A/N: Hey guys! Thank you again for all of your reviews. :] They really made me laugh when you guys all were trying to figure out who took the flower! I was going to leave it to your imagination but... I guess I'll tell you all and answer your questions. I admit, I wasn't actually planning on that being Nagi. Nagi is off growing up into Chrome, somewhere off in Kokuyou. He had left the window open and there were feathers on Tsuna's desk, so I suppose in reality it was simply just a bird that took the flower. It meant nothing. It's simply that Tsuna had interpreted this as a very small glimmer of hope, and he's going to keep believing that it was Nagi who came by and took the flower. In the end, it sounds a lot sadder, but it makes Tsuna happier. Anyway, he's not that smart, he's bound to have misconceptions like that. But I think you all know that Nagi isn't actually dead. :P The way I write this story - you only know just as much as Tsuna does. But you also see how much he actually thinks about stuff, his innermost thoughts about stuff, and perhaps even lots of misinterpretations.

Also! long live marshmallows, I'm actually not all that sure! xD;; Haha, I probably should have done a little more research though, or planned this timeline a little bit better. Adurrr... Well, I started middle school around that age, haha. Assuming that middle school starts at 6th grade, and that Tsuna started kindergarten at 4-5, just about. Though I probably should have taken into consideration that Tsuna might have flunked, haha.

Anyway, enjoy this chapter, everyone! Thank you again for all of the support!


December 22nd, 2001

Dear Nagi-chan,

Christmas is coming up soon. So, I'm mailing my wishlist to Santa soon! I don't plan on putting a whole lot of things again.

So this year, I was kinda thinking I'd put you on there again, but I realized that I've seen you recently (kinda. I didn't see you but you were definitely here!) and Santa couldn't give me that last year, so I thought I wouldn't trouble him with trying to bring you back again. So instead, on my letter to Santa, I put "I want Dad home for Christmas."

I sure hope that Santa can bring him home! It would be a very good Christmas then. Since last time it was just me and Mom and Mai-chan, but Mai-chan isn't here anymore. So it would be just me and mom, and I think that sounds like an awfully lonely Christmas. So I want Dad to come home, so that Mom can have a happier Christmas! She's been doing all this worrying about me this past year. I've been giving her a whole lot of trouble, I think. So if dad was home, then maybe she'll be happier too! And then everyone will be happier.

So, that aside, a little about me. Remember how I mentioned that I had nightmares after your birthday? They were good for a while but… they started turning bad again. I didn't sleep well last night, or the night before. I hope they'll go away soon again.

If anything, I'll be able to stay up for when Santa comes, right? Ahaha…

Reliving that day over and over is terrible. Though, at this point, I think I've gotten so used to seeing the scene play over and over again in my head that it no longer hurts all that much. It's like seeing a movie again. You get really scared and anticipate the worst when the climax comes along and the main character is in trouble, but in the end you know what's going to happen. And you can't do anything to change the bad ending you get because that simply isn't within your power. The movie is made and done and you just have to deal with it. And worse, this is real life and not a movie. So I don't think there is going to be any sequels where Nagi-chan comes back to life, or something like that.

It's a good thing that I've stopped crying over your death, right?

…Right, Nagi-chan?

-Tsuna