*Chapter 11: Christmas and The New Year*
Winter had set upon Inaba, covering the entire town in a thick blanket of snow. The trees had all died, but the town was still as alive as it could be, for Christmas would soon be upon them. Junes of course took every opportunity to remind them with music and decorations and all the wondrous deals. Yosuke and Yu were hanging around in the park near the riverbank a few days before Christmas.
"So what should I get Yukiko?" Yosuke asked, "I wanna get her something really special, we've been together for almost 7 months now and still have no clue what to get her."
"I know, me and Chie have been together for a year and a half and I'm stumped as well," Yu said. The two looked over as Kanji and Teddie were walking by and decided to come over and join the two.
"What are you two talking about?" Kanji asked.
"Ideas on what to get Chie and Yukiko for Christmas," Yosuke explained, "We're stumped, you getting Naoto anything?"
"Socks," he said, "She said she wanted socks."
"Socks?" Yu said, "...SOCKS!"
"Yeah, why not?" Kanji said, "It's what she asked for."
"That is so stupid, you don't get a girl what she asked for," Yosuke explained, "Teddie, what are you getting Rise?"
Teddie grinned, a he reached into his pocket, "I've been prebearing for this moment," Teddie said as he pulled a small black box out of his pocket and opened it for all the guys to see, inside was a silver ring.
"Teddie, are you planning on proposing to Rise?" Yu asked.
"Indeed, unfortunately I have to take this bear off the market and prebear myself for the commitment that is bearriage!" The three guys surprised by Teddie's actions, "I know the ladies of the world will weep, but it must be done."
"Well good for you Teddie," Kanji said, "...not gonna lie this makes socks seem like a bad idea."
"Then why don't you all propose to your girls," Teddie said, "We'll make a Christmas to remembear."
"I don't know, it seems too soon," Yosuke said, "Sure, you and Rise have lived with each other for a few months now, but I could see myself marrying Yukiko as weird as that sounds."
"Right, it just takes a little more time to work out all the kinks," Yu said, "Sorry, but by all means continue to propose to Rise, I'm sure she'll say yes, she really loves you."
"How you gonna do it?" Kanji asked, "Got any grand romantic event planned?"
"I can't reveal those plans right now, I've gotta do a couple more things, but needless to say she'll be so stunned she'll have to hibearnate all winter from the shock," Teddie laughed and ran off.
"Wow, I still can't believe that he's going to propose to Rise," Yosuke said.
"I'm surprised he even wants to get married," Yu said. "All of Japan is going to kill him for locking that idol up."
"I'm surprised he even knows what marriage is," Yosuke laughed, "It's really hit-or-miss when it comes to stuff he knows about. It's kinda weird to imagine two people who aren't even twenty yet getting married."
"It happens more than you think," Kanji said, "Not as much with the younger generation, but there's still a select few. Most of our parents got married around our age."
"I really don't want to become my father," Yu said, "Back to the subject of gifts, jewelry sounds like a good idea to be honest, let's run over to Junes to see what they got."
*Later at Junes*
"Why is it all so expensive?" Yosuke said as he and the other two examined the prices of earrings, "I'd get her something cheap, but she'd be pissed about it, I'm sure she's got something big planned for me."
"What about these?" Kanji pointed towards a pair, "Do you think Naoto would like those?"
"I wouldn't know, Whenever Chie tries stuff on I think it looks good, but she always argues," Yu said as he went over and looked at necklaces, "Yosuke, come look at necklaces, they are so much cheaper than earrings." Yosuke went over and looked with Yu.
"Bingo," Yosuke said pointing towards the one in the back, "That would look amazing on Yukiko. What are you getting Chie?" Yu walked back over to the earrings and showed him a pair,
"Not too pricey, but they'll look nice," Yu said, "…I hope."
"I think Naoto would like these," Kanji said pointing to a pair near Yu's, "I think we're done here guys, let's check out and get the heck outta here before someone see's us." The three checked out and went to the food court to hang out.
*Earlier at Aiya's*
The four girls were sitting around at Aiya's, eating some food and talking about various things.
"What are you planning on getting Yu for Christmas Chie?" Yukiko asked.
"I have no clue," Chie said, "Yu really seems content with his life, so I'm officially stumped, any ideas?"
"I'm clueless about Yosuke too," Yukiko said.
"And Teddie," Rise said, "He's been acting all weird around me lately, he's planning something big along with the guys, I can feel it. Whatever they are planning it's going to be amazing, so we have to go all out."
"I just told Kanji to get me socks," Naoto said, "I really don't want anything for Christmas, it's such a bore anyways."
"Naoto, quit being a killjoy detective," Chie said taking another bite of her beef bowl, "Actually, your detective work could come to some use right now," She said as a strike of brilliance hit her.
"How?" Naoto asked.
"Can you possibly spy on the guys for us for a little while, just get an idea over that they are planning?" Chie asked, Yukiko and Rise also joining in to ask for her help. Naoto agreed as the four continued to eat.
*Later in the park*
Naoto was dressed head to toe in thick winter gear, complete unrecognizable to anybody. She waddled along as she eventually found the guys hanging around in the park, parking herself close enough to hear what they were saying without drawing any suspicion. Unfortunately the winter wind was carrying their words away as all she could make out was "propose, girls, and Christmas."
She couldn't believe what she heard and needed to make sure what they were saying was true. Naoto followed the guys, eventually winding up in Junes to confirm her suspicions, the three entered the jewelry department and appeared to be looking at engagement rings, she waddled off again, shocked by what she had seen. She eventually met back up with the girls to report her findings.
"What's wrong Naoto?" Chie asked. Naoto was giggling uncontrollable, unable to contain herself with the amount of joy she had witnessed.
"It's fantastic," she laughed, "I saw what the guys are planning," her voice raising almost an octave.
"Spit it out," Rise said, "What did you see."
"They're gonna propose," Naoto was practically jumping up and down, "They were talking in the park about marriage and they went out and bought wedding rings, they're gonna propose to us on Christmas!" Naoto let out an excited shriek as the three girls eyes widened.
"They're proposing to us?" Chie said, "That's...wow!" Chie also started giggling as the four girls all began to get excited at the prospect of a big romantic proposal from their boyfriends.
"It's like one of those movies," Yukiko laughed, "We're gonna get married and have a big wedding with flowers and cake and it's going to be so amazing!"
"I can't believe they're doing that," Rise said, "It seems all so soon, but who could blame them for wanting to marry us, we're the best girls in this town."
"And we're all out of their leagues, so it makes sense for them wanting to tie the knot," Naoto explained.
"This is fantastic," Chie said, "Yu and I talked about getting married a few times and I always waited for this day to come and it's finally here."
"What are we going to do?" Naoto said, "There's so little time and we need to get them gifts and we need to get our hair done and look and sound perfect for Christmas, they'll swoop us away in some big romantic gesture and we'll be engaged by the new year!"
"And us saying yes will basically be our gifts!" Chie said, "Hooray!"
The four all giggled like children as they ran off to go get ready for the days ahead.
*Junes Food Court*
The guys all were enjoying a light snack at the food court when Teddie rejoined them dressed in his pink and frilly winter clothes.
"So, what do you guys wanna do for Christmas?" Yosuke asked, "You wanna go out to eat as a group somewhere?"
"It depends on Teddie, we really wanna make this special for him and Rise," Yu looked over at Teddie, "Teddie, what exactly is your plan?"
"I take Rise into the television with me and I propose to her behind a waterfall I found, there's a cave and everything behind it, its beary romantic," Teddie explained.
"We could actually all go into the television, Yosuke said, "Have a romantic picnic in the fields and celebrate over Teddie and Rise getting together, sounds like fun. That is if you don't mind Teddie."
"Of course not, but don't ruin the surprise, I can't wait to see the look on Rise's face," Teddie proclaimed. The four looked over and noticed the four girls walking by, just coming out of the salon and getting their hair done. "Yosuke, go invite them to meet us at Junes on Christmas!" Teddie whispered. Yosuke got up walking over to the four.
"Hey ladies, wow Yukiko, your hair looks amazing," Yosuke said, "You get that done around here? Looks really professional." Yukiko and all the girls giggled.
"We did, were getting a little makeover today," Yukiko said trying not to shout from joy, "We have to get another appointment really quick, but did you want to ask us, or me, something?"
"Yeah, on Christmas can the four of you meet us here at Junes, we have a surprise for you," Yosuke said followed by smiles from the girls.
"Isn't Junes closed on Christmas?" Naoto giggled.
"Yeah, but I got some pull around here, trust me, you're going to love what we have planned," Yosuke smiled at Yukiko who nearly fainted.
"That sounds like a wonderful proposal!" Chie said as she giggled, "Okay, we'll meet you here at Christmas!" The four wandered off, leaving the four guys behind.
"Chie, you almost ruined it!" Naoto said, "Proposal?"
"Sorry, I couldn't contain myself," Chie said, "They're holding something here at Junes, oh god, they're probably going to sneak us in and have the place all decorated and ohhhh!" Chie squealed. The four girls continued laughing. Back at the table the guys were planning a romantic picnic inside the television.
*Christmas*
None of the girls could sleep last night, they spent their entire nights talking to each other on a four-way connection on their phones, giggling and gossiping about the day to come. Meanwhile the four guys met up early at The Dojima household preparing a picnic for the girls.
"Cooking really isn't that hard," Kanji said, "I don't understand how the girls have so much trouble with it."
"Because they don't follow the instructions," Yu said.
The four girls had gotten dressed and were eagerly awaiting the call from the guys to go to Junes, finally, after what seemed like an eternity came a text sent to the four of them.
Like race horses they ran out their doors and quickly met up at Junes in record time, trying not seem too excited or suspicious. Outside, Yosuke was waiting for the four of them, they all ran up to him and gave him a hug.
"Woah, someone's excited!" he smiled, "You girls wanna head inside."
"Yeah!" Yukiko shouted as Yosuke opened the door, the girls all quickly ran inside, revealing the darkened interior of Junes. The four were disappointed, there was nothing changed and the other three guys were nowhere to be seen.
"Follow me," Yosuke said as he led the four into the electronics department of Junes. They ended up back to a familiar wide screen television which had been decorated with Christmas decorations.
"Well hop on in, the guys are waiting," Yosuke said as he climbed into the television himself. The four girls all smiled and looked at each other.
"This is it," Chie said nervously, "Let's go." The four climbed inside, revealing the wonderful paradise they had left behind. In the distance, the four guys were sitting on a picnic blanket with tons of food and some wine around them, the four girls walked up to their boyfriends and sat down.
"We decided to cook for you this Christmas," Yu said as he held up a huge steak to Chie, "Porter House, Medium Rare, all for you Chie," he held it up to her nose, intoxicated by its aroma.
"This is all for you four," Kanji said, "Consider it our Christmas gift, or at least the first part of it." The four girls all giggled as the group ate, enjoying every moment as the waterfall near them rhythmically poured down, the four girls anticipating the moment they were preparing for all week.
"Rise," Teddie said as he stood up, "There's something I want to show you behind the waterfall, I think you'll enjoy it beary much."
"Okay," she squeaked out as she followed Teddie away from the group, the guys and girls all smiling as they all knew what was about to happen. Behind the waterfall, Teddie and Rise stood close to each other in a small cave.
"So, Teddie, what did you want to show me?" Rise asked.
"Rise, I love you beary much, and I want to be with you for the rest of your life," Teddie got down on one knee and pulled a case out of his pocket, Rise starting to cry as it all started to happen to her just as she imagined. "Will you marry me?"
"Yes!" she screamed as she put the ring on and gave a huge kiss to Teddie, running hand in hand with him out of the water fall and back towards the group at full speed.
"WE'RE ENGAGED!" Rise yelled still crying and showing her ring to the group. Chie, Naoto, and Yukiko all started to cry to as Rise hugged them, the guys all congratulating Teddie and Rise on their engagement.
"This is so wonderful," Naoto said as she cried and wiped the tears away from her face, "I'm so happy for you two."
"Well, I guess this is as good a time as any," The three guys all reaching into their pockets as well, the hearts of Chie, Yukiko, and Naoto all collectively stopping.
"Merry Christmas," the three guys said holding out small wrapped presents, the smiles fading from their faces.
"Wha...What?" Chie said as she took the present from Yu, ripping it open as fast as she could. Her heart rose again as she saw it was a little black box and flipped it open, ultimately letting her heart sink again.
"Earrings?" Chie said shaking the box," Naoto, Yukiko?"
"I got earrings too," she said.
"I got a necklace..." Yukiko said as she started to cry.
"Hey, don't cry," Yosuke said as the other two girls started to cry too, "We love you all very much and you deserve something like this," The three got up at started sobbing, the smiles disappearing from the guy's faces as they realized the girls were sad, not happy. They threw down the gifts and ran off crying.
"What did you three do?" Rise yelled at the guys.
"What are you talking about?" Yosuke asked, "What did we do so wrong?"
"EAR RINGS AND NACKLACES? THAT'S NOT HOW YOU PROPOSE TO A GIRL YOU IDIOTS!" she was screaming nearly crying herself, "HOW IS IT TEDDIE IS THE ONLY ONE OF YOU FOUR THAT KNOWS HOW TO PROPOSE?"
"We weren't proposing to them," Yu said, "Did...did they think we were gonna propose to them."
"Of course! Naoto followed you guys around and you were talking about proposals and buying rings at Junes!" Rise explained.
"We were talking about Teddie proposing to you! We were just buying regular jewelry for them," Yu yelled, "Are you telling me you've all been obsessing over us proposing to you!"
"Oh dear god we broke their hearts," Kanji said, "They might go kill themselves or something, why the hell did you even follow us?"
"Curiosity! Just, go talk to them," Rise yelled as the four guys headed the direction the girls went. The three must have left the television and ran off somewhere in Inaba, but they had no clue where. The three searched the entire town high and low, still not finding them anywhere.
"Where are they?" Yu asked himself as was basically running around in circles at this point trying to figure out where he hadn't looked, "Wait..." Yu quickly ran off to the shrine, seeing three familiar faces still sobbing in the snow. Yu picked his phone up and texted the group their location as he approached the three of them, Chie looking up and throwing a chunk of ice at Yu.
"Asshole," she sobbed at him.
"Chie, we were never going to propose to you, what Naoto heard was us planning for Teddie to propose to Rise," this made the three sob even louder as the other guys showed up. "Chie, I love you more than anything, but why on earth would we propose in a group like that?"
"Yeah, it's not like we don't love you guys, we just want to spend some more time with you before getting married, like learning how to live together and share our stuff," Yosuke explained to Yukiko who was still crying.
"Just, I'm sorry Naoto," Kanji said, "Please stop crying, here," Kanji reached into a bag he brought along and pulled out a big present. He opened it up, reveling a set of eight dolls he had made, one for each of their group. He handed everyone their respective dolls.
"I made these for us," Kanji said, "You guys really accepted me for who I was and I wanted to use my talents to make something that would remind us of the good times we had, even if we go our separate ways." The three continued to cry, but with a smile on their faces.
"Kanji..." Naoto got up and hugged him, "Thank you...thank you for everything." Chie and Yukiko got up and hugged Yu and Yosuke.
"It was a wonderful dinner and thanks for the Christmas presents," Chie said as time stopped for the eight of them, lost in the soft snowfall in the shrine.
*Later that night at The Dojima Household*
"This cake is delicious," Chie said as the eight sat around with Nanako and Dojima eating the cake they had made before leaving.
"These four really made you girls a huge dinner," Dojima explained, "And this cake too."
"Well, to be fair we made them a cake last year," Naoto said, "I guess this is makes us even in some way."
"It's getting pretty late," Dojima said, "You kids heading home soon?" The eight talked for a little while longer before getting ready to take off, but one look outside revealed that Inaba was being hit by a huge blizzard and there was no walking home in this weather.
"Are we stranded here?" Yosuke asked as they continued to look out the window. Dojima came over to look out as well.
"Wow, it's really coming down," he said, "I guess you guys are going to have to spend the night here... call your parents and let them know you are alright, I'll go get some spare blankets for you." The kids all called their parents, letting them know they were stranded at Yu's house from the blizzard.
"I guess you guys can sleep here in the living room," Dojima said giving them a few blankets and pillows, "I'm going to bed, try not to make too much noise or stay up too late, and I think it goes without saying there should be no… funny business." The eight set up their beds on the floor of the living room, getting ready for bed.
"Naoto? Where are you?" Kanji was looking around for her.
"I'm in the bathroom getting changed," she replied.
"Changed into what?" Yu asked. Naoto came out of the bathroom dressed in a pair of light blue pajamas. They had little smiling sheep all over them and she was brushing her teeth with a purple toothbrush.
"Uhh… what are you wearing?" Yukiko looked over at her.
"My pajamas," Naoto replied.
"Kanji… is she serious?" Yosuke looked over at Kanji.
"That's what she wears," Kanji replied, "The bigger question is why she has them with her now."
"I keep an overnight bag at each of your houses in case I needed to spend a day or two there," Naoto explained, "Inside are my pajamas and a few toiletries, nothing too extreme."
"You have any extra toothbrushes in there?" Rise asked, "I'd really like to brush my teeth with something other than my finger."
"Sorry only this one," Naoto said as she and Yukiko sighed.
"Well I had a toothbrush to brush my teeth with!" Chie laughed, "Pays to be dating Yu right now."
"You have a toothbrush here?" Yu asked.
"No I just use yours," Chie smiled as Yu and everyone else expressed absolute disgust, "What?"
"You use my toothbrush?" Yu said, "That's disgusting!"
"Because our mouths are mutually exclusive," Chie defended herself.
"I feel so violated," Yu moaned as Naoto pulled a small plastic container out of her pocket and pulled out a small clear plastic retainer she put in her mouth.
"Are you wearing a retainer?" Yosuke asked.
"I grind my teef at night," Naoto said with a full mouth, "I actually haf to get braces soon…"
"You gotta get braces?" Kanji asked, "Damn, I didn't know that."
"Yeah it sucks," Naoto said as she went over to her sleeping bag and tucked herself in, "Good night guys." The rest of the group tucked themselves in as Yu shut the lights off and they all laid there in silence.
"I hate to ask this, but did you guys get us anything?" Yosuke asked turning to the girls, "I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but you really haven't mentioned anything."
"We kinda thought the gift of us saying yes to your proposals was enough," Yukiko said as Yosuke sighed.
"Actually, I got you all something else," Kanji said as he got up and pulled out an 8 pack of white tube socks from Junes, "One for each of us."
"Fantastic," Rise remarked as he handed them out, "I don't even wear socks like these..."
"It's the thought that counts," Yu said, "Goodnight everybody." The eight began to drift to sleep, but were quickly interrupted by loud snoring from Naoto. They all looked over to see Naoto passed out in curled into a little ball with her pillow.
"Kanji!" Yosuke covered his ears, "She's messing with us, right?"
"She has to be, she never snored like that when we spend the night with her," Yukiko said.
"No, she snores because of the retainer, big deal!" Kanji said, "It's cute."
"That's not cute, it's annoying!" Yosuke said, "I thought Teddie snored loudly."
"You guys wanna know a secret?" Kanji chuckled, "Naoto is afraid of the dark."
"Really?" Yu asked.
"She's fine around others, but when she's alone in bed she has a nightlight, it's adorable," Kanji smiled as Naoto rolled over at snored into her pillow.
"You know at sleepovers the first person to fall asleep always gets pranked," Yosuke said as he looked over at the group.
"Yosuke…" Rise said as Yosuke got up and went over and got a bowl out of the cupboard and filled it with warm water from the sink. He slowly walked over and placed Naoto's hand in the water in the bowl of water.
"Yosuke!" Chie said pulling the hand out of water, "You're not going to make Naoto wet the bed!"
"Why not?" Yosuke complained, "It's funny!"
"No it's gross," Chie said, "And cruel, you're not gonna make Naoto pee herself like you peed yourself in the television."
"I never pissed my pants Chie, quit spreading false rumors!" Yosuke told the group, "I just couldn't pee in front of you guys, I have pee anxiety!"
"Put her hand back in the water," Yu laughed, "I actually wanna see this."
"You two are so mean," Chie scolded them, "How dare you two violate your friend's trust like that. So she snores, that's no reason to make someone piss their pants!"
"Whatever!" Yosuke rolled over, "Ruin my fun, you're more of a killjoy than Naoto! Control your girlfriend Yu."
"Trust me, easier said than done," Yu laughed as Chie and Yukiko continued to chew them out for a little while longer. The rest of the group retired to sleep for the night, hoping the storm would pass outside.
*The Next Morning*
Yu slowly opened his eyes, the sounds of several people messing around in the kitchen. Yu felt really refreshed, except for one thing that seemed to be off. He turned his head, revealing a sight that explained everything. His hand was now in the bowl that Yosuke had gotten and he realized that he had pissed his sleeping bag. He slowly got up as his face became completely red with embarrassment. Yu looked over to see Yosuke in the same predicament, but still asleep.
"Morning," Chie smiled while she drank some coffee with the rest of the girls, "How, uh… how are you feeling?"
"…" Yu was in shock and completely humiliated by the situation.
"Chie and Yukiko told me about the prank you wanted to pull on me and your disrespectful comments and they decided to give you a taste of your own medicine after you fell asleep," Naoto explained.
"Look how red he is," Rise giggled with Yukiko.
"He wet the bed!" Yukiko went into a giggling fit with the rest of the girls as Yosuke began to stir awake.
"OH NO!" Yosuke said as he shot up in the same situation, "Yukiko! Chie! DID YOU TWO…" the girls continued to laugh as Yosuke turned red with Yu.
"This is humiliating," Yu grunted, "I haven't done this since I was a little kid."
"This has got to be a horrible nightmare," Yosuke panicked as he tried to wake himself up.
The girls continued to laugh as Yosuke stood up with the sleeping bag and hobbled his way towards the bathroom. Yu didn't want to get up, but he knew that he couldn't stay her in urine soaked clothes any longer and stood up, but forgot to grab the sleeping bag in a panic.
"EWWW!" Rise spit her coffee out as Yu looked down and saw a huge stain all over the front of his pants. Rise looked away with all the girls who continued to laugh as Yu ran off to his room to change.
"Oh god it stinks in here now!" Yukiko flinched, "I'm going home." Dojima walked downstairs and into the living room.
"What's going on in he…" Dojima took a couple of sniffs and covered his nose, "And why does it smell like piss?!"
"SWEAR!" Nanako yelled down the stairs.
"Yu and Yosuke wet the bed last night," Chie told him.
"What?" Dojima seemed shocked, "They wet the bed?"
"Totally," Rise laughed.
"oh my god… YOSUKE! YU! YOU TWO ARE DOING THE LAUNDRY AND CAN CLEAN THE PISS STAINS OFF THE GROUND IN THE LIVING ROOM TOO!" Dojima scolded the two as loud as he could, "The Hell is wrong with those two?"
"SWEAR!" Nanako yelled again.
"Stains?" the girls all looked at the living room and screamed as they saw two large stains where Yosuke and Yu had slept.
"Oh my god that is so gross!" Naoto laughed, "Best prank ever."
*New Years Eve*
Yu' phone rang; he was sitting at the table with Nanako and Dojima eating breakfast. Yu picked up the phone seeing it was from Chie, "Hello?" he asked hearing loud music in the background.
"Hey!" Chie's voice ranged over the phone loudly as she was trying to be louder than the music, "You coming over for New Year's Eve? The gang wants to go out and hang out!"
"Turn your music down," Yu said, "You're yelling and I can barely hear you."
"Sorry!" she yelled as she turned the volume down, "I was working out. Anyways, are you coming over soon?"
"Yeah, I'll leave after I'm done for breakfast," Yu said, "Love you."
"Love you too," they hung the phone up as Yu continued to eat breakfast.
"You're leaving big bro?" Nanako asked.
"Yeah, me and Chie are gonna hang out at her place for a little while and then the group is going to go and hang out for New Years," Yu told her.
"Cool, what are you and Chie going to do?" Nanako asked.
"Just hang out, watch some television," Yu said, "Nothing too special."
"I thought maybe that you'd be too hurt to leave the house today," Nanako said.
"Why, I'm fine?" Yu said.
"I overheard Chie and Yukiko talking about how they rode you and Yosuke raw and it sounded like you guys were hurt," Nanako explained. Dojima looked over at Yu who once again was put in an awkward situation with Nanako.
"Just ignore them, they were joking," Yu explained as Dojima was still looking at him angrily, "I better get going he quickly ran over and put his coat on. See you guys later!" he ran out the door and headed towards Chie's house.
"Hey," she said waiting outside for Yu, "I got surprise for you!" she said as she reached into her pocket pulling out a blindfold. She went up to Yu and blindfolded him, leading him by the hand across town.
"Where are we going?" Yu asked.
"It's a surprise, we're almost there," she said as they walked into a building of some sort. She ripped the blindfold off, revealing a large room in some sort of large storage shed. The room had been decorated with flowers and candles, a big steeple stood near the front.
"Uh...Chie," Yu asked, "What is this?" The door opened again and Yukiko lead Yosuke inside, also blindfolded.
"This is so kinky," Yosuke laughed, "I can't wait to see what you have in store for me." She took the blindfold off revealing the room and Yu and Chie, "What is going on? Are we doing that thing we talked about? I love you Yukiko, I knew you would finally come around." He turned to Yu, "Listen, I know this is weird and we really aren't like that, but I'll agree not to touch you if you don't touch me. Let's get this 4-way started!"
"What?" Yu yelled, "Chie, what the hell!"
"No! We aren't doing that!" Yukiko snapped at Yosuke, "Since you guys didn't want to propose to us, we figured we could have a fake wedding!" Yukiko said, "You know, not a REAL wedding, but just like a practice wedding." Naoto entered with Kanji, doing exactly the same and showing the surprise to Kanji.
"This is...weird," Kanji said, "You guys really wanna do this?"
"Well, we got you new suits," Chie said running over to a few nearby boxes handing them to the guys, "It's our makeup Christmas present," she explained.
"How much did all this cost?" Yu said, "These suits on top of this seem really costly!"
"It was really just the suits, everything else was just left over props from the last school play," Naoto said.
"First off, you guys need to write your vows," Chie said giving them paper and pencils, "We've already written ours and we're gonna go change, wedding starts soon!" The three walked off to go change into their dresses, the guys trying to write their feelings down on paper to express to each other. They changed into their new suits, a perfect fit.
"Okay, here we come," Chie said as she pressed play on a nearby music player with a mp3 plugged into it, The Wedding March started to play. The three girls walked out, dressed head to toe in white, wearing the jewelry they had gotten for Christmas and each carrying a plastic bouquet of flowers.
"You three look beautiful," Yosuke said.
"Thanks," Yukiko blushed, the three pairs standing in silence as the wind blew against the side of the building.
"What, uh, what's next?" Yu asked.
"The exchanging of vows," Chie said as she pulled out a piece of paper, "Yu, you are the love of my life, ever since I met you back in high school, I always loved you. Every lunch you made for me, every work out session we shared, you've seen me at my best and worst and I want to spend the rest of my life with you, I love you."
Yu lifted up his paper, "Chie...I love you. There is nothing else I can say that hasn't been said. I love your laugh, your smile, your smells, your taste... I love you, and I would do anything to spend the rest of eternity with you...how was that?"
"Great," Chie said, "Yukiko?"
Yukiko spoke up, "Yosuke, when I first met you I thought you were the biggest idiot on the face of the planet, and to be honest I was kinda right," the group all started laughing as Yosuke sighed, "But you are my idiot, I enjoy spending my time with you and can't wait to tackle anything life throws at us, I love you."
Yosuke coughed a couple of times, clearly nervous, "Yukiko, you are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen, and there are no words to express how lucky I am to be with you, I would trade ever single thing I've ever owned to spend even a single day with you, I love you!"
"Kanji," Naoto quickly jumped in as Yosuke finished, "When I first met you, I thought you were really weird...and a closeted homosexual," Yosuke letting out a big laugh.
"Seriously?" Kanji annoyingly stated.
"BUT," Naoto continued, "You are not gay, you are one of the most romantic guys I have ever met and I enjoy my time with you, I love you I love you I love you."
Kanji was last and picked up his paper, "Naoto, I've known you as a guy and a girl, and I've loved you as both, to me, I would spend the rest of my life with you even if you were a boy, you are that special to me. I love you so much."
"Gay!" Yosuke coughed as Yu let out a large snort.
"Shut up!" Kanji said as he almost punched Yosuke in the face, "At least I didn't piss the bed."
"Can we not talk about that!" Yu yelled at Kanji.
"Enough," Naoto stopped them; "You three are ruining the wedding."
"Now, we exchange rings," Chie said as she pulled out several small plastic rings Giving them to everyone, she walked up to Yu, placing the ring on his finger. The rest followed one by one, placing the rings on their fingers.
"Do you take me to be your wife?" Chie asked Yu.
"I do," he said, "And do you take me to be your husband?"
"I do," she said as she went up and gave him a big passionate kiss. The other followed in suit, completing the fake marriage.
"So, now what, do we get a honeymoon?" Yosuke asked.
"Indeed," Yukiko said, "An all inclusive stay in the tropical paradise that is Inaba, Japan."
"Wow! How foreign!" Yu laughed. The six all got dressed into their original clothes and left, heading off wards to spend the rest of the day together.
*About 11:00 pm*
"Hurry up!" Chie yelled to Yu as they sprinted down the crowded street to find their friends. All of Inaba was celebrating New Year's, giving out food and prizes and people drinking in the streets with their friends and family. Chie and Yu met up with the other six who were standing near the entrance to the shrine.
"Chie!" Yukiko laughed, "Where have you been, Yosuke's been waiting for you."
"I'm sorry, we lost track of the time," Yu said, "Did we miss it?'
"No, you're just in time," Yosuke screamed as he was standing on the roof of the shrine.
"Yosuke, just do it man, they're here!" Kanji screamed. Yosuke let out a huge yell as he took a huge head first dive off the shrine and into the nearby bounce house the town had set up. The group all gasped, afraid Yosuke had hurt himself. But Yosuke was jumping up and down.
"That was awesome!" Yosuke shouted as he ran over to the guys.
"When I heard you were going to jump off the shrine, I had to see it," Yu laughed, "I was so sure you were going to break your legs you idiot."
"You really think I was going to just jump on the ground?" Yosuke laughed, "I may be slightly buzzed right now, but not that drunk." The group laughed as they pulled out a couple of flasks, taking occasional swigs from it as time passed.
"I'm surprised how much you've loosened up Naoto," Yu said as she took a swig of the flask, "You've changed so much over the past year."
"We all have," Naoto said, "I used to think that I had no desire for fun, but with you guys I don't mind being a kid or doing stupid things or breaking rules. Fun is… well fun to state the obvious."
"Nanako!" Yu blurted out as she saw her and Dojima passing by, "Come over here and give your big bro a hug!" Nanako ran over, the entire group hugging her, all merry from the alcohol.
"Hey Dojima!" Chie yelled out, "What are you doing here?"
"It's...New Years," Dojima looked at the group, "Are you all drunk?"
"A little," Yu laughed as Dojima stared at them, "Please don't be mad, we'll go straight home after it reaches midnight."
"Of course you will," Dojima said confiscating the flasks from them, "Underage drinking is illegal… but at least you guys aren't naked or dressed like women or something weird like that."
"It's time!" Rise yelled. The group began counting down from sixty, getting ready for another year.
"THREE! TWO! ONE! HAPPY NEW YEAR!" The entire town appeared to be shouting as music played and people started dancing. Yosuke grabbed Yukiko giving her a big kiss as the people around them cheered for Yosuke. The group all celebrated, wondering what the New Year ahead would bring for each of them, knowing full well that in a few months, Yu and Chie would be gone.