A/N: All of my stories are in Christmas mode right now. I have a lot of ideas for other stories and one-shots too, so look out for other new posts! Sorry this chapter took so long! I was extremely sick all last week. Now I'm back, though. This chapter's a little longer to make up for all the time I missed.

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Kisara sat inside Luna's kitchen, shivering and clinging to a cup of hot chocolate after having just come back inside. Luna sat with her, but the boys were all outside still.

"So having twins is a nice start to that big family you've always wanted," Kisara said.

"Yeah," Luna agreed. "Do you want a big family?"

"Well, it's kind of early to think of something like that. I want to have kids, but probably only one or two. I wouldn't mind a big family, but it's really something I'd have to figure out with my spouse once I get married," Kisara said.

"You and Seto will figure it out eventually," Luna said cheerily.

Kisara blushed. "Luna, why do you have to say things like that?"

"To see your reaction, mostly," she smiled. "And because the thought's actually crossed my mind. I wonder."

"We've hardly been together more than few months, Luna. And we're in high school on top of it," Kisara said.

"You can't tell me the thought hasn't crossed your mind at least once, especially after talking to me so much about my family, you must be thinking of your own in the future."

"Thinking about what may come is different from making a decision or talking about it with Seto," Kisara defended.

"You two love each other and you know it. He'll have a rock on your finger by next year," Luna said knowingly.

Kisara blushed again, but was saved from having to reply from the boys making a loud entrance into the house.

"Ha! I told you! No one beat the Kaiba brothers!" Mokuba was exclaiming.

"Yeah, especially when it's two against one," Riu said.

Seto and the other two came laughing into the kitchen; all covered in snow, though Riu more so than the brothers.

"Another snowball fight?" Kisara asked getting up and letting Seto hold her.

"Yeah," he laughed, kissing her cheek.

"More like an all out war!" Mokuba said.

"Haha, yeah, you should've seen it," Riu said.

Kisara reached a hand up and brushed some of the snow out of Seto's hair. She smiled seeing his eyes sparkling; she loved that he seemed so alive here. That he could be normal for once and have a snowball fight with his brother.

"So tell me all about it," Luna said, launching Mokuba into and excited explanation of the battle in detail, with input from Riu on his side.

Kisara and Seto slipped out of the room. She kissed Seto's lips. "You're cold," she said.

He kissed her back. "Warm me up," he said.

"Gladly," she smiled, kissing him again, this time a bit more heated.

Several minutes later, the two were too busy to notice that Mokuba had walked into the hallway as well.

"Don't you guys need to breathe or something?" he asked after a few minutes, sending the two jumping apart. Both were blushing furiously as Mokuba burst out laughing.

"What's going on?" Riu asked coming around the corner, hearing Mokuba laughing.

"Nothing, I just came to let these two know dinner would be ready soon," he said, returning back to the kitchen with Riu.

"Warmer now?" Kisara muttered under her breathe to Seto, a bit sarcastically.

"Much," he said.

"Good," she said. "Let's go help them get ready for dinner."

"Good idea," he said, the two of them going to back into the kitchen.

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Kisara sat on the bed in Seto's room at Luna's house, which had many spare rooms for the growing family to come, looking up at Seth. Seth had gotten a hold of a book full of Christmas stories, including ones about Santa and reindeer.

"What a strangle holiday," he chuckled.

"The stories and religious connections can certainly seem bizarre, I'm sure, but the real meaning behind it is all very simple. It's just a time when you get together with the people you love and care about. Normally you exchange gifts, just to let people know you care. Of course the whole things become quite commercialized lately, but it's still a nice time of year, I think," Kisara said.

"You've put some thought into this," Seth observed at her lengthy reply.

"Well when you go through most of your teen winter holidays watching while the rest of your family pretends you don't exist, you have a lot of time to think about things. Like how things are supposed to be," she said.

Seth nodded, thinking. He looked at Kisara, thinking of what he would want to have for Christmas. The person he'd want with him... how things are supposed to be.

She frowned as Seth looked at her. "I'm sorry I can't be her, Seth," she said quietly getting up. "I know it must be hard for you. I probably look just like her."

"Not quite, but enough that you remind me of her when I let my mind wander," he said.
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Kisara sat on the floor of Luna's house near the fire on Christmas Eve, staring into the flames.

"Think you could get any closer to the fire?" Seto asked sitting down behind her.

"I'm trying to warm up. I hate cold weather," Kisara said.

"Yeah," Seto agreed. "It's no Egypt." Kisara giggled as he pulled her onto his lap.

"I suppose it's not," she said. She kissed him gently, "I love you, Seto."

"I love you, too, Kisara," he said, pulling her closer, as if he was still afraid to lose her.

She yawned. "Let's go to bed. You know we're going to be woken up early tomorrow to open gifts."

"You don't want to stay warm by the fire?" Seto asked.

"I think I'll be warm enough now," she said smiling as she held him tighter.

He smiled back at her. "Good," he said, the two of them getting up to get to bed.
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Hours later, Seto lay in bed on his side, watching Kisara as she slept next to him. He was fairly certain that Luna and Riu knew that Kisara came in his room every night, rather than going to her own bed, but they never said anything. He watched the gentle rise and fall of her breaths her pale skin and slivery hair with a blue sheen in the moon light. He listened as the clock downstairs chimed midnight. He brushed a strand of her hair from her face, placing a gentle kiss on her cheek. "Merry Christmas, Kisara," he whispered.

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Kisara smiled as she stood near the tree the next morning. Seto had insisted that they wouldn't exchange gifts. Each said that the other had all ready given them enough, and Seto reasoned that since they were always together, it'd be difficult to get gifts without the other's knowledge. Kisara still wished she could have gotten him something, but what do you get a man who has everything? She didn't know how she would've gotten a gift anyway. She felt a weight as something was placed around her neck. She looked around and saw Seto standing behind her.

"What's this?" she asked.

"Your Christmas present," Seto said, smiling.

"You told me that we weren't exchanging gifts!" she exclaimed. She looked down at the large sapphire heart that now hung around her neck on a silver chain. "How'd you even manage to get it? You've been here the whole time."

"I have my ways," he said. "Do you like it?"

"I love it, it's beautiful," she said. She kissed him, "You shouldn't have. I didn't even get you anything."

"Don't worry about it," he said.

Kisara just smiled. She was going to surprise him with a gift when she got the chance. She wished he had told her he was getting something, but it's kind of hard to be angry with someone who's just given you what's probably the largest sapphire gem on the planet.

"Thank you, Seto," she said kissing him quickly.

"No, thank you," he said. "For everything."

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The remainder of the holiday passed much too quickly. Kisara was sad to say good-bye to Riu and Luna, and even sadder to go back to school. It wasn't the school work that she minded so much, but that whenever Seto went to school, he was always much more distant. He was, of course, much better than he used to be, but he still wasn't exactly the same Seto.

There were times he acted the same way out of school though, too. If he was working on something, or thinking about something. But when he was with her, the cold CEO everyone else saw disappeared and gave way to a kind-hearted, loving, and overly-protective boyfriend.

On the surface, one might say it was all ready like he was two different people, not even including Seth. But really the persona he took on around others was just a mask. Deep down the strong duelist was really just too afraid too trust to for everyone to see he was just lonely.

She doubted that it would ever completely change- that some people would always see him as just a rich jerk with insane ideas- because that's all he'd let people see. But she had the real him, the man behind the metaphorical mask, and that was more than good enough for her. Often she wondered if she even deserved that much. Either way, she was glad he was hers. She really did love him.

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A/N: Please Review!

Also, please check out my new SetoxKisara song-fic Once Upon a December.

Also check out my friend and fellow writer Duelist's Heiress's fic Phantom Duelists of the Opera, and you can find Seth in chapter six!

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