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Chapter 4
"Commoner Christmas decorations are so charming!" Renge said, staring intently at a simple round green Christmas tree ornament. The others approached behind her and inspected the ornament as well in a fascinated manner. Only Haruhi and Mei, the only two 'commoners', seemed to be treating Christmas as they always would. For the rich, celebrating Christmas this way was a new experience.
"Is it really made out of plastic?" Kurakano asked, tilting her head to the side.
"How tragic! Commoners can't afford to purchase glass ornaments for fear that they may break in the rush of their wary lives!" Tamaki said. Haruhi and Mei rolled their eyes and sighed
"Haru-chan," Hunny said as he approached Haruhi. "I wanna make the Christmas cakes and cookies now."
Upon hearing that Hunny and Haruhi would be baking, Kurakano and Kasanoda decided they wanted to help as well and the four friends disappeared into the kitchen.
Meanwhile, in the living room, everyone was helping out by removing things from boxes. They had bought everything a few weeks prior and the shipping had just arrived that morning. Mori sat silently on the ground, doing his best to untangle the hundreds of multi-coloured lights while Hikaru and Kaoru lay on the ground on their stomachs, making a train track that would go around the Christmas tree. Renge was sorting through different colours the tinsel and planning where to put them along with Ayame. Chika and Satoshi were decorating the small gas fireplace mantelpiece by putting up small Christmas figurines of snowmen, Santa and reindeer along with all the stockings. Everyone else was busy decorating the tree.
In the kitchen, Haruhi, Kasanoda, Kurakano and Hunny were hard at work, preparing the counter for some Christmas baking. Kasanoda had a pink apron tied around his waist and a hair tie holding his red locks back as he lifted up a heavy sack of flour onto the counter. Haruhi was on her toes, reaching up in the cupboard to get some cookie cutters, food colouring and sprinkles. Kurakano and Hunny scrounged around for anything else they may need. They raided the fridge ("Haru-chan, do we need fish?") and the cupboards before the four friends finally stood together at the counter, hair tied back, aprons on, hands washed, ready to bake.
"Okay, so listen to me carefully. Please follow the recipe. Put the right amount in the mixture, don't get distracted and don't hurt yourselves." Haruhi warned. The others nodded and they all proceeded to get started. Haruhi, though she was supervising the other three, was in charge of making a Yule Log (or Buche de Noël as Tamaki liked to refer to it as using its proper French name). Kasanoda was working on making a traditional fruitcake while Kurakano worked on a red velvet cake with peppermint frosting. Hunny was working on making many cookies. He would start by making gingerbread men (which he himself would later ice and decorate) then he would make sugar cookies in the shapes of Christmas trees and ornaments with red and green sprinkles on top. After that, he would finish by making shortbread.
The four friends bustled about the kitchen. Measuring, mixing, decorating and laughing.
Outside the kitchen, the living room was in chaos. Fifteen teenagers cramped into a small living room. Fourteen out of those fifteen decorating for the very first time without the aid of maids or butlers and finding anything that Mei, Haruhi or really anybody would find normal, amazing. They weaved through each other, laughing and humming Christmas tunes under their breath.
"We should go carolling!" Someone yelled causing a roar of agreement amongst the teenagers.
"Let's tell the others." Renge said
"You guys!" Hikaru yelled. The four friends ran out of the kitchen to the living room. Haruhi, a bowl in her hand, mixing furiously, blew a loose strand of hair out of her face and looked around.
"Yeah?" She asked
"We're going carolling!" Hikaru and Kaoru exclaimed excitedly. Kurakano and Hunny grinned, jumping in excitement causing the flour that had been on their clothes and faces to pour to the ground. Kasanoda grinned and Haruhi frowned.
"Carolling?" She said, unsure of how this little excursion would turn out.
"Yeah, it'll be fun." Kurakano said
"I don't know..."
"Come on Haruhi! We'll go to the mall and sing Christmas songs! It'll be a blast!" Kaoru said
"Well...alright..." Haruhi agreed, nervously. She was completely tone deaf. This was going to be interesting.
"How do we decide who gets solos?" Renge asked. Now everyone was completely absorbed in this plan. They chattered excitedly, discussing what clothes to wear, which songs to sing and which solos they wanted.
"We should have auditions. Anyone who wants a solo needs to audition."
"I shall audition!" Tamaki exclaimed, waving his fist in the air in determination.
"Me too!" Renge squealed
"I wanna solo!" Hunny said, "And so does Usa-chan!" He added
"Can any of you even sing?" Haruhi asked, leaning against the wall as she continued to stir the mixture.
Tamaki, Renge and Hunny all turned to Haruhi, a look of disbelief on their faces.
"Of course we can sing!" Tamaki cried
"All French people can sing!" Renge said. The twins snickered in the background and all the girls giggle. Haruhi raised an eyebrow.
"Um...yeah...sure they can." Haruhi said, "But Renge-chan, you're not even French. And neither is Hunny-senpai."
"I lived in France!"
"What about Hunny-senpai!"
"Being cute also means you can sing!" Renge said
"That means that Haruhi can sing." Kasanoda said, not realizing he had voiced his thought out loud. His eyes widened and he blushed a peculiar shade of scarlet.
The girls squealed while the host club cringed.
Hikaru shook his head. "No she can't." He said
"She's tone deaf." Kaoru said. The girls (and Kasanoda) all looked heart broken by this comment.
"Aw! Really?" Renge asked
Haruhi nodded.
"It must be a terrible commoner disease!" Sakurazuka yelled in disdain.
"Commoners work so hard that they don't have to time to be able to sing. How truly awful!" Renge said
"Mei-chan, does that mean that you're tone deaf as well?" Kasugasaki asked naively.
Mei took a deep breath and shook her head. "Not all of us 'commoners' are tone deaf." She said, putting air quotes around the word commoners. "Haruhi just happens to be. I'm sure most of you are but just don't realize it."
"How rude!" One of the girls exclaimed.
Kaoru chuckled, "That's Mei." Then his eyes widened at the realization of how his comment may have been perceived by Mei.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Mei demanded
"Hm?" Kaoru said, pretending that nothing had ever happened.
"Kaoru..." Mei seethed
"Tono! Why would you say something so rude about Mei?" Kaoru said, passing the blame onto someone else.
"Wha-? Don't give me the blame! You're the one who said it!" Tamaki yelled
Haruhi shook her in annoyance.
"I'm going back in the kitchen." Haruhi said, turning around and stalking off back into the kitchen.
"Alright! Enough of this childishness! I'm going to prove to everyone that I can sing!" He cleared his throat and turned to Kyouya. "Kyouya," He snapped his fingers. Kyouya sighed and removed a sleek black iPod from his pocket and plugged it into the iPod dock Hikaru had brought over.
"I'll even sing a Christmas song! Which one would you all like to hear me sing?"
"No one wants to hear you sing tono!" Hikaru smirked
Tamaki pouted, "You're so mean Hikaru! Haruhi does! Right, Haruhi?" Tamaki turned to where his girlfriend had been standing and furrowed his eyebrows.
"Where did she go?" Tamaki whined
"Huh? She left a few moments ago." Kazukiyo said. Tamaki opened his mouth to yell for Haruhi to return when Hikaru interrupted him.
"Anyone else want to sing?" He asked. Mei shrugged and nodded.
"I will," This shocked a few people but they were, nevertheless, excited to hear a commoner sing for the very first time.
"Which song?" Hikaru asked
"Last Christmas," Hikaru nodded and proceeded to scroll through all the Christmas songs he had purchased prior to the arrival of all of their friends. He reached the instrumental version of Last Christmas and clicked play. The music began drifting through the apartment and the girls began swaying to rhythm and providing background singing.
Mei took a deep breath and began singing.
(A/N: This is the Glee version of Last Christmas)
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Not once did she remove her eyes from decorating the tree, too nervous to see the reactions of the others in the room. Not that she ever got nervous but being around a bunch of rich kids was a little intimidating.
Once bitten and twice shy
I keep my distance, but you still catch my eye
Tell me baby, do you recognize me?
Kaoru joined in with some backup male vocals that complimented Mei's perfectly.
Well it's been a year,
Kaoru and Mei
it doesn't surprise me
Happy Christmas
I wrapped it up and sent it
With a note saying "I love you", I meant it
Now everyone joined in though Mei and Kaoru remained lead male and female vocals.
Now I know what a fool I've been
But if you kissed me now, I know you'd fool me again
Everyone began dancing around. The guys twirling the girls in amusement. Even Haruhi returned to the living room to see what was going on. Tamaki saw her and smiled, grabbing her hand and kissing her on the cheek, prompting her to blush.
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Special
Yea yea
Kaoru and Mei walked closer to each other. They were standing shoulder to shoulder singing as they swayed and decorated the Christmas tree.Kaoru and Mei
A crowded room, friends with tired eyes
I'm hiding from you, and your soul of ice
Mei
I thought you were someone to rely on
Me, I guess I was a shoulder to cry onEveryone
A friend to discover with a fire in her heart
A man under cover but you tore me apart
Kaoru and Mei turned so that they were face to face and sang the next line with smiles on their faces.Kaoru and Mei
Now I've found a real love, you'll never fool me again
EveryoneMei and Kaoru
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
I gave you my heart...The music faded out and everyone was left excited and happy. The whole room burst into cheers. Mei giggled and grinned, taking a bow then turning over to Kaoru and stepping aside, signalling for him to bow as well. He grinned and grabbed Mei hand and twirled her around.
Near the kitchen entrance, Haruhi stood with Tamaki, clapping along with everyone else and watching Kaoru now put his arm around Mei's shoulder.
"Who knows, this could be the start of something." Tamaki said. Haruhi smiled and turned to her boyfriend, nodding.
"Yeah...I think so too,"
I didn't really love the ending but it's all I could think of. The next chapter will be better, I promise! This chapter is dedicated to my mom and dad! Happy 17th anniversary guys! Love you! =)