Melancholy & Memories; Ongniel

Christmas Special

"Do you know what I want for Christmas?" Daniel asked me.

"Ummm,"

Before I could actually say anything, Daniel sings, "All I want for Christmas is you."

I cringed so hard I thought I died. The only thing that I'm pretty sure kept me alive was his buck-toothed bunny grin and his giggle. His laugh being so contagious I couldn't help but join in.

"Me laughing at your horrible, horrible joke or whatever that was is your Christmas present," I said, still chuckling.

That was the start of our very first Christmas eve together. His apartment was really empty and bare so I brought over a ton of Christmas decorations for us to put up and make it seem that we were actually celebrating Christmas. I came right after lunch but by the time we were almost done, it was already time for dinner. There was only one thing left for us to Christmas-fy — the Christmas tree. I hung baubles in all shades of blue and wrapped a silver garland with lights around the tree. At last, the house looked ready for Santa Claus to come barging in.

"Ah wait Seongwu-ah I forgot something," Daniel said as he ran to his room.

He came back with a transparent bauble in his hands.

"TA-DA!" he exclaimed.

I took the bauble and looked closer. There was a picture of us in it. I swear to god I heard my heart go aw. I hung it on the tree and then proceeded to hug Daniel. Why? I don't really know but I just felt I had to. I pulled away and noticed he was smiling, his cheeks tinted pink. God why is he so cute? He held my hand and led me to the kitchen where our dinner awaited. Daniel took out the turkey from the oven while I prepped everything else. We had mashed potatoes, gravy, Christmas stuffing and cranberry sauce to go along with the turkey he apparently had a secret recipe for.

"잘 먹겠습니다," I said before eating, Daniel echoing soon after.

It was about ten at night when we finally finished our dinner. I was stuffed and so was Daniel. I ate so much I probably gained like fifty kilograms. Unlike Daniel, where no matter how much he ate, his abs would still be there. Lucky me. We both washed the dishes and cleared the table before settling down in the living room. The living room where we shared our first kiss. The living room where lots of memories were made. Soon, the living room where we had our first Christmas together. I turned on the TV and sat on the sofa next to Daniel. He intertwined his fingers with mine and laid his head on my shoulder. It reminded me of our first kiss, that till this day, remains vivid in my mind. I let go of his grasp and squeezed my arm past his back and pulled him closer to me, snuggling on the sofa. I remember how happy I felt in that moment, Daniel in my embrace, Christmas tunes in the background, Home Alone playing on the TV, Christmas being only just a few hours away and snow falling on the window pane. Thinking about that still makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

As the movie ended, I titled my head to find Daniel with his eyes shut. He looked so cute and angelic. Carefully, I stood up, trying not to wake him. I switched off the TV and grabbed a blanket to cover him with. I leaned down and kissed his forehead. Before I could walk away, Daniel grabbed my arm and pulled me towards him.

"Don't go, please" he muttered, half asleep half awake.

"Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere," I whispered.

He didn't let go of my arm till I lied on the sofa with him. What a big cute baby, I thought. We both aren't that type of couple to say 'I Love You' causally but at that moment I felt that it was necessary so I did say that. In his dazed state, Daniel still said it back. It was pretty late by then and my eyelids felt really heavy, so we both dozed off on the sofa with Daniel in my arms. When I think back about that day, I knew I had myself a Merry Little Christmas.

A/N: HELLO!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Kind of HAHA I know it's 2 days after Christmas and I'm really sorry I couldn't get this special out before then bUT NONETHELESS ITS HERE YAY I think this will be the only special and I'll finally put an end to this story :-(. Thank you so much for reading this story and having an emotional rollercoaster with me AHAHA. So yes, this is goodbye. Once again thank you so so much I love you all <33 till we meet again friends hOPE YALL HAD A MERRY CHRISTMAS 💚❤️🎄 and soon a happy new year :>