioningly.

"What's up, Hiro?" He asked. Hiro rubbed his stomach.

"I'm hungry. Can we get something to eat?"

Eriol nodded. "Sure. Let me just tell Tomoyo first." He walked away to talk to Tomoyo.

It seemed that it was okay for them to go, since she nodded. Eriol came back and responded that Tomoyo indicated that it was alright. He also asked Syaoran if he wanted to go. His reply: "Any place that is far from those two. I'm telling you, I can just use these bags as weights." He groaned. "If I have to carry one more bag, my arms will fall off."

Eriol agreed, whole-heartedly, to that.

The boys made their way to the food court. Not as much people were there. So there were enough tables for the three of them to sit at. Hiro wanted McDonalds, so they all decided to get something from there. As they sat to eat, Eriol looked in the middle of the food court and notice a line of children with some parents.

At the end of the line, sat a big, roll-y man, with a long, white beard and wearing a red hat with a red suit, in a red and golden throne chair. His face was pudgy and had a bright, jolly smile on. The kids were all eager to get to the over-weighted man, big smiles on their faces.

Eriol was hit with an idea. He looked at Hiro and backed at the big man, grinning.

"Hey, Hiro." Hiro looked up from his chicken nuggets, acknowledging Eriol. "Wouldn't you like to talk to Santa Claus?" He asked, grinning, proud of himself for coming up with a wonderful idea.

Hiro blinked at the grinning teen. "Why?" He asked, confused.

"To tell him what you want for Christmas of course." He answered brightly.

Hiro scoffed. "Why should I tell a man, who I don't know, what I want for Christmas, when I know that he is not giving it to me?" He picked up a nugget and dipped it into the sweet and sour sauce. "I maybe young and sometimes naïve, but I'm not stupid. I know Santa Claus is not real."

Eriol was speechless. He couldn't believe that a six year old was able to understand that Santa Claus was not real. What little child has ever said that?!

Syaoran looked at the little boy surprised, and then he started to grin. "I like you kid. You understand the stupidity that is called Santa Claus." He lightly clapped Hiro on the back.

The little boy nodded. "Of course! How can a heavy old man be able to fly in a sled, carrying thousands of gifts for children all around the world in one night? It's illogical." He bluntly ended.

Syaoran quickly nodded. "Exactly!" He stood up. "Come on Hiro. Walk with me, talk with me. We have lots to discuss."

Hiro threw his trash in the garbage and followed Syaoran in the direction away from the "ho ho ho"-ing man. Both of them leaving Eriol behind flabbergasted.

"…What just happened?"

A/N: Now, I LOVE this chapter. It was really fun! Imagine a six year old telling you, the older one, that Santa Claus isn't real. Really, what little kid actually says that?! XD I love writing Hiro in his smart moments. It's too much fun!

I actually wrote this in the summer,' cause I couldn't really come up with anything else. But, I was itching to upload this, but I had to wait for the right time, such is NOW! :D

Well, with that being said, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Also, I hope I didn't offend anyone by the slight bashing of Santa Claus. If I did, I apologize. I didn't mean for it to upset you in anyway.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

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