KOF Extras

A Very Special Christmas: Part Two

Kyo's family and Honoka finally arrived at the hotel. To Honoka's dismay, the receptionist wouldn't let them in.
"I'm sorry, but I can't just let you in, especially when you claim to have already checked in."
"My friend checked in for me and I'm sharing a room with her," Honoka reasoned.
"What's your friend's name?" The receptionist asked.
"Yagami Aiko," Honoka said. "Long red hair, blue eyes."
The receptionist nodded. "Oh. I remember her. She has a brother, doesn't she?"
"Yes," Honoka nodded. "That's her."
The receptionist phoned Aiko's room but the redhead didn't pick up. Honoka was even more dismayed when the receptionist told her to wait.
With her heavy baggage still in hand, the young girl sat down on one of the plush couches to wait. She tried calling Aiko to ask her where she was but the other girl never picked up.
At last, she spotted her and her brother coming in with the K' team. Honoka angrily got up.
"Where have you guys been?!" Honoka demanded. "And you wouldn't pick up my calls too?"
"Honoka!" Iori gasped. "You came."
"Never mind I came," Honoka rolled her eyes. "You guys left me stranded here! Do you know how tired I am? Coming all the way from home? ALONE!"
"You could've just checked in," Aiko shrugged. "I mentioned to the receptionist that you'll be coming. I even left the key for you!"
"But she wouldn't let me!"
Aiko gasped and pulled Honoka towards the front desk.
"Ah Miss Yagami!" The receptionist smiled.
"Where's the key I left with you?" Aiko frowned. "And why didn't you let my friend in when I clearly told you that a girl with salmon pink hair and red eyes named Honoka will be rooming with me?"
The receptionist gulped, feeling threatened by her feisty nature. "I... I forgot, ma'am. I'm sorry about that." She rummaged in her desk and pulled out the keycard, handing it to the redhead with a bow. "I'm very sorry for causing you any inconvenience."
Aiko angrily snatched the keycard and pulled Honoka towards the lift, pressing the button to wait. The rest chuckled and followed her, all eight of them cramming into one lift, and going straight up to their floor.

"When's the concert again?" K' asked, munching on some chips as they sat around.
"Early Christmas night," Iori answered, reading the CYS's post on their social media page. "So that's when we're crashing it."
"Perfect," Zayn smirked. "And Isolde thought a girls' hangout at Disneyland is fun."
"Dude, they're at Disneyland?!" Iori gasped, sitting up in surprise. "Oi!"
"Yep, the girls are at Disneyland," K' sighed. "That's why Zayn was pretty bummed out."
'Well, who wouldn't be?' Iori sighed without voicing his thoughts.
"Yeah, but are they getting to crash a concert?" Zayn grinned, getting Iori's attention.
"Are we getting Disneyland's fun rides, though?" Iori countered.
"Oh come on, we can go if you want to," K' sighed. "Disneyland is also in Chiba if you guys forgot."
Iori nodded in agreement. "He's right. Should we go surprise them?"
"No!" Zayn frowned, getting up so fast that his pillows fell. "We are crashing that concert! And we are gonna have fun doing it!"
"Yeah! I wanna give Snowhead a piece of my mind!" Iori cheered on. "Let's do this!"
K' shrugged. "Sure."

***

Shingo finished prepping everything and sat down at the dining table, waiting for the rest of his family. His parents soon came and then his older sister followed.
"Alright, spill it," Ayako smirked, seating herself down in front of him. "You definitely didn't bake that turkey yourself. Where did you get it?"
Shingo smiled mysteriously. "From the dumpster. I spotted a raccoon trying to fish it out so I stole it."
"Eww!" Ayako grimaced dramatically. "And you expect us to eat this?"
"Don't question your brother, Aya," Mrs. Yabuki chuckled. "It's quite generous of him to do all this set up for us for Christmas."
"He even got a real pine tree!" Mr. Yabuki called as he entered from the living room. "It might be small, but darn! You did it all yourself!"
Rieko eventually let herself in and let out an exaggerated groan as soon as she stepped into the house.
"Riri, come here and see what your brother has done!" Mrs. Yabuki called to her daughter.
Rieko gasped excitedly, thinking that her big brother had done something stupid again to get himself into trouble. She happily took her bag off and haphazardly tossed it aside, skipping off to the dining hall to see what it was that her brother had done.
To her surprise, an entire Christmas dinner was waiting for her, together with her grinning big brother.
"What is this?" Rieko asked as she went to her brother.
"Turkey," Shingo grinned, flourishing the food in front of him with his hands. "Mashed potatoes, coleslaw!"
"You cooked?" Rieko asked, surprised. She turned to her parents. "Is that even possible?"
"Without burning the kitchen, it isn't," Ayako teased.
"Aya!" Mrs. Yabuki frowned. "Be nice to your brother!"
Shingo grinned. This was one of the first times his parents were on his side and not against him.
"Let's eat," Shingo smiled and waited as Rieko washed up and sat down beside her big sister. "Itadakimasu."
"Itadakimasu," the rest of the Yabukis said before eating.