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Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you enjoy this special Christmas themed chapter!

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The school was decorated beautifully for Christmas, a small Christmas tree in the hall, lights strung around the corridors, paper snowflakes stuck on the windows. It was a sight Hanako had seen countless times over his years at the school, but this time was different. He got to fully experience it, along with his new friends. Aoi had taken quite a liking to him, and she was one of the only people in the school who knew he and Yashiro were a couple. Of course, rumours spread like wildfire, so it was widely speculated that the two were an item.

It was Hanako's first Christmas with Yashiro, and he was buzzing with excitement.

〜♡〜

"Aoi, what are you doing?" Yashiro watched her friend from where she was sat at her desk, eating her lunch. Aoi stood on a chair, hanging something from the doorframe.

"Just hanging some mistletoe!"
"Why?" Yashiro spoke through a mouthful of sandwich.
"People kiss under mistletoe, and it's festive!" Aoi beamed.
"You hoping you'll meet Akane under it?" Hanako chimed in, sat on a chair pulled up to Yashiro's desk, also munching on his lunch.
"What?! That's absurd..." Akane, also in the room, turned a bright red. This only made Aoi giggle.

"No, I just love seeing new romances blossom, especially at this time of the year!"

Kou sighed and dropped his head onto the desk, painfully single. Aoi stepped down from the chair after successfully hanging up the berries and leaves from the doorframe. She smiled to herself.

"I wonder who will fall victim to its lustful leaves!" She clasped her hands together with joy.
"Don't have to word it like that, Aoi-chan..." Yashiro mumbled.

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Hanako was a little overly excited about sharing a home economics class with Yashiro. Home economics was his favourite class (much to Tsuchigomori's dismay), as he got to make and eat donuts as a school class. It was the last day of term and the winter holidays were only a day away, so, being the kind teacher she was, the home economics teacher decided to make gingerbread with her students.

Yashiro laid the recipe and instructions out on the worktop in front of her and Hanako. He had pestered her all day to work with him during the class, and she was unable to decline.

"Okay, it says here that we need eggs. Go get some eggs."
"On it!"

Yashiro watched Hanako leave and she turned her attention back to the paper. She continued to read the ingredients list until she heard a bang and a small "oops". A voice she knew too well. She cringed and turned to look at Hanako, who was staring at 3 eggs splattered on the floor.

"Sorry- the desk bumped into me." He shrugged.

The students laughed as Yashiro facepalmed. Even she wasn't this bad at baking.

"I'll get the eggs. You just- mix the flour or something." Yashiro whined, desperate to give Hanako a job he couldn't mess up.

Hanako beamed and rushed over to the bowl that had some flour that the teacher had provided beforehand. He grabbed a wooden spoon and began mixing it cluelessly. Yashiro shook her head and gathered the rest of the required ingredients.

"You're like a child." She sighed, placing the ingredients down on the worktop.
"Can you blame me? Making cookies is fun!"