A/N: This was originally written for C.D. Meiss over one of our phone conversations, so I decided to make a chapter story out of it. There will be 25 chapters, one every day up until Christmas.
I do not own Kingdom Hearts or Christmas.
Chapter 1
It was one of those wintry afternoons, you know, the ones where you can see your breath outside and you could almost feel the magic in the air. There was a light snowfall the night before making the ground a silvery white color, crisp and clean. As Axel trudged over the snowy walkway, he shivered, hands in his pockets. Soon, he made it to a wooden door and knocked. Riku answered the door and Axel nodded in acknowledgement of him before asking, "Is Ari home?" Riku sighed, "Yeah, flame head, she's decorating the tree."
Axel smirked over at his girlfriend's older brother as he strode past him into the living room. He could here Christmas music coming from the room and heard a sweet, melodic voice singing along with it at the top of the owner's lungs. He took a few more steps and walked into the room. He saw the blonde girl decorating the tree, putting strands of garland on it and ornaments and so on. Her eyes were filled with childish Christmas joy as she sang along with the music.
He walked over and leaned against the wall, arms crossed, chuckling. It seems she didn't even notice he was there and that was a feat of it's own, seeing how un-natural his hair color was. Suddenly, the stepladder she was standing on started to wobble and she fell off, backwards. It didn't take Axel long to catch her, smirking down at the petite girl in his arms. "Merry Christmas, love."
She smiled, the slight panic melting away from her face to be replaced with more joy. "H-hey, thanks." He smirked again and leaned his face closer to hers, taking great joy in seeing her cheeks flush as he got closer to her. "A merry, merry Christmas indeed," Axel said as he kissed her underneath the mistletoe that was placed on the doorway, right above their heads.