A/N: I swear on my life I wrote this in May. Nowhere near Christmas. 'Cept now it is...

Christmas Confessions
Chapter 1

It was Christmas Eve. Only red and green could be seen through the thickly falling snow; people were wearing it, and partly-obscured buildings were covered in it. Lights glistened through the cold mist, causing the most beautiful scene Toya had ever seen in his life.

He stood beneath the giant Christmas tree in the town's centre, waiting for Yukito to turn up, but he was anything but bored. Happy people wandered the streets, laughing and buying each other gifts. Toya even saw a group of Sakura's friends walk by, taking pictures of all the shining things that surrounded them.

"Toya!" a voice called. Turning, Toya saw Yukito running towards him.

"Hey there, Yuki." Toya greeted his boyfriend with a small kiss on the cheek. Although public displays of affection were not usually his thing, he figured he could make an exception for special occasions.

"Merry Christmas!" Yukito replied, cheerfully placing a small wrapped gift in Toya's hand.

Surprise was the first emotion Toya felt, but it was soon eclipsed by happiness. He hadn't expected Yukito to buy him anything. "Thank you," Toya said, smiling.

"Hey, thank me after you've opened it, okay?" Yukito said, teasingly. Toya then proceeded to open it, discovering a ring inside.

"…Are you proposing to me?" he asked, grinning and taking the diamond ring out of its box and holding it up to see it better.

"Well, kinda." Yukito laughed. "It's just a suggestion, so don't feel pressured or anything."

"Okay. Thanks." Toya put the ring on his finger and took Yuki by the hand, beginning to walk to a nearby restaurant.

After their dinner, they walked back to Toya's house. Suspiciously enough, Toya took the ring off of his finger before entering, putting it back in the box. Saying a brief "Merry Christmas" to his father, Toya then made his way upstairs, Yukito trailing behind.

"What's up? You aren't gonna let your dad know we're thinking of getting married?" Yuki asked, slightly put out.

"I kind of haven't really told him that we're dating…" Toya muttered guiltily.

"What? Why?" Yukito wondered out loud, rather loudly.

"Just… hasn't come up."

"He'll be fine with it, I'm sure!"

"Me too, but still."

"Come on—we'll tell him now," Yuki suggested, taking Toya's hand, and pulling him downstairs before he could argue. He had barely any time to phrase it in his head before they burst into the kitchen and it was time to announce it.

"Toya has something to tell you!" Yuki said, pushing Toya in front of him.

"Oh?" Toya's father said, looking up from the book he was reading, in surprise, looking at Toya expectantly.

"I… Well, me and Yuki, I mean…" Toya breathed, remembering that it was essential to life.

"Yes?"

"We're together."

"I can see that," his father answered, looking from one boy to the other, wondering what Toya was trying to say.

"No, I mean… We're together… as in, we're dating," Toya explained, his tongue tripping over the words in his embarrassment.

"Oh, I already knew that."

"Huh?" Toya was flabbergasted. How could he know?

"Sakura told me ages ago," he said calmly, turning back to his book, smiling.

Back upstairs, Toya sat on his bed in confusion. He had been so sure that his relationship with Yukito had been a secret, but Sakura had known.

"Odd," Yuki remarked, sitting down next to him and kissing his cheek lightly.

"Yeah. Really." Toya laughed, feeling a great weight had been lifted off his chest, turning to Yuki and kissing him.

"Merry Christmas," he whispered into Yuki's ear as they set out to make it the best Christmas they'd ever had.


A/N: So… I, like, wrote this and the next chapter in May, so it totally was not Christmas, but what the hell; I felt like it. C: