Title: The Twelve Days of Christmas
By: Kbathein. Supposedly, you should be able to read that because of how we read. Personally, I think it just looked messed up...
Disclaimer: If I owned Gravitation, I would be happy! Okay, so I am happy, but I don't own Gravi...
Summary: A better name for this would probably be "The Birds". Or "The People"...Oh Gods! The people!
The Sixth Day of Christmas
…On the sixth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
Six geese-a-laying
Five golden rings
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
Okay, so the five golden rings had been a bit of a shock for Yuki. After getting so many birds, he certainly didn't think he would get anything that wasn't some sort of foul. So what if he did get the other four calling birds, three French hens, two turtledoves and yet another partridge in a pear tree, it didn't matter!
For once, Shuichi had gotten him something that wasn't all feathery! He loved the rings too. He wasn't too big on the way they were delivered (the whole "waiter" thing was a little bit tacky), but after he had gotten over that little bit of shock, he was quite thrilled.
The rings were actually quite stylish. Shuichi had confessed that the rings weren't made of real gold, because real gold would've been too expensive. He didn't really care, though, as long as they were pretty!
Shuichi had been thrilled when Yuki had told him that he liked the gift. For the rest of the entire night, he had been on cloud nine. Yuki could have done just about anything to him, and he wouldn't have come down from his natural high.
As happy as he was about rings, though, there was one little problem to address. The birds. They were everywhere. Yesterday after he had gotten back from the restaurant, he managed to count how many birds that there were.
There were thirty.
Thirty freaking birds were living in his apartment. He was quite glad that his apartment was actually a decent size. If it were any smaller, he would be starting to get piled in. As it were, every time he walked around, he had to be careful that he didn't step on any of them.
It was a difficult feat too, because they were absolutely everywhere. From where he was sitting, on the living room couch, he could see nine of them. That meant that there were twenty-one more birds roaming around his apartment.
It didn't quite make for the most sanitary of situations. Shuichi had attempted to housebreak the birds. Let's just say that that didn't quite work as well as had been hoped. Currently, Shuichi was always running around the house with a mop.
Yuki was only glad that their floors were all hardwood. It would be impossible to clean up carpet. It made Yuki shudder to even think about it.
Of course, it also didn't make the house smell exactly like a rose. Only, the house did smell like a rose because Shuichi and Yuki had invested in the wonderfulinvention of air fresheners. The rose fragrance was the only one that really overpowered the other scent wafting around the house.
And to overpower it, it had to be very strong. Yuki kept sneezing from the scent because it was so strong. But, once again, it was still better than the other scent.
Just about anything was.
The other problem with having so many birds was the issue of them getting fed. It was quite a problem too. The bigger birds were getting so hungry that they were starting to chase after the smaller ones.
On more than one occasion Yuki or Shuichi had to rescue one of the smaller birds. Unfortunately, when Shuichi had purchased the birds he hadn't really thought about how he would feed them.
The hungriest one was definitely Ichitori (the first partridge) since he had been there the longest. Thankfully, that morning Shuichi had gone out to the store and bought some birdseed. It had to be the expensive kind, according to the salesperson, because they were such special types of birds.
When Yuki saw that Shuichi had come home with the expensive birdseed, he had been a little bit pissed. The birds were absolutely starving, if they were going to eat other birds, they would've eaten the cheap birdseed.
But he couldn't really blame Shuichi. Shuichi was incredibly gullible, except when it came to music. He'd believe just about anything.
"Oi! Yuki! Could you please help me clean this mess up?" Yuki heard Shuichi call from the hallway. Yuki looked to wear Shuichi was.
Shuichi was wearing a pink frilly apron and was scrubbing the floor vigorously. Underneath the sponge that Shuichi was using to scrub was a giant mess. In fact, it was a mess so huge, that Yuki hoped that he would never have to look upon it again.
Which is exactly why he wasn't going to go and help Shuichi.
"Please, Yuki," Shuichi begged, "I really need help! I have to go to Hiro's in an hour to help him clean up for Ayaka coming over tomorrow and this has to be finished!" Shuichi's voice was beginning to get frantic.
"Okay, calm down, I'll help," Yuki said dryly, changing his mind.
"Thank you so much, Yuki. There's an apron in the kitchen if you want to wear one." Yuki gave Shuichi the expression that clearly stated that if he ever suggest such a thing again that he could just go to hell.
It was a place that Shuichi didn't really want to be visiting so he averted his eyes. Yuki went into the kitchen and grabbed a mop and then went back out to join Shuichi. A lot of the birds just watched him out of the corner of their minds.
Yuki glared at them, it was their fault that he had to do the cleaning in the first place.
Even with Yuki's help, it still took them the entire hour to clean up the mess. Yuki had no doubt that Shuichi was going to be late to Hiro's.
Yuki had an ulterior motive to helping Shuichi however. It wasn't because he wanted to help Shuichi, oh no, it was because Shuichi was going to spend the night at Hiro's.
He was going to the house all to himself for a whole night! Well, okay, so it wouldn't exactly be all to himself because of all the birds. But he would be the only person there. That had to count for something, right?
Another good thing about Shuichi being gone is the fact that there would be no more weird presents from Shuichi! Maybe the golden rings had been the icing on the cake!
Yuki certainly hoped so; he wasn't sure how many more freaky gifts he could take.
They finished cleaning up the mess and by the time they were done, their wood floor looked absolutely polished. Shuichi was in the bedroom, getting into something a little bit more wearable to a friends house.
Yuki couldn't see why he couldn't just go in the clothes he had just been wearing. When he suggested that Shuichi just stay in his current clothes, Shuichi had wrinkled his nose and practically ran away screaming.
"Yuck! Yuki, how could you even think about suggesting that?" Needless to say Shuichi had shoved the idea back in his face. Yuki didn't actually care what Shuichi was wearing as long as Shuichi got out of the house soon.
And he did. Shuichi didn't really have to get all "prettied up" to go to Hiro's house, so it only took him ten minutes to get ready.
Quite soon, much to Yuki's happiness, Yuki was kissing him goodbye and telling him that he'd see him soon. With that, Shuichi walked out the door.
Yuki silently cheered on the front porch while watching Shuichi go. Shuichi was going to be taking the bus, so Yuki didn't have to worry about anything bad happening to his car.
He walked back into his house, quite happy. Stepping over some birds, he walked into the study, all ready to work on his story. Sure, he had been afraid to type on his computer yesterday, but he couldn't afford to be afraid for very long. He had a story to write, and it needed to get out eventually.
He had been working on it for a while, when he heard the doorbell ring. He thought that it was weird, after all, who was going to come to his house at 3:00? It was especially weird because Shuichi was gone. He just ignored them.
They rang the doorbell again. And again. And again. Yuki couldn't ignore it. Finally, he stood up and answered it.
"Hello, are you Yuki Eiri? I've a package to deliver to you," the woman at the door said. Yuki froze.
"I'm Yuki," he said.
"Okay! I'll just bring it in. Man, you must have a great friend, it's quite a large box."
Yuki stood standing by the doorway as the lady wheeled the cart in. His eyes went wide when he saw the box. It wasn't a regular cardboard box (it was wooden), and on the side it had a giant "live animals" posted in red. He was afraid to open it.
"Here you go!" the lady said, and she left, chuckling.
There was a slight honking coming from the box, and Yuki was seriously scared to open it. There was not a single doubt in his mind that this box had been Shuichi's doing.
Well, he had to do it eventually. Carefully, he pried off the side of the box. It fell down and revealed what was on the inside.
Yuki looked inside and his eyes went wide, and then he realized what he was seeing and he started laughing. On the inside of the box, there were a whole bunch of birds. There were sixteen of them to be exact. There were all the birds he'd gotten before, and he'd expected that.
There were even five little gold rings in the corner of the box in a smaller box. No, it wasn't that that made Yuki laugh, though, it was the six new birds.
They looked like they were in pain and for some reason it was really funny. It was really funny. Yuki was rolling on the floor laughing. They just looked like they were trying to do something.
He stopped laughing though, when something came out of one of the birds. It was an egg. His eye's widened. Soon, there came an egg out of every single one of the new types birds. All of them immediately looked relieved.
On the side of the box, there was a packing invoice. There was also another piece of paper that said "Happy Sixth Day of Christmas, Yuki! The new birds are geese-a-laying! I hope you enjoy!"
All of the birds that had already been in the apartment had come to investigate the new birds. They seemed just as confused as Yuki was.
Son of a gun.
He now had forty-six birds, and six eggs!
It was a freaking nuthouse! Actually, it was more of a birdhouse.
Yuki was afraid about what was going to come tomorrow.
End "The Sixth Day of Christmas
Halfway there! It's 9:21! The time I always update! Actually, I lied, I'm pretty much updating twelve hours later than I usually do. I have an excuse though...ready...I have a life! I actually got to hang out with my friends this weekend (and besides catching a cold), I had a great time. I got an Inuyasha plushie!
Okay, so, here's the review of reviews:
Elements: You just barely missed it! But! You're first then, on this one..., Fwoosh: Yay! I'm glad that you think so!, Tricksters Girl: I haven't decided yet..., Queen of the Paperclips: I do too, I do too, Notta Writer: hehehe, I try! And it's only day 6!, emerald-jade: I might just have to use your suggestion..., Syaoran is kawaii: And what would Shuichi do, if Yuki set his gifts free, eh?, tokyo kitsune: it'll be fun to see..., goku-the-saru: not my fault! I have a cold!..., Shirubaa Kitsune: Don't worry, it'll all work out...I promise..., DarkGatomon: あ、私は日木??の二年生です。 In other words, I don't know a whole lot..., Sliefoxx: I'm so glad that you like it!..., Kitty in the Box: Wouldn't you try to cook them?, robuddi: You'll see, you'll see...
That's it. I got a lot of reviews that time! You should've seen my face when they popped up! Like...shock!
Thank you so much! Because I got so many, virtual Shuichi plushies and Ryuichi plushies for all!
Once again, I'm sorry for this chapter for being out so late. Don't expect one that early tomorrow either. (it'll be earlier than this though...I hope...)
Thank you for reading, and until tomorrow...
Ki-chan
p.s. GACKT ROCKS!!!!!