Fated||K

chapter twenty-three

chloe woke up due to the morning sun peeking in through the window when there was a knock on the door.

she let out a yawn before getting out of bed to open it, seeing k brightly smiling.

"merry christmas angel."

still sleepy, chloe smiled and pulled k into the room before shutting the door. she got back into bed and patted the spot next to her.

k smiled at her cuteness before getting in bed next to her and pulled her into his arms. chloe's head rested on his arm, her arms hugging his body.

"merry christmas to you too," chloe sleepily mumbled.

"still tired?" k asked softly.

"very," chloe responded.

"why don't you go back to sleep? i'll wake you up once the boys are awake too," k spoke.

"can you stay?" she asked.

"of course," k replied.

"baby," he whispered, receiving a hum.

"i love you."

chloe unknowingly smiled to herself and hugged k tighter, "i love you too."

k planted a soft kiss on the top of chloe's head as the two slowly began to drift off to sleep in each other's embrace.
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"okay! are we ready for presents?" k asked as everyone gathered in the living room.

all the presents were taken from underneath the christmas tree and placed on the coffee table in the middle of the living room.

"let's have our baby go first and then he'll guess who his secret santa was. whoever is his secret santa will open their present next and so on," k spoke, "daniel."

as presents were opened, the living room was filled with christmas spirit and chloe could not have wanted to spend christmas any other way.

of course it would have been a miracle if she was able to see her family, but there's no way that would happen ..

right?

chloe and k were the only ones left to open their presents, so it was chloe's turn.

"ah as expected, the soulmates were each other's secret santa. they're truly meant for each other," jay spoke.

k carried chloe's present and placed it on her lap. it wasn't wrapped, so all she had to do was lift the lid.

chloe happily removed the lid, freezing once she saw what was inside.

"well .. what is it?!" the boys exclaimed.

their question was answered once a furry paw was lifted out of the box and a head poked out.

"no .. you did not get me a puppy," chloe pouted with tears in her eyes as she took the puppy out of the box.

"it's yours," k smiled.

"no .." chloe mumbled, "it's so cute .. no."

"yes," k chuckled.

"no baby- why are you crying?" he asked, bending down to wipe her tears.

"because .. it's so cute and .." chloe pouted even more before handing the dog to heeseung who was sitting next to her.

all the boys rushed over to pet the pup, while chloe stood up and gave k a hug.

"babe," chloe mumbled into the hug, "thank you so so much."

"of course princess," k smiled, "i love you."

"i love you too. so so much," chloe replied, giving k a kiss, "now my present for you is going to seem so bad."

"hey, don't say that," k chuckled, "no matter what it is, all that matters is i get to spend christmas with you."

"aye .." the boys began cooing at k's words, making chloe chuckle.

"well here's your present," chloe spoke, handing his a wrapped up gift.

"waah- are you kidding me?" k asked out of happiness, "i've been needing a new laptop for so long. how'd you know?"

"well you totally didn't complain about your glitchy laptop almost every day," chloe joked, while holding the pup in her lap.

"well thank you baby," k spoke, kissing the top of chloe's head, "thank you so much."

as the boys began gathering all the wrapping paper to throw out, chloe received a phone call.

"merry christmas mama," chloe smiled through facetime with her mom.

"merry christmas to you too baby," her mom replied.

"chloe, honey, your dad and i were going somewhere, but i think we're lost. does this place look familiar to you?" her mom asked.

chloe focused on the screen, scrunching her face at the familiar looking place.

"chloe, i think you should go open the door," k smiled.

"n-no .. you didn't .." chloe spoke in disbelief, rushing over to the door with the puppy in her arms.

she opened the door and her jaw immediately dropped.

"there's my baby girl," chloe's dad smiled.

"mom .. dad .. how'd you- no way," chloe exclaimed, pulling them into a hug, "i missed you two so so much."

"oh we missed you more," her mom replied, "who is this cute little pup?"

"this is k's christmas present to me, but how'd you get here?" chloe asked.

"the same way this little pup got here," her mom smiled, making chloe turn around.

"k .."

"yes angel?"

"you really didn't have to do all of this. you're going to make me cry again," chloe mumbled.

"no, don't cry baby," k chuckled, pulling chloe in his arms.

"please do come in," k welcomed, gesturing chloe's parents to come into the dorm with his free hand.

"what did i do to deserve you?" chloe whispered, making k chuckle.

"i don't know, but you have this way of making me so happy, that i wanted to do something in return. you're something that i treasure so much and i get to spend the holiday with you, so i thought that you should enjoy the holiday with the people you treasure too," k smiled.

"you're the reason i can't sleep because reality is finally better than my dreams all thanks to you," k spoke, "chloe, i love you."
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i am so proud of all the boys, but seeing that k isn't going to be debuting with the rest breaks my heart.