Hi minna! I know, I was bored so I updated again on the same day that I put chapter 20 up. Anyway, Read and enjoy! ^(^ ^)^

Chapter 21

~Morning of Christmas Eve~

"Yay! It's Christmas Eve!" I cheered after waking up.

"Geez, you're so loud." I could hear Ikuto who was probably outside of my room.

"Sorry, I bet everyone's sleeping…"

"No, actually. Everyone's awake."

"My bad…"

"It's not your fault."

"Yes it is!"

"…Yuki…"

"It's my fault! I better tell them sorry!"

"Yuki… It's noon. I came up here to tell you to come down for lunch."

"Oh…"

"I've been knocking on the door for ten minutes straight."

"Lemme open the door."

I opened the door and inspected Ikuto knuckles. They were red but not bleeding. I grinned and kissed them lightly knowing what Ikuto's reaction would be. He pulled away immediately.

"I'll get ready," I giggled.

~In the Dining Room~

"Eh? Where's Ikuto?" I asked as I sat down.

"He went out. He said he had to meet someone," Kei answered

"Kukai and Ichiru?"

"Er… Yeah… Let's go with that."

I gave Kei a curious look. "What do you mean 'let's go with that'?"

"Never mind. Can we go to the amusement park?"

"Sure. I need to find Ikuto first. I'm going to give him his Christmas present early because he said that he was going to be busy tomorrow."

"Onii-san has work tomorrow? That sucks."

"He'll be here to give you your present," I assured him.

"I mean that it sucks for him."

"Oh, anyway, we'll go once you finish eating."

"You're not going to eat?"

"Not hungry."

"If you say so."

~Two hours Later~

"Onee-san, we've been looking for Onii-san for hours. Can we go to the amusement park?"

"Alright, I'll give him the present when we get home."

I paid for our tickets.

"What do you wanna do first?"

"Let's go on the roller coaster!"

After another two hours, we decided to eat something. Kei wasn't done when I finished so I told him to stay put until I came back from a walk. I noticed the back of a guy with midnight blue hair.

"Ikuto!"

I happily went up to him. "Iku-" I noticed that there was a beautiful girl around our age with electric green hair and auburn eyes. Not only that but they were kissing.

"What are you doing here Yuki?" Ikuto asked as he spun around.

"You know this peasant Ikuto?" the girl asked.

"She's one of your father's clients' daughters right?" I asked.

"Yeah…"

"Keep it together. He's only doing it to help his father out. It's not like he likes her… right?" "Anyway, I came to tell you Merry Early Christmas!" I gave him a small box. "Since you aren't going to be here tomorrow, I wanted to give you your present early. I'll leave you two alone now."

"Yuki…"

"See you later!" I forced a smile then ran away.

"What's wrong Onee-san?" Kei noticed that my present was missing. "I'm sorry… I didn't want you to be upset. I know you like Onii-san…"

"Me? Upset? I was just shocked that I saw Ikuto and another girl kissing. That was so embarrassing. Shall we go on more rides?"

~(Ikuto's POV)~

I stared helplessly after Yuki as she ran away.

"Shit, I've given her the wrong impression. And I can't run after her or else Dad's gonna pay for it… What do I do? I guess I'll just have to continue this date."

"Ikuto… Do you think I'm stupid?" Mizu asked. "You're in love with that girl aren't you?"

"Crap! Dad's in trouble now!"

"What are you waiting for?"

"Huh?"

"Go after her! Geez… This is why I don't date. Men are so clueless."

"Then why are you on a date with me?"

"My mom assumes that I like guys so she set it up for me. What are you waiting for? Go get her you big dummy!"

"Thanks Mizu!"

I opened the small box Yuki had given me. It was a necklace the shape of a cross. I flipped it over and I blinked in surprise at what it said. It said, "I love you." I didn't wait for another second to chase after the girl I love.

~(Yuki's POV)~

"Onee-san, I'm going home."

"'Kay…"

I sighed as Kei left the bridge we were standing on. The bridge crossed over a small, peaceful river and I was throwing bits of bread to feed to fish. The night sky was silent… Wait… night sky? I let Kei walk alone at night!? What kind of sister am I? My Blackberry rung and I picked it up.

"Hello?"

"It's me Onee-san. I just called to ell you that I got home safely."

"That was fast."

"Come home soon, okay?"

"Okay."

"I love you, Onee-san. Bye."

"Bye."

I sighed. "I love you… I wish those words are so easy to say…"

"Yuki!"

"Hm? Ah, Ikuto!"

I started to run away but Ikuto grabbed my arm.

"I… finally… found… you…"

"Aren't you on a date with the girl? You're dad's gonna get in trouble for ditching her."

"She let me go… Said that… no interest… in guys…"

"So what do you want me for?"

I waited until he caught his breath but he said nothing. He just stared at the water.

"I'm going home," I sighed.

I started to walk away but Ikuto pulled me into his arms.

"Ikuto?"

He lifted my face, smiled, then gently laid his lips on mine. "He just wanted to relieve some of his lust?" I kissed him back. When I noticed that he wasn't getting anymore intimate, I pulled away.

"Wha-?"

"I love you," Ikuto said.

"Huh?" "Did I hear right? Did he say I love you?"

"I love you." Ikuto kissed me again, but this time he kissed me like the world was going to end in ten seconds. I kissed him back and pulled away.

"I love you too…" I smiled.

We kissed again, the twinkling stars were our only witnesses that our love had finally been revealed to each other. Or so we thought.

"Finally! You guys are going out now!"

We whirled around to see Kukai, Ichiru, Utau, Sakura, and Usagi grinning like maniacs.

I gaped. "Y-You guys saw everything?" I said faintly.

"We better run," Ichiru told Kukai.

"Come back here!" Ikuto hissed as he chased the two of them.

My three best friends glomped me. "Congratulations!"

"Thanks guys. We should go home soon. Were you spying on us?"

"We happened to meet each other. Then we bumped into Usagi. On our way back, we saw the two of you on this bridge."

"See ya! Ikuto! We should be going now!"

"Right after I beat these two up!"

"Yuki… your chara egg!"

I turned to see Ikuto's and my chara eggs flying towards us. (We were standing side by side and Ikuto stopped chasing the guys.) The eggs cracked and…

"I'm Hanako!" a chara with long blonde hair and crystal blue eyes wearing a white halter dress said mischievously.

"I'm Ryuu!" a chara with messy dark blue hair wearing a black dress shirt and black dress pants said.

"They hatched!"

~On our Way Home~

"I still can't believe that we're dating," I said.

"I haven't asked you officially yet."

"Asked what?"

"This is my Christmas present to you. Yuki, will you be my girlfriend?"

"No."

Ikuto's face fell and I thought that he might cry.

"You idiot. Of course I will!"

"Geez, don't scare me like that!"

I giggled and raced him home.

This fanfic is almost finished, sadly. Just a couple of more chapters. Anyway… please review! ^(^ ^)^