"And who do Seiji and Uhei 'pine' for?" Etsu asked with a smirk from behind. The two boys were now sitting next to one another on the left side of the table.

"Uh…"

"Beyoncé Knowles!" Uhei blurted out.

Sunako and Kyouhei snickered, their hands covering their mouths. Beyoncé?

Keiko scrunched her eyebrows, "I didn't know that you were into dark girls, Seiji," the blond American bimbo from the eighth grade coming to mind.

"I'm not-" Uhei elbowed Seiji in the ribs, "-Totally am. She is so…you know, hot."

Sunako and Kyouhei couldn't hold it in anymore as their laughs penetrated the air. Sunako fell out of her chair and Kyouhei was incessantly smacking the table hunched over.

Uhei blushed as Seiji gave him a cold look.

Beyoncé? Etsu thinks that I find Beyoncé attractive? They're like complete opposites you dolt!

That was the point!

"Anyway…" Etsu started as she and Keiko sat across from the two boys.

Sunako slowly sat up, still snickering, "I'm sorry-laugh-but you should've been here a few-laugh-never mind…"

….

Yuki, Ranmaru, and Takenaga ran around the living room in excitement. The only male housemate not smiling or dancing around like an idiot was the scowling Kyouhei who was eating fried shrimp angrily. He hated holidays, especially this one.

It's Christmas Eve and they all have dates*. Takenaga's going out with Noi, Ranmaru's either meeting with Tamao or one of his 'Kittens' and Yuki's seeing his girlfriend. I haven't met her yet, but I'm pretty sure that her name's Machiko.

"Well, I'm going out!" Ranmaru sang while slamming the front door shut.

I continued to watch The Nightmare Before Christmas, which had been playing all week due to the Christmas season. I laughed as Sally, the rag doll, jumped from her room and broke into multiple pieces when she hit the ground.

Yuki zipped up his coat with glee and hummed as he put on his hat. He looked at two tickets and his face immediately brightened then suddenly paled. He must've been nervous and happy at the same time or something.

I shrugged and popped another chocolate into my mouth.

"See you all later!" He happily chirped while walking out of the house.

Takenaga rolled his eyes and went out as well.

Kyouhei crawled over next to me and began to watch. By the time we reached the thirty minute mark, Kyouhei grumbled as he stood up.

"I have to work-I swear if that old hag tries to touch me today of all days, I'll-" I didn't have the "pleasure" of hearing the rest of Kyouhei's grumbles because he had already thrown on his coat and left.

I walked to my room after the movie finished. I turned on my PS3 and began to fight Akira and Hiroshi (Josephine hates video games). I laughed as time raced away and I won against them every single game!

I looked at the clock after the twentieth round. 12:00 am. I sighed before turning the TV off and climbing onto my bed.

The next day, I woke up pretty early. Kyouhei was sleeping on my floor, lipstick in the shape of two really big lips covered his face. Guess that old lady wanted him to work on Christmas Eve for a reason. I put a blanket over him and lazily walked to the kitchen so that Kyouhei wouldn't whine about food so early in the morning.

The phone began to ring and I answered with a yawn.

"Hello?"

"Um, is this one of Yuki-kun's friends?" A feminine voice asked.

"Is this Machiko?" I guessed.

"Um, yes. You see Yuki and I, last night…well-"

"-I get what you mean," I said, cutting her off. She obviously didn't want to relay the dirty details, and honestly, I really didn't want to hear them.

"Well. He's sleeping and no matter how many times I've tried to get him out of bed, he won't wake up!" She nervously explained.

"Go on".

"My flight for America leaves in forty-five minutes! I wanted to say goodbye before I left, so could-"

"-Could I come over, wake him up, and let you two have a romantic last five minutes together?" I asked,

"Yes! Thank you! I figured that someone at the mansion would know how to wake him up!" She happily exclaimed. "Oh, we're at Ranmaru-san's hotel near your high school."

"I'll be there in about ten minutes," I said before hanging up.

I threw on sweat-pants, boots, gloves, and my coat before proceeding to walk to the hotel.

I walked inside to see an empty lobby. I walked up to the receptionist who eyed me warily.

"I'm looking for a Yuki Toyhama and a Miss Machiko," I said to the desk receptionist.

She smiled nervously before opening a book.

"Ah yes, they have yet to check out. They're on the sixth floor in room 605," she choked out.

I nodded and stalked towards the elevator. Everyone's a critic.

Why couldn't these creatures of light do anything themselves? I asked myself before pressing the correct button.

The elevator finally stopped at the sixth floor and I stepped out looking for room 605.

It was at the end of the hallway. I gently knocked on the door. A girl with blond hair answered before letting me in.

She was radiant, not as radiant as Kyouhei. But then again, no one is as radiant as Kyouhei.

"Ah, you must be Sunako," she said.

I nodded before she led me to the bed. And there Yuki lay, clad in his baggy panda boxers, the girl probably put them on him herself. Poor thing.

"May I use your phone?" I asked.

She handed me her cellular device quickly. I opened her YouTube app before searching "This is Halloween" by Creepypasta. I walked over to the bed before putting the phone's speaker next to his ear.

He began to toss and turn as the eerie song entered his eardrums. He began to whimper before tears rolled down his cheeks. He opened his eyes slowly as the song continued. His eyes watered once he looked at my face.

"Uwaaaaaaaaaaah," he screeched, rolling off of the bed.

Machiko helped him up before explaining my presence in their "room." He blushed before apologizing to the both of us. I quickly took my leave, knowing that they wanted to be alone.

….

Etsu's face was twisted in disgust: "That's disturbing."

Kyouhei laughed, "That's how you met 'sweet' and 'innocent' Machiko?" He laughed even more after Sunako nodded.

"That's how I met Machiko. It's not a day I'll easily forget. Especially because it was exactly two weeks before I began to pretend to be a lady," Sunako explained.

Kyouhei's face hardened. He looked sullen and wounded as his foot began to restlessly tap against the ground.

"What do you mean?" Seiji asked, curious because of Kyouhei's strange behavior.

Keiko's ears perked as she watched Kyouhei. He looks so sad. I want to know what she means, too.

"That's another story for another time," Sunako said as she stood slowly and stretched, "Right now, we have to make our way to the airport. We have forty minutes."

Kyouhei stood up as well and replaced the chairs and the sheet that had earlier been discarded to the floor.

"If you didn't know you were coming with us, how are you going to get your things?" Sunako asked as they walked out of the mansion.

"I asked Takenaga about my things just before we left. He said, 'Don't worry, it's waiting for you on her front porch.'" Kyouhei answered as Sunako locked the mansion's front door.

She ran her hand down the front of it, "Leaving here is always tough," she whispered.

Kyouhei grabbed her hand from off of the front door and held it. It was safe to do this because the kids were already going down the stairs.

"You still have the people that made it so great," he whispered. He brushed his lips across her knuckles.

Sunako blushed before touching his cheeks. His eyes seemed to sparkle, "I still have you."

….

Christmas Eve dates: In Japan, Christmas is "Lover's Day."