Me: I didn't mean to take this long to update but my computer has been...whatever word for wack and not working that you can think of! Now I believe, I owe you guys a Christmas Special!

Wow, I didn't actually think that I'd update on Christmas Eve!

Happy Holidays, people! Merry Christmas and stuff!

Thanks to you guys for reviewing and special thanks to Winter-Skye-Phoenix for the idea that made this chapter about 1200 (rough estimate) words longer and making it possible to easily continue the story! Please R&R!

Disclaimer: see the last chapter and I do not own Christmas...and if I did, that'd be awfully weird...and kinda funny from where I'm sitting.

"Why do we have to do this?" Johnny grumbled to Tala. "You don't like Christmas lights." Upon orders from Kai, they had taken the lights and begun hanging them up. After Tala's near death experience with the ladder (he fell onto the snow and on top of Johnny), Johnny had switched places with him. Now he was on the ladder hanging up the lights.

"We have to seem somewhat festive and I like Christmas lights just fine," Tala said, smirking slightly. "Besides, you remember what Kai said?"

"Yeah, he said 'don't fuck just get those damn lights up.' But I still don't see why we have to do it," Johnny said.

"I don't see why you're complaining," Tala shrugged. "I've got the best view in the house." Johnny bristled and glared down at his boyfriend.

"Pervert!" Johnny said, blushing as he finished hanging up the lights. Tala smirked and slapped his ass.

"You know you love it," he said cheekily.

"I know I'm going to kill you later," Johnny grumbled. "Hey!" That was really all he protested when Tala grabbed him by the waist and brought him to his chest.

"I love you," Tala said, pressing his lips to the part of Johnny's neck that wasn't concealed but the green turtleneck.

"I love you too," Johnny sighed. "Hey, it's snowing..."

"I cannot believe you're sick the day before Christmas," Hiro scoffed.

"I can," Spencer said. "He was sick like this last year too."

"And the year before that," Ian added.

"And th-"

"Don't say it," Kai glared at Bryan. "I was not sick three years ago...and its just allergies."

"I was going to say three years ago," Bryan smirked. Miguel smiled slightly and ran his fingers through his hair.

"So you always get sick around this time of year?" he asked.

"Not always," Kai grumbled. "Just sometimes." Miguel smiled and kissed his cheek.

"If you keep doing that, I'm going to get you sick," Kai told him.

"No you won't. I haven't been sick for a long time," Miguel reassured him.

"Too much sappy nonsense," Bryan rolled his eyes. "I'm going to find Oliver."

"I'm just leaving," Ian shrugged, following Bryan out the room.

"Too much, right," Kai snorted.

"So Johnny and Matilda are cousins...I never would have guessed," Hiro said.

"Why do you think they didn't mention it?" Miguel asked.

"They had their reasons," Kai said.

"But still..." Spencer said. "You don't think..."

"Why wouldn't he tell...?" Kai responded.

"Well, it might just be a family issue,"

"But to keep it from...?"

"True, they are joined at the hip..."

"But maybe we should?"

"I doubt it. They told us, there isn't really much more..."

"Do you want to tell us what you two are talking about?" Hiro asked. Spencer and Kai exchanged looks.

"It's nothing important," Spencer shrugged. Hiro rolled his eyes.

"You might get used to this, Miguel. If they don't feel like talking in Russian then they talk in incomplete sentences," Hiro said. Spencer chuckled and wrapped a muscular arm around Hiro. "Remember, I say might."

Miguel looked at Kai and then Spencer and then back to Kai again.

"When did Tala and Johnny become joined at the hip? I just thought they were in the first stage of their relationship," Miguel said. Hiro gagged.

"You understood that?"

"They've been dating longer then people think," Kai said.

"Tala hasn't even told us the exact date," Spencer said. "And that's saying something."

"I don't think Johnny's told anyone either," Kai mused. "That's really saying something."

"I kind of get that we've been so busy that we haven't had time to put up any lights... but why did Kai tell us at nighttime and not earlier today?" Johnny asked. Tala raised an eyebrow at him and Johnny instantly bristled. "What?!"

"You're cute when you're angry," Tala chuckled.

"Seriously, Tala," Johnny said, "What was that look for?"

"Seriously?" Tala said. "I'm just not used to you mentioning Kai without some form of malice."

"Yeah, well...whatever!" Johnny pouted.

"Okay, Kai's probably got allergies," Tala said. "They kind of slow his thinking process down or something like that but either way they pretty much knock him out. Okay, what?" He asked when Johnny gave him a weird look.

"You said probably,"

"Well the guy gets allergies around this time of year," Tala shrugged. "I haven't asked him and he'd probably say that he's fine." Johnny was quiet for a moment.

"Why does he do that?"

"Do what?" Tala asked.

"Say he's fine when he's not?" Johnny asked. "It's so annoying!" Tala laughed as Johnny flung snow up into the air.

"It's just Kai being Kai. He doesn't want to be a burden," Tala rolled his eyes. "But he refuses to tell people and then he does become a burden because we have to worry about him anyways..." Johnny tuned Tala's "Kai rant" out. All of the Russians, excluding Ian, had some kind of rant about the boy keeping his condition to himself. Well, all Russians did it at some point but none were as bad as Kai was. Rei had told him that he collapsed one day when they were walking to the hotel. It turned out that stress was one of the big triggers of his symptoms. With Tyson around...well, those three words spoke for themselves.

Tala came out of his rant as Johnny fell onto the snow and rushed over to his boyfriend.

"Johnny, are you okay? What happened? Are-are?" Tala was cut off as Johnny grabbed his white shirt and pulled him down for a kiss.

"I'm fine, dammit! Just shut up and kiss me," Johnny ordered. Tala smiled and was more then happy to oblige.

"This is nice," Kai said, trying to stifle a yawn as Miguel continued to run his fingers through Kai's hair. Miguel smiled and pressed his lips to Kai's slightly warm forehead.

"You can sleep, you know. I'll be here when you wake up," Miguel said. Kai smiled.

"I know," he said, snuggling into him. "Hey Miguel..."

"Hm?"

"How do you think Tala and Johnny got together?" Kai asked.

"Well we could always ask them," Miguel smiled. Kai blinked.

"Nah," he said.

"Hey," Johnny said softly as he walked into the room.

"Hey yourself," Miguel said just as softly, stroking Kai's hair.

"How's he doing?" Johnny asked, sitting down.

"Still sleeping," Miguel said. "He deserves it."

"Indeed he does," Johnny nodded. "He really does."

"Whatever happened to Tyson?" Miguel asked. "I haven't seen him since..."

"Since Tala almost ran over him with a motercycle?" Johnny smirked.

"Yeah, since then," Miguel nodded.

"Not sure and I sure as hell don't care," Johnny sneered. "You actually worried about the pig?"

"What? No, gods no," Miguel shook his head. "So where's Tala?"

"Eh, he went out with Bryan," Johnny shrugged. "Probably gonna get into trouble..."

"You're okay with that?" Miguel asked, raising an eyebrow.

"No! Hell no!" Johnny almost shouted. They looked at Kai and he only stirred a bit but then he went back into a peaceful slumber.

"No," Johnny said quietly. "That's why I sent Hiro and Spencer."

"Hiro went?" Miguel asked.

"I did say I sent Spencer," Johnny said. Miguel chuckled quietly.

"Can I ask you something?" Miguel asked.

"Sure, shoot," Johnny shrugged.

"When did you and Tala get together?" Miguel asked. Johnny's eyes widened in surprise. "Sorry, I shouldn't have-"

"No, it's fine. I'm just not used to people asking...hmm, it was... whoa, almost two years ago," Johnny said, looking at the calendar.

"Really?" Miguel asked. Johnny nodded.

"January 3," he said. "My god, it was hilarious watching him freak out-"

"Freak out over what?" Kai asked yawning. Johnny and Miguel looked at the enigma in surprise.

"Sorry, did we wake you up?" Miguel asked.

"Kinda. So what did Tala freak out about?" Kai asked.

"Well its kind of a long story..." Johnny said.

"I wanna hear it. You do too, don't you Miguel?" Kai asked.

"Yeah, if you'll tell it," Miguel said. Johnny sighed and smiled.

"Alright...we'll start on New Year's Eve, you guys remember the party?"

"Kind of hard to forget," Kai snickered. "Tala must have scared some of the other teams to cardiac arrest..."

"I don't know why," Miguel said. "He's still a person."

"Yeah, well, according to some he wasn't. They were more used to him being there..." Johnny shook his head.

New Years Eve Party

"What're you doing out here?" Johnny asked.

"No one wants me in there," Tala shrugged, staring at the snow.

"Spencer and Bryan are in there," Johnny said haughtily.

"What's it to you whether I stay out here or go in there?" Tala asked, still not looking at Johnny.

"It's freezing out here," Johnny shivered, pulling his jacket closer together.

"It's called 'winter.'" Tala rolled his eyes. "Don't you have the cold season back in Scotland?"

"You're seriously not cold?" Johnny said disbelievingly.

"I grew up in Russia," Tala reminded him, opening his hand to catch a snowflake. Then he turned and looked at the younger redhead. "The weather is a really sorry ass excuse to change a damn topic."

"I simply meant that its cold out here so you should go inside," Johnny said through gritted teeth. "It's called 'concern,' Tala. Maybe you should try it some time." He turned around, ready to go inside but Tala's voice stopped him in his tracks.

"Wait,"

"What?" Johnny snarled, not turning around.

"You didn't answer my question," Tala said.

"What question?!" Tala was silent for a moment. Johnny turned around.

"What's...why do you care whether I go inside or not?" Tala asked, looking away. "No one wants me in there."

"I want you in there," Johnny said.

"Did Kai put you up to this?" Tala rolled his eyes. "He did, of course...go tell the phoenix to go-"

"He didn't!"

"What?" Now it was Johnny's turn to look away. The only difference was that Johnny was blushing madly.

"Kai didn't put me up to this, Ivanov. I want you in there," Johnny said. "Sure I'm not everyone but I'm someone and I'm sure as hell not no one!" He paused for a minute to look at Tala. The older red head was staring at him in shock and suddenly those icy blue eyes weren't as intimidating as they usually were. They were shocked and confused. Tala was a human, after all.

"But I want you in there, Tala," Johnny repeated quietly.

"You're right about one thing McGregor," Tala said, walking up the stairs and slightly past Johnny as he spoke. "You sure as hell ain't 'no one'..." and then the proud captain of the Blitzkrieg Boys was back. "Get your freezing ass in there cause I'm sure as hell not going in there by myself."

Johnny grinned, "Knew you'd see it my way." Tala watched the younger go in first with a raised eyebrow before he smirked and shook his head.

"You gotta be kidding me..." Tala said quietly.

"You say something Tala? Get in here!" Johnny ordered.

"No...I didn't say anything," Tala said, walking in and closing the door behind himself.

"So you decided to come in after all," Kai said as he walked towards him. "Thirsty? There's apple cider..."

"Nah," Tala shook his head. He didn't take his eyes off Johnny as the teenager argued with Robert about something.

"So what's going on with McGregor?" Kai asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Hm? Nothing," Tala said.

"And that explains why you can't take your eyes off of him," Kai rolled his eyes.

"What are you talking about?"

"You haven't looked at me once and you're talking to me," Kai said. "C'mon man, what's the deal?"

"He..." Tala hesitated. "He's not no one..."

"Oh?" Kai said. "Well, keep me posted...And get over there!"

Whoever said Kai was weak was wrong. Whoever said Kai was scrawny...well, maybe he looked scrawny but rest assured that what the phoenix blader lacked for in shown brawn, like Spencer, he made up for in hidden strength. He managed to push Tala to the other side of the room.

Johnny looked up just in time to see Tala's off balance (yet somehow still graceful) form collide into him. He dropped his cup and found himself trapped between Tala's arms on either side of his head.

"Crap," Johnny muttered as the apple cider set into his jacket.

"S-sor- uh, didn't mean too..." Tala said. "Kai..."

"Yeah, I know. I kinda saw," Johnny said.

"Um, yeah...we should... get you another jacket," Tala said weakly.

"I don't have another one here-"

"I have one you can borrow," Tala grunted. "C'mon." Johnny hesitantly followed Tala, not pausing to glance back at the staring faces-

"Hey, we're back!" Hiro interrupted Johnny. Kai cursed mentally and Miguel sighed.

"Hey babe," Tala said, kissing Johnny on the forehead and sitting next to him on the couch. "What's up?"

"Well he was telling us a story," Kai hissed, glaring at Hiro.

"Why are you glaring at me?" Hiro demanded, crossing his arms. Spencer chuckled and wrapped a strong arm around him.

"You interrupted the story," Bryan stated.

"Exactly," Kai said.

"What story?" Tala asked.

"You know the one," Kai smirked. "I thought you said you didn't take him to your bedroom, Tala."

"Technecially, it wasn't my bedroom. It was yours," Tala smirked identically then he looked back at Johnny. "So what made you decide that you were the story king tonight?"

"I asked how you two got together," Miguel said sheepishly.

"Ah," Tala said in recognition. "So somebody finally asked."

"That reminds me, did you get those Christmas lights up?" Kai asked.

"How does 'somebody finally asked' remind you of setting up Christmas lights?"

"Because he finally remembered to ask us to set up Christmas lights up at the end of the day," Johnny answered before Kai could speak.

"Is that right?" Miguel asked.

"Uh, yeah, it is," Kai said.

"Oh crap," Johnny said. "We said we'd call it a truce and even be friends if it came to that but understanding your thought pattern is too much right now!"

"Agreed," Kai said. "Shall we take a break from story time?"

"Uh huh," Spencer said nonchalantly.

"Yep," Miguel said.

"Sure," Hiro shrugged.

"Whatever," Bryan said.

"We weren't here for story time," Tala said pointedly, referring to himself, Spencer, Bryan, and Hiro.

"What's your point?" Bryan asked.

"You can't take a break from something you weren't doing in the first place!"

"Finally alone," Kai sighed as he snuggled into Miguel. The blonde smiled, hugging Kai tight to his chest.

"Johnny never finished his story," Miguel reminded him.

"That's okay... he can finish it later," Kai said. "Besides, him understanding my thought pattern is too much to bear right now. It's kinda creepy, actually." Miguel chuckled.

"Sooner or later it won't be that creey," Miguel said. "Who knows, you might actually decide you want to spend some quality time that involves plotting ways to keep Tala and Bryan out of trouble." Kai sighed.

"That's not a might. That will be a definitely," Kai sighed.

"So it started snowing while you were asleep," Miguel said.

"Did it?" Kai asked sleepily.

"It did," Miguel said, kissing Kai's cheek gently.

"Miguel?"

"Hm?" Kai hesitantly looked up and then gave Miguel a quick peck on the lips, burrying his head in Miguel's chest.

"I love you," he whispered.

"I love you too," Miguel smiled. "Hey, look at me." Kai stubbornly refused to look up so Miguel cupped Kai's cheek with his hand and Kai hestitantly looked at him. He pressed their lips together softly. Kai began to kiss back just as gently. They only parted because of the need for oxygen...and the loud sound of many books falling.

"What the-" Kai said but he was interrupted by shouting.

"Tyson, there is no food in the bookcases!" they heard Hiro shouting. "And no, Tala is not a phycopath! A crazy, derranged idiot who feels the need to piss off the police, yes! But he is not a-" Hiro cut himself off.

"You have got...to be kidding me," Kai said in between laughs.

"I doubt it," Miguel snickered.

"He said Tala wasn't a phycopath!" Kai laughed. "Hiro! What a hypocrite!"

"How so?" Miguel asked.

"Well..." Kai said, trying to stop his laughter. "That's how he used to refer to Tala!"

So again, thanks you guys for reviewing, and sorry that it took me so long to get this up! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! And yes I'm continuing the story!

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