Also based on @koyuki-tan‘s “Peace Sign.”
“Now this is my idea of a party,” says Ui, pouring two glasses of wine for Hairu and he. “Just us.”
“Hmmm, and what else can we do before New Years,” Hairu murmurs, a seductive grin on her lips.
Ui leans towards her. Her fingers unbutton his shirt.
“Surprise, elected hosts!” Their door crashes open. Ui gasps, and Hairu sloshes her wine onto her blouse.
“Oh my.” Brooke blinks at the sight of Ui desperately trying to mop Hairu’s blouse. “Kids, don’t look. This isn’t a sight for innocent eyes.”
“He’s just trying to clean her shirt,” Shio says in confusion.
“Let’s agree to that,” Brooke says quickly.
“It’s okay, Ui, it was an old shirt anyways.” Hairu smiles. She wasn’t planning on wearing it for long anyways, even it’s not exactly off for the reason she expected.
“We heard you weren’t coming to any parties, so we decided to bring the party to you,” Rikai says shyly, holding out an offering of cake.
“Apology accepted,” Hairu says, sniffing the pan.
“Ui, your fly is open,” Brooke says.
“What!” Ui gasps, but of course, it’s not true.
He glowers at her as the Zero Squad kids howl with laughter.
Their doorbell rings.
“Who else did you invite?” Ui asks with dread. Koharu’s on a date. Carma is moping, Marie is helping her, and Michiko is with Mizurou. That leaves…
“Surprise!” Brooke whips open the door as a dozen kids pour in.
“What a nice apartment!” shouts Hajime.
“Can you believe we get to stay up til midnight?” Mayazumi yells back.
“How do the Oggai have better manners than you?!” Ui fires at Brooke. He will have to inform Koharu about this. Definitely. New Year’s is canceled.
But when he turns around, Hairu is already cranking up the stereo, and Hajime’s asking her to dance…and even Ui Koori has to admit, they’re pretty cute.