Chapter 7- Christmas:

Crystal:

It was a week after I had gotten that phone call and still- nothing. I told Cara about the phone call and both of us have been on edge. We've been…jumpy. I wasn't happy though. It wasn't like my father to wait for things. He wasn't a patient man. Unless…he wasn't able to find us. Maybe we were safe in Japan?

I shook my head, yeah right. No where is safe from him. Still, if us being in Japan threw him off- it bought us time to prepare. We warned the guards. We told the maids to be careful and not go anywhere alone. We were…safe.

Still, today and tomorrow we were going to relax- just a bit. After all, it was Christmas Eve today. We deserved a break. At least that's what Cara says. I was still on perfect awareness. I refused to let her get hurt. I refused to let her die.

Third Person:

The twins smirked evilly to themselves as the rest of the club sighed. It wasn't such a bad idea, if the twins didn't think to do it on Christmas Day. After all, they did have families that wanted to spend time with today too. Still, when the twins put their minds to something it's hard to disagree. Still, the Club was rather curious about where Crystal and Cara lived. They just didn't understand why they had to bring Ritsu along as well. The twins said it was mostly because he knew where Cara lived.

When they finally did get to the house, which took a while because of the snow, they were a bit surprised. It wasn't like most houses. It was a large mansion-like house that was pure black. There was a large wall going around the house with many guards.
"Don't be so surprised," Kyoya said pushing up his glasses, "they do need protection if they are mob daughters after all."

Tamaki gulped. He forgot about that. The twins didn't look so sure about their idea when they noticed the guards. The only calm ones were Mori, Ritsu, and Kyoya.

"Excuse us," Kyoya said to the guards as they walked to the gate, "I'm Ootri Kyoya, I do believe you were expecting us?"

The guards nodded.
"Expected," Tamaki whispered. Kyoya pushed up his glasses,
"But of course. We wouldn't be able to get through have they not known about it."
As they walked into the mansion, they were greeted by maids rushing about. They noticed the decorations too. There was a large green tree covered with decorations and a big star at the top. There were a lot of gifts under the tree too.

A maid walked up to them,
"You can put those gifts on the table. Cara and Crystal will be here in a moment. But please, do not stare."
What did she mean by that? They placed their gifts for the girls on the table and then they spotted Crystal and Cara. That's what the maid meant. All the guys blushed madly- especially Mori and Kyoya. Crystal was still in her pajamas- which wasn't much. She had a long t-shirt on that barely covered her rear-end and went up to her neck. It didn't help that they noticed she wasn't wearing a bra either. Her hair was a bit messy and her eyes were barely opened. Cara was right beside her, and a bit more dressed. She had a nightgown on that went just above her knees. It was a bit frilly, dark green, and she didn't have a bra on either. Her hair was messier than Crystal's and she looked like death itself the way she was glaring at the maids.

However, Hunny didn't notice much. He just noticed that Cara-chan looked so cute in those pajamas. He tackled her.
"Oh! Cara-chan you look so cute!"

Cara's eyes widened and Ritsu glared. Cara was knocked out her morning grump and smiled. She spun Hunny around while hugging him tightly.
"Good morning Hunny!"

However, she didn't notice two things. One being she wasn't wearing a bra and was giving Hunny a tight boob-hug. Two, there were other people nearby. She blushed madly and quickly set him down. His face was pure pink.
"I'm sorry Hunny," Cara babbled. Hunny just blinked.

Crystal scoffed to laugh. She still wasn't awake enough to really process anything though. She headed straight to the kitchen, ignoring everyone, to get a cup of coffee. Cara stood next to Ritsu and kissed his cheek,
"Sorry."

He blushed and she noticed that she was still barely dressed.

"Ehem," Ritsu said, "why don't you change?"
"But I'm comfy," Cara whined. The head maid, who was walking by, sighed and went over,

"Now, dearie, you must go get dressed, impolite to stay so underdressed in front of company."

Cara stuck her tongue out at the maid teasingly. The maid sighed and continued with her work- she knew that it was impossible to get Cara do things on the holidays. Crystal then came in, running and jumping. Her eyes were wide. The men were blushing and Cara sighed,
"She had too much coffee again."
"What," the twins asked, "one coffee did that?"
"No. Ten coffees did that. She's hyper-and that is scary."

Kyoya's eyes widened as Crystal headed straight for him and hugged him tightly. Cara sighed,
"She gets attached when she's hyper. Don't worry."

The twins laughed seeing Kyoya's face get a pink tint to it. Mori glared openly at Kyoya. Kyoya was trying so desperately to not hug Crystal back. One reason being he didn't want anyone to figure out he enjoyed her hugging him. The second reason being she was still barely dressed and he could feel…

Mori growled a little bit at Kyoya. Crystal was still hugging him until she spotted something.
"SPIDER!"
Both Crystal, who was still very hyper and didn't like spiders, and Cara, who was scared of spiders, freaked out. Crystal squeaked and jumped into Kyoya's arms. She jumped into his arms so that he was forced to hold her bridal style, but a bit different. Crystal's face was buried into his shoulder, and she still was barely dressed. He had his arms under her, slightly grazing things. Mori growled and left the room. Hunny, concerned, left after him. The twins were laughing their heads off as 'The King' was blushing and getting angry at Kyoya for 'defiling such an innocent princess.'

Meanwhile, Cara was in Ritsu's arms with her head buried into his shoulder. He smiled slightly. Tamaki then noticed them and started to shout about 'the perverts he had for friends.' Eventually, the head maid got Tamaki to calm down. As soon as she noticed the position the girls were in, she giggled and left.

"KILL IT KYOYA," Crystal pleaded and she buried farther into his shoulder. He sighed, his face still red. He spotted the spider, that was actually pretty small, and squashed it with his shoe. When he looked to Crystal, he noticed she was asleep in his arms.

Cara was set down gently by Ritsu,
"Crystal always knocks out after a caffeine rush. Just set her on the couch."

Kyoya walked to set her on the couch while the others were discussing something. They didn't notice when he hugged her tightly and kissed her forehead slightly before he set her down.

***
Mori growled. He had to get away from that scene he saw before he hurt Kyoya- or Crystal. So, he headed outside. He couldn't stand seeing it. Seeing Crystal in Kyoya's arms. Worse of all, seeing Kyoya touch her. Though, he knew- somewhat- that it wasn't on purpose and it was only because Crystal's shirt didn't cover her butt. Since Kyoya was holding her, it was hard to not touch her butt slightly the way she was clutching on to him. It wasn't like a gentleman to do that. It wasn't right.

Hunny looked at Mori carefully. He knew that Mori cared for Crystal. It was obvious for everyone, but Crystal, to see. He sighed, and came up beside Mori.
"You okay?"
Mori huffed.
"Look," Hunny said, "You have no right to get jealous and angry since she isn't yours in the first place- it just makes you look like a baka."
Mori looked at Hunny shocked. Hunny smiled,
"Which is why you need to tell her how you feel and ask her out!"
Mori sighed,

"I understand."

Crystal:

When I woke up, I was on the couch. On the other cough across from me was Cara and the Host Club. I looked at them curiously. Hunny smiled,
"Merry Christmas!"
Cara's eyes widened and so did mine. In all the excitement we forgot that today was Christmas Day! I looked to Kyoya,

"Hey," I whispered, "What happened and how did I get on the couch?"
"You do not remember?"

I shook my head 'no.' He smirked. I sighed. I didn't remember anything past when I had my coffee. I do vaguely remember feeling something rub against my ass. I vaguely remember someone hug me tightly and kiss my forehead. I looked over to Mori and smiled. He looked a bit surprised, but smiled back slightly. Then he continued glaring at Kyoya. What did I miss to make someone glare at another like that? And why was Ritsu growling every time Hunny came near Cara? What a Christmas.
"Oh, we brought gifts," Tamaki said, "only the best for the princesses!"

Haruhi sighed and sat down next to me after I sat up,
"You really don't remember do you?"
"No, not really- and why are you guys here anyway?"
"The twins' idea. It's Christmas after all, and the Host Club is like a big family."

I hoped that wasn't the case because if we were like a big family then that would mean they were in danger too. I had a strong feeling in my gut that something bad was going to happen…and it wasn't going to be good either.