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December break was rapidly approaching. It wasn't snowing yet. I wouldn't snow until about January or February. I wondered if it was snowing on Tailyr and the host club back in Japan. I wondered a lot of things about the Host Club since Tailyr wasn't talking to me and Lily almost never answered her phone.

"Ready for Christmas, Karsyn?" Marx asked plopping down in front of me. I'd been in the library finishing up yet another end of semester assignment. I was so sick of working. "I'm still having a New Years party at my place. If you wanna go. Won't be as big as last year..."

I knew what he meant. Nothing was really the same without all of our friends. We both knew it but we weren't going to say anything. Some days, it was easier to pretend that everything was perfect in our little world but as the holidays that we would spend together came closer, it was next to impossible.

"Have you talked to her?" Marx asked. He was always asking me that. The answer was always the same. I knew that he was just anxious to hear how she was doing too. She wasn't talking to him either.

"No. Not yet," I said. "I probably will for Christmas. You know, miracles and all that stuff."

Marx laughed. "Maybe I'll try that too. Mom and Dad and I are going Christmas shopping for her later this week. Do you want to come?"

"Sure."

A lot had changed since the fallout at Ouran. With Tailyr being gone, I'd tried to replace her but people generally weren't as emotionally abusive as the little blond and no where near as exciting. As a result, Marx and I had no other choice but to become best friends – or well, closer friends. We'd found ourselves doing things together, like going to the movies and the mall but our tastes were vastly different. He was a boy – all the way around – and I had taste.

"Are you excited for Christmas?"

"Eh," I shrugged. "You?"

"It's not exactly how I planned it," he said.

I knew what he meant. Nothing was how we planned it.

School let out and Christmas arrived. I was surprised that Christmas day, I received a present from my estranged best friend and the rest of the host club. Even Kyoya but I didn't open his. I tossed it into the corner. I didn't want anything from that idiot.

That night, I stared at my phone, wondering what I was going to do but nothing was coming to mind. I didn't know what I was going to say. In all reality, I could just start talking about the newest movie out and other distracting things and she'd probably never say anything but that didn't seem like the right thing to do. The right thing to do wasn't something that I wanted to do.

I ended of falling asleep, my phone switched to silent. Sometime in the night, I received a text message from Tailyr. It said:

Merry Christmas. Hope it was good. Miss you.

It was simple but a lot for her. I still never called her.

-Tailyr-

Christmas in Japan was a bit different from the Christmas holidays in America. A few days before the last of the semester, all the little rich kids were talking about the different exotic places they were visiting for the holidays. My guests and the host club alike. By the last day of semester, I was freaking out.

"What are you doing for the holidays, Tai-chan?" Kizu asked. He was a senior like me with short brown hair and almond brown eyes. He was the son of some fancy stockholder in a technology country. He was easy enough to get along with.

"Nothing. Staying home probably," I told him. "Maybe go find some trouble."

"You're not going home to America to see your family?" another boy asked. I hadn't told them that I didn't have a family.

"No. I want to explore the culture here for a little bit. I think it'll be exciting," I said nonchalant.

"I wish I didn't have to spend the holidays with my family."

I didn't want to tell them that I envied them. After hosting hours we all hung around, talking and picking up.

"We're going to the Bahamas," the twins said to me. "You can come if you want to."

They'd already offered about thirty times. Every time, I told them no.

"Takeshi and I are going to Sweden," Honey said. "You can come with us, Tai-chan. You know that our families want you to go with us."

"There's enough snow here for me," I told them. There was about a foot of snow in some areas. "Sweden has way too much of that. I hate it but thanks for offering."

I started to go back to the back room to get my book bag when Kyoya stopped me.

"I'd offer to bring you with my family and I to our home in Berlin but -"

"I'd sooner rip my lungs out of my nose," I told him flatly.

"That's what I thought."

I went passed him. I didn't need everyone feeling sorry for me or thinking that they owed me something or whatever. They had every right to go spend this Christmas with their families. I didn't care. I was more than fine on my own. Haruhi was also in the backroom, gathering her stuff.

"Oh. Hello, Tailyr-sempai," she said, flashing me her rookie smile.

"Hi, Haruhi," I said.

"Um, if you're not doing anything Christmas Day or sometime during the break, my dad said he would like to have you over," Haruhi said.

"We'll see," I said, grabbing my bag and leaving. I was so tired of hearing about Christmas plans and families that I didn't have wanting me around. If I heard one more thing about it was liable to start carving out baby eyes. I couldn't take it much longer.

I started to leave the school. Takeshi and Honey were leaving for Sweden as soon as they left so I was going home. I'd taken to spending a lot of time at Takeshi's house because I couldn't stand being in that big mansion all by myself. It kind of creeped me out.

I bumped into Tamaki along the way. He had ran to his French class to get some work that he'd forgotten.

"Tailyr-sempai!" he called, jogging a little to catch me.

"If you're about to tell me that you're going to some exotic place for the holidays and you want me to come, I'm going to punch a hole through your chest," I snapped.

Tamaki took a step back. The host club was getting pretty used to me snapping anymore. "No. I'm not going anywhere for the holidays. I usually spend them alone. I think that it'll be kind of pointless for us both to be lonely on Christmas. If you want, you can come over to my mansion to hang out."

I sighed, dragging my fingers through my hair. "Sure. Maybe. I'll think about it."

I went back home. I changed from my uniform and laid down. Anymore, I slept, went school, and hung out with the host club. There was a knock at my door. I sat up.

"Come in," I called.

The door opened slowly. It was the headmaster. He was kind of like a dad to me now. I figured that he was trying to replace Tamaki. I could tell that even though he really didn't act like it, he loved his son a lot. He wanted him to live in the same house and do all the daddy stuff but his mom was a psycho and wouldn't have that. She really didn't like me much either but then again, I wasn't inheriting her empire.

"Tailyr," he said slowly. "I'm about to leave. Are you sure you don't want to go to Rome with me? It might be a nice break from here and everything …"

"I'm sure. I'll be okay here," I said flatly.

He gave me a kind smile. "If you need anything, you know how to get a hold of me."

"Yeah."

"Take care. Merry Christmas. See you next year."

He shut the door with a click.

Christmas day finally came. I slept until about eight thirty. My phone was alive with text messages and I opened all of my presents all by myself. It was a good haul and I'd sent my presents to my friends out. I needed to text them but I didn't want to. It was still the day before Christmas there.

The day seemed to take forever. I watched new movies and lazed around. Finally the night came and I ended up relenting and going to Tamaki's house.

"Hey, Tailyr-sempai," he greeted me warmly. "Thanks for coming."

"No problem. I wasn't doing anything anyway."

We ate. It wasn't how I expected my Christmas but it was pleasant. Tamaki wasn't much different than I was. He just wanted a family and to be loved. He was. He just didn't realize it. I wished that one day he would.

Randomly, during the meal, Tamaki looked at me and said, "You should text Karsyn and Marx-sempai. I know that they need to hear from you. They still love you, even though they left, and I know you want to talk them."

I texted Karsyn the next night, which would be their Christmas. It took forever to convince myself to do it but Tamaki was right. I wanted to talk to them. Badly. So, I relented.

-Karsyn-

New Years eve, Marx and I gathered in his basement. We played video games until the ball dropped. Right before, we switched to the news channel to count down to the change of the year. I recalled my thought from the beginning of the year.

This is going to be an interesting year.

It was true. So much had changed and was still changing. The people on the TV started counting.

-Tailyr-

The change of the year meant festivals that were spent in the streets, with people in Kimonos, playing Japanese style carnival games. Kimonos were very weird to wear.

"Look, Tai-chan!" Honey said, who was looking cute in his floral pink kimono. "This is a wish bamboo tree. You write your wish for new years on the paper and tie it to the shoot."

I coughed heavily and smiled. The weather was killing me.

"Yeah! This is my wish," he showed me the back of his paper. "But you can't know. Write yours down."

I looked at Takeshi and he smiled. I took the paper from Honey and wrote my wish down in English.

People started counting.

-Karsyn-

The ball was about to hit and I started thinking about what I wanted my wish to be.

-Tailyr-

The time switched and a new year started as I wrote my wish down.

All I want is for everyone to be happy.

-Karsyn-

I smiled as the ball dropped and time switched.

I want a resolution.

-Takeshi-

Please make her healthy and happy again.

-Honey-

More cake and I want Tai-chan to smile again.

-Hikaru-

I want something to change. For the better and I want her to notice me.

-Kaoru-

I want my brother to get the girl and I want things to be happy again.

-Kyoya-

I want to be able to apologize to her in person. I just want to know she's okay.

-Tamaki-

I want everyone to be friends again and I want her to love me.

-Haruhi-

I want him to love me. I want them to be happy and I want fancy tuna.

-Lily-

I want to see my friends. I want them to be happy. I want things to be good again.

-Marx-

I'm tired of all the fighting. I want my friend to be healthy. I want to be happy. I want my friend to be happy. I want my sister to forgive me and I want to see her again.

Well, this was a mushy boring chapter but it was painfully necessary. I hope you like and please review.