Wonderland's Twelve Days of Christmas

Marhat's date

As Pal ,Cheshire, the kits and carol hang out in the Christmas room, Hatter grabs March by the paw and leads them out the door.

March's ears perk up at the sudden contact and their tail may have twitched happily.

"Where are we going?".

"On a picnic".

"Like a....date?".

Hatter looks at them in amusement.

"Yes, a date", he confirms.

March twitches their nose as heat rises to their cheeks.
If it weren't for the fur covering their face they'd have a visible blush.

As they exit the door in the tree trunk, fireflies rise from the grass and forms a line.
Other than the the full moon and the stars, the fireflies are the only source of light.
They follow the fireflies to a field of red crown mushrooms.

"Thanks guys I'll take it from here", hatter whispers to the fireflies.

The fireflies slowly rise into the air and scatter among the giant mushroom field.
Hatter leads March to a line of mushrooms , each taller than the last, forming stairs.

They hop from mushroom to mushroom until they reach the last one.
March gasps as they look around.
Candles float in the air creating a warm yellow glow on the blue gingham blanket covered with food.

Their tail wags happily as they smell the aroma of cinnamon, sugar and carrots.
Hatter gives them a knowing smile and lifts the lid off a container to reveal carrot cake.

"I know it's your favorite but dessert gets eaten last", hatter chides fondly.

March reluctantly agrees and looks at the rest of the food.
A bowl of salad with cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, carrots, cheese and bread crumbs sit in the center.
Beside it is a bowl of carrot sticks with a side of ranch and a pitcher of tea.

March turns to hatter with one ear up and the other bent.
Their version of a raised eyebrow.

"You didn't spike the tea did you?".

"No",Hatter assures them," I know you don't like alcohol or meat so this is the best I could come up with".

Hatter rubs his neck nervously as march looks at him.
March suddenly hugs him with their face in his chest.

"This is so romantic hatter, it's the nicest thing anyone's ever done for me".

Hatter beams and hugs them back.
The hug lasts longer than it should but they don't care.
Both of them just enjoy the feeling of love and comfort coming from the other.

After what seems like hours hatter clears his throat.

"If you want any of that carrot cake you'll need to let go of me and eat".

March smiles up at him.

"Fine".

As they eat, a couple of smoke rings fly into their faces.

A low lazy voice says,"This is a first.
I've never heard of this ship before.
It's adorable".

They look up to see the caterpillar sitting on a mushroom just eight feet away from them.

Hatter clears his throat and asks,"Do you mind leaving March and me alone while we're on our date?".

The caterpillar hums and disappears in a puff of blue smoke.

"He's like a calmer and wiser version of Cheshire", march notes.

"Except Cheshire is known for his entrances and not his exits".

"True".

After they eat their salad and carrot sticks, they each get a slice of carrot cake.
As March smells the cake they roll their eyes happily and twitches their tail.
They take a bite and their ears perk up as the taste of cinnamon and carrot shavings overwhelms their taste buds.

"Can I have a taste?".

March glares at him.

"Don't you already have a slice?".

"Yeah but I wanna try your's".

March sighs and offers their plate but Hatter ignores it and instead kisses them.
March's ears shoot up in surprise.

Hatter pulls back to look at his expression.
Misreading the reaction he takes off his hat and covers his face.
March quickly takes off the hat and pecks Hatter's cheek.
They smile sheepishly as Hatter blushes.

"Thanks for dinner hat, it was amazing".

"You're welcome".

March lifts the hat and places it on hatter's head.

Suddenly little blue birds appear out of nowhere and places a crown of daises on Hatter's hat and on March's head.

"How did you get the birds to do that?".

"Carol asked Cinderella for a favor".

"Does she have an ulterior motive?".

"Well she's trying to make Cinderella cross paths with Snowwhite, because she has a theory that Disney originally made Alice their biological daughter".

"That's a strange theory", March remarks.

Then a firefly nears a Venus fly trap and increases in size.
It opens it's mouth and swallows the plant whole.

"Then again our world is pretty strange".

Suddenly three shooting stars shoot across the sky.
March smiles and closes their eyes.

"What are you wishing for?".

"For more carrot cake. How about you?".

Hatter smiles and grabs them by the waist placing them in front of him.

"I have everything I want right here", he whispers in their ear.

March smiles and leans their head on his shoulder, and their ears go down so that hatter could put his head on their's.

"I love you Hatter".

"I love you too March".

And they stay like that, just watching the night sky and enjoying the other's company.
The fireflies gather into the air around the couple and form a glowing outline of a heart.
The two look at each other and kiss one more time.

A/n I hope u liked this chapter pal! ❤️
I actually had fun writing this chap.