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39.

"Alright, who's first?" Seungcheol rubbed his hands together and looked around at his friends.

"How about the youngest gives his present first, then the receiver gives their person their present, and so on," Jihoon suggested. Chan whined.

"Why do I have to start? Why doesn't the tallest person start?" Chan protested.

"That's not fair! I'm the tallest, and you already know that I'm your Secret Santa!" Mingyu complained.

"How about we play rock-paper-scissors, and the winner gets his present first? Then, after the winner's Secret Santa gives him his present, the winner gives out his present?" Minghao proposed.

"That's so complicated though." Jeonghan frowned. "Chan, just go first. You'll get your present eventually."

"Ugh. Fine, I'll give out my present first," Chan grumbled. Jeonghan smiled.

"That's my baby."

"Gross, you made it sound you two are dating," Seungkwan said, scrunching his face up in disgust. Jeonghan glared at him.

"That's disgusting. Don't talk about your mother and little brother like that," Jeonghan replied.

"Stop calling yourself everyone's mother." Wonwoo rolled his eyes.

"No thanks, son." Jeonghan smiled sweetly at Wonwoo. "Anyways, Chan, aren't you going to give out your present?"

"Fine," Chan sighed. He held his present out towards Seungkwan. "Seungkwan-hyung, this is for you."

"Really? Thanks, Channie!" Seungkwan beamed and grabbed his gift eagerly, beginning to tear at its wrapping paper.

"Wait, open the present after everyone has given out their gifts. It'll take more time if every person opens the gift that they received before giving out their present," Seungcheol explained. Seungkwan pouted and set his gift from Chan to the side. He picked up the present that he had brought and handed it to Jun.

"Here you go, Jun-hyung. I hope that you'll like it!" Seungkwan said. Jun smiled and took it.

"Thanks, Seungkwan-ah."

"Alright, it's Jun-hyung's turn now!" Seokmin exclaimed as he held his hands out expectantly. "Gimme!"

"I'm Seungcheol's Secret Santa though..." Jun responded. Seokmin blinked.

"Huh? I was sure that you were my Secret Santa though!" Seokmin replied. He pouted. "I was wrong?"

"That's not surprising," Jihoon interjected.

"You're so mean!" Seokmin wailed.

"Ignore the crybaby, just take your present," Chan told Seungcheol impatiently.

"Crybaby?! I'm older than you! Be respectful!"

"Thanks, Jun-ah," Seungcheol said, taking the gift from Jun's hands. He smiled softly, happy that he had gotten one of his closest friends. Even if Jun was annoying and troublesome most of the time...

"I was Jeonghan's Secret Santa," Seungcheol announced as he set his present to the side and picked up Jeonghan's. He turned to Jeonghan. "By the way, I know that you're one of the top students of our grade, but you're really dumb. Like, really dumb. How did you not figure it out when I said I didn't want to tell you whose Secret Santa I was?"

"Shut up. Just give me your stupid present," Jeonghan huffed. Seungcheol hummed.

"Stupid? I don't think that's right. Maybe I should just give this to someone else..."

"Don't even think about it," Jeonghan retorted, snatching the gift out of Seungcheol's hands and clutching it close to his chest. Seungcheol grinned and leaned back comfortably.

"I had Mingyu," Jeonghan said.

"Finally!" Chan shouted loudly. "Quick, give him the gift!"

"Calm down, let me just tell Mingyu a few words–"

"Mingyu, take your present!" Chan interrupted. "Ow, Jeonghan-hyung!"

"Be patient," Jeonghan reprimanded menacingly. He smiled angelically at Mingyu. "Sorry about that. Merry Christmas, Mingyu-yah! These past few months as your friend have been...interesting...to say the least. I hope that we'll continue to be friends for a long time!"

"Um, thanks, Jeonghan-hyung! I don't know why you're being so nice all of a sudden, but thanks!" Mingyu beamed cutely and took his present from Jeonghan.

"He's doing it to torture me," Chan muttered under his breath bitterly.

"What was that?" Jeonghan asked.

"Nothing."

"Alright, here's your present, Channie," Mingyu said as he set the gift he had received down and picked up Chan's.

"Thanks, Min–hey, Wonwoo-hyung! Give me my present back!"

A/N: sorry this was so late D: you probably don't wanna hear my excuse why so here's the rest of the list for the secret santa's! after chan's gift, they obviously get stuck in a loop bc chan had seungkwan, so they just chose hansol to give his gift since he's second youngest. then the order is: hansol -> soonyoung -> minghao -> jihoon -> seokmin -> wonwoo -> jisoo -> hansol!

anyways that's it for this chapter! hope you enjoyed it! linked song is "christmas day" by jimin and jungkook of bts! i love it so much! and yes i know that technically the date in the book is the 30th but just enjoy the song ok shh alright as always tysm for the support! ily guys! i'll see y'all next week then (hopefully on time lmao)! have a great rest of your day! gn! thanks again! bye! <3