The Ackerman Family Stories

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

~(Y/N)~

Weeks passed since we had decorated the tree and now it was Christmas day here in the city of Pridoria. As the snow fell quietly on the land, my husband and I slept soundly in our bedroom. Levi had his hand laying on my small bump of a belly that was holding our second child.

We held each other close to keep each other warm from the freezing winter temperatures. But then out of nowhere our bedroom door bursts open to a screaming little girl. Levi and I didn't bother to move knowing it was just Kuchel who was over-excited about opening her gifts.

Then she jumped on the bed and began bouncing up and down on the foot of the bed causing Levi to jolt up. "Kuchel, please calm down," he mutters as he grabs her. With eyes opened I watched as Levi grabbed the bouncing child and pulled her away from the edge of the bed to prevent her from falling off.

Eventually, we all got up and began making our way down to the living room in our pajamas. Kenny met us on the way down and took Kuchel from Levi. When we made it to the living room the tree was lit up with the presents neatly stacked under the tree. Kenny then let Kuchel down and she ran for it towards the tree grabbing out all her presents first before kindly handing off our presents to us.

Then without warning, she ripped her presents opened with excitement. Levi and I had given her new dolls. And when she opened her gift from Kenny she was near tears. It was a small hat like Kenny's. Her eyes glistened with happy tears before running over to him, she jumped into his arms and hugged him tightly while profusely saying thank you.

Kenny simply laughed and held her in his arms. I watched the two of them and smiled, they really had a wonderful relationship. Afterward, Kuchel came and sat next to Levi and I after she handed us. It was hard and square, when both Levi and I opened it we found a drawing of hers in a frame. She had drawn all of us, including the baby. Glancing over at Levi I found he was smiling softly.

"This is beautiful princess," Levi says before picking her up and setting her on his lap. She wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly before saying 'you're welcome'. Then she moved over to me, rubbing our noses together in an Eskimo kiss I then tilt my head up and kiss her gently on the nose.

"You are quite the artist baby girl," I say.

Kuchel then kisses my cheek before hugging me tightly. Soon we moved onto the next presents, Levi and I got something from Kenny, it was a little raddle for our next child. Then Levi gave me a gift, a locket, it had one empty slot for a picture while the other two slots were filled, one with a picture of him and a picture of our daughter. The last slot would go to our next child, smiling I look to him and lean over.

Kissing him softly on the lips I say, "Thank you."

Afterward, I handed him his present which consisted of a new teacup and a large stock of foreign teas that Reiner had sent from one of the islands he was visiting, he said Levi would like these, and by the expression Levi made, it seemed Reiner was right.

Levi's eyes grew big with awe as he pulled the teas and teacup out of the box. Laughing softly Kenny then opened his gift from Levi and I. Along with some new alcoholic beverages he had gotten some new boots, an upgrade for his crappy old ones he wouldn't get rid of.

And with that, we spent our Christmas day lounging around reminiscing about the past days while looking to the future.