37. Christmas Craziness: Practice makes Perfect?

"AAAAIIIIIIEEEEEEEE!"

Monica and Kai paused the 'Gangnam Style' song by PSY, just as Meister came running into the room and slamming the door behind him. The Pantasia General Manager looked terrified out of his wits.

"Whoa..." Monica trailed off as Kai stared at the older man with eyes as wide as dinner plates. "What happened to you?"

"Sophie and Mizuno happened to me." Meister spoke, panting a bit. "They practically...assaulted me with their feminine clothing and makeup and everything, and I was honestly getting really terrified when they got the curling iron out, so I ran." He looked up at the two teens. "I know that my underwear is showing; don't tell me that. And I know I look ridiculous!"

"Actually, I didn't notice until you told us." Kai interjected. Meister just face-palmed himself in response.

The appearance of the Pantasia General Manager currently was, well, not really feminine, but more of a failure of an attempt to look feminine. There was far too much mascara, the lipstick was more that just smudged, and his long, blond hair was all messed up. His outfit's colours clashed, the neon pink shirt totally not going with the dark blue jean-skirt. Even worse, his white boxers were sticking out occasionally, and the high heels...the teens didn't want to go into detail about how terrible they looked.

"This looks terrible." Monica spoke up. "It's like you just woke up after a really wild party..." She walked over to the older man, looking at his terrible outfit. "What are Mizuno and your sister thinking? Are they colour-blind?"

Meister shrugged a bit. "I don't know about that, but I do know I really shouldn't let them try to make me look like a female." He uttered in response. "The only thing is, who am I supposed to turn to for help?"

"Hmm...well, I could help." Monica spoke up. "But first, we need to get that terribly done make-up off your face; the mascara they applied is way too much!" She paused before realizing- "Oh yeah! Meister, hold still!" She spoke, picking up her marshmallow gun. Meister let out a scream as she fired, and he leapt out of the way. "C'mon, just hold still! PLEASE!" Monica shouted as she chased Meister out of the room.

Kai sighed to himself before picking up some of the candies. He just hoped this didn't happen again when he was around...

"YODELEI-HO! YODELEI-HO! YODELEI-HO!"

That was the sound of Matsushiro and his yakuza practicing 'Jingle Bells.' Unfortunately, none of them knew the correct lyrics, hence the yodelling.

"This just sucks." Shachioko spoke as he sat with Mizuno. "I can't talk about my Nago-I mean, Nigiri..." He trailed off, sighing. "I love it so much..." It was getting really difficult already for Shachioko to not speak about his precious Nagoya, and Mizuno had to keep reminding him to find replacement words for 'Nagoya,' such as Nigiri and so on.

"I understand your point..." Mizuno trailed off. "I mean, now I can't go talk to Azuma-san, or even be near him! This sucks! I hate older sister..."

"Hate is a strong word."

"I know. And I'm not afraid to use it."

Before Shachioko could speak up again, Kawachi was heard screaming down the hallway.

"FIRE IN THE HALL! FIRE IN THE HALL!" The smell of smoke filled the hallway, and soon they heard loud crashes, bangs, and the 'shhhh...' of the fire extinguisher being used.

"Too bad for you that the guy you like can't make anything except for bread." Shachioko spoke up after a moment of silence.

"Yeah, I know. That sucks, too."