"That's it, I give up already!" Syo said, falling back onto the couch. "Nanami, there is nothing, NOTHING, ya can't play."

"W-well I bet there is something out there that I'll find difficulty playing." Haruka said with a small blush on her cheeks, looking down at her lap, hiding a small smile on her lips.

"Yeah, like when pigs start shootin hoops." Syo said, causing Otoya and Mimiko to laugh. Tomochika snickered and gave Haruka a nudge with her elbow. Haruka smiled back, letting out a quiet giggle of her own.

Syo huffed in annoyance and turned on the tv. The others followed his example and plopped on the couches.

"Awe man, I miss sitting on couches and stuff!" Otoya cried, hugging a pillow on his lap. "We don't really have any back at the mansion."

"Oh you pore thing." Tomochika said sarcastically, giving his a playful smirk. Otoya blushed and scratched the back of his head.

"Yeah, but I get what he means." Mimiko broke in. "Sometimes I think I should buy a normal bed with my pay, but I never do- I'm afraid that Master Hijirikawa would be displeased by going against the cultural feel of the manner." Mimiko said, nodding.

"Oh, I suppose that's true." Haruka agreed, never really thinking about that before.

"-And in later news, it seems that the snowstorm hit a little earlier than originally expected. Luckily it should be the last snowfall this season." The group of friends turned to the tv in surprise.

"Snow? I thought it was just rain." Syo said.

"Yeah, I heard we were supposed to be getting a hurricane sometime this week." Tomochika recalled, placing a finger on her chin. "But it was supposed to hit next week."

"When is it coming now?" Haruka asked, looking at the scene.

"It says that it's been snowin for a while now." Syo said. "Impossible! I think we've had noticed if it was snowin." Syo said, striding over to the window, opening up the curtains. The group stared in silence out the window as snow poured down from the clouds. Syo made a few shocked screeched, whipping his head back at the group. "How did we-? I don't-!... What?"

The group huddled by the window, staring out into the winter wonderland below. Haruka felt a smile spread across her face, thinking back to all of the times she played in the snow when she was a child, rolling up snowmen and gently patting more snow onto them to make them rounder, giggling to herself each time one was finished.

She studied one snowflake that had landed on the window, looking at its perfect little shape before it melted. She smiled as more fell onto the window, melting due to the heat inside. "It's so pretty!"

"But wait, if there's a blizzard, how are we gettin home?" Mimiko asked. The others snapped out of their thoughts, looking at each other. "I mean, it's a blizzard and all, so that means it's dangerous out there."

"W-wait, so does that mean..." Otoya said, stopping in the middle of his sentence.

"We're stuck 'ere?" Syo questioned. The five friends looking at each other.

"So, wait, are we here for a while now?" Otoya asked nervously, looking around.

"Well we can't just get home now." Mimiko pointed out.

"Do the others know?" Tomochika asked.

"We should go see them." Haruka suggested. Tomochika, being the only one who actually knew her way around the mansion, lead the group over to Ren's office, since they weren't in the dining room. Tomochika knocked on the door while the others, except for Haruka, explored the lavished hallway, much to her annoyance.

"Come in." A strong voice answered from the other side of the door. Tomochika opened the door and walked inside with Haruka. The first thing they noticed was how it was weirdly colder in the room than the hallway.

Ren smiled upon seeing his wife enter the room and gestured for them to come closer. The two Hijirikawa boys sat in the lavish chairs in front of Ren's desk while Natsuki stood beside Ren, having previously been bending down to read some papers. Tokiya smiled at Haruka and Masato closed his book, standing up to greet her. Natsuki rushed over to Haruka, giving her a big hug, nearly throwing the young woman off her feet.

"Sh-Shinomiya-san, it's good to see you." Haruka said with a small blush on her cheeks. Natsuki pulled away from the petty pinkett with a big smile on his face.

"Hi Haru-chan! I was worried that I wouldn't get to see you!" Natsuki chirped.

"What brings you here?" Tokiya asked, smiling kindly at her.

"Oh, we were all just wondering if-"

"OMG! Haruka! Have you seen how great this place is!?" Mimiko shouted, suddenly rushing into the room. "Hey, did you ask yet?" Mimiko asked, completely forgetting about her manners as she tackled Haruka in a hug.

"N-no, not yet." Haruka answered, falling to the floor, landing on her butt.

"Are you okay?" Ren asked, standing up and rushing over to Haruka, offering her a hand. Haruka graciously took it and was pulled to her feet.

"Mimiko, be more careful." Masato scolded.

"Sorry~" Mimiko said with big eyes that did not look sorry at all.

"So what was so important to ask?" Ren asked Haruka, smiling down at her. Haruka blushed and stammered a bit.

"W-well, we were just wondering if you knew about-"

"We're all trapped!" Mimiko exclaimed, smiling widely.

"We're what?" Tokiya asked, confused.

"It's true!" Otoya shouted, running into the room and stopping in front of Tokiya. "Look outside!"

"At what?" Natsuki asked, tipping his head to the side in a cut manner.

"At the snowstorm." Haruka answered, pointing at the window. Masato quickly jumped up and rushed over the the curtains, yanking them open to see the large sheet of white falling down from the sky.

"It looks like it's comin down harder now." Syo said, looking through the other window. The group gathered around the two windows, looking out into the snow covered world.

"I guess we'll need to extend our stay." Masato muttered, crossing his arms.

"I'll get some maids to make up the guest rooms." Ren said, turning to Tomochika. "Tomochika-san, please get some guest rooms set up."

"Well only because you took that long trip to get to me." Tomochika said sarcastically, leaving the room. Otoya, Syo, and Mimiko snickered at Tomochika's remark.

"Yay! Sleepover with Haru-chan!" Natsuki cheered. "We can make a snowman too!" Natsuki said, running towards Haruka with the intention of giving her a strong hug. Syo, however, stepped between them and stopped his childhood friend.

"Let's not start singin just yet." Syo said with an annoyed huff.

"I suppose this is why it felt to cold in here." Tokiya said, placing his hand on the side of the window, feeling a slight breeze coming through a crack in the structure.

"Maybe we should go to the living room, since it's so cold in here." Haruka suggested, balling her hands together, finding the cold air a little uncomfortable.

"That sounds nice." Masato said with a smile. The group began to leave the room, Haruka and Ren in front of them. They started to head to the living room when Haruka fell back ever so slightly behind Ren. Ren looked at her confused for a second before smirking.

"Don't tell me you don't know the way." Ren smirked down at Haruka, causing her to huff in annoyance.

"Of course I do!" Ren took a step back, holding his hand out, letting her go in front of him. She turned nervously towards the end of the hallway. She could hear Ren laughing behind her and she turned around, landing on on his shoulder.

"Stop that!" She demanded, but Ren only continued to laugh at her. "Mo! You are too annoying!" Haruka huffed, heading down the left pathway.

"Haruka!" Ren called, causing her to turn back to him and his stupid knowing smile. He pointed down the other path. "This is the way to the living room."

Haruka blushed, turning around and walking past Ren, her head turned away from him as she felt his smirk in the back of her head. The group continued on, watching Haruka and Ren interact from behind. When they reached the living room, Tomochika had set herself up on the couch.

"Tomochika-san? Did you... finish?" Ren asked, a little uneasy on how she arrived before them.

"What? No, I told someone else to do that. After all, it's not in my job description." Tomochika replied, checking out her new coat of nail polish in the light. Haruka gave a nervous chuckle, patting Ren on the shoulder.

"It's fine like this. I'm sure Tomo-chan wouldn't have really done much else than turn on the lights in the guest rooms anyways." Haruka said, causing Tomochika to snicker on the couch.

"...True." He said with an annoyed sigh. Ren walked to the couch, sitting down. He patted the space next to him, looking at Haruka. She blushed by complied, walking over to sit next to him. But before she could sit down, Ren's long arms reached out and pulled her down onto his lap. She blushed and struggled, fully embarrassed. Ren's grip kept her still and she soon gave up, finding herself a pillow to cover her face with.

The others sat down on the couches as well, getting comfortable. The doors opened and a special, black haired apprentice came into the room with a tray of cups. He first came over to Haruka, tapping her on the shoulder. She peaked out from her pillow, dropping it when she saw Taichi.

"T-Taichi!" Haruka screeched, trying to grab her pillow again.

"I made hot chocolate!" Taichi smiled, causing Haruka to stop and stare at the young chef. He DID see what kind of position she was in, right?" "Here!" He said, handing her a cup. She took it and watched as he handed it out to the others. They sipped it together, turning on the tv again onto a movie. They watched together in silence, enjoying their time together.

"Hey guys! It's freezing out there!" The door suddenly slammed open and a tan skinned man came in, covered in snow with a few bags behind him. The others stared in shock at Cecil, who came out of nowhere looking like he was knocking on death's door at that moment. They rushed over to him, quickly taking his bags and brushing the snow off of him and giving him hot chocolate and all questioning him at once.

"W-where the hell did you come from?!" Ren yelled, putting a blanket over his shoulders.

"I came down to surprise everyone... Surprise." He said, shivering.

"Why are you in shorts?!"

"Why are you so wet?!"

"I didn't know it would be so cold and I wasn't sure how to get a taxi, so I walked." Cecil said, sitting down on the couch. "But I'm glad that I did- it's been years since we were all in one place!"

"And it's gonna be the last time if ya freeze to death!" Syo shouted, bringing in a hot towel.

"Thanks Syo!" Cecil said, placing it on his head. A smile spread across his face as he snuggled into the couch. "So warm..."

"Hey! Don't you fall asleep now!" Tomochika said, shaking Cecil awake.

"S-sorry." Cecil shivered, smiling at everyone. "But now that we're all here, lets catch up." The group reluctantly nodded, heading over to their seats.

"Something tells me that this is going to be a long stay." Ren said with a sigh.

Hey guys! So this was originally gonna be, like, three different chapters. But then I realized- hey! This is the 50th chapter! So to celebrate it, I not only wrote a waaay more words than I normally do, but I also brought all of the characters together! I hope it doesn't sound rushed with Cecil coming in, but it was originally going to come out of nowhere anyways.

But anyways- happy 50th chapter! I did it you guys! I dragged this out to the 50th mark! Hopefully this won't be TOO much longer- it is starting to wrap up now.

Also, when Syo said: Let's not start singin just yet- he was, in fact, referencing the movie Frozen.

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