Okay, I'm going to take this time to answer questions and explain some things. Yu Narukami's official birthday is unknown, I just made that his birthday in my story to fit the plot, I fully understand what was meant in your review, FortunesRevolver, so worry not. I knew that the joke was lacking in 'taste', but I felt like it needed to be made anyway, as it was meant to get a point across. (and I hope by the time I've posted this, I've sent you a message explaining my reasoning behind such a joke.) And to my dear friend Lommux-chan, based on what the game itself hints at, which is that Naoto is huge up there, I believe her to be at least a size D. It's very heavily hinted at that she has huge knockers. XD But anyway guys, thanks for reviewing. This chapter is for those who bothered to review and critique me. You guys are the SHIT! :-D

December 19th, Morning

"Yosuke, I'm going to fucking murder you." Yukiko said

"Oh come on, Yukiko, it's not that ba-"
"Stow it, Jacqueline. You don't have a big-ass lightbulb on your nose, now do you?" Yukiko snapped at Chie

Yukiko was dressed up head-to-toe as a stereotypical reindeer with a red bulb planted to her nose

"You know how well this'll work! Kids live for a nice, nostalgic memory like a red-nosed reindeer!" Yosuke reminded her "Watch!" he told her

All Yosuke did was flip the switch in his hand. Little did he know, there was no going back.

No matter how badly he wanted to...

The bulb on Yukiko's nose sparked to life. It almost looked like someone had picked the largest cherry on the tree, dunked it in a luminescent chemical compound, and stuck it right on the tip of Yukiko's nose.

After she found the will to overcome her surprise, her body moved of it's own accord.

Yukiko planted her right heel into Yosuke's closest foot, followed up by slamming her knee into his groin.

"WHY THE HELL AM I GETTING ALL THE PUBLIC ATTENTION! YOU MIGHT AS WELL HAVE PUT UP AN ADVERTISEMENT THAT SAYS "HEY, LOOK AT ME, I'M A FUCKING IDIOT!" Yukiko screeched

"We're all here to get the public's attention! That's the whole point of all of us dressing up! You just happened to be dressed up as a popular Christmas character! Senpai and I are tight-wearing elves, Yosuke's a gingerbread man, Kanji's SANTA, Rise's Mrs. Claus, Chie's Jacqueline Frost, and Teddie's a peaceful Yeti!" Naoto yelled at Yukiko, as if it would further enforce her point

"Okay, let's all just calm do-." Yu started
"Yeah, but you guys have subtle things that catch someone's attention! I'll stick out like a sore thumb! Or perhaps a swollen nose would be more accurate!" Yukiko screeched

"Seriously, guys! Chill out! Our work day hasn't even started ye-!" Chie tried to calm them down
"Then you could just ask to be a regular reindeer instead of Rudolph! I'm sure that would work!" Naoto suggested
"Yeah! That's a great idea Nao-kun! I'll go look for a standard noise right no-!" Teddie, or rather Yeddie, began
"NO WAY IN HELL! WE CAN'T HAVE A REGULAR REINDEER AND NOT HAVE RUDOLPH! IF YUKIKO WANTS TOO BE A STANDARD REINDEER, SOMEONE ELSE HAS TO BE RUDOLPH!" Yosuke shouted to make his point

From that point on, it just went into complete chaos, with Naoto and Yukiko arguing endlessly, Yosuke exacerbating the situation, and the remaining the unable to be heard over the ruckus.

"HEY! WHAT ARE YOU SHITHEADS ARGUING ABOUT? THERE'RE ONLY THIRTY MORE SECONDS UNTIL JUNES OPENS!" Kanji-Claus berated the group
"He's right! We need to get our heads out of our butts, and start working right now! There'll be plenty of time to argue later!" Rise chided with Kanji

"Welcome, Junes shoppers, to our Opening-of-the-day-Sale! Be sure to check out our awesome sales in the electronics department!"
"Every day's great at your Junes~!"

The sale and stupidly catching jingle signified the start of the shopping day, and the beginning of the groups temporary jobs, and so, even though they knew it wasn't good to bottle-up tension, now was neither the time, nor the place, and a temporary treaty was silently formed.

Daily Highlights

Kanji lifted a young boy up onto his lap and asked "What would you like for Christmas this year, young sir?"

The child didn't have to think for very long

"I'd like Mrs. Claus, please!" said the small boy, his eyes sparkling with sheer joy

Rise heard this and turned to see this boy

"She's just so nice, calm, and happy! I want to play with her, because she looks like she'd be fun! Not like all the other adults!" the boy said candidly

Kanji took what the boy said the wrong way and was simply flabbergasted by what he thought the lad had meant

Rise was delighted to hear what the boy had thought of her, so she had picked him up and pecked him on the cheek

"Aw! You're so sweet for saying that~!" Rise nearly squealed "I know! I'll get you an ice cream cone as my way of saying 'thank you'!"

Later

"Hey, Rise, if I had said what he had said, what would you have-?"
"I'd have doused your eyes with pepper-spray, of course, Kanji." Rise cut him off
"Why!"
"Because he was innocent and didn't know any better. You would have been a creeper!"
Kanji's face looked something akin to this: D':

December 19th, Evening

Yu curled his fingers between Naoto's and pecked her cheek

"I hope you and Yukiko can work out your issues."
"Oh, it's nothing a bout of shopping with her or a good RomCom won't fix. I'm more worried about Yosuke, really."

Yu chuckled "Yosuke's a trooper. He's seen his fair share of nutcrackers, but he always gets back up. He really is a glutton foot punishment like that."
"Yeah, I guess so. Anyway, only four more days until your gift. How do you feel? Are you getting antsy?" Naoto teased

"You have no idea. But knowing you, I'm sure it will be well thought-out and it'll be fantastic."
"You have some high expectations, mister~."
"You've earned every consideration put into those very expectations."

"Well, Casanova, I'm afraid this is my stop. I trust I'll see you on the walk to Junes tomorrow?"
"Of course. If you show up a little earlier, we could even have a little private time."

"Sounds lovely. Be ready for anything, Yu. You never know with me." Naoto said with a wink as she walked into her apartment complex

"Well, you are my little Wheel of Fortune." Yu whispered under his breath

Well, there you guys go! I actually felt really good about this chapter right after I wrote it, though the cute little teasing at the end came to me later.

Suffice it to say the gang worked out their issues as that'd just add to an already long enough chapter and the making up is irrelevant to the plot. :-D

Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter!

If you have any comments, questions, or you just feel compelled to tell me what you thought, feel free to do so in the little box provided below. And remember, an author with a lot of reviews is a happier and more productive author! (In other words, review, or I won't update.) [Sorry, but that's how it is, guys.]

Until next time!

~GA96