Enemies to Lovers : HackSant

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(A/n at the end ^^)

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Santa woke up from his deep sleep that he had. 'What happened?..' he thought before all the memories of the day before rushed back into his head. Santa then blushed at the memories, he shook his head. 'I have to keep my shit together..' he yelled at himself in his thoughts, as he got himself up from his bed. Joe wasn't there like usual, 'Hm, maybe he went to go do some errands. I'll ask him when he comes back.' He thought as he changed his clothes.

'I was supposed to do something today wasn't I?' He thought before he remembered what it was. 'That's right, I was supposed to call her yesterday, but she didn't pick up.. I wonder if she'll answer today.' He thought as he picked up his phone and dialed Ace's number. The phone rang for a minute before she had answered. "Hm? Sant, what do you need now?" She spoke tiredly. Santa didn't know how to explain what had happened the day before to her. 'Shit, I never thought about that...' he thought as he held his phone near his ear.

"Hello?" Ace asked, questioning whether he was there or not. Santa eventually spoke before Ace hung up on him, "Oh! No, I just need you to meet me in the library, if you can today that is!" Santa got up and walked around his room, still on the phone with Ace. "Oh, sure. What time though?" She asked him, standing up from her bed and going to her kitchen. "What time are you available today?" He asked her as he stood still, waiting for her answer.

She sighed, "I'll be available at 5-8 today! We can meet up at that time if you'd like to?" She responded as she served herself a bowl of cereal. "Sure, let's meet up at 6:30 today?" He asked sheepishly. Ace smiled at his slightly nervous voice. "Sure, bye!" She said before she ended the call. Santa smiled a bit, "Maybe she can help me figure some things out.." he mumbled before he called him.

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Hackula was sitting on his bed, scratching his eye a bit. 'Hm, I wanna go back to sleep..' he thought until Ikuno knocked on his door. 'Wonder what she needs now..' he opened the door to be met with Ikuno looking a bit worried. "What's wrong Iku?" He asked her, she shook her head, turning her face into a happy one. "Oh! It's nothing! I just have to go run some errands with Ace today!" She happily replied, Hackula looked at her. 'Hm, I never noticed that she looked already dressed up..' he thought as he nodded.

"Sure, I'll just stay here then. I'll tell you if anything happens alright?" He said as he looked at Ikuno. "Hm, alright!" She said, nodding her head.They stood there for a while, talking about what the siblings would do. Hackula's phone soon rang. 'I wonder who that is..' Ikuno thought as Hackula went to his room to see who it was. When he grabbed his phone, he saw that it was Santa. 'Right, I forgot we exchanged yesterday..' he thought as he picked up the phone.

"Hey, um..are we gonna meet up again to finish the rest of the project?" Santa mumbled, Hackula chuckled as Santa blushed a bit by hearing Hackula laugh. "So, are we?" He asked again, "Hm, sure! We can meet up in your dorm again!" Hackula smiled a bit, before Santa replied. "Um..I was thinking if I should go to your dorm instead.." Santa sheepishly replied, making Hackula a bit flustered before he agreed and hung up.

"So.." Ikuno started, making Hackula look at her, "Looks like you're going to have yet another date with him hm?" she said, making Hackula embarrassed. "No Iku! I-it's not a date! We're j-just gonna work on the project, t-that's all!" Hackula stuttered nervously, Ikuno laughed afterwards. "Haha, I already know it's not a date!" Ikuno yelled as she walked towards the door.

"Well," she started as she opened the door, "looks like I'll be taking my leave now! See you later, Hack!" Ikuno walked out the door, closing it behind her while Hackula waved her goodbye. He was glad that Ikuno was starting to hang out a bit more with her sister. He wondered what other things they would do, that was until there was a knock on the door. 'That must be him..' Hackula thought as he walked towards the door.

Santa stood there, his eyes closed as a small smile could be seen on his lips. Hackula cleared his throat, catching Santa's attention. "Oh! I'm..sorry about that.." Santa said, a small blush of embarrassment could be seen in his face as he covered his face with his hand, the other holding a folder. Hackula giggled, "It's..fine," he said, smiling at him.

Santa looked away, flustered. "Come on, we've got to finish the project!" He said excitingly, grabbing Santa's arm as he dragged him to his room. Hackula giggled a little, "It's fine.." He mumbled, letting Santa in. The minute Santa uncovered his face, Hackula quickly grabbed his hand and led him to his room, shutting the door behind them softly.

Santa's face was a little pink from Hackula's warm, but soft, hands. Hackula stared at him, until he noticed that they were still holding hands. "Ah, sorry about that.." Hackula mumbled as he let go of Santa's hand, making him a bit upset about not being able to hold his hand. "It's fine.." Santa mumbled, a bit flustered about the situation.

They both sat on the floor, awkwardly as they looked away from each other. Eventually, Hackula spoke up, "So..uh, are we gonna finish our project?" Hackula asked him, tilting his head a bit as he faced Santa. Santa blushed slightly as he looked away, "Uh, yeah.." he mumbled quietly, covering his mouth with his palm as Hackula looked at him closely.

He noticed how Santa's face was slightly red, it was barely noticeable, but that somehow caught his attention. He decided to call him out on it, "Hey, are you okay?" He asked, inching closer towards the white haired, "You're a little red.." Santa continued looking away, turning a bit pink as he answered, "Uh..yeah, I'm fine.." he mumbled.

Hackula could tell that Santa didn't want to tell him what was wrong. "Are you sure? It doesn't really seem like it." Santa looked at him, slightly angered, but mostly calm. "Yes, I'm fine. Can we just focus on the project?" He said, looking down at the floor. He didn't really want to be so rude to him, but he knew he had to separate himself from him.

"Oh..." Hackula looked away, a bit sad about Santa's response. He sighed, "Alright," he mumbled softly, looking at the supplies on the floor. They started to work on the project together in silence. They always looked at each other every once and awhile as they worked, never having enough courage to talk to each other as they silently worked on the project.

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(1187 words - excluding the a/n)

(A/n: Hi‼️‼️ Sorry for being gone for so long! If you're wondering what happened, no need to worry, I was just very unmotivated to finish this chapter and I kept procrastinating. I also had no idea on what the plot was supposed to be, but I made one to try and make it make some type of sense. I'm very happy with how this chapter came out, I really gave it my best. Anyways, I'll be trying my best to catch up with writing another 3 chapters, as Artfight is already here. Other than that, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! Bye bye for now ^^)

- Suni★