Ryuto

"Someone pick up the phone!" Auntie called and Hikaru instantly ran out of the kitchen and made a head dive for the ringing house phone before I ever got off the couch.

"Hello?" Hikaru said into the phone as Francis, Gilbert, and Antonio applauded her. She threw a pillow at Gilbert and glared at the other two. "Hiro? Is that you?" My twin spoke in Japanese so that the others couldn't hear what she was talking about but she seemed to forget that there were a few other people in the house that spoke the language. "No, I'm not busy at the moment. Why would I be busy?" She paused. "Are you serious? It's…" She turned around and covered the speaker with her hand. "What's today?" she asked in English.

"The 25th?" I said, looking at her.

"It's Christmas, Hikaru!" Feliciano cried.

"You do know what Christmas is, right?" Lovino asked sarcastically.

Hikaru's eyes widened. "I gotta go, Hiro," she said into the phone. "Sorry, but I'll have to talk to you later." She hung up quickly and ran to her room. When she came back out, she was wearing boots, a jacket, and a beanie cup and she was pulling a bag onto her back.

"Where are you going?" Arthur asked.

"She forgot today was Christmas," I said to the Brit. "Don't mind her."

"Are you serious!" Alfred shouted, jumping up from the floor. "How can you forget about Christmas! Do you not see the giant Christmas tree we picked out the other day! What about the presents under the tree that Santa delivered! Tell me you see them!"

"I see them all right," Hikaru said. "I just…thought that Christmas wasn't until next week…"

"How in the world—" Antonio began.

"Just let me go to the store!" Hikaru shouted. "I have to pick up some stuff I ordered a day ago!" She let out a laugh that seemed to convince the others, but I saw her body shaking. Then, she slammed the door as she left.

"What the hell was that about?" Yao muttered. "I'm glad I don't have a sister."

"Yes, Yao," I said, sliding back into my seat. "Be glad that you don't."

"I'd be happy to have a sister that I could play with!" Feliciano said. "I grew up with Roderich and Elizabeta and Roderich was mean to me and Elizabeta dressed me up as a girl. And Lovino was a dickhead and everyone else was really scary." Feliciano's words received a scowl from his older brother.

"Well, I grew up with all of my brothers," Gilbert said. "And I had six of them, including Ludwig. I was barely around women in my childhood. I thought Elizabeta was a boy so she didn't really count."

"Oh, really?" Arthur said. "I was hated by my older brothers and I had to look after that one"—he pointed to Alfred—"when my parents volunteered me for babysitting when I was younger."

"But I was adorable when I was a kid!" Alfred shouted. "You couldn't hate me!"

"I grew up alone with a yak as my only friend," Ivan said quietly. "A hamster rejected my friendship and my sisters were, well, you know. You're lucky, Ryuto, since you have Hikaru as your sister. My big sister was really weird and my little sister was really scary. They still are, though."

I looked at the Russian and then glanced at Ludwig, who was reading a book quietly as Feliciano played with his hand. "Natalia's your little sister, right?" I asked. "I think Hikaru has a class with her." Even though I already knew that Natalia was Ivan's sister, I was looking for Ludwig's reaction to my words and I got it.

The blonde German glanced up from his book without bothering to yell at Feliciano which I found really odd because normally he would shout angrily at the Italian. But this time, Ludwig just stared between Ivan and me with a somewhat scared expression.

"Oh, you know what?" Alfred said. "I heard that something happened between Hikaru and Natalia. I think a girl was telling her friend about it during class the day we got out."

"I think I heard something like that," Francis said. "Did they have a fight?"

"I don't think they were even friends," I said. "Hikaru told me that Natalia scared her so…"
"Well, yeah, but you know girls still fight with each sometimes," Alfred said. "Maybe it was over a boy? Girls like to fight over boys and stuff like that."

"But Hikaru's dating Ludwig," Gilbert said. "It wouldn't make sense if—you and Hikaru are still dating, right, brother?"

We glanced at Ludwig, who was looking at Gilbert with a startled expression.

"What did you do to my sister?" I asked Ludwig.

"I didn't do anything," he said. "At least I think I didn't."
"You think you didn't or you know you didn't? This is my sister we're talking about. As her brother, I have the right to stop you from hurting her."

"I know, Ryuto, and I respect that—" Ludwig began.

"If you respect that, then tell me what you did to her, Ludwig. Tell me now or else you'll have to break up with her."

Ludwig's eyes widened.

"Ryuto, I don't think you're being very reasonable," Kiku said.

"No, he has a right to say that," Ludwig said, looking away from me. "When we got out for vacation, Natalia kissed me and Hikaru must've seen. I—"

"Break up with her," I interrupted him. "Break up with Hikaru, Ludwig, the moment she gets back." I stood up from my seat and headed to the door. I started putting on my shoes and pulled on my jacket. "Or better yet, I'll do it for you." Then, I slammed the door behind me, grabbed my bike, and headed for the city which was only a few blocks away from where we lived.

I found my sister standing in front of a store, with a crowd around her. Hikaru was staring at the store, crying, but when I looked at her closer, I saw that she was staring at a couple in front of her. She was watching the couple swing each other around and hold each other. Bags lay at her side, forgotten as she watched the couple.

"Hey," I said.

Hikaru glanced at me and smiled. "Hey," she said back.

"So, did you really forget about Christmas or did you just want to get out of the house?" I asked.

She wiped her eyes. "I honestly forgot about it."

"So what'd you get me get me?"

"I can't tell you."

"What'd you get Ludwig?"

My twin pulled something out from her sweater pocket. She showed me an omamori—one with the Japanese character of love on it.

"You really like him, don't you?" I asked, taking the omamori from her.

"Yes," she whispered.

"You do know he cheated on you," I said. "Right?"

"Do you love Lily?" she asked instead of answering me.

I stared at my twin. "I don't—"

"Do you love Lily?" she repeated, looking at me.

"Y-yes, I love Lily but I'm talking about you right now."

"You and Lily should stay together," she said as she glanced away. "You're good for each other."

"Hikaru…"

My sister started crying again and I hugged her. "I love him, Ryuto," she said. "I love him so much. I…"

"I know you love him," I said. "I just can't stand him hurting you, okay?"

Hikaru hugged me back. "Okay…"
"Now, should we get back to the house? I left the others to come find you and they're probably wondering why we're taking so long. It is Christmas, after all."

She wiped her eyes again and smiled at me, but I saw that she wasn't completely happy. "Merry Christmas, Ryuto," she said.

"Merry Christmas, Hikaru," I said. "I can't wait until you see what I got you."

My twin picked up her bags. "Me, neither." Then, we started heading back towards the house where the others were waiting.

A Note from your Author:

Oh, I am so dead… I just wanna lie down and die (or quit this story since I'm practically writing to no one…) Yeah, I'll just lie down and die… For the story, Ryuto's kind of being a dickhead at the moment but he loves his sister. I feel bad…I don't know why, I just do… So thanks, I guess, for reading and…ugh… Yeah, I'm kind of talking to no one right now but thanks for reading…and all…