A/N: I can't believe it's already been a whole month! Thanks for all of the support so far you guys!

[February Month Long Holidays]

//Canned Food Month//

Marui Bunta usually didn't care what other people ate. After all, it was their body, and considering all of the things he ate he wasn't really one to judge. But when he saw Akaya eating nothing but canned food for a few days he had to call him on it.

"Akaya... why exactly are you eating nothing but canned food?"

"Huh? Oh, cause it's yummy," the teen responded.

"Yeah... and it's also kind of gross and pretty bad for you. At least, compared to real food," Marui said. "Howsabout I make you some real food?"

Akaya shook his head violently. "Nope. I have to eat canned food all month." Marui sighed. When Akaya set his mind to something, he stayed determined.

"And why, exactly, must you live off of canned food for a month? Do you have any idea what that'll do to your body?"

Akaya shook his head to the latter question, and to he first he responded, "Because it's Canned Food Month."

//American Heart Month//

Marui Bunta groaned. He had to write a paper for health, and the prompt was probably the stupidest thing of all time. I mean, he could understand the prompts where you had to write on a different disease. Even a different disease that nobody had basically ever heard of. Sometimes he even enjoyed the "create your own disease" or "create your own cure for a disease" ones.

But after he was assigned his topic the only thing that came to mind was: stupid.

Could he at least have been given a topic regarding his country? Apparently not. And what was he supposed to do? Move to America?

Groaning, he crumpled the little slip of paper into a ball and let it fall to the floor. As he stormed away toward his next class, the thing unfurled to reveal his prompt: American Heart Month.

//An Affair to Remember Month//

Normally, Atobe Keigo would not watch such silly, juvenile movies. Normally, the great Ore-sama would watch something with some class. Or… well, normally he wouldn't watch movies at all. (He, after all, had better things to do with his time: like, say, read a novel or brush his hair). However, Jiroh had roped him in to it, by asking extremely nicely and putting on that puppy dog face of his. And, quite frankly, it was Jiroh. There was no denying the boy, especially not when the absolutely adorable face was on his boyfriend.

So, he – the great Ore-sama – was curled up on one of his many couches with Jiroh, watching a movie which was described at "one of the most romantic of all time". So far two people had met and fallen in love despite being engaged to different people. They agreed to reunite on top of the Empire State Building (which, Atobe would like to add, he had been to a few times) in six months time if they still felt the same. Of course, dramatic plot twist came and on the day of their meeting the woman of the pair was hit by a car, therefore not meeting the man. He assumes she stood him up, there's drama, they see each other a few months later, there are a couple of coincidences and then they end up confessing their true love to each other all over.

Case in point, the entire movie was dramatic, romantic, and sappy. Not the type of movie either boy generally watched. So it had surprised Atobe when Jiroh suggested it.

"So, Kei," the blond asked, yawning and stretching out lazily on the couch as the credits rolled by, "What'd you think?"

"It was, ahem, interesting. Why did you pick it?" More than anything that was what Atobe wanted to know, seeing as this wasn't the type of movie that Jiroh normally watched (and Jiroh watched a lot of movies).

"`Cause," Jiroh started, yawning again. "It's 'An Affair to Remember Month'."

//Great American Pie Month//

Marui Bunta liked pie. And everyone knew that Marui Bunta liked pie. In fact, most everybody knew that Marui liked just about anything that contained sugar.

What they didn't know was that Marui's favorite nationality of pie was American pie. (Then again, most people didn't know that pie even had nationalities.) Sure, there were some pies made by other countries that were absolutely fabulous.

But nothing, in Marui Bunta's opinion, could beat homemade apple pie, American style.

Which was why he was glad February was Great American Pie Month; it gave him an excuse to bake and eat all of the American pie he wanted.

//National Cherry Month//

Oishi Syuchiroh hated February. The month was far too cold, and nothing productive ever seemed to come of it. In fact, the only thing he ever got done was quite a lot of studying for exams.

The summer, now there was a productive time period. Along with tennis and summer classes, Oishi helped out at the local farmer's market, by growing and selling a myriad of fresh fruits and vegetables. Besides the watermelons that he helped plant, pick, and sell every year, Oishi's favorite summer time food was definitely cherries.

Which was why it was so ironic that February was National Cherry Month.

//National Children's Dental Health Month//

Despite the fact that Kirihara Akaya was nearly fifteen and a half, he acted half his age. Because of this, he was generally treated half his age, even by his boyfriend (which was nulled when they were in bed, of course). However, Akaya honestly didn't mind this. Being treated half his age meant he could get away with things that kids half his age could do. He could crash into a tree on his bike, he could draw a multicolored picture of a sheep on a sheet, and he could be petted on his head without any real awkwardness or strange feelings.

Then again, being treated half his age also meant certain cons, such as being watched by Niou, as he was today. Yukimura had had errands to run with his younger sister (she had a poetry reading after school that day that she had wanted her brother to be there for), and Akaya had a dentist appointment.

A dentist appointment, which Yukimura did not trust Akaya to go to alone. So, he had asked Niou (who had had an appointment the same day anyway – curse his luck), and the boy had grudgingly agreed. The annoyance of having to take Akaya (who would not stop talking about something or other, and who then began to sing annoying, and never ending songs, all while losing The Game) was beginning to drive Niou crazy.

Oh well. It was amusing to hear the kid complain about getting teeth pulled. Especially during National Children's Dental Health Month.

//National Grapefruit Month//

One of the strangest foods out there, Mizuki Hajime mused, was grapefruit. It was circular; which wasn't the weird part. The weird part was that it looked like it tasted good. The pink color made the food look very much appealing and appetizing, as if you could cut it open, bite into it, and find that the pink flesh was sweet and enjoyable.

This was, unfortunately, not the case. Instead, the pinkish red flesh was sour, and generally had to be covered in three times its own weight in sugar.

So why anyone would dedicate an entire month to it was beyond him. But at least having National Grapefruit Month in February got it over with.

//National Weddings Month//

Mukahi Gakuto didn't generally try very hard in Life Skills. After all, it was a relatively easy (and rather stupid) class that he was taking only for his art elective credits.

However, when the teacher had told him that they would be designing their dream wedding – or whatever ceremony of that type – Gakuto had jumped right on it. Unlike most of the guys in the class, who had groaned at the prospect of thinking about something as far off and long committing as marriage, Gakuto had acted with more vigor than even the girls (who had all obviously been planning their dream weddings since they were young), and completed the project above and beyond his normal effort and ability level. He had even turned in the project early, something he never did.

So when the project was handed back he had expected the A+ he had received. What he had not expected, however, was for his teacher to tell him that she had entered all of their projects in to a contest for designing and planning the best wedding.

He had also not expected her to announce to the class that Gakuto's – yes, his – project had won the contest, and that in the future he would be granted his dream wedding should he still want it.

Grinning ear to ear, Gakuto had practically flung himself out of his seat and down the hall in search of Yuushi. It seemed there were perks to putting in effort after all. Especially when it was National Weddings Month.

//Creative Romance Month//

Oshitari Yuushi was a hopeless romantic, and everyone knew it. No matter who you asked, if they had even heard of Oshitari they would be able to tell you that fact. And nobody could tell you that more than his boyfriend, Mukahi Gakuto,

Gakuto had sat through more romance movies than any person (including a teenaged girl) should have to. He had sat through more in-detail synopses of romance novels in his young age than he should have had to.

Though, Gakuto had to admit, dating a romance enthusiast definitely had its perks. Especially a well-off romance enthusiast. It gave Oshitari the freedom to exercise some of his more extravagant wishes as far as a hopeless romantic went, including filling Gakuto's entire homeroom class with roses of assorted colors on Valentine's Day.

Which was why Gakuto didn't really mind that February was Creative Romance Month.