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Day 04: Snowman

These past few days, the snowfall has been quite heavy, most people staying indoors unable to even go past their front doors.

Kotarou stretched as he yawned, looking at the clock to see the time. It was minutes after ten o'clock but he didn't care about the time. His eyes caught the falling snow outside and quickly, he dashed towards the window for a better view. Snow coated everything, everywhere, the environment looking like a world of fragile things.

Immediately, the lightning dribbler got an idea.

He shared a room with Shige, and scooting over to the brunet's bed, he shook him violently awake. "Shige!" he shouted.

"Hnn…?" The boy groaned out, still partially in his sleep.

"Do you want to build a snowman?"

His eyes snapped open. He looked to Kotarou who wore the brightest grin he's seen him do so far. "Are you serious?" he asked.

"Of course I am! There's so much snow out there! Let's put it to good use!"

"Right you are!" He chirped.

The two then dashed out of their room to wake up the others in order to build the ultimate snowman.

At first, Shuuzou nearly killed them with the lamp at his bedside table but thanks to Tatsuya, Shige and Kotarou were able to escape with minor scratches. They then headed to Tetsuya and Kazunari who were more than eager to build a giant snowman in their front yard. The hawk-eyed boy had even thought of putting some Christmas lights on the creation when they were done.

Lastly, but not least, were Yukio and Shouichi. Of course, neither captain was fond of mornings, so naturally, they too, aimed their bedside lamps at the crowd of boys entering their room because they wanted to get some more sleep.

"Get the hell out!" Yukio screamed. "I want to sleep!"

"But Yu-chan! Don't you want to build a snowman?" Kazunari whined. "Come on, let's build a snowman!"

"Yes! But not now!" He screeched indignantly. "I need to sleep first!"

"No way! It's after ten o'clock! Get your ass up!" Shuuzou said, shaking him in his shoulders.

"I'll kill you if you don't release me this instant." The Blue Elite snarled.

"Heeh? You wanna test that out?" He prompted.

"You little shit!" Yukio snapped, springing out of bed, reaching for Shuuzou. The power forward laughed at this, as this was what he was aiming for. Rile up the captain and get him to get out bed, Shouichi was sulking in his bed due to the screaming and shit that was going on. He wasn't the type to act out like Yukio and luckily for the others, there weren't any sharp implements nearby.

"Yuki, it makes no sense to fight them." Shouichi yawned. "They'll pester our asses until we give in to them eventually."

Yukio smirked. "Hoh? Who says we couldn't kill them before that?"

"Well, now that you're up, can we go make that snowman now?" Tetsuya said groggily. "As much as I want to, I'm still sleepy, you know?"

"I know the perfect remedy to wash away that sleep." Shige grinned. "Trust me."

"Seeing your face, I know I can't do that." He stepped away from the tall brunet. But now that everyone was up and running, they all assembled to the bathroom to freshen up after which they headed down to the living room and kitchen to see if Tanaka was up. It turns out, Tanaka was out of the house, he left to go somewhere he didn't specify.

"Well…that means, either we have breakfast without him first and then we build our snowman, or we build the snowman first then we ―" Tatsuya said after he read Tanaka's note.

"Naturally we're gonna eat first." Shouichi said. "That's a no-brainer."

"Alright, so what's it gonna be" Yukio asked, already strapping on his apron.

The others looked to each other fiercely before the scream fest started.

"Pancakes!"

"Sandwiches!"

"Cereal!"

Yukio looked at them with a deadpan expression before he turned to the fridge and said, "Omelettes it is."

Cue the somewhat angry screeches of his name from the remainder of the boys present.

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Now that breakfast over, the boys tackled the snow outside. Suiting up in their winter wear, the eight boys dashed outside with their shovels, and whatever they could find. Exiting the house and into the snow filled yard, they realized that the amount of snow was far more than they had thought.

Which made things all the better.

"Ne, how about we split into teams and make multiple snowmen?" Tatsuya suggested. "And maybe snow gnomes."

"Not bad, but what the hell are "snow gnomes"?" Shuuzou asked.

"They're snow versions of garden gnomes! Duh!" Tatsuya quipped at his friend's stupidity.

"Don't duh me! How was I supposed to know that?!"

"So, how are we going to split the teams? Random? Or…"

"Of course I'm with Tetsu!" Shige shrieked, throwing a hand over the light-blue haired teen. "I'll never separate from my childhood friend!"

"How boring." Yukio drawled with an eye roll. "Kazunari, let's go."

"That's right," Shouichi smirked. "Shuuzou, I believe we'll make a rather good team."

"But, Shuuzou and I created mayhem back in America! You can't take him away from me!" Tatsuya argued.

"Well, in case you haven't noticed, this is Japan. We do things different from the Americans." The bespectacled teen grinned. Shuuzou ignored them, looking around the yard for a perfect spot to build his snowman.

Tatsuya felt betrayed.

Shuuzou was his partner in crime, his power forward, the asshole friend that drives him up the wall that he feels like strangling him sometimes, so, how could he do this to him?

"Let's go Kotarou," The raven haired said with ice. Deep down, he was swearing revenge on them.

Each pair chose a specific spot in the yard to start building their snowmen, but as soon as they started, their creative side emerged.

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Tanaka drove slowly down the ice covered streets after visiting his little brother and the closer he got to his house, the more uneasy he felt. He shouldn't be worried about his eight boys that he's left alone at home, since, this isn't the first and he's returned to a very intact house.

But, he figured that he shouldn't worry about his house or furniture or anything material, instead, he worried about them individually. Boredom and RimFire plus snow equals disaster. As a matter of fact, adding anything to these boys always end in disaster.

Still, he prayed that he was just an overreacting worrywart.

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Soon, he neared his house and what he saw left him breaking out in laughter. His eight boys were the usual, fighting and bickering, but this time over something rather cute.

Snowmen.

He saw Shouichi and Shuuzou arguing loudly over what colour scarf to put their snowman in, the captain had a lovely blue scarf while Shuuzou had a bright yellow one. Shige and Tetsuya coated theirs with some Christmas decorations they probably took from the house and made it look rather…awkward.

Yukio and Kazunari's had so much Christmas lights on it; Tanaka could barely see the snowman. If his eyesight wasn't up to par, he would have thought that the two somehow managed to make a snowman out of lights like the winter illuminations in Osaka.

Tatsuya and Kotarou's …they looked strange. There were two large snowmen that perfectly fine, and then there were numerous smaller ones around them with pointy heads and malformed noses and…

"What the hell are they making?!" he couldn't help but exclaim loudly. He parked in the garage and hopped out of his car, dashing to see what his boys were really up to. He didn't believe it was just making snowmen. "Boys…" he called out to them, luckily, they heard.

"Tanaka-san!" they chirped with bright eyes. "You're back!"

"Yeah, and uh, strange snowmen you've got there. Why build so much?"

"Whose is the best?" they suddenly asked.

"Huh?"

"Which pair has the best snowmen?" Kazunari clarified since it seemed that Tanaka didn't understand.

The landlord sighed. He hated being put in these positions, but he decided that he'll play along with them. "To be honest, Tatsuya and Kotarou's would have been the best if it weren't for those strange little creatures around them."

"They're snow gnomes!" The shooting guard screeched. "Snow gnomes!"

"I wouldn't know. This isn't America."

"What's with you people and America?"

"Nothing, it's just that you do certain things and expect us to know, so we're just reminding you that you're in Japan." Tanaka explained. Tatsuya gave up. "So, continuing, I think that Shouichi-kun and Shuuzou-kun's is the most normal looking of the bunch here, followed by…Shigehiro-kun and Tetsuya-kun's."

Tanaka stayed long enough to regret saying that.

"Oh." The others gave out, strangely sounding calm. They were extremely competitive, so hearing this without a fuss was a shocker to the landlord.

"Battle stations!" Yukio screeched, pointing at the four boys. "We're going to wipe them out!"

Thank you for reading~!