[ In Yamato's case it's because it literally never came up. That and the first time he asked for a class project she had blurted out in a mild panic that he didn't have any aunts or uncles and accepted it as fact. Koji probably had a similar story but who knew with that little shit.

And yes, that pretending is totally what they're doing, but he makes some strange whimpering noise that he turns into a pleased little laugh by the end of it. Because Christmas... ... It was always fun. Sort of. and the memories of it are enough to pull him back into the mood of this being a funeral than to the mood of him being around Nariko like this. ]

They didn't have to be even back then. I loved all of them, you know. [ But... but well, she probably felt they did. still, Christmas! He would clap his hands together but they are firmly around her waist now and he doesn't want to move them ]

How's Christmas at your house? Has to be all decorated to the nines, right? Maybe even an eleven.