Hey. ...

Yeah, kind of out of it right now. I just had to postpone my Naruto fic because of severe writer's block. Not very happy about that, but I realized I'm not into writing an epic length fic, and I was kind of disappointed by the way the story came out. Yeah, rambling over...

So yeah, new chapter! I found out recently that an OVA has been announced for the K-On! anime. Yay! I was also watching anime on Kumby when I noticed they a link for "K-On! Episode 15 RAW." That kind of surprised me since you normally need an episode 14 before you can have 15 (Of course, that didn't stop OneManga from leaving chapter 27 out for like 3 weeks.) But, yeah, the OVA was announced to be released in January, I believe. And the music singles for the remaining K-On! cast should be out within the next month or so, I think. Don't quote me on that, though.

More rambling... I'd better get to the disclaimer soon.

Disclaimer: Don't own K-On! Yeah, I don't have anything else to say there.

"Yes!" Mio cried as she stretched back in her chair. "Winter vacation!" She sighed happily as Mugi set a piece of cake in front of her.

The end of term ceremony had been boring as usual, but it provided the teenagers with something they greatly needed: two weeks of vacation time. The only good thing about having to go back to school after the vacation was that they would all be third year students. The downside of that, however, was they would only have one more year together before heading off to college.

"Let's have a Christmas party this year, too!" Ritsu suggested quickly.

"Great!" Yui responded immediately. "Let's do it! Let's do it!"

Mio looked up at the guitarist for a moment. "But wouldn't we be bothering your parents?" she asked.

Yui waved her off. "It's fine," she explained. "My parents will be out of town on Christmas Eve." She looked happy, and Mio worried about that.

"Your parents will be gone on Christmas?" Mio asked incredulously, to which Yui nodded. "Yui, that's not right! Your family should be together on Christmas!"

Yui shook her head with a brilliant smile. "It's fine!" she said persistently. "It's been like this for a few years!" Yui shot a glance at Roy across the room. "Besides, Roy-kun will be staying at my house while his parents are in America!"

Hirasawa Yui was never a very bright girl. Sure, she was smart enough to make good grades if she truly applied herself to her work. But she generally lacked common sense; Roy normally helped with most things nowadays. But even Yui could tell immediately that she had said something she probably shouldn't have.

Roy blushed furiously. Ritsu's teacup, which she had been about to drink from, lie shattered on the floor. Mio's face paled visibly and she turned her head quickly to stare at Roy with her mouth agape. Mugi's eyes were wide, staring at the boy as well, but she showed no other reaction to the news.

Yui immediately blushed as well.

"He's staying in your house?" Mio asked loudly. "With your parents gone?"

Yui nodded. "I trust Roy-kun!" she said quickly. Mio flinched a little, but Roy smiled warmly at his girlfriend.

"I think it's a great idea!" a voice called from the doorway.

"Melissa-san!" Mio cried. Roy's mother smiled brightly in the doorway of the club room.

"Mom?" Roy said after a few seconds. "Not that I'm not happy to see you, but why exactly are you here?" His mother laughed.

"Well, I'm here to make sure everything is in order for you staying with Yui-chan for the week," she answered. "We'll be gone until New Year's Day, so I wanted to make sure you'll be fine for the week." She smiled warmly at her son as he stood up.

"I'll be fine, Mom," he said. He smiled back at her and walked over to Yui's side. He draped an arm around her shoulder and held her loosely. "Yui-chan didn't want me to go away, and I don't want to see her unhappy on Christmas." He smiled down at the girl in his arms and she smiled back at him, happy tears beginning to well up in her eyes.

Melissa smiled. 'He's growing up right before our eyes, Ryan,' she thought. 'When on earth did it happen? When did my little boy become so mature?' "Okay, then," she said softly. She walked over and handed him a key. "There's the key to the house; it'll be locked by the time you get home." She smiled sadly and kissed her son's forehead. "Be safe."

"Of course, Mom," he said. "Thanks."

Melissa smiled at all of them one last time and left. Mugi clapped lightly and everyone laughed.

Yui couldn't be happier.

That evening...

"Welcome!" Yui cried as they walked through the door. Roy walked in after her. He had been here before... several times, in fact, but he had never felt as nervous as he did now. He knew he would be sleeping here... with Yui... with no adults... and only them and Ui in the house.

'Calm down, Roy!' he cried mentally. 'Everything will be fine. Maybe I should ask her about playing something on my guitar. That should calm my nerves a bit.' He resolved to ask about it after dinner since it was already 4:30 and Ui had told them dinner would be ready around 5:30.

He looked around the living room curiously. Nothing had changed from the time he had come over here to help Yui study for the exams. Yui sat down on the couch and shrunk down into the cushion. She sighed comfortably and Roy sat down next to her. He sighed and shrunk down with her. He grasped her hand and closed his eyes happily. Just sitting there like that what was made dating Yui so great. The quiet moments.

Needless to say being with Yui had very few quiet moments.

Roy relished the time he spent just sitting around with his girlfriend. Just sitting around quietly or snuggling together happily... Those moments filled his life with joy. Sure, he'd been happy before meeting Yui, but he hadn't actually been joyful for very much. He loved his family, but he didn't have any friends in Japan before the Keion club. He'd said before that Yui was his "angel."

Hirasawa Yui was his joy.

And he would tell her that on Christmas Eve.

He'd had this planned for some time. His family planning on traveling to America had been a problem, but things were worked out now.

"Ready!" Ui called from the kitchen.

Roy opened his eyes and glanced at the clock. Time had passed quickly while Roy was thinking. It was already 5:30. He moved to wake Yui, but stopped when he saw her face. Her mouth was hanging open a bit in her sleep, and Roy thought she looked even cuter than normal. He carefully removed his arm from hers and walked quietly into the kitchen.

Ui had grilled some chicken in teriyaki sauce and served it over rice. There was a traditional soup with different ingredients along with it. Roy eyed the food hungrily. "This is great, Ui-chan," he said brightly. "You're a great cook, I can tell just by looking at the food." Ui blushed.

"Thank you, Roy-kun," she replied. "But, where is Onee-chan?"

"She was still sleeping," Roy answered. "She looked so peaceful that I didn't want to disturb her." Ui smiled.

"That sounds like her," she said.

"Yeah. Itadakimasu."

They ate quietly. The chicken was very good, as Roy had predicted. Yui walked into the room about five minutes after they had begun. "Morning, sleepy-head," Roy teased. She just smiled at him and sat down.

"Mornin'," she said sleepily. Ui quickly loaded a plate with food and passed it the sleepy girl. "Thank you, Ui." The younger sibling just smiled brightly at her and went back to her food.

"Umm," Roy said once they had finished eating, "where will I be sleeping?"

"I have a futon I can pull out in my room," Yui replied. Roy paled.

"You mean like sleeping in the same room as you?" he asked slowly. Yui nodded brightly.

Roy quickly got up and ran out of the room, calling back something about the restroom and clenching a nosebleed.

"What's wrong with Roy-kun?" Yui asked strangely. Ui shook her head and went back to washing the dishes.

Christmas Eve...

"Welcome!" Yui greeted warmly.

"Please pardon our intrusion!" four voices called from the doorway. Mugi, Mio, Ritsu, and (to Roy's displeasure) Sawako had arrived at the same time. They entered calmly into the main living area where Roy greeted them warmly as well.

"Merry Christmas," he said happily. Everyone returned the greeting in kind.

"Dinner will be ready in just a moment," Ui called from the kitchen.

"Heh heh," Ritsu laughed, "it's cool to be having a sleepover together."

"Yeah," Yui responded, but a dark laugh resounded through the room. Everyone's eyes fell to Sawako, who was wiping some drool from her mouth and gazing a little too intently at Roy. The boy gulped audibly.

"Nobody is gonna be able to sleep tonight," she said darkly.

Her body was quickly thrown to the floor when Ritsu bashed the teacher on the head. "Could you show a little discretion, please?" she asked wearily.

Ui brought a pot and set it down on a table in the room. Everyone gathered around the pot. "Wow," Mio said.

"This year, we're having hotpot!" Yui called excitedly. Roy eyed the pot warily.

"It's not marshmallow banana or something like that is it, Ui-chan?" he asked strangely. The girl just smiled.

"No, of course not, Roy-kun," she answered.

"It-" Ritsu stuttered. "It looks delicious."

"Sorry for making you do all sorts of things for us every year," Mio said to Ui.

"Oh, not at all," the younger girl replied. She smiled at her sister's content face and said, "Just being able to see that expression on her face is enough to make me happy."

At that time, Roy sat down next to Yui and plucked a piece of beef from her soup. "Oi!" she cried. A fake pout crossed her features, but Roy ignored her with a huge grin plastered across his face. Yui laughed after a moment; it was too hard to resist laughing at the boy's face.

"~Oh, Roy-kun~!" a voice called behind him. Suddenly two incredibly unfamiliar arms wrapped around Roy's torso and dragged him up to eye level. Sawako's eyes gazed hungrily into his and his previous fear of teacher nearly tripled in that split second. "Today I brought something nice," she cooed evilly as she began pulling his shirt up.

Roy nearly peed himself.

After a light scuffle in which no one really paid attention (there was food, come on...) Roy emerged with a foreign object on his head. He heard faint sounds of laughter from behind him. All of the girls were either giggling or pointing at whatever was on his head and making weird faces. After a quick decision, Roy turned to find a mirror. What he saw made him fear Sawako worse than before.

On top of his were a set of tiger ears, bright orange to match his hair.

"Ta-da!" Sawako called. "Cosplay of the next year, the year of the tiger!"

"Next year is the year of the ox!" Roy screamed at the perverted teacher.

The teacher ignored his cry and grabbed a piece of cloth on a clothes hanger; Roy figured the piece of clothing was large enough to use as a washcloth. "Here, put this on~," Sawako demanded hungrily.

All of the girls blushed; Yui had to stop a nosebleed.

Roy quickly pushed the teacher away, monetarily forgetting the tiger ears on top of his head. "Ero-sensei!" he cried. "You've been drinking too much!"

Sawako stared at him evenly. "I've only been drinking juice, same as everybody," she replied simply.

"You mean you're like this when you're sober?" Roy cried.

Things settled down and everyone ate peacefully after that. Roy decided to keep the tiger ears on since Yui thought they were cute.

"Ohh, that was really good!" Ritsu sighed happily. Mio turned to look at Roy.

"Have you heard from your parents yet?" she asked.

"Yeah, they called last night when they got in from the plane flight," he answered brightly. "And they called today to wish me a Merry Christmas, and Dad said to wish the same to all of you..." He paused momentarily to smile at Sawako. "'Even the ero-sensei,' he said." Everyone smiled.

Ritsu randomly looked up at a clock hanging on the opposite wall. "Eh?" she said. "It's almost midnight already?" Everyone else craned their necks to look at the clock, too.

"I suppose we'd better start heading off to bed," Sawako said. For once, she looked sincere; the food had made everyone rather sleepy.

Roy glanced over at his girlfriend. The girl was practically asleep as it was. 'I'll tell her in the morning,' he thought tiredly.

After pulling his futon out from Yui's room into one of the spare bedrooms, Roy laid down and fell asleep almost instantly.

He had a rather strange dream about a tiger trying to rip his clothes off. After a few seconds, he heard the tiger giggling and it suddenly turned into Yui. He realized the tiger ears were on his head again and he woke up with a start.

Pulling the fake ears off of his head, Roy mumbled, "What was I thinking? Eating Yui's chocolate-soy milk-curry hotpot right before bed..." His stomach rumbled in agreement with his thoughts as he rolled over and fell asleep again.

It seemed like only seconds had passed before he awoke with a start once again to find Yui spread eagle on top of him. Apparently the girl had dove onto the futon with him. His chest hurt a little from where the girl had just landed, but it was better than other places that could have been hit.

He kissed the girl's forehead before pulling the both of them from the tangles of the bed sheets. They walked out into the main room again to find everyone already awake. Ui was making coffee for everyone and Mugi was handing out some doughnuts she had brought the previous night. Roy took a doughnut gratefully and sat down on the couch. Yui sat down in his lap softly.

He happened to glance upward randomly at some point (no one else was watching them) and noticed something dangling above their heads. Having finished his "breakfast," Roy leaned forward and whispered in Yui's ear, "Yui-chan... look up."

The girl looked straight up and found a ball of mistletoe hanging above them. She blushed and looked back down at her boyfriend. Without hesitation, she shifted her weight to the side and kissed him fully on the lips.

They didn't extend the kiss for long, but Ritsu apparently noticed anyway. She was wolf-whistling at the couple, and Mio was blushing. Sawako laughed along with Ritsu and Mugi.

Roy smiled sheepishly and pecked Yui one last time on the cheek for good measure. "I've got an idea," he said suddenly. "Let's go watch the Christmas morning sunrise!"

Everyone agreed, and they shouldered thick jackets to protect the bitter morning chill. Once they had filed up outside, they noticed a ray of brilliant orange peeking out from above the house in front of them. The sun rose magnificently, the bright oranges and reds complimenting Roy's hair almost perfectly.

Roy encircled an arm around Yui's shoulders and hugged her warmly. He looked down at the girl with a smile. "Yui," he whispered softly, getting the girl to look up, "I have something to tell you." Yui looked at him curiously, but didn't respond. He smiled again, never removing his eyes from hers. "I-" The words caught in his throat menacingly.

He swallowed deliberately and continued, "I've never said this to anyone else before." Yui was thoroughly confused now. "Yui, I love you." Yui gazed up at Roy with a blank face.

"I love you, too," she said simply with a straight face. "But what was it you wanted to say?"

Roy stared at her again. "Eh?" he mumbled. "That's what I wanted to say," he explained. "I wanted you to know that I love you." Yui finally smiled.

"Oh," she finally said brightly. "I knew that you loved me all along. There was no reason to say anything." Roy nearly face-faulted right there. "I think I might have been in love with you long before the training camp." Roy's eyes widened.

"Yeah, during that first term," he said softly, "when I was always helping you to learn guitar techniques." Yui nodded.

"Yeah, and you're a really funny person," she continued. "And you're really nice, and cute, and smart, and good at playing guitar." She ticked off each explanation on her fingers. Roy laughed.

"Well, I still say you're beyond beautiful," he said quietly. Yui blushed.

"Hey!" Sawako called suddenly. "What are you two whispering about?"

"Nothing!" Yui replied quickly. "Roy just told me he loves me." Everyone stared at the couple with their mouths hanging open.

"And what did you say to him?" Mio asked numbly.

"Oh, I told him that I already knew that," she replied as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. "And I told him that I love him, too." Everyone stared at Yui now. "Uhh, surprise?" Everyone nodded their heads slowly.

"Merry Christmas!" Roy said suddenly.

New Years Day...

"So what did you and Yui do all week while we were gone?" Melissa asked her son once they had returned home.

"Nothing much, really," he answered blandly. "We played guitar a bit, talked, ate Ui-chan's cooking. I taught her how to play some new songs. We didn't really do anything that exciting." Roy scratched his chin absently for a moment. "We did have a bit of a shock Christmas morning, though."

"Oh?" Ryan asked as he entered the room. Roy nodded.

"Yeah," Roy replied flatly. "We decided to go outside to watch the morning sunrise, and I got the idea to tell Yui that I loved her while we were out there."

The plate in his mother's hand dropped. The soda that his father had been drinking from spilled all over the man's shirt.

Roy smirked.

"Well, what did she say?" Melissa asked impatiently. Roy laughed.

"She told me she loves me, too," he said nonchalantly. "She said it was no big deal; she had known for a while, apparently." Both parents stared at the boy dumbfounded.

"That girl's smarter than she lets on," Ryan said proudly after a few seconds. Roy smiled.

"It seems like she's the smartest person in the world when someone else is thinking on the same wavelength as her," Roy explained. "It doesn't happen often, but I'm astounded by her when it does."

"I knew she was a bright girl," Melissa said brightly.

"Yep," Roy said shortly. "So how was everyone back in California?"

"Grandpa Lewis is getting worse," Melissa replied. "He's going downhill fast. I hate to say it, but we might have to travel back a funeral during the term this year." Roy grimaced.

"I wish he could get better," Roy muttered. "He's been sick for a long time now."

"Yeah, but the doctors say there's nothing they can do really," Ryan said sadly. "He's just at that age where more work would only make things worse." Roy frowned. "On the bright side, Aunt Catherine had her baby a few months ago."

"You should have been there, Roy," Melissa said. "Baby Albert was so adorable. Strange, he had orange hair just about like you. I guess you get it from my side of the family then."

Ryan laughed. "Yeah, the boy looked just like you did when you were born." He clapped a hand against his son's back. "You're an uncle now, boy," he told him. "He may not know who you are, but you're that boy's uncle."

Roy smiled proudly. "We'll have to take a vacation to America this summer." Roy's eyes brightened. "What if I asked Yui to come with us to America?" Melissa watched her son's face carefully.

"I think that would be fine," she said. "She knows a little English, right?"

Roy groaned softly. "She knows a little bit," he replied. "It'd be enough to get by if one of us is there to translate if she really needs it." Melissa nodded.

"That should be fine, then," Ryan agreed. "Although we'd have to talk to her parents about it, I doubt there would be any problems."

Roy smiled. He was looking forward to the summer already.

A/N: Hmm, I rather like how this turned out. I had to rewrite part of the last scene. I didn't like what I had there. I had planned on introducing a female OC from Roy's hometown that would be infatuated with him, but it didn't flow well with what I had going. Well, tell me what you think. I love the Roy-Yui pairing so far. Torturing Roy is so much fun. I really should be nicer to my OCs, though...

September 21, 2010: Fixed some stuff, made some edits that help the wording flow better. You know, general "making stuff better" stuff. Oh, I decided to keep "Itadakimasu" since there's really no good way to translate and it seemed weird without it. For those who don't know, it's just a general saying before eating a meal. It basically means "Thank you for the food."