Disclaimer: I don't own them, I'm just borrowing then for a little bit. I haven't seen all of Weiß Kreuz so I'm taking many creative liberties with this. Because of this, many characters... *cough* AYA ...may experience mild to severe cases of OOC-ness.

"blah" = spoken

//blah// = thought

/blah/ = telepathy

BLAH = shouted



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"Schuldig, Farfarello, Nagi! Get out here now! We're late!"

Brad was annoyed. So far, he'd had to clean up the mess Farfarello left in the kitchen, find the keys to his car which Schuldig had misplaced the night before, fish a sheet out of the hall closet for himself, find the path buried somewhere under mounds of discarded clothes in Nagi's room to reach the computer and check his e-mail (because he wanted to, not because he had to), and call the Koneko to let them know that they were running late. His carefully planned schedule had gone out the window somewhere between the kitchen and the keys. Now, he was standing at the frontdoor, in a bedsheet, waiting impatiently for the rest of his dysfunctional "family".

"If you aren't out here by the time I count to..."

He was cut off by thundering footsteps in the upstairs hall.

Stepping to the left as the trio reached the top of the stairs, he managed to aviod the pile-up. Nagi tripped as Farfie tried to push past him, and fell, grabbing Schuldig's sheet in an attempt to keep his balance. Schu, caught unprepared, fell forward and down the stairs, taking the other two with him. By the time they reached the bottom, they lay in a sprawled heap of arms, legs, and sheets. Farfie grinned maniacally.

"Let's do that again!"

The others stared at him in pained shock. "NO!"

"Why not? Crushing children hurts God."

Nagi, his voice muffled by having his head buried under Schu's toga, snapped irritably, "Farfie, you're heavy! Get off me!"

Brad rolled his eyes, dragged them apart, and herded the group out the door to his car.

"WAIT!" Farfie yelped. "I forgot something!" He turned on his heel and raced back inside returning a few moments later carrying a large brown cardboard box.

"What the hell is that?" Nagi muttered.

"Nagi... what did I tell you about swearing?" Brad asked cooly.

"I know, I know. 'Go to your room'." The telekinetic made a break for the house, but was stopped in mid-stride by Schuldig.

/You sure you wanna stay here? Tsukiyono's giving off some really... interesting... thoughts. You don't want to disappoint him, now do you?/

That was all it took. Nagi retraced his steps, jumped in the car, and yelled at the others to hurry up.

"That wasn't so hard, now was it?" Schu smirked.

"Shut up and get it!" he growled.

"Careful! You'll mess up my dessert!" Farfie exclaimed as Schu pushed him towards the car.

Nagi paled. "I don't wanna know."

"Good, 'cos I didn't make it for you. It's for the Weiß kitties, and it hurts God. So there."

~

The drive to the Koneko took less time than Brad had expected, but perhaps it was because he was driving at about 80 mph through the city.

When they arrived, he jumped out and went straight to the door and knocked loudly, not bothering to wait for the rest of them.

Schu sighed, re-adjusting his sheet and the suspenders he had "borrowed" from Brad. Farfie shoved his box at Nagi and slurped happily on a lollipop (Brad wouldn't let him have any knives at the party). Nagi was practically bent over backwards to keep from dropping the "dessert"- the box was about half his size, heavy, awkward, and giving off a weird stench.

Brad buried his face in his hand as a voice sounded on the other side of the door.

"I GOT IT!..." *crash*

~

"I GOT IT!... *crash* OW! YOJI, PUT YOUR SHOES AWAY!" Ken cried, his voice breaking as he tripped over said shoes and sailed into the door.

Aya raised an eyebrow. "He was in the J-League?"

Ken yanked the door open, scrunching his nose in disdain at Aya's comment, a fake smile plastered across his face.

"Konnichiwa. C'mon in."

He didn't bother to wait for them to enter. Instead, he left the door open and walked away, leaving the last one in to shut it.

Schu smiled and shut the door, taking pity on Nagi who was the last to enter and was currently wrestling with the box. /Poor Kitty. Isn't Fujimiya paying any attention to you? Don't worry. There'll be more'n enough to go around by the time the night's out. We could make him SO jealous.../

Chocloate eyes widened, a blush stealing across tanned cheeks, as Schuldig projected various images through his mind.

"Can... someone... take this... please?" Nagi asked pitifully from under the box.

Omi raced to help him. "Here. We can set it over there next to the Dew..." He paused as he caught wind of the scent emanating from within. "What IS this?"

"Dunno. Farf made it."

"HEY! BE CAREFUL WITH THAT! IT TOOK ALL NIGHT TO MAKE THAT!" The Irishman gingerly took the box from the boys and set it neatly on the table, but didn't open it. "There."

Without warning, Schu shreiked with laughter.

"What the..." Omi began.

All eyes were on the German telepath.

"And people say I'M psycho," Farfarello mused.

"How... why... sheet... sewing... TEDDY-BEARS!" Schu was having trouble getting the words out around wild laughter.

Brad was confused. "What is he talking about?"

"AYA!" Schu howled. "He... he... in a..."

"Breathe. Calm down. Try again."

Schuldig brushed the tears from his eyes, took a deep breath and tried again. "He... in a sheet... teddy-bears!" He started laughing again. There was no way he would be able to say it with a straight face, so he projected what he'd seen in Ken's head to everyone present.

The other three members of Schwarz joined their teammate, laughing so hard they were practically in tears. Omi and Ken snickered at the reaction it had on the newcomers. Aya was fuming.

"IT'S NOT FUNNY!"

"Bet me!" Crawford cried, and doubled over laughing.

~

"I hope they're not too mad that we're a little late," Neu said, glancing at Hell.

"If Tot hadn't eaten all the batter, and Schöen hadn't ruined the other, we wouldn't BE late," came the sharp retort.

The girls pulled up to the curb outside the Koneko, parking behind Crawford's BMW.

"Well, here we are. Everybody out! Looks like Schwarz is already here..."

They walked up to find the door unlocked, and the sound of laughter coming from inside.

Schöen didn't waste any time, opening the door and just walking in.

"You shouldn't do that. It's not right," Tot complained, hands on her hips.

The blonde just shrugged, "We were invited, weren't we?"

The sight that greeted them made them stare in shock/horror/puzzlement.

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