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"Delz please come with us?" Sonata sat at my feet literally begging on her knees for me to join them to a Christmas Eve festival in the next city over. The festival was in a two days on Christmas Eve and these two know I despise the cold, that doesn't stop from trying though. I sighed and shook my head as she gave a trademark puppy dog face. "Delz come on, it won't even be that bad."

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Pretty please?"

"No Sonata."

"Do it for me?"

"Sonata, you know as much as I do that I hate the cold. I'm not going out there if I don't have to."

Out of the corner of my eye I could easily see Sugarcoat getting frustrated. "You'd pass up hanging out with us just to stay warm?"

"Pretty much."

"You are infuriating. A man should be willing to do anything to make his girl happy."

"His girl?" With that Sonata slipped on her coat and scarf and walked out the door. 'Wait a minute, we're not even dating, I'm just letting you live here." Looks like my words struck a cord as Sonata stood, snapped in my face and proceeded out the door. I walked to the door and shut it watching as their taxi pulled away. "I'm starting to think those two actually think we're married. Oh well, my plan worked to perfection. Two whole days to myself with no seduction, arguing, and especially no surprises. Delz you are free to do whatever you want." My plan was perfect with two whole days to waste. In the morning, Catch up on tons of anime, noon, head out to my favorite hang outs and thankfully catch up with friends including some R&R with my best friend Danny but that's only the first day. The next day I would get the house decorated for Christmas and get the presents. Sounds pretty boring which it is but that's not the fun part. Around 5:00, I'll get to help set up for a party going on that night. Sort of like a before Christmas Eve party that'll blow everyone away. A party so big that it will at least attract a couple of cops. "This is going to be epic but first a shower, then Rwby." I must've watched the entire first season cause before I knew it, it was 6:00 AM when I started and now it's 4:00. My phone went off on cue in which I answered "Hello."

Danny's voice came through impatient as ever. "Yo bro where are you?"

"Binge watching can kill alot of time."

"Well get your butt down here, you had me waiting out here for like three hours and it's freaking cold."

"Be there in a minute." I pressed the end button and rushed into the back of the house. I wasted no time getting ready. Within seconds I had already made my way back into the living room and threw on my biggest coat, locked the door, and headed out. I turned around back of my house and opened up the garage on the side. Inside sat my pride and joy, a Scion FR-S. Cost me alot to buy this baby after Sonata and Sugarcoat cleaned me out. I hopped in and took off towards my destination. I arrived within minutes, parked and literally jumped out of my seat. Danny stood outside the door to a famous restaurant. "Yo Danny!

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"Hey man, you ready?"

"Let's get inside." We payed up front and took our seats quickly scouting the menu. We made our decisions and folded back up the menu. "Danny man, it's too good to see you."

"Likewise, haven't seen not one glimpse of you this year. Where have you been?"

"Take a wild guess."

"Those two girls who moved in with you? What do they have to do with it?"

"Well you remember the first time we tried to hang out around February. No matter what I told them, they wanted to tag along to everything. I mean I couldn't even go to half the places because of them. The club, the bar, that party at Sarah's house. Really it's just good to get away. Two whole days man and i'm going to spend it having fun with my best bud."

"Delz, I can't imagine being tied down like that. I know what a girlfriend is, those two are just plain clingy."

"Right. Weird thing now is that they're a year out of highschool and it just feels weird to have them making all these sexual advances towards me."

"How's that bad?"

"Dude I'm 21, they're 18."

"Point well made."

"Thank you. What about you man, how's your life going?"

"Dude have I got something for you. So I got a new girl, her name's Megan, don't worry I'll introduce you later. Anyway she's cute and caring and your basic things but when it comes to other women, she can not spare me even an ounce of trust. Like yesterday, me and her went shopping at that new sports store downtown. Here I am trying on some new running shoes and I guess the shoe was defective or something because the tongue of the shoe came off. I went off to inform the nearest employee about the shoe which so happen to be a woman and without a moment to spare."

"She freaking did not."

"Right on the money. Not only did she start the biggest argument with the employee and attack her but we're banned from the store until Megan can formally apologize to the employee."

Both of us were chuckling to ourselves careful not to draw attention. "Dude you draw some of the most extreme and crazy women."

"Tell me about it."

"Remember Lacy breeze."

"How could I not, she almost set my car on fire."

"And Andante."

"If she wasn't the craziest I don't know, she tried to tie me up."

"And Nicole tame. Actually we should ignore that one, we both know who that is." We both shivered from the thought. "Hey here comes the waiter."

"Welcome to Saffron's Spice of Life, may I take your order? Oh! Well if it isn't Delz."

"Rarity? What are you doing here?"

"Even as good as my designs are, there are slow days at the boutique so I come down here to help out my good friend Saffron. My vision on the culinary arts helps her out of tight spots."

"Rarity you're a bit of amazing at everything aren't you?"

"Oh you. Are you ready to order?"

"Yes mam, I would like the Chicken curry please."

"And you sir?"

"Same for me."

"It'll be right out. I'll make it taste extra amazing for you two."

"Thanks Rarity."

Danny tapped my shoulder and whispered, "Who's the fox?"

"Oh her, that's Rarity."

"She available?"

"She's 18 yes."

"Crap. How do you know her?"

"Well I probably never got a chance to tell you since I've been occupied but here's the story." I then began to explain to him the reason they moved in. The sirens, the stalker, how all six of the girls came to my house, even what happened afterwards. "And while they attempted to do some very....inappropriate things...I escaped and locked myself in my room."

"So that's why you called me that day. Just thought you were helping her move."

"Nope Stalker times two."

"Well glad you got them out of there. Even if you don't like them like that, still gotta do the right thing."

"Yep, Parent's raised me right unfortunately."

Out of the corner of my eye I noticed Rarity carrying a platter of plates and food. I drew Danny's attention to her allowing him to clear the table of anything on it. "Hello dears, two chicken currys?"

"You bet."

She set the plates down and began to walk off suddenly stopping in her tracks. "Oh dear, I'm terribly sorry. I forgot to ask for your drinks."

"It's ok, Sprite for me."

Danny looked over the menu one more and noticed one particular thing he wanted to try. "May I get what's called...a...Iced Chrysanthemum Tea."

"Well certainly. I'll take your menus." Minutes later she returned with the drinks and bowed. "I hope you enjoy the meal and thank you for spicing up your life. She turned to leave but then made a complete 180 towards me. She pecked me on the cheek and smiled. "It was quite nice to see you Delz. Call me if you're free later, I would love to hang out." She waved and walked away as I made a fist and began smashing my head into it.

"Delz you have a curse and a blessing."

"This blessing is gonna wreck my morals beyond belief. Let's eat before anything else happens." We happily took a first bite and our eyes shot wide open. "Danny..."

"This.."

"Is freaking.."

"Amazing."

We began indulging faster than what looked humanly possible. Afterwards we talked for a couple of hours but unfortunately the spices began setting in. "That couldn't have been better."

"Delz, we reached heaven. Whew, a little hot though."

"Yea just a little though."

"I mean it's kinda getting hotter but it'll go away right?"

"Yea yea, just gotta wait it out."

"...........Dude my mouth is on fire."

"The drinks, the drinks."

Both of us basically just opened as wide as we could and like a black hole sucked down every last drop of our drinks. Danny started catching his breath as the put his drink down. "Wow that tea is good. There was a flower in it for some reason."

I breathed in and out just to feel the cold air rushing in and out. "Think there's supposed to be one in it."

Rarity rushed over and patted both of us on the back. "Heavens, are you ok Delz?"

"Yea, that curry was hot so you know."

"I could have told you that. Are you ok Danny dear?"

"I'm fine too just gonna need the biggest bag of ice you got."

"Right."

We exited the restaurant with Rarity waving bye. I waved back and we hopped in my car. "Well Danny it's already pitch black out here, what's our next stop?"

"Well that curry did it for me but i'm up for one more thing if you are."

"What do you got in mind?"

"Know that abandoned neighbor hood outside of town? It sounds childish but hows bout we go explore it."

"You just had the best idea you've ever thought of."

"Hey, I make good ideas."

"Not often." I laughed as I pulled out onto the street. Danny had me make a U-turn at his house before we made our way just south of the city to where lay a small abandoned neighborhood. Earlier this year the mayor attempted to build another small suburbs outside the city but met resistance when Natives claimed the land. They were only able to finish construction on four houses before being chased off by natives. The natives have long since left but the mayor is scared they'll come back so he leaves the land alone which works in our favor. We arrived just outside the city and stopped the car. Just over a hill about 5 yards away were 4 houses along with a single road built only for them. Everything else around the area was grass and rocks. "It's pretty creepy down there."

"You should see this place, some say that the street lamps still light up even though there's no power going to this area."

"Really? Oh man this is going to be one hell of a evening. Let's get down there."

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We locked my car and hoofed it over the snowy hill. Our feet touched the concrete road and suddenly we felt a chill. It was much colder then anywhere else. I mean the outside temp was about 20 degrees but inside the square of houses, it felt like -20. We made our way into the center of the street where two houses sat on left and right side of the street. "Which one looks good to you Delz?"

The houses were arranged like any suburb. The houses looked exactly Identical and sat about 2 yards away from each other, each had it's own fence and backyard. "They all look the same, how bout the one the left side of the street."

"Which one on the left side?"

"The left one."

"Yea I know the left side of the street which one though."

"Danny, for god's sake the left house."

"Oh."

"They approached the front door and attempted to open it. "It's locked."

Danny's eyes shot open with surprise. "What how? No ones been here in since they left how could it get locked?"

"I don't know but I got the key."

"The key? What key?"

I took a step back and prepared my foot lunging forward and kicking the door in. It flew open as a wooden plank fell to the ground just a few feet away. I noticed the plank and had to collect myself. "Danny someone was trying lock the door with a plank. It's over there."

As Danny made his way in and picked it up, I observed the the house. It was your basic set up for a suburban house. One doorway on the left lead to the dining room and kitchen while another doorway on the right lead to the living room. Directly in front of us were the stairs leading to the upper floor and another dark hallway alongside it. The door to the backyard was clearly visible as the moonlight illuminated the glass. Danny finally stood up and tossed the piece of wood. "Someone was obviously trying to hide out here. By the smell of the wood, seems like it could be an alcoholic. He could still be here so hold on." Danny ran all the way back to the car and grabbed a bag out of my trunk. He ran back and opened it up. I sighed as I saw what he pulled out. "Here."

"What the hell is this Danny?"

"Hey calm down Delz, it's not a real, Just a BB gun.

"Why do you have these and why were they in my trunk?"

"I have them for subtle protection when I'm up here. I put them in your trunk when we left the my house. At least if we meet somebody crazy in here we can fight back or at least stun him."

"You really need to grow up sometimes."

"Would you rather it be a real gun?"

"...Fine."

He handed me a clip and I shoved it in, pulling back and reloading the BB's. He did the same and slung the the bag strap over his head. "Alright let's move out."

He made his way into the dining room taking up your classic at the ready military stance. I just sighed and shoved the gun in pants as I followed behind. We slowly creeped through the house, the silence doing more than darkness ever could. Danny took cover behind a wall and peeked into the kitchen. "Danny would you get serious and just walk please?"

"You sure like to ruin the fun don't you?" He slipped the gun into his pants as well and turned the corner into the kitchen. "This is a nice kitchen."

"These houses would've been perfect to live in. How much were they selling for anyway?"

"About 150,000$."

"Are you kidding me? A house this nice usually soars over 200,000$."

"Yea that was the unbelievable part about the housing. Would've been great to get one of these babies."

"No kidding." We made our way around the kitchen opening cabinets and observing the fine craftsmanship until a big pot on the stove caught my attention. "What's this pot doing here? A moving in present?"

"Yeah right."

"Well what's in.....God!....that's nasty."

"What happened?" Danny peered into the pot to notice the soft and mushy brown paste inside which did not give off the most pleasant of smells. "What in the world is that?"

"I don't know but it's plain disgusting." I slammed the lid down and back away quickly. "Come on let's go look at the living room." We returned through the hallway next to the stairs and entered the living room. It was nicely furnished with a suede couch sitting the center, lots of wool rugs all over the place and white curtains. "Man Danny, to think I could've afforded this back in the day."

"You could?"

"Yea before Sonata and Sugarcoat showed up that is. They practically robbed of like 90,000 dollars."

"What! dude how? Just how?"

"Let's just say designer clothes and lots of scientific experiments not to mention food, bills, and all the other wonders of the world."

"That's insane. Hey is this a suede couch?"

"Looks like it."

"Dude I've always wanted to sit on suede."

"Then let's." We planted our butts in the couch and after a few shifts in position we let out the biggest sigh of relaxation we could muster. "Damn the rich this is amazing."

We sat for a while to take a well earned break until a small thump coming from above us got our attention. We shot up and drew our guns aiming up at the ceiling. "You heard that Delz?"

"Clear as day."

We waited one moment longer just to clarify what we heard. No sound came for what seemed like ten minutes. We sighed letting our guns drop back to our waist until a hellish feminine scream caught our attention. We quickly retreated back the front door and began watching all our corners. "I think this might've been a bad idea Delz."

"I'm starting to think that too. Why did I think this was a good idea?"

"Why do you even listen to me?"

"I don't know, best friends do stupid stuff when together."

Another soft thump near the top of the stairs drew our guns like a magnet. The stairway was extremely dark not allowing light to pass through for anything. Another thump ensued this time one step down and another one more step down. Something was coming down the stairs ready to do whatever it planned. I slipped my figure around the trigger and pressed it slightly ready to fire. The thumps continued until they reached the last step. Whatever it was was directly in front of us not even five feet. Something began to emerge from the darkness, something with fingers, a pale hand. A loud moan echoed through the house prompting me and Danny to take action. "I'm out!

Danny bolted out the door and into the street with me right behind him. As I look back to see what was chasing us, a young girl suddenly lit up through the moonlight and fell to the tile floor shivering. "Danny Danny, it's not a crazy person. It's a girl."

"A girl?"

I made my way back into the house and slowly knelt beside her. I felt her skin and jumped in shock. "Holy crap, she's ice cold."

I picked her up and exited the house. "Danny looked at me with an annoyed look. "What are you doing?"

"Um...taking her somewhere warm."

"Dude this is exactly the situation that got you in trouble in the first place."

"Well I can't just leave her here to die. We need to get her warmed up."

"Alright don't call me if you end up getting into another intimate moment."

"Shut up and get your butt in the car."

We quickly piled into the car and sped down the road back to town. I flipped the heaters on full blast as we made our way back into town. As we drove through the streets, Danny's phone suddenly went off. He answered it and began to speaking. "I'm out with a friend.....You know my best friend Delz?......We were at Saffron's Spice up your life......We're driving back right now, we just saved this girl."

"Danny no!"

"Crap.....well see you don't understand.....Megan let me explain......Alright I'm coming. So it's possible I might have to head back home."

"Really....couldn't think for a second before saying that one huh?"

"Shut up. I'll work it out trust me."

"If you say so. So you want me to take you home?"

"Nah drop me off at Saffron's. My car's parked in the lot."

"Wait what? You drove there and then made me drive you around."

"Hehe..yea."

"You....evil genius."

"One of the best."

A couple of minutes later I parked my car into the lot and let Danny out. We said our goodbyes and good lucks and were on our ways. As I drove back to my house, the faint sounds of moans and groans caught my attention. I adjusted my mirror to see in the back and noticed her moving and adjusting. "Looks like someone's finally warming up."

She slowly lifted her head and rubbed it. "Where am I?"

"Finally you're awake. You feeling warmer?"

"Yea but a nice steaming shower would actually do the trick."

"Well it's not usually what I do but you can use mine until you're back up on your feet."

"Thanks." With she put her head back down. I began to question myself though as her hair looked weirdly familiar. We soon arrived at my house and entered. I guided her back into the shower making sure not to peep on accident which usually gets me hit. I made my way into the kitchen and began messing with some leftovers in a pot my back clearly turned away from the back of the house. After five minutes she finally stepped out slipping on the last of her clothes. "So really thanks for shower. I can't express how thank.........ful...I...am....you...You?!"

Holding one of those giant spoons in my hand, I slowly turned to face the girl who seemed so panicked. "Me? What about me......Oh you have got to be kidding me."

"You're that annoying Delz guy who saved Sonata."

"And you're that jerk of a sister.......Aria Blaze."