Shipping oneshots

That time of year

R-15-18
Pairing- ColeXKai
Description- Christmas time ( because I can) and Kai is mortified by it.
( you'll probably want to skip this. It isn't really shippy. TW: murder.)

Kai was always ignorant, that's for sure. But never this much. Even with snow on the ground and decorations hung, he tried to pretend Christmas didn't exist.
Even Nya didn't seem very attentive to it. She would barely let anyone put up decorations saying that Christmas didn't hold a place in her life. But why?
Every time Kai saw something relative to the holiday, he would either ignore it or just walk away. And as much as he didn't want to say it, it upset Cole beyond comparison. Christmas was his favorite holiday. He loved it growing up. Especially after his mother died and his father was so cruel and ignorant towards him, it was the only time his father was happy. And all the stress of becoming a dancer was gone.
Aside from that it was just a happy holiday. One meant for family and friends. Why were Kai and Nya so against it?
Well, Kai mostly. Nya was upset with it but she acknowledged it sometimes.
Kai just refused to let it exist. And Cole was set on finding out why.
He had walked up to Kai who was laying down in bed and asked, " Alright, listen Kai. You can't just ignore Christmas. It's all around you."
"I'm not ignoring it. I just don't want it in my life, plain and simple." He said.
Without reason angered Cole even more. It's one thing to hate a joyous holiday, it's a whole different thing not to have a reason.
" Why? Christmas is like, the best holiday there is!"
" Look Cole, I just have a bad past with Christmas ok."
" But why? Just explain to me wh-"
" C-Cole do you want me to cry? How you haven't noticed yet, I don't know, but it's a touchy subject for me. If you make me talk about it I'll cry, plain and simple."
Kai looked at Cole with glassy eyes. The expression on his face was just... Pathetic in a way. It was the pure vision of mental anxiety. And it was true, he was on get brink of tears.
" Kai," Cole said softly. " I really think you need to talk about this. I'm sorry I didn't see you were really upset but... Look, can you just tell me what went wrong?"
There was a string of silence. Only a few seconds long but it felt like hours. But after a short moment of recollection, Kai started the story.
" When I was younger, maybe about 12 Nya was going to have her first real Christmas with us. It parents always invited the whole family over for Christmas and thought Nya was too young to handle it. Mind you she was only like, 4 years old. But that Christmas, they decided it would just be us. Our parents, Nya, and I. Everyone was elated that it would be Nya's first real Christmas so we went all out.
We baked cookies listened to carolers and our dad bought us an Elf on the Shelf. Nya and I had so much fun finding it each morning. But, keep in mind we lived in our weapon shop and it was open in the front. Anyone could walk in anytime they'd want.
So, two days before Christmas, our mom was making a gingerbread house in the kitchen, and she heard something fall in the front of the shop.
Nya was asleep in her room as far as I knew. I was with mom and she told me to wait in the kitchen while she checked what happened.
I heard her trying to yell I guess. I didn't even jive it a second thought before running out to see what happened. And... Someone came in. I saw her with the knife inside her... I barely saw who stabbed her though. It was almost like he was a shadow.
I froze, and I couldn't even go to my mom until that guy left... I saw my mother die two days before Christmas. Dad walked in and saw me crying, when he saw what happened he practically screamed."
By now tears already streaked down Kai's face. He had given up on holding it back. It just wasn't worth it to him.
"That woke up Nya, and she ended up walking in in it too. Imagine, she was just four years old and she saw her mother dead and the rest of her family breaking down. She tried to run away that day. And my dad took moms bracelet off, gave it to me, and told me to give it to her. Christmas was officially cancelled in our house after that. Our father got really depressed over losing mom... He just kept saying ' I promised it wouldn't happen'. He died depressed and delusional from it.
After that, I had to raise Nya. We made a promise to protect eachother and so far we... We've kept it up.
And that's it. That's why I hate Christmas. And those damn elves and gingerbread... Last things I saw of Christmas before it went downhill. Now they're just a painful reminder of how scared I was seeing my mom bleed to death...."
Cole shook his head in both pity and fear. It couldn't be true, could it? It would all make sense. Kai's hate for Christmas was actually fear... In all seriousness it was in need of a trigger warning.
All that came of it was mental distress. " Kai..." Cole started. " I- I'm sorry. I really had no idea that -"
" Don't worry Cole. It's all in the past..." Once again, silence took its place for the moment.
" Anyway," Kai said after a while. " It's a new year right? I have a new family, right? I can make new... I can make better memories for Christmas. I mean, I still have Nya, and I have you now... Well scratch out Nya, she's probably going to be spending Christmas with someone else I. A few years." He finished with a smile.
"Doubt it," Cole laughed slightly. "Even if she's got her own family I know she won't forget you." Cole grabbed Kai's hand and squeezed it in reassurance. " And you'll have me too. Ok?"
Kai nodded. As long as his sister and he could be happy again on Christmas, he'd do anything the world asked of him. And he knew that Cole would do the same.
" So you're going to try to enjoy the holiday?"
"Yeah. I'll try. But I want to know who killed my mom. I can't really rest until then."
"I can tell you who. Someone who isn't worth the time. Now, do you need to be alone or..?"
"Yeah... Just for a little while."
"Alright, keep calm, Kai." Cole stood up from beside Kai's bed and head for the door. Maybe one day, Kai would learn to love Christmas for what it was, and not hate it for someone else's mistake.


(( OH GOD I DONT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS LAVASHIPPING FIC. IM SORRY.
however, this is tied into that stupid/ perfect thing I talked about. This will probably give you a hint on what I'm planning.))