"Oh my! I hope we're not late." Shiemi says out of breath as they approach the door to the old dormitory building that the Okumara brother's lived and were throwing their Christmas party in.
"It's okay we'll just tell them you got held up at the shop with flower deliveries. They'll understand." Luna says walking up the stairs in front of her. She then knocks on the door.
It opens and she sees Rin's smiling face on the other side. "Merry Christmas!"
"Merry Christmas!" Luna says giving him a hug. "Sorry Shiemi and I are late. Her mom had deliveries that we had to get to before we could come."
Shiemi waves, "Hi Rin, Merry Christmas."
He comes out to greet her and gives her a hug. "Merry Christmas! Can I help you carry in your stuff Shiemi?"
"Oh yes, thank you Rin." She says looking down at the bags in her hands. "This one is gifts to go under the tree and this one is some sweets that Luna and I bought for everyone to enjoy."
"Awesome! I'm not really comfortable with baking so I'm glad you guys thought about that." He smiles at Shiemi.
Luna stands in the doorway and watches the two of them fuss over each other for a moment. She liked seeing the two of them together. Rin was a really nice guy and Shiemi was a sweet girl. She wishes she could give them a little nudge but Shiemi had already told Rin that she wasn't ready for a relationship. So Luna thought pressing the issue would be a moot point.
She heard someone come up behind her in the entrance. Turning to see who it was she saw Shima standing in the doorway with mistletoe draped over her head. She looked up at it. "Really?" She had a smug look on her face. Kissing Shima was not on her Christmas to do list. In fact it was never on her list to do at all.
He smiles at her. "Yep, gotta do it. If the two of us are under it."
Luna rolls her eyes. "Okay close your eyes."
He does so and puckers up. Luna grabs Rin who was just walking up behind her with Shiemi and pushes him in to Shima's kiss.
Rin stumbles back from the kiss. "Ewe gross Shima what was that!" Rin wipes at his mouth with his hand still clutching the bags he was carrying for Shiemi.
"Okumara!" Shima then starts to rub at his mouth. "I thought I was kissing Wilk."
Suguro comes up behind him and grabs his collar. "Who are you kissing?" He tried to force his voice to sound angry but he was laughing too hard from seeing Rin and Shima just kiss.
Luna grabs the mistletoe from Shima and hands it to Suguro with a smile. "This stuff is dangerous in the hands of children. You best keep it."
Suguro laughs.
"Hey I still have to get Shiemi and Kamiki with that!" Demands Shima.
"You are the most nefarious monk I know." Suguro says tucking the mistletoe into his sweater pocket.
The five of them walk in and Suguro helps Luna unpack her bags under the Christmas tree. Luna leans in next to Suguro's ear whispering into it. "I hope you decide to use that mistletoe sometime tonight."
He blushes and rubs his ear twisting one of his piercings. "Maybe."
Luna stands up touching his shoulder. "It's okay, I'd rather kiss you in private anyway." She whispers.
He nods at her not looking up but his ears start to turn red too. "Probably."
She smiles and runs her finger along the top of his ear softly.
He shivers and looks up at her. "That's not fair." He smirks at her.
Luna whispers back to him smiling widely. "Probably not."
"Dinner is ready. Let's all eat and then we'll open gifts." Announces Rin talking to everyone.
Suguro stands he looks down her way standing shoulder to shoulder with her. "Is that everything that needs to go under the tree?"
Luna nods looking up at Suguro. She wishes she would have hung onto the mistletoe so that she could hang it over Suguro's head now while everyone was paying attention to the food on the table instead of them.
Lightening walks over to Luna and Suguro patting them both on the back. "Merry Christmas!"
"Merry Christmas Professor Light." Luna turns to him giving him a hug. He actually hugs her back and Luna is surprised. "That was a nice Christmas gift. I'll take that as a job well done for the last five impromptu missions we've been on."
He opens his mouth with a toothy grin laughing. "Sure Wolf you've done good." He looks up at Suguro. "You too Ryuji. I couldn't ask for finer apprentices."
Luna leans in towards him sniffing the air by his face. "Professor have you been drinking?"
"Sniffing me out huh Wolf? Yeah, a little but I'm not drunk yet so you can take the compliment." He pats them both on the back again. "Let's get some grub. I'm starving."
The three of them walk over and sit down to eat with the others. Rin had made sobayaki, yakitori, and shabu-shabu with an assortment of meats and veggies to put in the broth.
"Wow Okumara you really went all out!" Kamiki says as she and Paku sit at the kotatsu table.
Rin shakes his head. "Well its Christmas right? This is kind of my gift to all of you."
"Thank you Rin this is wonderful." Luna bows. "I don't even know where to start." She looks around at all the food.
Suguro grabs some sobayaki cutting it in half. "I'd recommend starting with the food that isn't going to stay hot for very long first." He leans in whispering. "Split this with me? I want to make sure I don't get to full before I try everything."
Luna nods as he puts the sobayaki on her plate. "Good idea." She whispers back.
Shura leans over Lightening nearly sitting in his lap while getting to the shabu-shabu pot.
"Woaw Shura, hey now. No need to get so frisky. You haven't even buttered me up with mistletoe yet." Lightening says leaning back from her.
"I'm not that drunk yet Lightening. Give a girl some credit and some more Christmas beer." Shura says pulling her meat out of the broth to take it to her plate.
Lightening laughs. "The phrase is Christmas cheer."
"Cheer, Beer, either way." She says with a shrug.
Yukio pushes up his glasses shaking his head at the two of them. "Really? The two of you are just the worst examples."
Shura giggles at Yukio's jeering. "Get off it four eyes. None of us are on duty right now. So let's just enjoy the night. You know how to lay back and enjoy things. Don't you?"
He takes a deep breath and rolls his eyes.
Luna looked around the dinner table. Everyone from the crams school was there together celebrating. Sure there was playful banter but no one was fighting or angry. It was wonderful. She had a feeling this was going to be a Christmas that she would remember forever.