So Close Chapter 48

Chapter Forty-Eight: First Holiday

Sumi's POV

'I need a hero

I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night

He's gotta be strong, he's gotta be fast

And he's gotta be fresh from the fight

I need a hero

I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light

He's gotta be sure, he's gotta be soon

And he's gotta be larger than life, larger than life' My cell phone rang. I had that ringtone for anyone who called. Something about the song spoke to me. I looked down it was Takashi. I picked it up.

"Hey."

"Busy?"

"No…" I replied confused, "Should I be?"

I looked at the calander, it was the 24th. Is there something special about this date? No, that's this weekend. It's not like I'd be very busy then either. Natsumi's parents are in South Africa, last year they were in Nepal. They're never here though from what I've noticed, so that isn't out of the ordinary. The house wasn't decorated; I told the house staff to take the rest of the month off, to enjoy the New Year, and not to come back until the fifth, so that they'd have a nice long vacation. I was fine on my own; I could take care of myself.

"It's the holidays."

"Parents are in South Africa, I gave the house staff a vacation, and other than the house being empty, I think it's a normal day." I replied nonchalantly. I didn't celebrate any holidays before I came here, why bother now? I didn't really know how to.

"I'm coming over."

"What about-"

He cut me off, "They'll understand."

"Takashi-" I started.

"I'm not changing my mind."

"Alright, I'll see you soon."

"See you." He hung up.

I set my phone down and sighed, "Guess I'm celebrating Christmas this year."

I took his present out of my nightstand drawer. The wrapping was simple and red. I got him a black iPod nano. His iPod broke a couple of weeks ago; I thought it might be a good idea to get him a new one. He used to have a silver one, but it broke while he was training. My original presents were a black sport armband for the seven generation nano and headphones that he could workout and train with, so he could actually use his ipod when he practiced, trained, and worked out without having to worry about something happening to it. When his iPod broke, I was lucky to have enough time and money to get him a new one.

When the doorbell rang, I opened the door to find Takashi holding a few boxes and had a duffle bag slung over his shoulder and his driver with a few boxes in hand as well.

"Um…hi?" I greeted confused, "What's with all the boxes?"

"Bringing Christmas to you." He replied.

"Where would you like these?" His driver asked.

I wordlessly pointed towards the den surprised and then the driver and another servant, who had just pulled up in Takashi's car, brought in boxes upon boxes. When they were done, the servant gave Takashi his keys and the servant and the driver left with the limo.

"What is all of this?" I asked him look at all of the boxes.

Takashi set his bag down by the couch, "Decoratioons." He took my hand and we went out to his car.

"Where are we going?" I asked confused.

"To get dinner while Kenji and Tetsushi get the tree and the cake." He replied simply as he opened the door. I got in, he shut the door, got in, and we left.