101. The Grinch

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Prompt #1. Being caught under the mistletoe with Eric. And #15. You love the Christmas season, but Eric absolutely hates it. You spend the day forcing him/her to be festive. AND #20. Annoying Eric by singing Christmas Carols, but by the end of the day he/she has them stuck in his/her head and can't stop singing them either.   

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"Later on, we'll conspire, as we dream by the fire!" You sing, as you put up last minute decorations in your apartment on Christmas Eve.

"Will you stop singing Y/N," Your best friend, Eric, groans.

"Oh shut up Eric, you may not like Christmas, but I love it!" Eric groans louder, and runs his hands through his hair. Eric has always hated Christmas, but because you won a bet on this year's initiates, Eric was forced to spend the day with you for Christmas.

"It's only Christmas Eve, the bet doesn't start until Christmas day, so please shut up."

"Fine," You give up, falling onto the couch next him. This wasn't the first time you and Eric were spending the night together, but you two were just friends, nothing more, nothing less.

"Rise and shine sleepy-head! It's Christmas!" You yell in Eric's ear first thing in the morning, he startles awake and swears at you. You pull him up and rip the curtains open, "Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?"

"Y/N, let me sleep!"

"In the lane, snow is glistening," You drag Eric off the couch and take him into the kitchen, he finally wakes up at the sight of food, "A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight! Sing with me Eric!"

"No."

"Sing or you don't get any food," He raises his eyebrows at you, "A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight..."

"Walking in a winter wonderland," He deadpans.

"That's the spirit!" You pass him a Santa hat.

"Y/N no!"

"Eric yes! Is the big bad Eric really backing out of a bet?" He yanks the hat out of your hand and puts it on his head. After breakfast, the two of you open a few gifts, and spend the rest of the day watching classic Christmas movies. For the first half of the day, Eric keeps questioning the logic of the movies, however, as time goes on, he really starts enjoying them. By the end of the night Eric excuses himself to go to the bathroom, he comes back with on hand in his pocket as if he was hiding something. As he walks into the room you hear him humming the lyrics to Winter Wonderland, you chuckle to yourself knowing you go it stuck in your head.

You look up at him curiously, and he sits down next to you without saying a word, "What?"

"Y/N, there's actually one thing that I think I like about Christmas," He brushes your hair away from your face, and your heart flutters. What's happening?

"And what's that?"

"This," He pulls out a mistletoe from his pocket, you gasp, he takes advantage of the moment and kisses you. You're too shocked to react, and he pulls away, "I-I'm sorry Y/N, shit, I shouldn't have done that! I'm sorry!"

"No! Don't be," You say before pulling him back towards you, he instantly responds and you feel sparks flying all around you.

"You know, maybe Christmas isn't that bad," He says once you two pull away. You mumble a response and cuddle next to him. You giggle as he runs his fingers through your hair, absentmindedly humming the tune of Winter Wonderland.

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