Twelve Pains of Christmas

Summary: Some people have their gifts, some people have their pains. It's an unfair world and more unfair still, for some members of the Mafia.

Chapter Summary: Gamma fails at life, Mukuro hates kids that were released from their curse and Yuni is not so nice.

7. Charities

Gamma liked Christmas enough. He didn't love it but it's quite fine for him. At least, the kids love it. Everyone is more amiable during this time of the year, too, and it gave him less headaches than usual.

So maybe there was Byakuran and his un-eco-friendly projects but the boss was delighted about it, so he can't really hate what the white haired marshmallow did.

Speaking of the boss…

Byakuran really did made her happy with his project and as the right-hand man, he shouldn't be overshadowed!

And that's why he organized a charity event open for everyone – from civilians to the Mafia. Of course, Yuni loved the idea.

The day came and all was well.

Until Varia came in. There was…

"VOIII!"

"Idiot commander, you're disrupting the people."

"Shut up, frog. Stop acting all cool and nice just because your little girlfriend's here."

"Mu, you're too noisy, Bel."

"HAHAHAHA, BEL GOT DUPED BY MAMMON!"

"Levi, you're acting out of character. Get out."

"Boss~ I didn't know that you'd be here."

There was a little bit more squabbles until a building got destroyed… and blasted off to nowhere. When Gamma approached the scene to see the mixed reactions of the Varia members, he was going to give him a piece of his mind.

Until Natsu jumped over him and burned his hair.

"Sorry," the Vongola Decimo almost looked childlike when he tried to give an apologetic smile – but ultimately failed because he was smiling quite happily. He was running when he motioned to his pet, "Natsu wanted to play tag. I told him not to but… well, you see what happened. I'll ask Takeshi to make sure you don't get burned by the flames."

Gamma flinched at the intensity of the heat and Tsuna – who was running after the pet and probably saw it in the side of his gaze – called out, "I told you! Technically, Natsu's flames are my flames and you do know how my flames are, don't you? It almost incinerated an entire building once."

Yamamoto finally came to douse him but the damaged was already done. Seeing the smoke from the distance and the chaos in the air, Gamma promised himself that he would never have a charity event.

Or invite the Varia or Vongola.

8. Kids

Mukuro doesn't hate or love the Christmas. He just think that it's an idiotic holiday since celebrating a day for pineapples would have been much better.

But, he tolerates it. A little bit.

That's why when a few kids went caroling in his place – he didn't know how they found it – he tried to give in to the spirit of Christmas and gave the kids some pineapples. It was really fortunate that the kids liked the gift or he may have stabbed them.

An hour passed and this time, another set of kids went caroling in his place. Being the good person that he was, he gave them some pineapples again. They liked it, too.

Another hour passed, another set. Another pineapple was given.

The cycle continued for some time and Mukuro was beginning to twitch in irritation. He swore to himself that he will stab whoever goes and carols in the next hour. His pineapples were beginning to get scarce, damn it.

He opened the door with a menacing smile in the next hour and next set of kids.

He did saw kids. Just not the typical ones.

What he saw was the Arcobaleno infants-turned-kids. Colonello was game for the song and so was Skull. Fon was simply tapping his drums and looked at Mukuro expectantly. Verde was riding a robot – the arrogant kid was too cool to walk, apparently. Even Mammon was into the caroling, producing realistic illusions of Santa every now and then in the song.

After they finished the song, Reborn smirked at him under his fedora. He brought out a gun, "Merry Christmas."

…Mukuro really hates kids.

Especially the kids who were recently released from their curses.

9. Parking Spaces

Yuni liked Christmas. Of course she did, she was the daughter of Aria, after all. She liked the way Christmas brings families together – both Mafia families as well as ordinary families. She also like to think that Christmas is a celebration that is for everyone. Okay, so maybe not everyone can provide fifty buffets for their Christmas dinner or make a tree that was fifteen feet tall, but at the very least, everyone was free to celebrate the holiday.

Christmas is also good because it's a season of peace and love and all those good, nice things. Of course, it's a shame that not everyone actually does peaceful and loving things. But at least, some of the people she knows tried.

Especially Byakuran and Gamma.

After all, she heard that Byakuran had decided to light up the entire mansion fo the sake of Christmas spirit. It was a bit cost-y but the amazed faces of the servants and family members alike made it worth it. And what about the adorable image of Byakuran and Yuni leading the family together? It was the best – and Byakuran made it himself.

Gamma, on the other hand, decided to have a charity party. There were all sorts of civilians and mafia members. There were some problems – like how the Varia managed to destroy a building accidentally and Tsuna's lion cub, Natsu, played a little too much and roasted some of the raffle prizes – but overall, it was a success.

And now, Fran was with her. Again. Because she felt bad for him going through all that rigid questioning by the overprotective Byakuran, Gamma and Reborn. Sometimes she wonders how he managed to survive it… well, at least he managed.

So, that's why she's in her car with the boy. Fran didn't like the idea of her driving but since she politely insisted on it, the boy simply called on shotgun.

When they finally arrived at a nearby famous Italian restaurant, she drove through the rows of cars parked…

And was a little pissed when she found out an absence of parking space.

"Yuni," Fran finally spoke up since he was getting bored with torturing his Bel-sempai box weapon. He tilted his head to the side, "There's an open slot there."

Yuni nodded with a relieved sigh and then proceeded to drive leisurely – there was no need to rush after all. Until she saw another car trying to get in her parking space.

Her eyes sparkled with a sort of dangerous gleam and Fran smirked.

The girl took the last moment to steal the space from the space-thief and she gave a triumphant chuckle.

Fran laughed, "I knew there was a reason I'm still with you."

A/N: 2601 and everyone loves Yuni yay! I ALMOST FORGOT THAT I UPDATE DAILY LOL OMG. Have a happy Christmas eve, you all!