Christmas one-shots

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Be warned that most of the stories contain boy's love and cheesy cliché plots.

Disclaimer: All characters used in here belong to KoG. I just play around with them.

Christmas. A day Dio cared about as much as he cared about the broken snow globe earlier. Not at all. He didn't understand why they all made a fuss about it, and he didn't get why it was so special. Something about a king being born. Had Elyos made it an official holyday when he was born? No. They should have, now that he thought about it.

Dio never liked Christmas, and the other demons didn't seem to be very interested in it anyway. Except Rufus. But that guy wasn't normal anyway.

Dio sighed and looked at the list in his hands. All the stuff he had broken earlier. Knight Master even made him write down the list she had made. He turned the paper and squinted, trying to read his awful handwriting. If he came back without everything on the list Knight Master would make him the experiment for Arme for the rest of the year. He made a mental note to improve his handwriting if he'd ever managed to return to the castle before it was midnight.

It was quite cold, the trees without leafs, and everyone seemed to be in a hurry. Dio actually decided to wear a coat. Elyos was a lot warmer than winter in Aernas. Again he stared down at the paper, decided to buy what he could read, and then head back. At least Knight Master didn't make him use his own money. He would have expected her to do that.

As he entered the first shop a bell above the door rang, and the smell of cookies surrounded him. He tried his best to ignore the disgusting smell and looked around the shop.

"Christmas Gl... ball?" Dio muttered to himself. He wasn't a bad reader, but those words where unfamiliar and he had no idea what those items where. On top of that, everything looked the same to him.

A woman that seemed quite old suddenly appeared next to him. She smiled at the tall demon that just looked at her with a dumbfounded expression. It was rare for people to smile at him. Actually it had never happened before. They either ran away or got scared. Or they tried to kill him. To think he actually helped saving that stupid race… it was ridiculous.

"Do you need help young man?"

Young man. The only one addressing him as Young was Alfred. Not sure what to say he simply held the list in front of the woman.

"My, my… what an awful handwriting…" she scolded as she repositioned her glasses and tried to read the words. Dio turned his head away and tried to remain calm. It wouldn't look good if he smashed something. And the lady was only trying to help him. Zero was spoiling him way too much.

"Let me get you a carton. You wouldn't be able to carry everything, would you?" The old Lady asked.

"I guess…" Dio muttered. He was still surprised that a human was actually nice to him. And her smile was no fake one. It was warm and comforting. A bit like Zero's rare smiles. Dio shook his head and followed the woman. What the hell was he thinking?

"Here you go." She smiled at him as she handed him a carton. He took it with his normal hand, not sure if the material would withstand his claws.

"I'll get the items for you, is that okay?" The woman asked.

"S-sure…" Dio didn't know what to think, or what to say. He knew how to react to mean people, but how was he supposed to react to nice people? He watched the woman as she carefully placed various items in the carton. He thought about Zero who was on a mission right now. Dio hated when they weren't on missions together. There were too many things that could have happened to Zero. He really didn't want to think about it.

A hand on his Arm made him look at the woman again.

"All done. Mind telling me what worries you so much?"

Dio blinked and followed the woman to a counter. "I'm just afraid that he wouldn't come back…" he muttered, tried to find somewhere to look at. Since when was he so shy?! This must have been because the woman was nice. Or he was getting insane. While he looked away he noticed book in a red cover. Dio frowned, and wanted to put it away again, but Zero liked books, didn't he? For a moment Dio thought about it, then put it away. This was way too cheesy.

"I've seen a few demons, but never one that was in love." The women smiled and handed Dio his change.

"He's too nice… I always do things he doesn't like, but he just takes it…"

"He must love you dearly."

Dio tilted his head in confusion. Zero had never told him those three words. Was it true? Sighing Dio grabbed the book and paid for it, then he hurried out of the shop. He only took two steps before he collided with something. The carton almost fell down, and he didn't want to go through all this again, so he yelled at whoever ran into him.

When no one answered Dio looked down. Zero was sitting there, rubbing his head as he had hit it at a lamppost.

"Ah shit… What are you doing here? I thought you wouldn't come back until tomorrow…." Dio muttered as he crouched down and put the carton next to him. Zero seemed to be alright though. The Seeker would never abandon a mission. Not without a good reason. Well for Dio anything was a good reason, but Knight Master wouldn't see it that way.

"The mission is done. There was no point in staying any longer."

Dio sighed, forgetting that he had thought anything romantic. He pulled Zero back to his feet and quickly kissed him. Dio knew Zero didn't like to be kissed in public. Not even holding hands was allowed. But Zero wouldn't always remind him.

"Let's get back then… what were you doing here?"

"Knight Master stated she sent you on an errand."

"She forced me! Just for breaking that stupid stuff! It wasn't even on purpose…"

Zero nodded and noticed the book on all the other stuff.

"I do not remember a book on the list."

"Because it's not for them." Dio muttered, picked up the carton and walked back towards the castle.