Me: I feel like I've been updating a lot lately. Chapter after chapter, that you guys can't even keep up! Thank you guys that have read and reviewed from the beginning, I feel so special to know I have so many readers out there! A special thanks to StarlightFangirl and CatchyCally who have read and reviewed many chapters, I swear, all eleven reviews are you guys reviewing! XD Please enjoy, this chapter is dedicated to you two.

After a few days at home, I went back to school to help out with the Christmas Party, that is a week before Christmas.

"Come back to visit at Christmas, Aoi!" My overprotective Mom says.

"I know, I know." I say jokingly. I head to the bus stop to go back to school. When I reach the school, I am surprised at how deserted it looks. With less than 20 students there, how were we supposed to host a party? I head to the cooking classroom to practice baking.

"Hey."

"Eep! Mou, you scared me!" (A/N: Anybody guess who it is? ;))

"I'm sorry." Kuuga replies teasingly.

"How come you're not at home?" I ask. "And don't sneak up on me like that!"

"How come you're not at home?" Kuuga mocks playfully.

"I already visited!" I pout.

"Fine. I'll tell you why."

"Okay!"

"My parents are divorced. They live quite far away from each other, and I can't just go visit only one, otherwise my other parent will get mad I didn't visit them." He explains.

"Oh. Do you have any siblings?" I ask. I see his expression turn cold.

"I had a sister."

"Oh." I say in a small voice. I regret asking. "How did she... You know?" I ask a bit further. If you ask, why not finish the conversation?

I can see him fighting back tears. "In a car crash. I was there. She was learning how to drive, and my dad let her take a test drive with the car after he helped her improve a bit. I- I was there when she passed. She accidentally drove too fast, and the road was sort of slick. She crashed into a stop sign, and had really bad wounds in her chest. She died of blood loss, and I had passed out. I had a shard of glass in my stomach area. I have a scar there now." My mouth is wide open. "That's why I'm claustrophobic. It all happened when I was five." I gasp in shock. "I'll show you the scar, if you want." I nod, unable to say anything. He slowly lifts up his shirt to reveal the nasty scar on his stomach. I reach over to gently brush my hand over the once broken flesh.

"I'm not the only one who has a horrible scar." I whisper. Then I realize something. Our scars look exactly the same. "K-Kuuga! Our scars... They're identical!" I brush away the hair, showing the pale skin that the scar is forever embedded on.

"You're right."

After that touching conversation, we start baking Christmas themed things.

"Can we bake a... Gingerbread house?" I ask Kuuga excitedly.

"Of course. We should make it ten times the size, so we can fit in it." Kuuga jokes. Although it's a joke, I actually want to bake that.

"Why not?" I smirk mischievously. And so, we take ten times the ingredients. (A/N: This recipe is going to sound ridiculous, but it's a real recipe that I multiplied by ten. Enjoy!) 80 cups of all-purpose flour, 20 teaspoons of ground ginger, 10 1/2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon, 10 teaspoons ground cloves, 20 1/4 cups solid vegetable shortening, 20 cups granulated sugar, 20 eggs, 10 cups light molasses, and 20 cups light corn syrup. For the icing, 30 egg whites, 40 cups sifted confectioners sugar, 10 teaspoons peppermint extract, 5 teaspoons cream of tartar. (A/N: Told you so.)

"Ugh, this is going to take a looong time." I complain. We combine the flour, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves, in a very large mixing bowl, then we set it aside.

In ANOTHER very large mixing bowl, Kuuga beats the shortening and sugar, until it's fluffy. Then I add in the eggs, molasses, and corn syrup, then Kuuga beats it until its all even. I then gradually add the flour mix to the shortening mix. After all that, we divide the dough into 6 portions. We then cut out the templates that the gingerbread will be cut out on. Four walls and two roof pieces. We take the dough, and roll it out, so it's not too thick or too thin. After that, we cut the gingerbread shapes. I start humming Christmas tunes as I work. Slipping the giant pieces of dough one by one, I start humming 'Jingle Bells'.

"Aoi?" Kuuga asks me.

"Yeah?" I momentarily pause my humming.

"You know, you have a great voice." A faint shade of pink creeps onto my cheeks.

"Thanks." I mumble. "Don't you think it's time to make the icing?" I ask.

"Mm-hm." Kuuga nods.

We take a giant mixing bowl, we take the egg whites, confectioner's sugar, peppermint extract, cream of tartar, and blend away using a handheld electric mixer and blend it all together. Suddenly, I slip on a rolling pin (A/N: Cliche much?) but land on something much softer then the ground.

Kuuga.

~Review Replies~

CatchyCally~ I know right! I purposely made her that way to make Kuuga feel unsure of what she was thinking. :3

StarlightFangirl~ Aww, I'm glad you're enjoying my fanfic! I hope I don't have to pay for your funeral! ;)

Me: Hehe! Cliffhanger! What'll happen to Kuuga?

Kashino: We all know what's going to happen.

Me: *Huffs* Then what'll happen? Hmmm?

Kashino: Kuuga's gonna get hu-

Me: *Covers Kashino's mouth* Enough about that subject! Please review!