Yay! I got some KuroFai Island out, so I'm allowing myself to work on this again for a while. How long, you ask? Until I get bored, until I come to a good stopping point, or until I feel like telling you guys what's going to happen to the Fai in KuroFai Island. I decided to post this chapter today since, well, it's Christmas! Merry Christmas, fellow KuroFai fans! Let's begin.

Part Eleven - Grinches - Kuro POV

"It is Christmas," I said, reaffirming Fai's statement.

He lunged forward to give me a big holiday hug and kiss.

"Happy Christmas, Kuro-puu!"

"Heh, Happy Christmas,"

"Let's open presents right now! Oh, no!" Fai gasped, releasing me.

"What is it?"

"I left your gifts at my parents house, Kuro-puu! What am I gonna do?"

I grabbed him at his side, attempting to calm him down a little.

"Hey, relax. How about you quit with the nicknames? That would be a really good present."

"Hmmm... I don't think so, Kuro-puu!" he said back with a smile. I figured he wouldn't go for it. But then his smile got wider. "But I think I know how we can get the original presents back!"

~X)~

Fai had a crazy idea. We were going to walk back to Fai's parents' house and get all of the things Fai had left there. At first, I wasn't even remotely okay with going back to the house of those idiots, but then I realized just how hungry I was. According to Fai, if we moved quickly and timed everything right, then not only could we take back Fai's luggage, we could also get a bite to eat from their refrigerator. I didn't have much money left, so free food sounded really good right about then.

Fai explained to me that every Christmas Day, his mother and father would drive out of town to pick up his Grandpa Fartwrinkle. His real name was Edwin, but Fai said that all he did was fart and his face was about as wrinkly as wrinkly got. Seemed like a pretty repulsive guy, and it took a whole hour to go get him and bring him over. They normally left around 11 in the morning so that they could be home around noon for family time and a five course dinner with the rest of the family, who came over around one.

I agreed to the plan, though we needed to move quickly. It was already almost 11. We quickly dressed, I in my winter jacket and Fai in some of my other warm clothes I had brought with me. We walked back to Fai's parent's house so that we could use the last of my money to pay for a taxi so that it would be easier to carry everything back to the hotel. Fai insisted on holding hands while we walked. I allowed it.

We approached the house slowly to ensure that his parents were gone. It was almost 11:30 by the time we got there. We had about half an hour to grab what we could before his Grandpa Fartwrinkle got home.

The door was locked, so we had to go in through Fai's bedroom window, which was still open from the night before when Fai's idiot dad nearly shot us both. I hated that man. Why he was such a homophobe, I didn't know. I was just glad Fai had chosen to get away from that bastard.

While Fai got what was in his room, I headed for the kitchen. I wasn't worried about making the food theft inconspicuous. I was starving, having not eaten well since the day before when Fai's bastard dad kicked us out. I grabbed the lamb chops and chicken from the oven that Fai's mom had left warm and I took anything else I could find from the fridge. Lasagna, corn, macaroni, spinach, and various other things, all in small separate containers. I also grabbed some bottled water so we could have drinks. Fai made me bring ice cream, even though I didn't want any.

Fai had packed an old suitcase well past overflowing.

"I want to take all my stuff, Kuro! All my stuffed animals, my books, and all the other stuff I had to leave behind when I left for college."

"Fai," I began. "Be realistic. You can't carry all of this crap with you."

"It's not crap!" He picked up a really old looking blanket and stuffed cow. "This was my first blankee. And this was my first stuffed animal, Baby Moo." He picked up another cow. "And this is his mommy, Big Moo!"

I looked at him for a moment, thinking about how to respond.

"Fine, take them if you want. But you can't take all of them! You've got like, fifty toys in here!"

"And I wanna take all of them!"

"You can't,"

With many pouts and lots of whining, Fai put all but a few of his possessions back. The only things he took with him that I considered "unnecessary" was his first "blankee", his cows, and his Mokona.

The idiot had wasted a lot of time on all that shit, because it was only five minutes until noon when we got it all sorted out. We still had to get out of the house with all of our things without being seen. Damn... this was gonna be hard if Fai's family was on time or early getting home.

I packed all of the stolen food into the grocery bags that Fai's parents had kept so that I could pretend I was getting groceries and Fai could pretend that he was on a trip. We would be sharing a cab as if we just met each other and happened to be headed for the same destination so that the driver wouldn't get too suspicious.

"Come on, moron! We have to get out of here before your parents-!"

My breath caught in my throat as I abruptly stopped my sentence when I heard a door open at the front of the house.

"Shit," I said under my breath. "Get out the window!"

"I'm not leaving you, Kuro!"

"Go!" I demanded. "I'll hand you the stuff, now go!"

If I could help it, I wasn't going to make Fai leave me alone in that house, but I had to make certain he was safe. For now though, he would take the things I handed to him out of the window. We started with the food, since it had a smell. I figured that would be the first thing they noticed was missing.

"Honey? What happened to the chicken? And the lamb?" I heard Fai's mother call.

"What do you mean, "What happened to the chicken and the lamb?" I thought you put it in the oven before we left!"

"I did, honey, and it's not in there!"

"What the hell? Stay here, dad."

"What the hell happened to our food?" I heard him roar about ten seconds later. This was not good.

"Search the house! The thieves might still be here. See what else is missing!" I heard Fai's dad order. "On second thought, stay with my dad. Give him something to eat, if there is anything left... I'm going to check the house."

I breathed a sigh of relief when I heard him say that. At least only one person would be looking for us.

"Fai, take the food and run. I'll see you with the rest when he's left the room." I whispered to him as quickly as I could manage.

"I love you," Fai whispered back. I could see the worry and sadness in his eyes from knowing he had to leave me behind in order for this plan to work.

"Love you too," I said back. I leaned over the bed to give him a kiss. The kiss probably lasted a little bit longer than we had time for, as if it was certain to be our last. I took charge to break the kiss before we got carried away and motioned for Fai to get away from the window as I quickly looked for somewhere in the room where I could hide. I would have jumped out of the window with him, but I knew where Fai's dad was probably heading first. I would have to reenter the room afterward in order to make the mission we had come here for successful. Unfortunately for me, I had very few choices on hiding places. Under the bed was one and the closet was another. The lesser choices were to hide under the covers or in the corner under the pile of stuffed animals Fai had left. I picked the closet. I figured Fai's wardrobe had to be full of old clothes.

It wasn't. If he checked in there, I was sure to be found. I made a dash for the bed and attempted to put things back the way they looked when we had left last night. I only had time to do half, because I began to hear angry footsteps. I dove under the bed and backed against the wall.

Fai's dad stomped about the room. I strained to keep my heavy breathing silent as he walked back and forth, to and away from me.

He stopped at the closet. The doors flung open.

"I suppose it would make sense that you wouldn't be in the closet, faggot..." I heard him mumble.

I wasn't sure whether he was talking about me or Fai, but either way, the statement made me want to push him into that closet and pound him against the wall. I almost wanted him to find me, just so I could give that son of a bitch the beat down of his life.

"Dammit!" I head him swear out loud as he slammed the closet doors. "We've got some damn grinches in the house, honey!"

One second later, another loud noise sounded from the other side of the house. Fai's dad hastily left to investigate.

I sprung from under the bed a few seconds after Fai's dad had exited the room. I reopened the window, going for swiftness rather than silence. I threw everything left out the window before I threw myself out of the window, hoping I would never have to go back in that place ever again.

I picked up Fai's snowy luggage and moved to the other side of the house where the woods were and also where Fai was. As soon as he saw me, he dashed forth and wrapped his arms around my neck in a tight hug. I dropped the suitcase to receive him.

"I guess my distraction worked, Kuro-puu! I'm so glad he didn't find you."

"Wait. That was you who made that noise?"

"Yep! I threw that big rock at the side of the house." Fai told me, backing up to point at the rock he had thrown. We were pretty far away from the house, but it still looked big from where we were standing.

"Thanks," I said, turning back around to give him a kiss on his head and allowing him to snuggle against me for warmth.

"Let's go back to the hotel now, Kuro-puu. I've got a lot of surprises for you!"

"Heh. Same here. Let's go."

I handed him his old suitcase he had packed things in so that I could carry the food, which was heavier. I managed to get it all securely in one hand so that I could place my other hand at Fai's waist. He placed his free hand in my pants pocket. I heard him hum happily as we walked.

Ah, a successful day thus far. As we walked to the main street so that we could get a taxi, I thought about what I had gotten Fai for Christmas, and wondered what surprises that idiot had under his sleeve. My stomach rumbled, and I quickened my gait, all the more reason to get back to the room faster.

I would have put the rest of their Christmas in the chapter, but I'm going for brevity with the chapters in this story. Next time, guys! Oh, and I'd like to give credit to my friend Christina for the name of Grandpa Fartwrinkle. I couldn't think of anything to name him, but when I remembered that, I knew it had to be done. So, thank you, Christina!

And again, Merry Christmas, y'all!