A Christmas Wish - NAMJOON FF

Chapter 9-Wishes Do Come True✨

chapter 9(end)-
I woke up early the next morning. Christmas. Kids all over the world would be leaping out of their beds and rushing down the stairs with dreary eyes and fluffy dressing gowns, anticipating the excitement that was to come when they'd rip open that one present they had been craving for the entire year and their parents would be so proud that they got to provide one human with that much happiness over one material item.

I rub my sleepy eyes and stretch to wake myself up. I look above me and there he was, his arm still wrapped behind my neck, sleeping like a baby. I couldn't help but smile at him. A few moments later I realised that we'd been so busy last night that we'd completely forgotten to make the one thing we were supposed to do, the cookies. I lightly clasp his hand and place it straight out onto the pillow. I sit up to remove the covers and then I feel a pair of arms latch around my waist and pull me back down onto the bed "Mmm..not yet." Joon says with his eyes still closed in a husky morning groan, I sigh lightly and let out a little laugh, trying to get up once again. "I have to. Now let me up!" I slap his hand softly and try to lift myself up again, only to be pulled right back down by his strong hold. "Come on..five more minutes." He snuggles his head into the crook of my neck, "Please?" I let out a heavy breath and look at him over my shoulder, "We can't we have stuff to do! Now come on, we gotta get up okay?" He smiles and nods, his eyes still half closed.

I pull his hands away from my waist and jump up, I run to the wardrobe and grab one of his plain t shirts and threw it on over my head, he admires me from the bed "You look good in my things..you should wear them more often" I roll my eyes as I make my way to the door "Yeah yeah very funny" once I reach the door frame he almost shouts "Wait!" I lean back into the bedroom, "What?" He flashes that beautiful white grin at me "Merry Christmas baby." I lean my head back as I smile and shake it side to side, then I run down the stairs to get started on the cookies.

I quickly whipped up some cookie dough and formed them into some gingerbread men and Christmas trees with the personalised cookie cutters i had discovered in the pantry. Around 30 minutes later Namjoon made his way down the stairs in some Christmas pj's with his bed head still intact. As I take the cookies out of the oven I giggle and say "Nice pjs idiot" He furrows his eyebrows at me and says "Hey! I was supposed to wear them last night but..." he rubs the back of his neck with his hands "Yeah.." he pauses and looks at me "so they done or?" I realise I'd been standing there holding the tray of cookies just staring at him like an absolute weirdo reflecting on what had happened last night. I snap out of my daze and say "Yeah! Um..do you wanna help me decorate them?" He walks over into the kitchen area "Sure pass me the piping bag"

I hand him it over and he starts to place various designs of icing onto the freshly baked cookies. I think I'd began to overthink everything last night, he definitely dosen't like me, how could he? We didn't even know each other that well. He would never see a future with a girl like me. Impossible. "So uh..about last night-" as soon as he said it I heard footsteps coming down the stairs and my head turned to see who it was. Wonjae. "Morning guys! Merry Christmas!" We both smile and coincidentally say "Merry Christmas Wonjae!" at the same time. Awkward. I smile through the tension and watch Wonjae go over to open his presents. Shortly after Joons family had awoken and one by one began to make their way downstairs to celebrate together. His mother came over to me and gave me a tight hug "Merry Christmas dear, I hope this will be the best one you've had yet!" I smile at her "I wouldn't expect it to be anything less than the best from you Mrs.Kim!" She laughs at me and heads over towards the counter to begin cooking the dinner she'd prepared the night before.

A few hours had passed and honestly I was having such an amazing time. I wish that I could have frozen this moment in time because I couldn't remember the last time I'd been this happy. It sounded crazy but it felt as though I'd finally had a family. The meal was delicious, Joon was right when he promised that his mom made the best turkey, she definitely lived up to my expectations. I could hardly move afterwards I was so stuffed. Shortly after we went and got changed as we were scheduled to leave to head home at 11pm and it was currently 9pm. Then Namjoons mother says "Hey! I think it's time we hand out each other's presents, what do you think?!" At this point I was sitting on the sofa beside Joon so I looked at him and he smiled "Sure! Ours are up in our bedroom, I'll go grab them!" He jumps up and heads up the stairs. I watch her as she grabs a medium sized wrapped box and hands it to me, "it's not much sweetheart, if we knew you were coming we would have got you something better it's just-" I cut in "it's fine honestly! Anything is better than nothing at all! Thank you." I untie the red ribbon and lift up the lid of the box to reveal, a stocking. I pick it up out of the box and see that my name had been embroidered into the top just like the ones that the family had on their fireplace when I first arrived. I began to tear up at the kind gesture, I couldn't believe they'd actually thought of me as one of their own, as family.

I looked up and seen her smile back at me "Now you can put it up with us when you visit next year!" My smile fades as I come to the realisation that there won't be a next year. I try my best to keep my spirits up "Sure! Next year!" Once I say that Joon comes downstairs with two bags of presents that we'd bought yesterday and sets them down on the rug in front of the sofa. He hands Wonjae various new video games to add to his collection, gives his grandmother a handmade scarf with her name and her marriage date on the inside, and gives his parents a voucher for a meal at a 5 star restaurant in the city, my personal favourite. As they all enjoy their new gifts he shuffles on his knees over towards me "Hi." He says whilst gazing into my eyes, I chuckle "Hi Romeo." "I had to get you this on short notice but I managed to find a way to get it without you seeing." I tilt my head and ask "What are you talking about?"

He's nervous, I could tell. His breathing became heavy, he tried to shake it off as he cleared his throat "Y/N." He takes my hands in his and I'm still looking at him just as confused as I was before "Yes?" He'd never looked more serious than right now "When I met you, you were the first girl to ever tell me no. You intrigued me. Getting off that train after you has got to be one of the best decisions I've ever made. I've realised a lot of things over this weekend. The most prominent being that I need you present not just for these three days, but the rest of my days. What I'm trying to say is..." he pauses and shakes his head, his entire family are watching at this point but I don't take my eyes off him, not even for a second. "When I proposed the first time, I never got to give you a ring.." I look down at the ground, of course he was still pretending. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a blue velvet box "I guess that's what I'm trying to do now.." he opens it to reveal a stunning 24 karat masterpiece that twinkled like the lights on the brightest Christmas Tree. "I..I-" I didn't have any words. I knew he was pretending for his parents but, I couldn't pretend anymore. "I can't do this." I say as I run up the stairs to grab my bags. I didn't know what was wrong with me. I couldn't stop crying. I loaded my things frantically into the bags and as I zip them up Namjoon enters the bedroom "Hey hey where are you going?! What's going on I thought-" I sniffle and wipe away my tears as I shout "Well you thought wrong! I can't believe you'd do that! Play me like that! Right in front of your family! This isn't a game anymore Joon. I'm not a girl you can just fool around with for a weekend and then never see again. How are you gonna tell them where I went when you come back here next year huh? 'Oh she just disappeared?!' No! That's not how it works! I was stupid enough to fall in love with you but the fact that you keep going along with this act even after last night makes me feel so used!"

I go to walk out with my bags in hand but he grabs both of my arms and looks down into my red stained eyes "You're so dumb you know that?! How could you think I was still pretending?! You really think I said what I said without meaning a word?? I love you y/n. I'm IN love with you! That ring wasn't an engagement ring, it was a promise ring! I wanted to promise myself to you and only to you! And my Christmas Wish was that maybe someday I'll get to give you an actual engagement ring, one worth waiting for!" I take a step back and process what he'd just said "Y-you l-love me?" He laughs at me and says "Of course I love you! You're the most beautiful woman I've ever come across how could I not love you?"

"Now for the love of god will you please accept this token of my affection?!" He stands in front of me with the blue box still in his hand, I drop both my bags as I walk over and place my arms around his neck, I stand on my tippy toes as I give him a delicate kiss on his soft lips. I pull back and the only words that manage to come out were "I do."