Took a break from crying over Aqours' first Medley Festival to write up a new chapter. Oh KLab, why you make Dia tier! WHYYY! :'(

Pairing: N/A
Summary: Karasu and his friends cause some mischief at school
X-mas Countdown: 27 Days

"Is too!"

"Is not!"

"Is too!"

"Not, not, not!"

"Too, too, too!"

Mr. Kurosawa looked back at his door and sighed before apologizing to the teacher he was talking to and walking back in his room. When he looked towards where the yelling was coming from, he saw Ai and, of course, Karasu. Karasu is usually the one causing trouble.

"Karasu, Ai, what have I said about indoor and outdoor voices when there isn't an emergency?" The teacher asked, walking towards the reading mat.

"Sawa, Sawa, Karasu's being mean!" A blonde girl told the teacher before anyone else could.

"Na-uh!" A black-haired boy countered. "Karasu was telling the truth!"

"Santa's fake~! Santa's fake~!" A brunette boy sang and blew raspberries at the two girls.

"Is not!" Ai shouted, her black hair moving around as she jumped up and down in a tantrum.

"Is so!" Karasu argued. "His beard's fake!"

"Is not!"

"Is too!"

"Alright, that's enough!" Mr. Kurosawa announced. At the teacher's voice, the two groups of kids stopped arguing and looked up at the man. "Ai, you and Honoka go to the dressing up corner. Ryōta and Shun, you two go the blocks. Karasu, stay with me"

The girls stuck their tongues at the boys and went to where they were told to go. The boys looked back at their friend but ran off so as not to get punished. Kurosawa lead Karasu to the computers and had Karasu sit down while Kurosawa pulled up a stool for himself. "Can't you and your friends go a day without picking on the girls?" the blond teacher asked with a sigh. "So Santa's fake, huh?"

"Uh-huh, his beard is fake" Karasu said. "I saw it. He took it off at the store"

"The store? Oh, you mean the mall?" The teacher said, remembering taking his own child to see Santa at the mall a few days ago. Karasu must've saw a rather irresponsible worker take his Santa beard off.

"Alright, then the Santa at the mall is fake. Doesn't mean Santa isn't real"

"Na-uh!"

"So you're one of those types of kids that just won't swallow down whatever grown-ups tell you, huh? Than what if I show you a picture?"

"Picture?" That got Karasu's attention, if him looking at his teacher in curiosity was any sign.

"Computers are here to give us information and answer questions we don't know, Karasu. Here we are" After some clicking and typing, an old drawing of a man in a green coat showed up on the screen.

"Karasu, this is Santa" Mr. Kurosawa said.

"That's Santa!?" Karasu looked at the screen with wide eyes.

"Well, you're kind of right. Back then, he was called Father Christmas and gave out toys for kids to play with and food so people can eat. As time went on, people started calling him Santa, a bringer of joy and gifts. So, do you believe in Santa no-"

"Ai, Ryōta, Honoka, Shun! C'mere!" Karasu ran called as though he wasn't just in an argument with the two girls. "Santa's fake, but Mr. Christmas is real!"

Mr. Kurosawa rolled his eyes but smiled as Karasu successfully called the kids over to the computers and showed them the picture. Good thing troublemaker Karasu was also the type who gets impressed pretty easily.