𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑. ( 𝘫𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘯𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘺 )

FOURTEEN.

DECEMBER 25TH, 2018. (TUESDAY)

The 16-year-old stirs slowly, cracking his eyes open. He turns his head a little, looking around the bedroom. Johnny relaxes a little bit and looks up at Ponyboy who was basically wrapped around him. He couldn't help but giggle softly. 

"Ponyboy," Johnny murmurs out softly. "Wake up."

Johnny shifts a little closer to him, kissing his cheek repeatedly. He nuzzles his cheek after with his nose, smiling softly. The younger boy stirs a little, groaning a little. Ponyboy wasn't a morning person. 

"I'm awake," Ponyboy slurs out tiredly, opening his eyes. I'm awake."

"You better be," Johnny teases softly. "It's Christmas and I think Darry made breakfast."

Ponyboy slowly sits up, pulling Johnny closer to him. He kisses the tan boy's forehead, chuckling softly. The boy sways side to side with him for a moment, humming gently. Johnny melts into his touch, breathing calmly.

"Get uuuuuup," Johnny whines after a minute, looking at his lover.  "I'm hungry."

Johnny crawls out of his lovee's arms. standing beside the bed. He straightens out his pajamas, smiling sheepishly. The 16-year-old hums softly, waiting for Ponyboy get up so they could go eat. 

"Baaaaabe," Johnny whines, looking at Ponyboy, blushing sheepishly.

It was the first time he's ever used that nickname for Ponyboy. Johnny bites his lip, watching as Ponyboy stands up from the bed. The younger teen wraps an arm around his waist, pressing a firm kiss to his temple. 

"Now if you would have said please, I would have been sold quicker," Ponyboy teases, letting go of him.

Johnny pouts a little in response.

"I'm just teasing," Ponyboy says. "I just wanted to see how much you would try to get me up."

"Kisses and cuddles took forever to get you awake," Johnny says sheepishly. 

"I'll get up quicker next time, love," Ponyboy says, giving the older teen a smile.

Johnny grabs Ponyboy's hand, dragging him to the kitchen where Darry was just finishing up doing some dishes. He lets go of the boy's hand, grabbing a plate from the counter. The 16-year-old grabs some food, filling about half of his plate.

"Morning boys," Darry says. "DId you guys sleep well?"

"Uh huh," Johnny says, looking for a fork. "I slept really nice."

"Me too," Ponyboy says. 

"We can't open presents until Two-Bit gets here," Darry says. "He'll be here around 12 since he's with his family. He said he might bring them though so he could still spend time with them."

Ponyboy and Johnny nod their head in response. 

"Alright," Johnny says. "And thank you, Darry."

Darry smiles a little and nods his head. Ponyboy walks out into the dining room, Johnny following after him shortly. The two teens sit at the table, humming happily. They start eating, the older teen being careful not to eat too quickly.

Johnny continues to eat carefully, humming softly. Since he was starting to get a bit better, he could stomach more food. He finishes his last bite of eggs, sitting the fork down. It was almost unbelievable how proud of himself he was. 

Ponyboy smiles softly and finishes up shortly after. He wraps an arm around the older teen's waist, pulling him closer. The 14-year-old glances around before placing a kiss on Johnny's cheek. He was proud of his boyfriend. 

"I'm proud of you, love," Ponyboy whispers softly. "So so proud of you."

Johnny's cheeks go bright red and he laughs softly, a smile playing on his lips. He kisses Ponyboy's cheek before standing up and grabbing his plate. The teen takes his plate into the kitchen, taking it over to the sink. He carefully washes it and rinses it, sitting it aside to dry. 

"I could have done that," Darry says.

"I know but I wanted to do it," Johnny says. "You do so much and I just wanna help out a little since I basically live here."

Darry smiles and ruffles the younger boy's hair, humming. Johnny laughs softly and looks up at him.

"Well, thank you, Johnnycake," Darry says. "I really appreciate that. You can get back to Ponyboy now."

Johnny smiles sheepishly, nodding his head. He turns and walks out of the kitchen, sitting next to Ponyboy who still was piling food onto his plate. The 16-year-old rolls his eyes a little, leaning his head on his shoulder.

"How can you eat so much?" Johnny questions softly. 

"I have a fast metabolism," Ponyboy states. "Which means that I can basically eat anything that I want and it won't affect me."

"Lucky," Johnny murmurs softly. "I wish that I could eat like that."

"Well, depending on what you do and how you do it, your metabolism can speed up or slow down," Ponyboy says. "Since you held off on eating how you were supposed to, it's a little slow. Once you get where you're supposed to, you can work out and it'll speed it right up."

Johnny nods his head in response.

"Sometimes I go out for morning runs," Ponyboy says. "You're welcome to come with me."

"That would be nice, Ponyboy."

- time skiparoo -

The door opens and everyone's head turns. Two-Bit walks inside, grinning widely as his little sister and mom follow inside before closing the door. The gang all smile and give a wave of welcome.

"Hey, little Kathy," Ponyboy says, waving at the young girl next to her mom. "It's nice to see you again."

"Ponyboy!" Kathy squeals, running over and jumping onto the couch next to him. "I missed you!"

"I missed you too, you dork," Ponyboy says. "How are you?"

"Good!" Kathy says happily. "Two-Bit got me a new dress for Christmas!"

"Oh, he did now?" Ponyboy questions.

Kathy grins widely, nodding her head. Johnny curls up more into his lover, looking at the little girl. He gives a small and sheepish smile, waving his hand a little. It's been a while since he's seen her. 

"Present time," Soda calls out, grinning widely.

The blonde has been waiting since early morning to do so. All of the presents were nothing big but everyone cherished every single one of them. The gang all sits around the tree, wide smiles on their faces. 

Once all of them had their present (it was a secret santa type thing), they open them excitedly. They all were so happy with everything that they received.

"Thank you," Johnny says softly, a smile making its way onto his lips. "Really."

Ponyboy smiles softly, wrapping his arm around his lover's waist. He had to trade so many things just to be Johnny's secret santa. It was so worth it. Seeing Johnny smile at him was so worth it.

Johnny's present was a small Polaroid camera with a thing of film already inside and a photo album to put the photos. The older male of the two looks around before sneaking a quick kiss to his cheek.

"Best Christmas ever?" Ponyboy questions hopefully.

"Best Christmas ever."

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*

Word Count: 1168

How was this?

I just wanted to get this update finished since it was already halfway done. I've been typing on my laptop a lot lately and it goes a lot faster so maybe I'll be using my laptop to update (until school is over because it's the school's laptop).

I hope you enjoyed this update. Thank you so much for reading ♥