I let out a sigh as I walked through the front door of Clear's home. I leaned against the door, and kicked off my shoes; it had been a long day with customers coming in and out of Heibon it was a revolving door nonstop, and every customer seemed to come in mad about one thing, and leave mad about something else. Since Haga-san was out on a delivery all day I was alone form opening to closing, and any other day I could run Heibon just fine; I wouldn't have to worry about things being hectic, but I didn't know what it was about today that had everyone running around like the world was going to end. We never ran out of products anymore, and it wasn't even that close to Christmas so we would definitely have more come in to fill in everyone's orders and then some. I felt my body tremble from sheer exhaustion when a soft, familiar melody drifted through the air. I relaxed slightly at the sound of Clear's song, and began towards the kitchen. I stopped in the doorway, and had to stifle a groan at the chaos that was present. There were multiple glass bottles and jars on the table with red and green wires wrapped around or through them.

"Welcome back Aoba-san." Clear said quietly as he stood still by the kitchen table. He turned his head to look at me with a gently smile on his face, and even though just looking at the mess was enough to make me more exhausted I felt myself relax, and returned his smile with my own tired one.

"I'm back." I respond sitting my bag on the floor, and let Ren. I was about to ask him what he was doing, but instead he asked one of his own.

"Did you have a hard time at work?" he asked me as I walked up to him, and leaned my head on his shoulder. He still didn't move, but that was Clear; true he was normally so hyper I didn't know what to do with him half the time, but there were also times when he knew when I was too tired, or ill to deal with very much at the moment, like right now, and when he did notice he became very still, and very quiet. Well, he also became very doting which was a little overbearing at time, but I didn't complain since he always tried his best.

"It was a really long day." I mumbled into his arm. I turned my head slightly, and looked back at the table. As I looked closer at the bottles, I notice that all of the bottles had little Christmas lights in them, and I think I managed to piece together what Clear had planned. "Christmas decorating?"

"That's right!" Clear replied happily. "I went on a walk yesterday, and I saw people had hung up pretty lights in their windows, I thought that might be nice to do here." Clear trailed off hesitantly at the end of his sentence, but I patted him on his back, and lifted my head off his shoulder as I walked up to the table.

"I think so." I replied as I gingerly lifted up a pretty blue bottle that had an unknown color light in it. "Wow, these are going to be so pretty…" I stopped as arms around me from behind, and cupped my hands in his as he lifted the bottle up so it reflected in the light of the kitchen window.

"This is yours Aoba." Clear whispered, he sounded happy that this was the bottle that I had decided to pick up, even if only because it was the first one to catch my eye, but then again that's probably why Clear said it was mine; he knew I would like this bottle.

"Aren't they all yours?" I asked him as I turned my head slightly to look at him from the corner of my eye.

Clear was quiet for a moment, and pondered my question before he shook his head. "No, Aoba-san, they're ours." he said with determination, and my heart fluttered at his words. I leaned back, I still felt tired, and wanted desperately to just go to bed, but…I really want to see what these look like once they're up.

"Hey Clear." I said, and he hummed as he rested his chin on my shoulder. "Can we hang them up?"

"Shouldn't you get some sleep first Aoba-san." Clear asked. "You're exhausted."

"I agree Aoba." Ren interjected. "You're energy levels have lowered dangerously. You need to get your energy levels back up before you begin any strenuous projects."

"It's only putting up lights." I said and shook both of their concerns off. "I'll be fine. Besides I really want to see the lights Clear made." I looked up at Clear, and I can tell he was torn between the facts that he wanted to say yes but also wanted to say no. That was another thing I loved about both Clear and Ren, they didn't allow me exhaust myself, but there are times where I really don't mind. I continued to look at him, and finally his resolve broke, and he gave me a smile.

"Alright let's put the lights up." Clear replied, and I gave a cheer. I helped gather up the bottles, and held what Clear asked me too. Ren tagged along for good measure, and helped give Clear instruction on how to best, and safely, hang up the Christmas lights. Clear had a few strands so we started downstairs first. We hung up on strand of lights around the kitchen door entrance, we made sure they were strung tightly on the top of the door frame, but allowed the edges to hang loosely, clipped back only slightly so that they wouldn't hang in front of the door. Afterwards, Clear took some lights into his Grandfather's room, and began hanging a couple in there. I didn't go in, but I waited by the door, and watched him quietly. I never went into his Grandfather's room, I didn't feel like it was my place; Clear said he didn't mind if I went in there, and I believed him, but I felt like it was a sacred room for him, and I didn't want to disturb any memories that had been left here between the two of them. I leaned against the door frame on my right arm, and leaned my head against it, and watched Clear work. Occasionally he would murmur a few things, and then a sad expression would come across his face before a smile quickly replaced it again. No…unless Clear was to pull me into this room, I would never do more than stare in it, and wonder about the memories that lied in there.

"Aoba-san…" Clear said, and I snapped out of my daze. He stood in front of me, and leaned down. "Are you ok?"

"Yup, I'm good." I replied back, and pushed myself off the wall. "Upstairs is next right?"

"Yes." Clear responded slowly. "But we can save that for tomorrow."

"Nope, let's go ahead and do it tonight!" I said excitedly. This was the part I was most looking ready for. Clear nodded as he grabbed my hand, and walked up the stairs with me. I could hear Ren's nails as the clicked on the stairs, but he made no comment as we entered the room.

In complete honesty, Clear's room hadn't changed at all since we started dating; apart from the dust, his room was still full of broken glass bottles, jars, and varies marbles. He covered the mirror back up, but lately I've seen him remove the tarp more and more as the days go by, even if only to stare at his reflection for a few minutes before he would cover it back up again in a haste. When I asked him about his new habit, he said the only time he ever looked in the mirror was if I was there, he didn't feel comfortable to do it if I wasn't around. I didn't press the matter afterwards, and he didn't comment further.

"Aoba-san where should we hang these ones?" Clear asked me, and held up a handful of Christmas light strands. I looked up around the room, and thought about the answer. It probably wouldn't be easy, and I didn't know if we even had enough lights to do it, but I voiced my own thoughts anyways.

"What if we hanged up the lights around the room, and if we have any left maybe we could hang them in the window." I asked, and pointed around the room as I spoke. Clear looked around the room, and nodded.

"We should have enough for that!" Clear said excitedly. "And if not, I can always make more." I didn't want Clear to have to make more, it made me nervous to think that messed with electricity since he could get a bit distracted easily.

"I'm sure we'll have enough." I agreed with him, and Clear immediately set to work to hang up these lights as well. He wouldn't let me get up to help him, and instead just had me hold the lights till I needed, I rolled my eyes, but didn't complain. We did manage to hang the lights around the room, and the window which made me happy since it meant Clear wouldn't have to make more, and I didn't have to worry about him electrocuting himself.

"Hold on Aoba-san." Clear said, and pulled my towards the center of the room. He left me there long enough to turn off the lights to the room which covered us in complete darkness. "Cover your eyes." I did as I was told, and I could hear Clear rustle around the room before I heard a click, and a quick set of footprints before a large set of hands covered mine. I jerked slightly, but didn't pull away even if he did give me a bit of a start. Clear slowly removed his hands, but whispered to me to keep my eyes covered still. I gave a squeak as he suddenly lifted me into the air, and I had to bury my face in the crook of his neck and wrapped my arms around him in fear that I might fall. Not that Clear had ever dropped me before. I felt him move forward, and then I felt him sit down, the bed creaking slightly under our conjoined weight. I squeezed my eyes shut as Clear laid us both down on the bed; he placed me on my back, and I felt him on his side, one of his arms under my head the other across my stomach. "Open your eyes Aoba." Clear said finally, and eagerly I did. My breath left me in a gasp of amazement. The lights weren't at all like I had expected; they were so much more beautiful. They didn't shine like normal Christmas lights, but rather the looked like various colors of snowflakes were floating above our room and the ceiling. They were different shades of blues, red, greens, pinks, and yellows; some were blurred, while others were completely clear depending on the bottle.

"They're so beautiful." I whispered in amazement. Clear kissed me on the cheek before he began to sing his Jellyfish song. His wrapped me up in warm contentedness, and slowly I allowed myself sink into complete exhaustion, my body fully relaxed as I looked at the lights above us.

That night I dreamed of Clear as he danced among a sea of jellyfish with different colored snowflakes that gave shape to their moves.

Me: Woah waaaayyy to close this time. 10 minutes before midnight, and I just now finished it -_- ugh! I really liked this chapter though, but I wish I had time to make it longer. Maybe I'll come back add more to it. If I do I'll post in update in whatever chapter I did along with it. Also, before I forget, I wanna wish Tae a happy belated birthday! I didn't think to check on December birthdays till today or else yesterday's chapter would have been between Aoba and Tae rather and Mizuki and Aoba.

Anyways have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Later ;P