Here is the last piece of the Christmas Story. I hoped all you had a great Merry Christmas!
Disclaimer: I do not own The Prince of Tennis.
Enjoy the end of this side story.
"Sam. Merry Christmas." Kirihara said softly. He placed a medium/heavy box on her lap. "I had to get rid of Marui, so…Merry Christmas." Kirihara slowly slide the top of the box off.
Sanada and Yukimura eyes widen. Sam's eyes began to water. "…Kirihara…" she said softly. There on her lap was the most beautiful cake. It looked like it was done by professionals. White icing coated the cake. All around the top of the cake were placed what looked like beautiful blue roses made of frosting. Smooth mix colors of blue flow around the side of the cake. The beautiful blue colors blended softly with the white.
"Did you seriously make that?" the surprised Sanada asked. He stared at that cake for a long time.
"Well, my mom helped me out." admitted Kirihara. Yukimura didn't know what to say. No words would come out. Sam moved the cake over to Sanada's lap. Tears slowly trail down her face. She quickly stood up and walked to the kitchen.
"What? Did I do something wrong?" asked Kirihara. He was surprised Sam started to cry and left.
Yukimura finally spoke, "No. You didn't do anything wrong, Kirihara. She's deeply touch by your gift."
"So what did you get Marui?" Sanada asked, after the long stare at the cake. "Did you make him something like this one?"
"No. I got him regular-"
Marui busted out the kitchen door. "Who made Sam cry?!" shouted the hyper Marui. The three guys stared at Marui. They could see the chocolate all around his mouth. They knew when it came to too much sweets, Marui was a messy eater. Then Marui saw the beautiful cake on Sanada's lap. His eyes began to sparkle brightly. "Is that what made Sam cry?!"
No one responded. An idea was stirring in Marui's head. "Since that tasty good-looking cake made Sam cry, I'll dispose of it."
Kirihara eyes widen huge. "NO! You're NOT going to lay ONE FINGER or MOUTH on THIS CAKE!!" Kirihara grabbed the cake out of Sanada's lap before Marui did, and made a run for it. So Kirihara ended up running around Yukimura's house with the cake while Marui chased after him.
"Here Sanada. It's from Kirihara." smiled Yukimura, handing Sanada's gift from Kirihara. Yukimura had his in his hand. From Kirihara, Sanada and Yukimura both received one of their favorite grip tapes.
Somewhere in the house, Marui had Kirihara cornered. "You can't have it!" Kirihara guarded the cake. "PLEASE!!" Marui begged. "NO!"
Sam, feeling much better, walked over to them. "Marui. Leave Kirihara alone, I'll let you have a slice." Then Marui was out of sight. "Thank you Kirihara." smiled Sam. Kirihara handed the cake over to Sam. Both of them returned back to the living room.
"YOUR NEXT SANADA!" smiled Marui. Everyone could see Marui eyes glittering to Sanada. Sanada sighed deeply, "Yours is on the counter next to the fridge."
"YAH!" Marui ran back into the kitchen. "AH! I LOVE YOU SANADA! I LOVE YOU GUYS!!" shouted Marui, with squeals and excitement included.
"What did you get Marui?" Sam asked.
Silence.
"…Well?" Yukimura looked at Sanada seriously.
"A Strawberry short cake, and…" Sanada paused. Kirihara stared at him, "…And?"
"…and a year supply of bubble gum." Everyone jaw's dropped down. "Hey! They were on sale, ok!" Sanada said defending himself.
Yukimura got some cool casual clothes and his CD's from his favorite band group. Kirihara got more video games. "Thanks." both of them thanked Sanada.
Yukimura smiled widely, "It's time for Sam's present." Sanada nodded. He got up and left to Yukimura's bedroom. Yukimura went behind Sam and covered her eyes. Kirihara was too busy playing his new video game. He couldn't wait 'til he got home, so he started to play it at Yukimura's house with his game system. Marui was eating his sweets while watching Kirihara play.
Sanada returned to the living room with the cute little guy. Sanada got down on his knees in front of Sam. "Merry Christmas Sam." Sanada said sweetly. Yukimura uncovered her eyes. Sam saw him and a smile appeared her lips.
Marui looked over. "A PUPPY!!" he exclaimed. "LET ME SEE! LET ME SEE!" Marui ran over and took the tiny black puppy from Sanada arms. "IT'S SOOO CUTE!"
"Marui!" Sanada raised his voice. But then he felt someone around him. It took Sanada a few seconds to understand that Sam had her arms around him, hugging him. "Thank you Genichirou." Sam said softly holding him closer. Sanada couldn't continue his anger on Marui; instead he wrapped his arms around Sam. "Your welcome." he said softly.
Yukimura smiled. 'Finally. Six months of hard work has finally paid off.'
'I guess you won Sanada.' thought Kirihara. He didn't see what had happen, but he could tell Sam made up her mind between the two. He knew she made up her mind when she said Sanada's first name. Kirihara turned and looked at Marui holding the tiny black puppy.
The puppy was really cute. It had beautiful green eyes, and soft healthy black fur. It was the type of puppy that would grow up to be loyal and protect the owner.
'You won Sam fair and square.' Kirihara thought. He wasn't mad or anything, but upset that it wasn't him. Kirihara had been in love with Sam for nearly half a year. He showed her he cared and did everything to keep her happy, but then so did Sanada. Kirihara then decided that it was the best for her to be with Sanada, and that he would be there for her anytime. He went back to playing his game.
xXx
"Ok. Open them!" smiled Sam. The four of them opened their gifts Sam got them. Suddenly the looks on their faces were emotionless and hard. More like 'Are you serious Sam?' Sam saw their hard reaction and started to laugh.
Yukimura was holding the book, 'Learn how to mind your own business.'
Sanada had one in his hand called, '1 Billion ways to Giggle, Smile and Laugh.'
Kirihara had, 'Learn English the Hard way.'
Marui stared at his book, 'Your "Sweet"-heart is going to kill you.'
Sam couldn't help but keep laughing. "Your MEAN!" they all said and threw their books at her, but not too hard that it hurt. Then again, they couldn't stay mad at her. "Thanks." all of them said.
"Look in them." Sam said, handing the books back to them. In certain pages of the book, they could see it was bookmarked.
Yukimura opened his book to where it was marked. "People might think your making up their minds for them. Getting into their personal life and making decisions for them the way you want it to be. They hate that. However, there is a time your decision really helped out a person's life, even in the hardest decision that they can't make themselves."
Personal note: "Thank you, Yukimura. It's been hard to see that two wonderful guys love me. Everyday I have to face both of them. My heart aching that these two, Sanada and Kirihara, love me for me. You keep pushing Sanada closer and closer to me. You always wanted me to be near him, or him near me. You wanted Sanada and I to be together since the first day you heard about me. But you helped me see more and more about Sanada personally. I guess all that pushing you did lead my heart to feel more towards Sanada. Without you, I would still between the two. –Sam. PS. Merry Christmas." A smile appeared on Yukimura's face.
Sanada turned to marked page in his funny joke book. "Why did the Chicken cross the road? –To get to the other side." 'That's just stupid.' thought Sanada.
Personal Note: "Sanada. I never really seen you smile or laugh. You have this poker face on you, like 24/7. When I saw this book I thought of you. Yes, I do think about you. After you told me you love me, I was confused. I really didn't think you had those kinds of emotions. Now it's been nearly half a year since you told me and three fourths of year since I first saw you. Since that day you saved me. Now I got to know you more personally. You just need to smile more…for me? –Sam. PS. Merry Christmas."
Kirihara looked at his. Written on the inside cover it said, "(In English.) Everything and Anything is possible. All you need to do is stick with it 'til the End." Kirihara just stared at those words. 'What the heck does that mean? I didn't understand a single word.'
Personal Note: "Kirihara. I know English is your worst subject and I know it's a hard language to learn. Once you understand what it means then there is nothing that can stop you, but you. I wanted to tell you Thank you for everything you have done for me. I'll anyways be your friend and be there to help you in anyway I can. You've been a great friend and I want to be a great friend in return. This isn't goodbye, and it will never be. –Sam. PS. Merry Christmas."
Marui opened his book. At first it was shut tight but Marui found a way to open it, but when he did there wasn't a single page. Inside the book, the pages were cut out and it had a big hole in the middle. Marui smiled happily. Guess what, inside that hole was filled with candy. "THANK YOU SAM!" There was a note sticking out from the side.
Personal Note: "Hey Marui. I know how much you love sweets. Ha Ha, this can be your secret stash for your candies. Merry Christmas, Marui. You're the greatest best friend I have ever had. I love you as a brother. –Sam. PS. don't tell Yukimura, but the recipe for the sugar cookie is on the bottom."
That was the present Sam had given everyone. Something personal.
"Hey Sam. Do you really want us to read these?" asked Yukimura. Sam shook her head and smiled. "No, the books were just for fun."
xXx
After everyone opened their presents, they all went and ate lunch together in the kitchen. Lunch was peaceful and they had a good time together. Afterwards Yukimura, Sanada, and Kirihara got competitive in playing the video games.
"HEY! You CHEATED!" outburst Kirihara. Sanada only smirked. Kirihara began to press the control buttons harder.
"NO! YOU KILLED MY GUY!" Kirihara whined after he lost against Sanada. "I'm next." smiled Yukimura taking the controller from Kirihara. The three of them played video games for a long time. They were trying to see who was better at playing video games.
Sam sat on the couch watching the guys play video games, while she softly stroke Marui's hair. Marui was lying on the couch, his head resting on Sam's lap. Marui was sleeping. After eating all those sweets and the hyperness he had, his body got tired. Marui was sleeping soundly while Sam slowly stroked his hair. Sam's tiny little friend was sitting next to her sleeping as well.
xXx
It was getting late. Marui and Kirihara left early. Sanada and Sam stayed after to help take everything down. After everything was cleaned up and put away, Sanada walked Sam home.
It snowed softly during their walk. Sam carried her puppy in her arms while Sanada carried the gifts they received. He offered to carry her things since she was carrying her puppy. They talked to each other during the walk.
"So, have so picked a name for your new friend?" Sanada asked. "Um. I was thinking Gen." Sam said sweetly, smiling at Sanada. "Then Gen it is." said Sanada.
"Sanada. I have been thinking…I've decided to give us a chance." Sam looked at Gen's green eyes. Sanada turned to look at her, "Chance at what?"
"I've decided to give you a chance…me being your girlfriend." Sam told him. Sanada smiled one of his rare smiles. "Thank you. Thank you for giving me a chance."
Sam nodded. "But. I have no idea how to. I mean, I never dated anybody." Sam admitted. Sanada nodded, "That's ok. I never had a girlfriend…well, I never wanted a girlfriend."
They talked some more. The next thing they know it, the two of them stood on Sam's porch. "Thank you for walking me home Sanada." smiled Sam.
"Genichirou. You can call by my first name." Sanada said softly. Sam's face turned a bit red. "Genichirou." she said slowly. It felt weird calling him that since she was so use to calling him Sanada. Sanada smiled.
"Well, thank you again San- I mean Genichirou." Sam said then walked to the door.
Sam opened the door half way when she felt Sanada reached his hand over and softly grabbed hold of her wrist. "What is it?" she asked turning to look at Sanada. "You forgot your present." he holds out the bag with the box in it carrying half of the beautiful cake in there and also the sweets from Marui.
Sam rolled her eyes. "I know that. I was going to put Gen inside first and come back." Sanada let go of her. Sam put Gen inside and returned back out on the porch. "See? I'm back." she said. It made Sanada smile for some reason. "Ok. Here you go." He had the bag to her.
With her hands full, Sanada made his move. He cupped her cheeks in his warm hands and lean in. He kissed her softly on the lips. Sanada placed his forehead on hers after their kiss. "Why did you-?"
"I did it because I love you. I waited six months to kiss you." he said softly.
"Well, you know what! I hate you!" Sam said staring into his eyes. Sanada was surprise, "Why do you hate me so of sudden?"
"It wasn't fair…It wasn't fair because my hands are full." Sam said. Sanada felt himself smile. "I'm sorry." He said it like it wasn't his fault.
"Sorry isn't good eno-" Sam was cut off when Sanada placed his lips on hers again into another kiss. This time their kiss was longer. Sanada later felt her small soft hands placed around his neck. 'When did she put her bag down?' he thought. 'Who cares. Looks like I don't need mistletoe after all.'
A/N: The book title(s) and quote things were all made up. except of the chicken cross the road joke.
Thank you for all reading 'Sam's Winter Gift.' Please tell me what you thought of this Story.
(Late) Merry Christmas! and (Early) have a Happy New Year!
Thank you.
-MyPrinceOishi08