Christmas at the SOS

"Kyon, get in here." Haruhi snapped out through the door.

Reluctantly, Kyon obeyed as ordered and stepped in through the clubroom door. The room looked like it always did, kind of bland but scattered with various acquired items. There was the computer that Haruhi strong armed from the computer club next door. There was the video camera that she obtained by selling Mikuru like a piece of meat advertising. But the thing that caught Kyon’s eye this time as he stepped through the door was the costumes. Not the costumes hanging on the rack that Haruhi paraded Mikuru around in, but the costumes that were now being worn by the various club members. Mikuru was wearing antlers and what looked like a brown body suit. She had a red nose and some holly and bells around her neck, giving off a really Rudolf feel to her. A second glance told him that she wasn't wearing anything under her brown body suit, her unhindered curves were clearly visible through the thin brown cloth. As festive as she looked, Kyon could see the signs of dried tears on her face. He hated Haruhi for how she treated Mikuru, but he couldn't help but thank her. Haruhi, on the other hand, wasn't upset about what she was wearing, which looked like a cross between her bunny girl outfit and a sexy Santa Clause. She had on a felt red skirt and vest laced with fuzzy white trim. She had on dark fishnet stockings and little else. A red hat toped whit a white fuzzy ball finished off her outfit adding hint of cute to all the sex appeal. Her lips were glossed with matching bright red lipstick that gave Kyon a funny urge to reach out and taste them. Yuki, sitting in her usual chair, was wearing her usual school uniform, but she did have on a lopsided Christmas hat like Haruhi's. She didn't look happy about having a hat placed on her, but then again, she never looked happy about anything.

"Here, put these on." Haruhi snapped as she handed him a green hat and elf ears.

"What are these for?" He snapped back, avoiding her eyes by staring at her bare midriff.

"It's almost Christmas." She said, pointing out the obvious.

"But why this?" Kyon's temper was temporally over powered by curiosity.

Their eyes met as she said, "Because I'm Santa, and you'll be my helper."

It wasn't Kyon's idea of how best to spend a day, but at least he wasn't dressed in anything revealing. After putting on his costume and leaving his school bags, Kyon readied himself for whatever Haruhi had in store for them today. It turned out to not be that bad. The giant heavy bag Haruhi handed him turned out to be filled with presents. They headed out in to the town and whenever they saw an unhappy child or a lonely kid, Haruhi would stop and hand them a present as Santa. Kyon wasn't sure if kids would believe a scantily clad teenager to be Santa, but their eyes would light up with wonder as she bellowed Ho Ho Ho and gave them a gift. When Haruhi got bored with gift giving, she turned to her normal source of entertainment, bothering Mikuru. Reindeer apparently looked enough like a horse and if nine of them could pull a fat man and a sleigh, then Haruhi could ride Mikuru, or at least that's what Haruhi proclaimed as she tried to climb on top of Mikuru and straddle her. With tears in her eyes, Mikuru climbed out of the pile of bodies and wiped the dirt from her clothes.

"Um, Ha Haruhi. If we're done giving out presents, then could I could I change out of this?" Mikuru asked, trembling with the fear of a second attempt of being ridden.

"Not yet Rudolf, we have more Christmas cheer to spread." Haruhi said, grabbing Yuki who apparently was trying to escape as well.

Kyon finally stepped up and gave reason a voice, "Haruhi, what else are you planning to do today?"

Pouting, Haruhi replied, "Well, I guess she can go home. But first, Mikuru-chan, paw your antlers and neigh like a reindeer."

Mikuru sobbed but obeyed. She mewed like a cat but it must have been enough for Haruhi because she dismissed the crying girl who ran home hiding her face in her hands.

"Well, I guess you did a good thing today," Kyon told her when they were finally alone. Yuki managed to sneak away while Haruhi was distracted by a passing alley cat.

"Did what," Haruhi said absentmindedly, still watching the cat.

"You made a lot of kids happy, giving them presents and all." Kyon said, but panicked and asked, "Wait, what were in those gifts?"

"Oh, just my old teddy bears and what not, things I had around the house. It wasn't junk or anything." She added, when she saw the un-approving look on Kyon's face.

"But why?" Kyon asked, still imagining things she could have given out like foil hats to protect against aliens or garlic or something.

"I don't know," Haruhi muttered, now petting the stray cat, "I just felt like doing something good, you know, because it's Christmas."

Kyon smiled, "Oh, it's because Santa's watching you and you want to get back on his good girl list so you can get lots of presents."

She looked at him darkly, "Well sort of. I want to be good so I can meet Santa."

"And catch him right?" Kyon mused.

"No, although that would be fun. I just want to believe in him." She said, her eyes filled with the same wonder those kids had.

"You know he's not real, right?" Kyon asked nervously.

"Yeah I know, but I want to believe in something, even if it's not real." She replied, fidgeting with her clothes.

"But why?" Kyon said, afraid for her sanity.

There was a dull silence before she answered, "I don't know. Maybe if I could believe he exist, then Christmas might be happy for me."

The warm afternoon air turned cold and bitter. Kyon hadn't spent Christmas with Haruhi before, so he didn't know she was the kind of person who could be sad on Christmas. She seemed so happy, so festive, but it could have been an act. They headed back the clubroom to get their book bags before heading home. As they entered the clubroom, Kyon noticed that both Yuki and Mikuru had also stopped by for their own things. He walked over to Mikuru's empty reindeer costume and examined it, secretly hopping it was still warm, it wasn't.

"Why do you always make her dress up in these things? You know she doesn't like it right?" Kyon said, more to the wall than to Haruhi.

"I know she doesn't like it, that's why I do it. The girl needs to build some confidence and I like to tease her. Two birds, one stone." She mimicked two birds being crushed to death with her hands. As an afterthought she added, "And you don't seem to mind."

"Of course I mind. She doesn't like being put on display like that." Kyon snapped.

"Then tell me, what was Koizumi wearing today?" Haruhi snapped back with the tone of an interrogation.

"Koizumi was in club...?" He thought out loud.

With a laugh of victory, Haruhi proclaimed, "See, you were so busy staring at Mikuru's chest that you didn't even answer when Koizumi called your name, you stupid pervert."

"Well I... you still shouldn't make her wear things like that." He retorted defensively.

"It wasn't that bad..." She said dully.

"If it wasn't so bad then you wear it." He snapped, a little too loudly.

"You'd like that right?" she said, adding, "you pervert."

"If it's not that bad, then why would it be perverted?" He asked, smirking wildly.

"Fine." She pouted, obviously giving up, "Turn around."

Before he even had a chance to look away, Haruhi ripped her shirt off over her head and moved to pull off her skirt. With a heavy sounding slump, Kyon heard the last of her school uniform falling to the ground. The reflection in the window confirmed his earlier guesses that Mikuru wasn't wearing anything underneath the Rudolf costume because even with the heavy layer of condensation on the window, Kyon could see her bare backside shimmering back at him. The cold glass showed creamy white skin running from head to toe of Haruhi's gorgeous body. Her cute butt cheeks wiggled as she fought to pull on the brown jumpsuit. After a few pants tightly painful moments later, Haruhi tapped him on the shoulder.

"There, see... nothing special." She muttered, trying to hide the embarrassment in her eyes.

The costume, which had been designed for Mikuru, looked out of place on Haruhi. Haruhi was almost a head taller than Mikuru making the brown fabric stretch painfully across Haruhi's naked form. Her smaller breasts couldn't fill the front of the outfit like Mikuru's ample chest did, making her chests look even smaller. Even the cheerful red nose clashed sharply with her dark bitter eyes. But even though it looked terrible on her, Kyon couldn't help but notice how good she looked under it.

"It's cute..." Kyon said, unable to contain his laughter.

"Shut up. Shut your mouth or I'll I make you wear it." Haruhi said, hiding her chest with her arms.

"Like I'd wear something that revealing..." Kyon said with a grin.

"Just go," Haruhi said impatiently.

"Oh, but one last thing," Kyon said, pointing up. "Mistletoe..."

In one swift motion, Kyon swooped down and stole a kiss from Haruhi's trembling lips. She sent him the world’s darkest look but before she could yell at him, Kyon grabbed his school bag and headed home. He wasn't sure why he had done it. Sure, her lips had been staring at him all day and it was something he had always fantasized about doing. But to actually go through with it, what the hell was he thinking. It must have been a mix of how vulnerable Haruhi looked and the tension in the air. Whatever it was, all he knew was he was going to pay for it the next day.

"Kyon, you're late." Haruhi screamed as Kyon stepped though the clubroom doors the next afternoon.

Bowing apologetically, Kyon took his seat across from Koizumi. Yuki still had on her Christmas hat, but Mikuru wasn't in the Rudolf costume. She was wearing a set of elf ears and a green hat, just like the ones Koizumi had on. Kyon picked up his own elf ears and pulled them on before Haruhi had a chance to yell at him again. The room had been decorated with Charismas lights and a tiny tree was on the table. Mikuru looked over at him, her eyes filled with appreciation, apparently she knew why she wasn't forced to wear the reindeer outfit. But before she could thank him, Koizumi caught his gaze.

"Sorry I wasn't here yesterday, I was feeling a little under the weather." Koizumi whispered to Kyon as he fumbled to put his hat on straight.

Kyon realized he had been lied to, but couldn't understand why. Haruhi had made a big deal about him not paying attention, but why? It didn't matter because Haruhi had just slammed a giant candy cane on the table, causing everyone to jump, well everyone except for Yuki.

"We're going out again!" Haruhi yelled out, waving the plastic cane around like a parade conductor.

As they marched out of the room in to the chilly afternoon air, Yuki pulled Kyon to the back of the pack.

"There was an information spike last night." She said in a low voice.

"What do you mean?" Kyon asked, trying not to look suspicious.

She quickly answered "When you kissed Suzumiya Haruhi last night in the club room there was an information spike. I cannot determine what had been changed with the world or even if anything had been changed. Just be cautious about her emotions, Christmas is an emotional time for Suzumiya Haruhi and any occurrence like last night might cause another information spike that might alter the universe."

"So in other words..." Kyon said, knowing the answer.

"Break her heart, break the world." A voice called out behind him, Koizumi's voice.

"I'm guessing you weren't really sick yesterday, right?" Kyon asked, slightly annoyed.

With a flamboyant wave, Koizumi answered, "Correct. I keep telling you that you'd make a good esper. Last night a large field of Closed Space surrounded the school. My colleagues and I were fighting three of those giant Celestials when they suddenly disappeared. If I am correct, they disappeared at the exact same time you kissed our little Haruhi last night. Am I right Nagato?"

Yuki nodded and Kyon's heart dropped. Just how many people knew he had kissed her last night? They slipped back to the front of the group where Haruhi was still trying to ride Mikuru. As they walked though the crisp air, Kyon wondered where they were going. They didn't have any presents like last time, in fact, all they had were their costumes and Haruhi's candy cane that she was now using like a sword to knock off Mikuru's hat. They reached a local park that had a nice blanket of snow carpeting the field giving off a real feeling of Christmas.

Today's outing didn't turn out to be another attempt of Haruhi's to get on Santa's good side, it turned out to be her idea of having a traditional Christmas adventure, which meant a snow ball fight. After a few long minutes of unintelligible rules shouted at them by Haruhi, they ended up splitting in to two groups and throwing snow balls at each other in utter chaos. Haruhi and Koizumi stood on one team, Kyon Yuki and Mikuru on the other. A few snow balls exchanged sides before Mikuru ended up on the ground crying, Yuki ended up off by a tree reading, Koizumi stood by the side watching, leaving only Kyon and Haruhi locked in mortal battle.

"Ha ha! Take this you yeti faced bastard," Haruhi screamed, throwing icy death at Kyon's face.

"Not so fast you ice queen," Kyon replied, dodging the snowball and throwing his own in retaliation.

Kyon's snowball hit Haruhi square in the chest, splashing cold wet snow down her shirt. Cursing darkly, she shook her shirt, exposing more skin than a girl her age should.

"I'll get you for that, pervert." She said, charging at him.

"Careful, don't run. The ground’s icy!" Kyon warned a little too late.

With a dull thud, Haruhi slipped and fell hard on the ground. Kyon ran to her but stopped when he saw her holding her leg.

"I twisted it." She said dully.

"I told you to be careful, didn't I?" Kyon said like an over concerned mother.

"Just help me home." Haruhi said, pulling herself up and throwing an arm around Kyon's shoulder.

They said goodbye to the other club members and hobbled towards Haruhi's house. As he helped her though her front door, Kyon realized it was the first time he had been inside of her house. Apologizing to the wind for walking inside without taking off his shoes, he helped her to her room. He plopped her down on her bed and sat down next to her, catching his breath. If he didn't know who he was with, he would have thought he was in a normal high school girls room. There were posters of baseball players on the walls a desk cluttered with makeup bottles, even a stuffed teddy bear on her bed. A closer look revealed the Haruhi he knew, books about aliens were on her bookshelf and the room seemed to have hidden wonders like Egyptian amulets and Indian trinkets. If it weren't for Haruhi sitting next to him, he would have gotten up and explored a little more.

"Are you alright?" He asked, breaking the tension.

"Have I been a bad girl this year?" She asked in a tiny voice.

"Of course not," Kyon lied.

Through weak tears she asked, "Then why aren't I happy?"

"I don't know..." It hurt Kyon to see her like this, "What makes you happy?"

"I don't know, what makes anyone happy?" She said, lying back on her bed.

Kyon climbed on to her bed and lay down next to her. He wasn't sure if opening up to her was the right to do, but he didn't know what else to say. "Kissing you made me happy."

"But that was only because of the mistletoe." Her heart beat faster as she spoke.

"There wasn't any mistletoe..." Kyon said, gambling safety over happiness.

"I know..." Haruhi's voice replied, shattering the world around them.

In a strange dark world, Haruhi rolled over and placed her hands on Kyon's shoulders. Shutting her eyes she lowered her lips slowly, finally planting them on Kyon's in a soft wonderful kiss.

"Merry Christmas..." They breathed to each other, the world slowly reforming around them.

To be continued

Author’s notes

I really wanted to put a sex scene in right at the end, but the mood didn’t seem right, next chapter for sure. If anyone has any ideas let me know. Reviews are appreciated, and always, thanks to everyone who’s helped me.