Family Christmas
Old Fiat
Again, this is ignoring 'My Life'-verse. Taka may be a little OOC…
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The Kawamuras
"Taka!" called Mr. Kawamura. "Taka! I need help with the restaurant!"
Taka grumbled a little but pushed himself off the floor. "Coming dad!" he pulled off his pajamas and put on some clothes. He knew many people on his tennis team were having a nice relaxing day-- Christmas is a day of relaxation, but not with the Kawamuras. Christmas was a very busy day and all the help his dad could get was wonderful.
Taka walked into the kitchen where his dad and the other chefs were cooking like crazy. He walked over to his mum. "What can I do?"
She hugged him. "Morning Taka, I need you to take this order over to the Yushimura house."
"Right-o," he slipped on a coat, grabbed the order and got on his bike. And that's how he spent the whole day-- bicycling around Tokyo with orders of sushi.
By nighttime there was one order left. His thighs were swollen and his eyelids were drooping. No doubt about it—Christmas morning was his least favorite time of the year. He rang the doorbell, pushed the sushi into the awaiting woman's arms and hopped on his bicycle.
Taka walked stiffly into the kitchen, he walked past his mom, dad and his dad's fellow cooks. He walked right up into his room and fell onto his futon, his eyes shut and he was asleep.
His mum woke him up about thirty minutes later.
"Taka?" she shook his shoulder. "Taka?"
He opened his eyes. "Mum… I'm sorry for being rude today…"
She smiled. "It's no trouble, your father fell asleep too, but I ordered some take-out and we're going to un-wrap presents."
He sat up slowly and smiled. "Cool… let me just change."
"Okay come downstairs."
He changed into some non-sweaty clothes and went across the upstairs hall to the living room. His mum was putting pizza on a tray and his dad was sitting on the couch in his bathrobe. His dad stood up when he came in.
"Taka," he said. He smiled and held out his arms. "Worst day ever, eh?"
"Totally," Taka accepted the hug and sighed. "I'm so tired…"
"But, you can't have Christmas without some happiness, right? So we have to start unwrapping!"