A.N: This update is not part of the ongoing plot of My Crush. This is a thank you to all my followers and readers your support is greatly appreciated. We'll call this a Christmas special or holiday headcanons; in other words this chapter is my Christmas present to all of you.

The Karasuno Holiday Extravaganza:

Ah Christmas, tis the season of exams and crowded malls, chocolate and candy canes, lively parties and adorable winter themed dates but who are we kidding with me it's stress and awkward antics as per usual. Mizuho finished her Christmas shopping months ago which s odd because that's probably the only thing she pulled off in a timely manner. So I was forced to brave the busy shopping centers with all the other idiots who had left everything till last minute (*cough* Natsumi *cough*). I had a pretty good Idea of what I was getting everyone unlike a certain friend of mine that hadn't bought a single thing during the 3 HOURS we had been at the mall.

"Keiko do you think the twins want matching scarves or should a get Mai mittens and give Tomo the scarf?"

"Give Tomo the mittens and Mai the scarf, you gave Mai mittens last year."

"Oh right." Natsumi picked up the wooly items and made her way to the cash register.

"Maybe I shouldn't get them winter stuff since they already own some."

"Natsumi please pick something today!"

"Sorry, just what if they don't use them?" I gave her a look, she had been second-guessing every gift she picked up and It was starting to grate on my nerves. We continued like that store to store until I was to hungry to go on and the crowds had begun to thin.

I worked on my presents during every spare moment I could muster up but damn I was good, somehow I would be finished on time (a Christmas miracle, Hallelujah!)

The day before the students of Karasuno left for a much deserved winter break was when I exchanged presents with my nearest and dearest friends then promised each of them I wouldn't open a single colorful package until Christmas (no matter how tempting). During our breaks our group doned festive hats and headbands and carried a large sack of chocolate through the school. We then passed out a little box of goodies to each member of the boys volleyball team who gladly accepted. My Santa like role didn't end there. I had two more shiny packages left and I had left them till last for good reason.

With the hallway barricaded by my friends who knew exactly why I was putting this entire situation off I had no choice but to put on a brave face. I walked to the pair of boys I had been somewhat avoiding.

I could run for it but that didn't work so well last time. Halfway there and they still hadn't noticed that I was heading right for them. It was the break and chances were that none of my friends knew where to find Yamaguchi or Tsukishima outside of class. They were talking to each other and Tsukishima's tall frame was blocking me from view. Last chance. I cleared my throat. Oh god he was turning around. Yamaguchi gave me a warm smile; I could always rely on him to make me feel a little better. How red is my face right now? Could he not stare at me so hard? There is no escape.

"Hi!" (Well that came out louder than I thought it would be, and why was my voice so high pitched." I coughed and tried again.

"Hi." There you go Keiko, that's what normal people sound like.

"What is it," Tsukishima, cold as ever.

"I just wanted to wish you both a Merry Christmas," Keiko's stomach, flip floppy as ever. "And I wanted to give you these." I pressed the gifts into their hands while trying my best to will the flush from my face and neck. Then I did what I'm close to renaming as pulling a Keiko and ran out the door.

My mental freak out caused a temporary lapse in short-term memory. I had forgotten that there was a group of girls waiting in ambush for me (they know me to well).

What happened next can simply described as the following: have you ever played red rover? Natsumi and Saya saw me coming and for some unknown reason their instinct was to link arms and essentially clothesline me in the gut. This should have knocked the wind out of me except that Nastumi is a fair bit shorter than me and when I hit the the human blockade I flipped (as in full on airborne summersault) over their arms and onto the floor.

"KEIKO ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!" Someone screamed.

"Does the world hate me this much?"

"I mean come on its Christmas," my eyes were watering and I didn't care. Just once I wanted to feel a little less hopeless when in came to Tsukishima.

Someone was helping me to my feet but I couldn't see whom, the world was all blurry. Someone else was whispering a little further away and I was sure another someone was whispering back.

"That was… Impressive." I wiped my eyes with he sleeve of my blazer; I knew that voice.

"You can make fun of me if you want." I wasn't finished feeling for sorry for myself quite yet.

"I actually came to say thank you." I looked at Tsukishima with dried eyes and noticed that he was holding a green scarf with a small dinosaur button stitched onto one corner. He had opened my gift. I had spent the last few nights knitting it (I make most of my gifts by hand).

"Sorry what was that?" I asked. Tsukishima faltered and repeated himself.

"Thank you for the scarf, it's nice." Was he blushing? He looked away after he finished. Oh my candy canes! He totally was blushing!

"You're welcome," I said with one of my dumb smiles pasted on my face.

"Maybe I'll see you during the holidays."

"That would be nice," stop it brain stop making me smile like this he's going to think I'm insane.

"Alright well. Merry Christmas Keiko." He turned and walked off and I watched him go (mostly because I was kind of paralyzed).

I think the world should pity me more often; it seems to work pretty well. Once I regained the ability to move I too walked off, but I was surrounded by chattering and squealing females yet I couldn't hear a word they said. My mind was set on replay, and I was going to savor every second of it.