SSF: Okay, in reasons for my absent, I had to get my Open Office Word Processor back, I've been dealing with writers block, and I've had stuff going on in real life. My old Laptop is litterally coming apart so until I get the money I have to work on my new Laptop (which is kind of a bitch I like it yeah...but the touch pad mouse is a bitch). Anyway, so here's the solid plan from here on out starting with this Chapter:

Tori's Brithday

Christmas

New Years Eve Party,

Finals pt.1

Valentines Day

Finals pt.2

Fillers

Cardverse Festival

Final Dance

Epilogue

That is the solid plan, so yeah this fic is almost over. I'm glad you guys really liked this, and yes I'm working on the Sequal: Dreams come True, I've posted the first two chapters so I hope you enjoy

Disclaimer: I only own Tori

Chapter 20

Snow was falling among the grounds, winter break was coming and everyone was getting ready for the holidays, even though, it wasn't for another fourteen days. However, a certain Brit had a spark in his eyes, being a student president gave him access to student records and their personal information, such as when an individual's birthday was. Arthur walked the halls with a small smile on his face, he had a lot of planning to do.
"You seem happy today" came a Greek sounding voice, Arthur blinked and looked over to see Heracules laying on the bench next to a window. Arthur shook his head, that man was always finding weird places to sleep in.
"Tomorrow is Tori's birthday...I have a gift for him waiting in my room."
"I'm going to guess and say you bought him an expensive present" Arthur looked at him with a slight grin. "It's only about fifty dollars, not that much." Heracules nodded and sat up, readying himself to walk to his next class.
"What are you going to do for Christmas?" Arthur shrugged and walked with him to class, "I'm not sure, I want to spend it with Tori but he told me he might go to home for the Christmas break, but there's a rumor of a snow in so he might stay here. Then again I'll most likely be forced to that damn party Alfred is planning. I just don't know" "What's wrong with Alfred's Christmas parties?" "Nothing, well other than those odd coloured cakes, but there's nothing wrong with them, he's just...so childish at times" The Greek nodded and stopped at his class, he looked to Arthur and told him he needed to relax more and not worry so much, the Brit in question shook his head and went to the student office to get some work done. While he was working, he heard a soft voice outside the door, he went to investigate. He stepped out the room and turned to the source where he found Tori using the payphones in the student lounge, Arthur mentally slapped himself, he forgot his office was by the student lounge, ah well can't hurt but to listen in right?

"Yeah I got the package mom, thanks. Yeah everything is fine, the school has the Christmas decorations up, there's even a giant tree out here in the lounge if students want to decorate it after class, I added the tinsels on them, and the icicle ornaments. I don't know I want to go home, but I want to stay here. Do you want me to? Alright, well I'll see you when the Festival of Cards come up, it's this summer. I love you mom" he said before hanging up. Tori sat down by the tree and smiled, he was able to stay here for the holidays which was good, but he still couldn't help but to feel homesick, Arthur put his work on hold and went over to him sitting next to him,

"Hello love" he said. Tori smiled and looked to his crush and smiled at him

"Hey Arthur," he took his hand and looked at the tree, for only two weeks of being up, the tree was starting to look like an ornate centerpiece, the two got up and started to add on to the tree, talking about their plans for the holidays, Tori mentioned he was able to stay for the holidays, this made Arthur's heart skipped a beat. Maybe now would be a good time to ask him;

"Say Tori...Alfred's throwing this Christmas party...I'm probably not going, but I was wondering if you were?" Tori shrugged and placed a red bulb on the tree, he took a step back and looked at Arthur.

"I didn't know Alfred was throwing a party..."
"He always does when Christmas rolls around...Last year he had this bright blue cake, it seriously looked like something that shouldn't be eaten." This comment made Tori laugh his heart out, his laugh was an innocent sounding one, one that would make angels themselves envy the young boy.

"Colored cakes are the best though Arthur!" He recovered from laughing, "I guess I'll check the party out, see if I might like it"

"Great! Oh, um after dinner could you meet me in the courtyard?"
"Sure...?" Tori was confused, what could Arthur want at that time? Speaking of which, why would he want to go out in the cold weather? The two stopped in their decorating as the bell rang signaling the end of break, they said their good byes and went their separate ways, Tori to his class, Arthur to the office to complete the paper work he had to do.

-Line Break-

"Arthur cher, what might this be?" Francis asked holding up a black box with a silver ribbon on it. Arthur paused in his search for the missing item and stormed up to Francis taking it from his hands.

"How dare you break into my room!" Arthur hissed "What were you even looking for?" Francis chuckled and leaned on the wall with a smile.

"Ah Arthur, you didn't show up for class so I went to see if you were in your room" He said taking out a master key, "With this of course, I didn't find you but I found that box. Now tell me, what's in it?" the Frenchman demanded. Arthur slapped the key out of his hand and locked the dorm room before heading off.

"It's none of your business, now if you'll excuse me I have to get to science" This didn't stop Francis from following him like a lost puppy.

"Is it a gift for your petit silver-eyed amour?" he asked in a sing song voice. This alone made Arthur froze in place, he hated when Francis had to pester into his love life.

"If I say yes, then will you leave me alone and find something or someone else to pester?"
"Maybe"
"Then yes, it's a gift for Tori. Now bugger off" The Brit said as he continued his way, leaving Francis behind. He checked the clock, after science was dinner, and after dinner, was the court yard with Tori; where he would dazzle Tori with his gift, and kiss him under the mistletoe that usually hangs in the court yard, it was perfect, just perfect! But, as we all know, perfection isn't easy, or guaranteed for that matter. Arthur was no exception to that statement. He was a gentleman, and it was the gentleman's duty to make sure a special meeting went according to plan, nothing will get in his way, nothing!

"Someone looks really happy" Arthur froze and saw Mikhail leaning in the door way to the science room with a grin. Arthur smiled sweetly at him,

"Hello Mikhail, so you've noticed huh?"

"Noticed?" the Czech boy laughed "Of course I did! Everyone's talking about it, didn't help that Francis told almost everyone he knew" Arthur paled at that sentence.

"Are you serious?" Arthur growled out, balling his fists a bit. "I swear if he tells Tori-"

Mikhail let out another small laugh, "Don't worry about it, I sent Alfred to go distract him from the gossip until you can give him the gift as you had planned. I'd watch out though, Alfred can only distract people for so long before he, himself gets bored."

"That's true" Arthur said sighing a bit. He walked into the science room and took his seat, he was still on edge about the news that's been flying around, his only hope was that Alfred did kept Tori occupied until dinner or after dinner.

-Line break-

"So why did you take me to the gym Al?" Tori asked looking around a bit. Alfred was setting up a net and getting a volleyball out, he smiled at Tori and bounced the ball to him,

"For a game of course" Tori bounced the ball back to the American.
"No way in hell, try again." he said leaving the gym. Alfred paled and ran after Tori, he had to find a way to keep him busy before dinner, that was in an hour! Thinking of something at the last minute Alfred grabbed Tori's arm rather quickly,

"Winner gets the loser's desserts for a week!" The silver-eyed teen looked at the American, the school always gave out great desserts for dinner, and with Christmas coming so soon, it would be even better. Plus if he won, he could most certainly use this to his advantage! Tori let out a sigh before facing Alfred.

"Fine, but if I lose I'll just get Arthur to nag your desserts from you!" Alfred inwardly sighed in relief he got the boy to stay.
"Deal!"

And so the game began, each with their own powerful serves and hits, most of the time it resulted in getting the ball stuck up the rafters, meaning both scores were at a zero still. Both were laughing and having the time of their life, on occasions Tori made a few strikes giving him points, but it was mostly them hitting the ball out of bounds.

Alfred was keeping track of the time, just five minutes left, score was tied, he had to let Tori get this strike, just to end the game so the two can walk down to dinner. He served the ball over and watching Tori's stance, the moment Tori hit the ball over the net, Alfred went for it but of course slipped a bit letting Tori get the winning point.

"Yes!" the shorter cheered, jumping up and down in his place, "I didn't think I'd get it!"
"Yup, you got it alright," Alfred laughed out, obviously not happy about the fact that he'd be giving away a weeks worth of deserts.

He shrugged and walked over to the double doors, Tori following close behind him. They both left the gym, making their way to the cafeteria for dinner. Alfred silently hoping they wouldn't get there to early and that Arthur was prepared for this. When they got there, Arthur was seen at the door, he smiled and took Tori into his arms and thanked Alfred for being with him, the group went inside and got their dinner, taking their seats Tori was talking about how he kicked Alfred's ass in volleyball, Arthur was laughing at the news. Alfred however was just paled from it, he had to give his dessert up to Tori for a week as a prize.

-line break-

When dinner was over, Arthur was outside with Tori in the snow covered courtyard Tori looked around a bit and smiled, it was beautiful outside, he looked to Arthur and held himself in his winter coat.

"What did you need Arthur?" Arthur smiled and brought him closer to the center, he looked around making sure no-one was out here to interrupt the moment, Tori looked at him in confusion, what was Arthur planning? Before he could open his mouth he found a black box in front of him with a silver ribbon on it,

"Arthur?"
"Open it, it's for you" the young teen did as he was told and opened the box, he let out an audible gasp and covered his mouth in shock, inside the box was a necklace, it was a red crystal heart necklace with Swarvoski crystal surrounded by diamond-bright rhinestone and suspended on a crystal-accented chain. Tori looked up at Arthur with wide eyes, he wanted to ask why he was given such a marvelous gift, having read his mind, Arthur took the necklace out placing it around Tori's neck with a smile.

"Happy Birthday Tori" He said. Tori placed a hand on the stone around his neck before hugging Arthur with a smile on his face.

"Thank you Arthur," he said in a soft tone, Arthur smiled and pulled back a bit, "That's not all, look above us" As Tori looked up he saw the mistletoe above them and blushed, he looked at Arthur and gently kissed him, Arthur held him close and kissed back, hand running down the smaller one's black hair to the middle of the back, as they kissed time stood still, they were lost in the passion they hadn't notice most of the school was watching from inside. This was a match made in heaven, neither wanted to part from each other. The kiss made it's end, Arthur lead Tori inside the school and kissed his cheek,

"How are you liking your birthday?" Arthur asked with a smile, Tori laughed a bit and rested his head on his shoulder,
"I like it a lot, thanks again for the necklace, how did you know when my birthday was anyway?" Arthur had a false innocent look in his eyes as he answered;

"Oh I have my ways is all, love" Tori gave him a look for the truth, when he got nothing he let it drop. The two walked down the halls in silence just enjoying the others company, down the quiet decorated hall with wreaths, tinsels, and lights. Pass the frost covered windows, and the snow covered grounds, the night itself was beautiful. As they walked further and further the sound of music was heard, they must be nearing Alfred's Christmas party, Tori thought, he looked to Arthur with a smile,

"Want to check it out?" he asked. Arthur looked down and nodded,
"I don't see why not, though it's kind of early for him to be throwing one..." He said walking to the room where the party was. The music started to get louder and louder with each step, once they finally got to the room Arthur held the door open for Tori, when the young teen walked in he froze, Alfred along with Francis and Mikhail had set up a birthday bash (With Arthur's permission naturally), Tori turned to Arthur with his arms crossed,

"Did you set this up?"
"For once, no...The three asked to set up a party, they didn't specify what the party was for. My bet, the frog is the main culprit"

Tori laughed and turned back to the party, The room was decorated in silver balloons and streamers, tables with black table cloths with a webbed design on them, a huge cake that could feed the entire school (Of course to Alfred: The bigger the cake is, the better), and in the center of the room was a banner that said 'Happy Birthday Tori!' the gesture enough made Tori glad his mother let him stay, he had got a necklace from Arthur, and a wonderful party from his friends. It was decided, he never want to part from World Academy for a while. Though, like all school years, they had to come to an end, he only had a few months left. He pushed that thought aside, he wanted to make every last second here count and what better way than to give the party planners; Alfred, Mikhail, and Francis a hug for their efforts. Alfred ruffled Tori's hair and turned to the group announcing the party was on, and for everyone to have fun, this party, was going to last until midnight. Tori shook his head, Alfred was of course going to have a party last until midnight, he watched as the American went to the DJ stand with Mikhail and joined a group in the dance floor, Arthur smiled and went to the snack bar getting two cups of punch, he saw Francis walk over and rolled his eyes.

"I suppose I have to thank you for this?" Francis chuckled and shook his head,
"Non mon ame, You don't." He turned to the dance floor and smiled "He's a member of this crazy family for sure" Arthur chuckled, Francis wasn't far from the truth. Most of the students here knew each other one way or another, for example: The Vargus twins knew Francis, Roderich, Elizabeta, Elisabeth, Gilbert and Antonio when they were only children, they met Arthur through Francis, and knew Alfred from Arthur, and Matthew from Alfred. In short, the entire school knew one another, even if it was just a mutual meeting.

"That he is Francis, that he is...and I'm glad he is" Arthur agreed with a small smile,
"You're just saying that because you two are an item" Francis teased, earning a glare from the Brit.
"Watch it frog, just because it's Tori's birthday, that doesn't mean you're safe from me" And with that said, the party went on with laughter, games, dancing and of course, cake. In fact, most of the students, including Tori, went for the cake, because a party without cake can NOT be considered a party at all, every party should have a cake in it somewhere dammit, even if it's for a friendly get together party, a cake needs to be in to be considered a party!

-line break-

The clock tower chimed Midnight, the party was over, everyone who set the party up pitched in to clean the party hall, the left over food, people took to their rooms for something to snack on during break while they're in the room studying or working, Tori was asleep on the bleachers holding a polar bear plush that he got from Matthew, unfazed by the chiming clock. Arthur went over and picked Tori up, he looked to the bag of goodies that the young boy collected via gifts and turned to Mikhail

"Um can you help me move this to Tori's room?" the Czech smiled and grabbed the bag following Arthur to the elevator, to Tori's room. Once they got to the student lounge and by the elevator, Arthur looked to Mikhail who had a soft smile on his face,

"Fun evening huh Arthur?"
"Yeah. Thank you for helping to set up the party by the way"
"Of course, it's the least I can do for a friend," The elevator dinged and the two walked in, going up to floor three, room nine, Arthur took out the master key getting into Tori's room, he laid the boy on the bed taking his shoes off an covering him up with a smile.

"Good night love" he said turning to leave, Mikhail left the bag by the desk and followed Arthur outside, closing the door behind them, leaving Tori to dream about the evening, the fun and the excitement he had. Yes, this was a wonderful evening for sure.

SSF: Okay, there. I hope this long wait was worth it. I put sweat and tears into this with my friends help

Notes:

Tori's Birthday: I created him two years ago on December 12th.

Arthur Knowing Tori's birthday: Face it people, he's student president I know damn well anyone with that authority would use their possition of power to their advantage, Francis would have the same authority but is too lazy to look it up himself.

Tori's Phone call: Okay, this is probably the only time you're hearing about Tori's parents. The package was naturally Tori's parents sending him presents.

Christmas Tree in the student Lounge: Seriously who WOULDN'T want to decorate a Christmas Tree in school?

Mikhail: This is iiShuChan's character, :)

Alfred missing on purpose: Hey, his job was to keep Tori distracted, and either way he was going to have to give his dessert to Tori with or without Arthur's nagging.

The gift: Okay this: I had to look on Pyramid Collection trying to find an expensive ass gift. Something Arthur would spend for Tori, yeah it's a female store big whoop.

Students Knowing each other: Okay As stated here is a flow chart to help:

Francis-Knew Arthur since they were children

Arthur-Knew Alfred since they were teens

Alfred-Knows the Italian twins through Francis

See where I'm getting at? I'm also using historic relations as well. So yeah, the school knows everyone and their brother in a literal way.

That's all I have to say so thank you for being patient with me.