Silent Night Act 2

Author's Note: Hey people! I found a loophole in all of your requests evil grin. Love does some weird things to people ((I should know. I've acted the same with my girlfriend as Tomoya does with Kotomi in here)), and causes them to change to match their partner's personality. Which is why Tomoya has, as you will read, gone kinda OOC. But it's not exactly OOC is it? Tomoya changed his ways when Nagisa needed him. And when he left Tomoyo, did he not change and act more mature, studying, finishing homework, and coming to school on time? That's what I thought . Also, due to the fact that even with that loophole it's difficult enough to get Tomoya and Kotomi in bed while in character ((by my rules on okazaki at the least)) I'm going to make this chapter as a preliminary to the lemon. I mean, come ON I have to have SOMETHING lead up to it! Oh, and of course remember this is going to be a lot longer since I'm not doublespacing and because I'm getting a LOT better at putting mental details. So sit back and enjoy the second act of Silent night! ((might not be final . depends on how long this chapter is))

Tomoya sat his usual desk, staring out the window into oblivion. Ever since the Silent Night he had been locked in a daze… unless he was with Kotomi of course. The second his love fell into his arms, Tomoya would be filled with emotions, never wanting to let go… But of course, he had to. Kotomi didn't have any of the classes that Kotomi had recently entered. Not even the cheery antics of Sunohara could wake him from this living nightmare of lazy actions, blind staring, and abyssal thinking.

As said, his thoughts had been locked in the darkness of wonder and empty thought; the abyss had taken hold of his mind, with the only key being her shining presence. In other words, his love had developed into a longing depression.

His glance moved to the clock; 12:30, Lunch had just started. He stood up and walked to the door, right past Sunohara who, of course, had fought his way through the lines to bring back specialty bread. Even with the humorous sight of two bread packages hanging out of his mouth, Tomoya just casually walked past him. All that mattered to him was getting to the library to meet up with his one and only love.

By the time Tomoya had gotten to the library, he was about ready to kill Sunohara. Unlike the previous few days where he merely shrugged and let Tomoya go, Sunohara, instead, decided to follow him, and pester him until he either talked or killed him… both of which points he still hadn't reached yet, though he was close to the killing part.

He strolled down the main corridor of the library, looking down the aisles until he finally found her reading a book, as usual. She looked up at him and smiled, "Tomoya-Kun!" she said, though, of course, her emotion was hardly noticeable to anyone besides Tomoya.

He still wasn't used to being called by his first name, even though she had been calling him by that name since long before the Silent Night. "Good afternoon, Kotomi-chan" he returned the gesture, sitting down next to her.

"This? This is why you've been ignoring me at lunch, Okazaki-kun!?" Sunohara bellowed.

"This is a library Sunohara. Not exactly the best place for you to be since you're never quiet. Why don't you go try to bug Kyou or Tomoyo or something?"

This irritated Sunohara even more, "Maybe I'll tell Tomoyo what you're doing. Then she'll come and stop you"

"Do as you wish, Sunohara"

"Tomoya-kun… Why don't we just let him sit here with us?" Kotomi asked, looking from Sunohara to Tomoya and back again, "He is our friend after all"

It was true. Sunohara was their friend. But ever since they exchanged their feelings, Tomoya had changed… A lot. His likes and dislikes had changed to match Kotomi, so he no longer enjoyed Sunohara's 

immaturity. But, if Kotomi wanted him to sit with them, then he had no objections, "All right" he smiled, though behind that smile he was frowning.

"All right!" Sunohara sat down next to them and handed them both a few packages of specialty bread, "Eat up you two"

He found it odd. How had he recovered so quickly? One moment Sunohara was about to go get Tomoyo to pull them out of here and away from each other, the next moment he was sitting next to them happily eating specialty bread. Now that he had the thought on his mind, how had he have never noticed? Sunohara did this all the time in the past… It was just that Tomoya had acted the same, so he really hadn't noticed it at all. He sighed, realizing thinking about it wasn't going to help get him away from them any sooner, so he opened one of the packages and bit into the specialty bread. It always surprised him how they could make such a dull tasting thing such as bread taste so much better with just a few seasonings and some different flavor pastes. However, he had lost his liking for curry flavor buns, probably due to how many he had had in the last year due to Sunohara's constant success in getting to the same bread day after day. He looked to his love, who, ironically enough, was smiling happily as she consumed a curry bun. He too couldn't resist smiling. He loved when she smiled; her smile was so rare during the year, and now that she had been smiling more recently he had begun to notice the difference in her smile compared to other girls. Her top lip seemed to curve up a little more than others, but still didn't make her look weird. It was actually cute compared to other girls, and her dimples were hardly noticeable, leaving her face with a smoother look. He then returned his gaze to his bun… but instead of the bun, he stared into Sunohara's eyes, "KYA" He cried out as his head slammed into the bookcase that they were sitting against.

"Okazaki…. You've been staring at Kotomi for the past few minutes… and haven't said a single thing about our conversation about "To Do's for Summer Break"" He growled, not noticing that Tomoya had been knocked clean out from that head slam, "…. Okazaki?"

Okazaki woke up sitting at his desk. He looked around, then at the clock. 1:40. Had it been a dre- He couldn't even think that cliché question without feeling severe pain in the back of his head. "Guess not" he mumbled, "How did I get back into the classroom?" At this Sunohara must have heard him, for Tomoya's fierce glare met Sunohara's gleaming smile. He seemed pretty proud of himself… Tomoya then noticed everyone's stares… That little… He must have dragged me in here and set me in my desk with everyone watching. A low growl escaped his lips. He'd get his revenge somehow… Right now though… What happened to Kotomi? Gah. He couldn't think at all. He closed his eyes and set his pounding head down on his desk and quickly fell asleep.

"Okazaki-kun…." Tomoya raised his head to see his waker. "Ah, good. Class has been over for over an hour, Okazaki-kun."

"Ah… Thanks for waking me up Tomoyo… Where are Sunohara and Kotomi?"

The silver haired girl's gaze averted to the windows, "I saw Kotomi head home, though she looked like she was looking for someone while leaving. Sunohara is out in the hall sleeping. Seems he was waiting for you to wake up."

Tomoya couldn't help but laugh, "Typical of Sunohara. Probably needs me to defend him as he walks to his dorm room." He quickly noticed his suddenly cheery nature. Guess that hit to the head really did do something to him. He stood up and walked toward the door, "Where exactly is he in the hall?"

"Right outside the door" Tomoyo turned to him, "Why?"

Her answer was quickly answered. He slammed his foot into the door, then laughed as he heard Sunohara slam against the opposite wall of the hallway, "What the hell!?"

Tomoya then opened the door, "Oh, I'm sorry Sunohara. I didn't know you were there"

"Okazaki!!"



Speaking of Tomoyo, he hadn't broken the news to her. It was obvious Tomoyo had been rubbing on him a lot lately, especially since she lost the election and had much more free time. He felt bad for her, but he truly had no feelings for her…. At least not anymore. His love only went to Kotomi, and no one else. Sunohara didn't know either, and, knowing his low IQ, he probably didn't guess from the library meeting that they were together. His thoughts finally gave him physical freedom just before he and Sunohara reached the sports dorm. Even though he longed for Kotomi's presence, he decided he'd at least give his old friend some company for once. He quickly stepped ahead into the dorm office, "Sunohara was caught peeping again today" he said loudly, grinning as Sunohara was taken into a head lock by Misae.

"Thanks for the info Okazaki-kun" she said, smiling as Sunohara struggled to free himself. The old trick never got old to him, no matter how many times he did it. He was actually surprised that Misae hadn't caught on that it was just a joke to get Sunohara hurt. He continued walking, down the hall and to Sunohara's room, then waited, counting down on his fingers.

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"GAAAH!!" came the perfectly timed cry of Sunohara as he bolted down the hall with Misae in tow swinging a broom at him, "Open the door open the door!!" he cried to Tomoya, who happily complied, opening then stepping inside the room himself. He again counted down on his fingers.

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Then slammed the door in Sunohara's face, silently laughing as his friend got his ass beaten by the crazy broom swinging Misae. It was odd. It was like that blow to the head had returned some of his liking for Sunohara's immaturity. He couldn't help but flinch as he heard Sunohara's face get slammed into the door, "Looks like she's having a little more fun than usual"

"Oka.. GAH…. Okazaki… open the door…." Sunohara said weakly before getting one hit from the stick of the broom. Tomoya, again, happily complied, opening the door to gaze upon the shattered corpse of his once proud friend, "Oka…zaki…. You bastard…"

"Ne, Sunohara, Ikuteruka?" Tomoya said with a grin. He remembered the first time Sunohara challenged Tomoyo, he had said the same thing to see If he was all right, and the same anger that erupted from that humorous question erupted again.

"I'll… kill you…." Sunohara growled weakly, "or… I'll tell Tomoyo about Kotomi…" Tomoya's smile vanished. What did he just say? "I'll tell her… about how you two… heh… she'll tear you two apart…"

"Shut up!" Okazaki nearly kicked the door down, "You wouldn't dare!"

Misae popped her head into the hall, "Ne! Okazaki-kun, what's wrong?"

"eh…" he glared down at Sunohara, then stormed down the hall. If Sunohara told Tomoyo, she'd kill him. But… If he told her himself, then she might understand. If it would save him and Kotomi from hell on earth, then his mission was clear.