A/N: Long time no see. I'm so, so, so sorry for all of those who have been waiting. I hope most of my reader are still tuned-in!

Here's the next chapter, a request from Iris Petals and Devilish Dream. Sorry for the...*ahem* slightly delayed update but I hope you like it :)

A Day with Misaki's family.

Agreeing to spend time with the Ayuzawas was admittedly an insane thing to do as many agreed, as it was a well-known fact that accidents were pretty common in the Ayuzawa household. But I did find it a little too exaggerating- I like spending the time with them.

So here I am, on a snowy Christmas night, having agreed to spend the holiday with my girlfriend, standing on the foot of her door.

She didn't exactly invite me, but she had blushed and shouted "Spend Christmas with me!" so I suppose it was more of an order.

"Give that back to me!" I can hear Misaki shouting inside and Minako is laughing as I ring the doorbell and Suzuna opens it for me. I have their presents tucked away under my arm.

"Merry Christmas" I smile, getting in.

"Welcome, Usui! Merry Christmas!" Minako calls at me cheerfully as I take my jacket off and hang it on the coat hanger. Misaki is wearing baggy jeans and shirt, and her hair are tucked behind as she wears a cute Santa hat.

I fight the urge to laugh as I notice she's staring at me.

"You're early"

"You sound disappointed" I smile at her, going over and placing the presents under the brightly-lit, decorated Christmas tree in the living room. The ambience in the place has completely changed.

There is a THUD! and I come back to see Misaki's foot stuck in the wodden flooring in the entrance.

"Damn- it broke again! Suzuna, didn't I tell you to repair it?"

"I did. You just broke it" Suzuna says, passing by me and going over to the dining room. She's cutting apples, making the peels pop-out the end so that they look like bunny ears. I remember Misaki having told me that was how they normally ate apples.

"Just cover it with soe newspaper, honey" inako walks over to me "How was the journey? Misaki's told me you live quite far away from here"

"I do. It wasn't any problem though." I smile. I find it really unnecessary to mention that I had to walk all the way 'til I got a cab because the train had been delayed due to heavy snow on the tracks, and I didn't want to arrive late.

"Usui, you were supposed to get presents!" Misaki glides in, chunks of wood stuck on the heel of her trainers "Didn't I tell you I wouldn't allow you in if you didn't get any presents?" she look strangely worked-up.

"I did get them- they are under the tree" I smile.

"Good. And if I don't like them I'm throwing them back at you" she replies satisfied.

"Be my guest" I say, then eye Minako, who's smiling. It's a pleasant transformation- Misaki seems a little more…well, childish.

"Does Christmas bring out the child in her?" I ask Minako as I looke at Misaki, who's busy fussing over the lights that they have decorated the staircase with.

Minako laughs "She tries to be happy at time like these- she knows how much it means to me to see that we're one small, happy family."

I think they are that already.

Titanic is playing in the dining room as I enter, Suzuna is cutting the apples, but her eyes are glued to the television and she is staring unblinkingly as Leonardo DiCaprio makes love to Kate Winslet. I'm surprised Suzuna hasn't cut herself on that knife by now.

"Suzuna put something else- that's disgusting!" Misaki says as she comes in. Suzuna turns her protruding eyes on her sister.

"Mating is a common act done by all living beings."

"Yes, it's nothing to be ashamed of" I smirk.

"That doesn't necessarily mean we should watch it!" Misaki argues, the tip of her Santa hat falling limply by her side adorably as she tilts her head to one side "Besides why do you have to spoil the spirit of Christmas?"

I stare at her "What does mating have to do with Christmas spirit?"

"Misaki- catch it! " suddenly comes a shriek and Minako runs into the room.

"Catch wha- WHAT WAS THAT!" Misaki shouts and jumps up as a mouse scuttles across from her and runs over to where I'm standing.

"Usui- catch it!"

"What is a mouse doing in our house on Christmas?"

I stare at her again "What does mice have to do with-?"

"Oh, shut up!"

"Make noise! Confuse it!" Minako says, clashing two steel plates together. Misaki follows suit, banging on the tables as Suzuna throws her knife at the creature.

"No- don't kill it-!"

The calm, soothing music of Titanic plays in the back as we're banging and yelling. I don't really know what is wrong with a mous sharing space with us.

The animal runs over to me and I swoop down, catching it by the tail.

Minako, Misaki and Suzuna stop and crash onto the floor, panting.

"….What do I do with it?" I blink at them, the poor creature is squeaking as I hold it by the tail upside-down.

"Throw it outside"

"It's too cold. It'll freeze to death"

"They eat rats in China" Suzuna says.

All three of us stare at her.

"it's Christmas, Suzuna, and no, we're not going to eat rats!" Misaki says.

"I suppose we can leave it around in the house again." I say

Half-an-hour later, the mouse is peeking out of the walls of a cardboard shoe box frisking it's whiskers as Suzuna feeds it bits of cheese. They have decided to name it 'Captain Jerry' and I find it best not to question.

"It's an excellent meal, Mrs. Ayuzawa" I say as we finish the last bit of chicken roast and the devil's chocolate cake.

She smiles "Misaki helped."

My girlfriend blushes beside me and looks away as I smile at her "I suppose my cookery lessons helped, huh?"

"Oh, please, you taught me less-" she blushes "- and fooled around more."

I smirk. I know exactly what she means by 'fooling around''

"Time for exchanging presents!" Minako saya happily and we make our way to the tree.

"There you go!" smiles Minako to me as she hands an arguably huge present "We couldn't buy you separate presents….but we hope you like it…"

I take it in my hands and open the wrapping paper. There are 5 boxes of imported strawberries.

"I bought them at a lottery" Suzuna explains.

I take them out and find another small box. On opening it, I see an exquisite glass photo-frame, big enough to stand on my bedside table. There are small crystal mistletoes and bells bordering the frame, but the most wonderful thing is the photo that rests there. It is more like a collage- photographs of Minako and Suzuna are stuck on the left as they smile up at me, and on the right is a picture of Me and Misaki. I am smiling and holding her, and she's blushing, of course.

"How is it…?"

I look up at them, realizing that this is the one moment in my whole lifetime when I have truly been touched. I just cannot explain the warmth that is flooding through me.

"It's beautiful"

They beam up at me, and start opening my presents for them- Suzuna seems satisfied by the lottery tickets and Minako is trying on her new heeled shoes. However, Misaki takes one look at the black cute, revealing dress that I have gifted her and throws it at my face.

"I'm not wearing that!"

"Misaki- I'm your boyfriend!"

"You're a perverted alien! You picked that dress out on purpose!"

"I may have"

There is resounding crash as plates fall on the ground in the dining room.

"Damn that rat!"

We're standing at the foot of Misaki's door. She's looking down at the ground and I hold my strawberries and frame in a bag.

It's still snowing and the whole town is lit up by the Christmas lightings. I smile at how beautiful my Ayuzawa looks, her face lit up by the multi-coloured lights and the moon's glow.

It's silently peaceful as I make my way out "I suppose I should be going now" I say.

"No- wait!"

I stop, smirking as I hear footsteps behind me. I turn to find Misaki fly at me, clutch my collar tightly and pull me down to meet my lips.

It's an intensely sweet kiss. I don't want to move, I wrap my arms around my dear Ayuzawa, feeling she's everything to me and kiss her back. I know she really needed to do that ever since I had arrived there.

She backs away and looks down "Merry Christmas" and then pushes me away from her "Go now"

I chuckle "Merry Christmas"

I feel like I've become a part of her family already.

A/N: Yeah…um…..don't expect any updates anytime soon, you'll disappoint yourself. But at the same time, hope you're there whenever next my crazy mind wishes me to make an addition to this fic.

Thankyou so much for reading, and please review!

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