The Angel in the Snow

Chapter 4: Day 4 – Decorating

Kyouya yawned, and after stretching out his arms, reached for his glasses on the bedside stand. His ears picked up the sound of rain hitting the ground below. I guess today is going to be an inside activity day…I wonder what Tamaki has planned. Upon feeling mostly awake, he quickly changed into some new clothes and headed out of his room and down the stairs to the kitchen.

Tamaki had already cooked breakfast- a large stack of waffles were sitting on the counter. Tamaki was sitting on the living room couch, watching the TV which was still on the Weather Channel. Kyouya grabbed a plate and took two waffles, then sat down next to Tamaki, turning his attention to the television. After what had happened last night, he was never going to ignore the weather alerts ever again.

It seems the storm that has moved in is only going to become worse, so it is advised that people living in areas where the storm is harshest stay in their houses for the time being, unless travel is necessary, which in that case, one should take automobiles and not risk on foot travel.

Tamaki flipped off the television, and turned to Kyouya.

"Good morning Kyouya!"

Kyouya quickly swallowed the mouthful of breakfast, and replied,

"Good morning." After eating a little more while Tamaki got up to do the dishes, Kyouya asked,

"What are we doing today?" Tamaki blinked at him in confusion.

"Isn't obvious? We've got to decorate this place!" Kyouya looked around him. Because of the storm there was no sunlight shining through the windows, which did seem to give the house a gloomier than normal atmosphere. Maybe decorating the place won't be too bad…


They decided to start with the tree which was sitting in the left corner of the living room. While Kyouya hunted down the tree stand in the storage room, Tamaki got out all the lights and decorations they had bought in the mall earlier that week. Once they had both managed to get the tree onto the stand, Tamaki grabbed the lights and started putting them on the tree while singing a carol to himself.

Kyouya, for the most part, wasn't really needed for anything while Tamaki did that, so he decided to go to the kitchen and make some tea. As he sat there and watched the kettle heat up, he heard Tamaki yell (rather frantically),

"Kyouya- I think I need some help!" Kyouya quickly ran back into the room. I hope he didn't knock the tree over onto himself or something…

Upon entering the room, he saw a half covered tree and a very tangled up Tamaki in lights. Kyouya resisted the urge to face-palm.

"And how did you manage this?" Tamaki smiled sheepishly.

"I guess I wasn't paying as much attention as I should have been…" Despite the fact that it would be a pain to get his friend out, Kyouya couldn't hold back the smile that he felt coming, so he quickly turned around so the prince couldn't see.

"Uh, Kyouya…are you okay?" Shaking his head to get rid of it, Kyouya turned around and nodded.

"I'm fine- let's get you out of that…"

Once Tamaki was freed from the light-strings, Kyouya returned to the kitchen and let Tamaki finish up the lights. When he brought the tea back into the living room the tree seemed to be finished, but he couldn't spot Tamaki anywhere.

"Tamaki?" There was no response. Hmm…maybe he went to the restroom. Shrugging, Kyouya turned to gaze at the tree. Well…since it's finished, I might as well turn the lights on now- it's dark enough in the house. Had Kyouya said this out-loud, he probably wouldn't have done so, but Kyouya didn't normally speak his mind, so walking over to the wall, Kyouya plugged the light string into the electrical outlet.

The first thing that struck Kyouya's mind was that they had been ripped off. Brand new lights and they're just blowing out like that? We were ripped off. Indeed, the lights were blowing out, and although it wasn't a pleasant thing to watch, Kyouya didn't worry because the shocks created weren't enough to light the tree on fire. However, Kyouya did become worried when he heard Tamaki crying out,

"OUCH! OW! KYOUYA TURN THEM OFF!!!" Kyouya quickly did as the voice said, and then called out,

"Tamaki, where are you?" Tamaki's voice got smaller.

"Behind the tree." Kyouya quickly went around to the other side of the tree and found, not to his surprise, that Tamaki had once again managed to tangle himself up in the remainder of the lights, which had blown out when Kyouya had plugged them in.

"Kyouya…help please…" Tamaki begged. This time Kyouya couldn't hold it in, and suddenly the room was ringing from his laughter.

"Kyouya, it's not funny!" Tamaki exclaimed, pouting, but after a minute gave in, and to began to laugh.

Once Kyouya and Tamaki had calmed down, Kyouya quickly helped his friend out of the lights.

"You should probably put those burns under cold water." Suggested Kyouya.

"Yeah, I think I'll go do that." Replied Tamaki, looking down at the red marks on his skin.

Once Tamaki had left, Kyouya lay down on the couch and closed his eyes. It's been a while since I've really laughed like that…it felt sort of nice…I even smiled today too. I must be having an off day… Letting his thoughts drift off, Kyouya fell asleep.

Kyouya yawned and sat up. He was in his bed in his room, but he couldn't remember falling asleep. As he stood up, something felt a bit off, but as he did a three-sixty to take in all of his room, he couldn't find anything that seemed different. Shrugging to himself, he was about to walk towards his door when something sparkling caught his eyes from the window. Turning, he began to walk towards the window.

As he reached the beam, he looked down into his yard and blinked in surprise. There was an angel below, standing in the snow-covered yard. The sun was just rising and caused the angel's blond hair to shine with a strange yet beautiful radiance. The angel's face seemed somewhat flushed and he was smiling in such a serene way that Kyouya's heart felt at peace looking down upon the amazing sight: the angel in the snow.


"Kyouya; wake up! Do you plan on sleeping all day?" Kyouya was rudely awoken from his strange dream by Tamaki's boisterous voice. Shaking his head, the shadow king opened his eyes and sat up.

Tamaki was standing by the tree, a red ornament in hand. He had apparently discovered a radio because Christmas carols now filled the empty silence of the house. "Come on Kyouya, let's finish the tree!" Kyouya sighed.

"Okay then."

As they placed different ornaments all over the lit-up tree, Tamaki said,

"Can you believe tomorrow is Christmas Eve Kyouya? The week sure seems to have flown by!" As he placed the red orb upon one of the branches, Kyouya had to admit to himself that Tamaki was right- the week had gone by fast. And although he would never say it out-loud, Kyouya knew that this had been one of the more strange, yet fun of Christmas weeks he had ever had…maybe the most. Upon realizing this, Kyouya realized that he would have to thank his friend…Tamaki had been right all along.

Tamaki had saved Kyouya from a lonely Christmas, but he had provided Kyouya with so much more that company…

"Earth to Kyouya!" Blinking, Kyouya realized that he had become so lost in his thoughts that he had frozen. Shaking his head, and smiling (just a little), Kyouya continued to decorate the tree and talk with his friend, for the first time feeling thankful that Tamaki had come up with such a crazy plan to stay for the week.

a/n: Sorry for the delay everyone! So, this is pretty much a filler-chapter of sorts, I think it has its moments too. :P So now that I found my plot-outline sheet, it seems there will be two more days and then an epilogue leading into the sequel (which I've already started outlining XD) . So...thanks to all of you who reviewed the last chapter, and a thanks in advanced to those of you who will be so kind as to review this one as well!