12 Days of Christmas Shipping Challenge

Snow Day - IRL Sanniuri / 흑산욤

4. Person A and Person B have a snow day. They do fun things in snow like snowball fights, snowmen, etc.

***

Nikei hadn't planned to stay overnight at Dr. Kurokawa's lab, but when a snowstorm hit them while he was visiting his boyfriend Mikado, his boyfriend's AI clone informed him that the roadways were too dangerous for him to travel on. As such, he and Mikado shared a bed that night.

In the morning, Nikei nearly fell back asleep because of the warmth of the bed compared to the chill of the lab. When the journalist nuzzled his face into the taller man's chest, Mikado stirred and woke up. As Nikei let out a little hum of contentment, the hacker smiled at his adorable boyfriend.

"Aww, are you cold? I can go turn up the heating for you when we get some nice, warm breakfast into us." Mikado purred, adeptly prying his legs out from where the journalist wrapped his own legs around them. "Your sleepy face looks so cute, but you have to get up. Let's get some coffee into you."

"Don't wanna..." Nikei mumbled with his eyes closed, curling up into himself. He was too tired to protest as Mikado got up from the bed and picked him up into a bridal carry, bringing him to the kitchen area and placing him in a sitting position on a nearby chair.

A couple minutes later, a cup of coffee was guided into Nikei's hands, who took a sip. "Drink up, doll." Mikado smiled as he sat down next to the journalist with his own mug of coffee, wrapping an arm around the smaller man's thin frame.

While they drank their coffee and slowly woke up, Kokoro walked in with a laptop and placed it on the table before going to pour her own cup. "Good morning, Father and Mr. Yomiuri." Alter Ego Mikado spoke. "Unfortunately - or fortunately, depending on your opinion - the roads are still blocked by a bunch of snow, even more so because of the snowstorm last night. To be precise, it's currently -15 degrees Celsius outside, so travelling is a poor idea."

"Huh, I wonder what it looks like." The hacker wondered, going to the window and pulling back the curtains. To his and Nikei's surprise, the ground was covered in glistening snow that looked like it came up to their knees. "Oh my goodness..."

"Wow, that looks like it'd be fun to play in!" Nikei remarked, suddenly energetic from his coffee intake. Even Alter Ego's calculations couldn't understand how he became so energetic that fast. "Come on, let's get dressed and mess around!" 

As the journalist stood up and began to drag the hacker towards their room to change their clothes, Kokoro called after them "Don't do anything stupid."

Rolling his eyes, the AI turned to Kokoro with an exasperated look. "Mother, have you met Father? He's going to do something stupid." He remarked. "I think you should get the heating blankets ready for when they come back inside."

Meanwhile, Nikei and Mikado had changed their clothes, put on their winter jackets, hats, boots, and gloves before rushing out the door into the deep snow. The first thing they decided to do was build a snowman, which they worked together to build. But since they didn't have anything to put on the snowman, they used small rocks for eyes, pinecones for its mouth, brittle sticks for arms, Nikei's gloves, and Mikado's hat to dress it up fancily.

The next thing they did was have a snowball fight, instigated by Nikei when Mikado suggested that they build another snowman. This fight was short-lived when Mikado caught the journalist on the run and tackled him into the snow, jokingly pinning the smaller man. After that, the two of them decided to build a snow fort, but they only managed to build a wall before they realized the consequences of taking off their hat and gloves in this temperature.

When Mikado's ears began to hurt and Nikei's hands went numb, they decided to call it quits, taking their clothes off the snowman and heading back into the lab. Once they swapped their wet, cold clothes for dry ones, they returned into the kitchen where Kokoro was waiting with heating blankets and a disappointed stare.

"You see? I told you that Father would do something stupid." Alter Ego quietly muttered as Nikei whimpered about his hands hurting from the feeling returning into them. The psychologist sighed and gave them more coffee as Mikado sheepishly apologized.

***

Art credit: yoonsic932828 on twitter