Tenmiko One-shots

Our First Christmas Together (1/2)

AU: POST-GAME

The snow is falling slowly on the ground as Tenko watches from outside the window. Her eyes are glued to the white flakes falling from the sky, covering the streets and the roofs of her neighborhood with a white cover. Everything is illuminated by those Christmas lights that makes it look like a painting Angie would create.

This is her first time celebrating Christmas with her parents, she had a lot of fun, spending time with her parents and eating together the KFC her mother ordered weeks ago (Tenko was surprised by how many people order at KFC for Christmas), she even received a present from them!

Even if she grew up away from her parents for a very long time, their gifts and attentions were still enough to make Tenko feel special and wanted; she received a simple but cute keyring and one of her favorite chocolate bar!

She's happy to finally be able to share those precious feelings and memories with her parents, but deep inside of her she felt a bit of guilt for not having respected one of her master's most important rules: celebrating a holiday like Christmas.

She felt these same feelings of guilt some time ago on Halloween, but she had managed to chase away those thoughts by distracting herself with her friends. She hasn't heard from him for months, he hasn't even answered her letters. She just hopes nothing bad happened and that he's okay.

Tenko's thoughts are suddenly interrupted when she hears loud knocking at the front door, followed by Tenko's mother's sweet voice calling her.

"Tenko dear, come here! There is someone who wants to see you!"

Tenko quickly sat up from fhe couch and hurriedly ran towards her mother. When she reached the front door, she saw Himiko standing there. The smaller girl smiles widely and opens her arms wide to embrace Tenko, which she happily reciprocates.

"I missed you so much." Himiko said while burying her face into Tenko's shoulder.

"Merry Christmas to you too!" the brunette giggled, patting Himiko's back.

"Hello Yumeno-san, Merry Christmas. Is everything okay? If you want I could offer you some of the KFC remained." Tenko's  mother greets Himiko politely with a friendly smile.

"Oh there's no need, thank you though," Himiko politely shook her head before stepping inside the house "I've already eaten a lot of KFC with my mother, even though she had to wait for hours." Himiko explained, smiling sheepishly.

"Oh my! You didn't manage to order the chicken in time?"

"My mother doesn't usually celebrate Christmas, it was a last minute change because I managed in the end to convince her to celebrate Christmas with me, but that's not the important thing!" she turned quickly to Tenko with a hopeful look.

"Do you want to go out with me?"
Tenko is taken aback as she heard Himiko's question.

"You mean right now?"

"Yup!"

"But... I'm still in my pajamas."

"Don't worry about that! Just get ready, I'll wait here!" Himiko excitedly exclaimed with another bright grin on her face.

Tenko hesitantly looked at her mother.
"Can I go with her?"

"Of course Tenko, don't worry! Go spend Christmas with your friends too."

"Don't stay out too late, girls. A snowstorm is expected in the evening, be careful." Tenko's father appears  from behind his wife.

"Alright dad! Anyway, I'll go prepare myself!"
Tenko nodded before rushing upstairs to get prepared.

While she was getting ready, Himiko waited patiently on the living room sofa, chatting with the two parents until the brunette came back downstairs, dressed cute and ready to go.

"Have fun, don't forget to go back home earlier!" Tenko's father shouts while waving goodbye to the younger women.

"Bye dad, bye mom!" Tenko  replied while waving back, following her girlfriend outside the house and onto Himiko's car.

The redhead took  Tenko's hand in hers as they entered the vehicle.

"Going out with your 'friend', huh?" she teased her, giggling.

"I know I know, but I still don't feel comfortable with telling them we're dating." Tenko whispered nervously.

"It's okay, I'm not accusing you, I just wanted to tease you a little about that." Himiko reassured the taller girl kissing her hand softly.

Tenko just let out a sigh of relief. "Where are we going anyway?"

"Well, I know how much you love to eat sweets so... I bought for you two pieces of Christmas cheesecake!" Himiko answered proudly.

At those words Tenko's eyes began to sparkle and immediately noticed the packaged cheesecakes on top of the back seats. A big smile plastered across her face.

"...You got my favorites!"
She leaned forward and gave Himiko a quick peck on the cheek before trying to get them.

"Hey, resist the temptation just a little bit, I'm taking you to a place we can savor these!" the redhead laughed loudly as she stopped her girlfriend.

"Okay okay, I'll wait patiently... maybe."  Tenko playfully huffed while Himiko started driving.

"You'll see, it's gonna be worth it~!" Himiko said cheerily, turning her eyes to watch the road ahead.