❄︎ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘖𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴

+ Chapter Twenty-One: Christmas is Back +

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yeonjun's pov
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I opened my eyes, and the hotel room light welcomed my sight. Then it changed, a silhouette of a familiar girl welcomed me. It was Yeji. I smiled and chuckled.

"Hi," I said smiling.

"Hi." She smiled back. She looked so happy seeing me awake. I could still remember what happened. I was shot by that evil elf, and I passed out. Waking up felt like all of my energy was gone, so I knew I had to rest in my bed.

"Thank goodness you're awake." Soobin spreads his arms, and walked towards me giving me a tight hug. The other boys did the same. I laughed at their sudden clingy actions.

"Thanks to the girls. I'm alive." I looked up to Yeji who was still smiling at me. I mouthed 'thank you' to her, and she nodded.

"The Christmas spirit is still down to thirty percent, we have to our job for a sec." Yeji said, and we all nodded. We all went outside the hotel, and a quiet street of New York welcomed us. Odd. I believe this is not just a mere coincidence, I believe they did this on purpose.

"From December first to twenty fifth. Let the Christmas cheer spread. Let everyone feel the Christmas again this year. Let everyone celebrate Your coming to life. Let the Christmas spirit rise!"

A mix of gold, blue, green, silver, and red rose up the sky, and spread like snow. Suddenly, Christmas lights started to light up in every building and houses. It also started snowing which made everything more magical.

"We all have a lot of questions." Taehyun said laughing. We all laughed, and went back to the entrance of the hotel building.

"We will all answer it. Don't worry." Chaeryeong smiled.

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taehyun's pov
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We went to their coffee shop that was apparently, a magical coffee shop that disappears after Christmas. It was a coffee shop owned by Santa himself. It was fun to know that he actually exists. I just wish all of this is not just a simple dream.

"How were you all born?" Huening Kai asked the girls.

"Well, I was born seventeen years ago. Actually, eighteen years. It's twelve midnight. Today is my birthday." Yuna chuckles, and we all reacted differently. Some were shocked that she's just almost the same age as me and Kai, and some were happy to know that today is her birthday, one of them was Huening Kai.

"Happy birthday Yuna!" Chaeryeong and Ryujin appeared with a cake on their hands, and a bouquet of red roses.

"Thank you everyone!" Yuna smiled to everyone, and blew the candle on the cake. Everyone cheered, but my attention was on Chaeryeong.

She was smiling, but she doesn't look happy at all. She looks worried actually.

"I'll just go to the kitchen to slice the cake," she said.

"Excuse me."

I excused myself from the gathering, and followed Chaeryeong to the kitchen.

She was humming another Christmas song while slicing the cake. But something's different. She's humming a sad Christmas song.

"Need a help?" I spoke up.

"Oh you're here. Well, no. Slicing a cake is as easy as one two th- ouch!" I chuckled a bit when she accidentally cut her own finger. She was too focused on looking at the cake, she forgot where her other hand is at.

"For a spirit, you are a clumsy one." I chuckled while she squints in pain.

"Heal it," I said. "I can't. We can't heal our own wounds. Only the ones from our place can heal these instantly. So basically, we heal our own wounds like you humans." She said. Oh...

She washed her own wound, and she kept saying 'ouch' and a tear fell on her cheek. "What's wrong?" I asked.

"My wound hurts," she chuckled. "Is it the wound that really hurt? Tell me what's really wrong." I walked towards her, and held both of her hands.

She looked back at me for a second, and wiped her tears. She sighed and smiled at me. "You'll know soon."

"Let's go back there. I'm pretty sure everyone's hungry."

What's wrong Chae? Is there something you're hiding from us?