Happy holidays, everyone! Welcome to my winter oneshot collection, starring a myriad of characters from all three canons (anime, manga, games). With this pleasant mix of platonic and romantic stories, Christmas (or whatever holiday you celebrate) is coming early!

Most of these chapters are fairly short, about one- or two-thousand words each, but I think that was a good length for these.

We're starting off with some nice OldRival to liven our spirits and get us ready for the holidays! (BTW, Blue is the girl and Green is the guy) So, without further ado, enjoy!

As soon as Green stepped inside Blue's house on the last day of November, he regretted it instantly. It smelled like she had cookies in the oven, which was alright, but there were Christmas decorations everywhere, and he meant everywhere. Lights and candles shone throughout the hallways and rooms, Christmas music was playing from somewhere, and Blue was in the middle of it all, wearing a slightly oversized red sweater, black leggings, and a large smile.

He hated that she already decorated. He, Daisy, and their grandfather usually decorated the house two weeks before Christmas. Even then, they didn't make it into that big of a deal. "Are you serious?" he asked, raising an eyebrow at her. He had never known Blue to be this excited about a holiday that wasn't her or any of their friends' birthdays. "You're insane. It's still November."

She rolled her aquamarine eyes at him, though a smile still adorned her lips. "Your point? Tomorrow is December first, I have to be ready!" She didn't even address the insane part of his statement, probably ignoring it on purpose. Beckoning with a hand for him to follow, she turned on her heel and retreated into the house. With a sigh, he followed, eyes skimming over the numerous other decorations she had already put up.

"Remind me why I'm here again." It wasn't even a question. She had better have a good reason for calling him over from his gym to her home in Pallet Town. How she convinced him to do so, he really had no idea. He had asked Yellow to look after the gym for the day and contact him if he had any challengers that were adamant about battling him today, even though his hologram could easily handle them. Yellow being there was more or less just for insurance that nobody was going to break in. For all he knew, though, she could have fallen asleep on the job. She had a tendency to do that at times.

"I need your help with something. Did you not listen to anything I said when I called?" Blue huffed, hands resting soundly on her hips. They were in the living room now, and he found the source of the music to be a music station on her television. Her tree was up in a corner of the room, lights and ornaments smothering the green needles. Boxes were strewn all over the room, most of them empty. "Don't answer that, I'm not sure I want to know."

He crossed his arms across his chest. At least it wasn't so cold out that he needed his heavy jacket, but it would get to that point soon enough. "For your information, I listen when you talk. That's how I know that you decorate way too early for Christmas. Then again, I have eyes, so I could've seen that anyway. Now, what do you need my help with?"

She pointed an index finger to the top of her tree. "I can't reach the top of the tree, and I still need to put the star there. I couldn't reach standing on a chair, either."

A deep breath with eyes closed. "So you called me over here, away from my gym, to help you reach something? Why couldn't you just call Red, he's as tall as me if not a bit taller."

Her cheeks puffed out. "He's not here. Crys said that he mentioned being in Johto for a week or so, and I need this star up now." She held up an open palm when he opened his mouth. "And before you ask, Silver couldn't reach either; he's about as tall as me."

"Fine. Where's this star?" Blue grinned at his relenting exhale, approaching a shoebox and removing the lid, lifting out a sleek plastic star.

"Right here. My parents gave this to me last year, you know." She smiled wistfully at the star for a moment, perhaps remembering when she was gifted the ornament. After all of the trials she had gone through just to be reunited with her parents, even something as simple as this would hold some sentimental value to her. It was nice, seeing her at such peace. She broke out of her thoughts after a moment, handing him the star. "Same goes for all of these ornaments, too. They have way too many and-"

"Are we going to do this or not?"

She grinned sheepishly, one of the only times he'd ever seen her do so. "Sorry. Anyway. Here. Right at the top of the tree, please!" she requested, pointing him towards the chair he could stand on.

He balanced himself carefully on the chair, reaching up and fixing the star in the highest part of the tree. At least he was tall enough where he didn't need to go on his toes to reach it. Maybe he was the tallest of him, Red, and Silver. "There. Done." He climbed back down from the chair, glancing up at the star. Now that it was on the tree, the tree itself seemed so much more complete that it had before.

Blue nodded in approval. "That looks great!" Her oven dinged, letting her know the cookies were ready. "Do you want one?" she asked over her shoulder, starting towards the kitchen. He followed right behind her.

"Sure. I haven't had anything since breakfast." He glanced at the clock. Yep, it was already two o'clock.

The cookies came out and onto the counter to cool. "You really should work on not letting your gym duties distract you from getting nutrition," she chided, turning off the oven.

"You sound just like Daisy," he remarked, leaning against the counter. The cookies she made really did look good. "She's always getting on my back about this stuff."

"I must be picking it up from my parents."

That reminded him. "You see your parents a lot, right? Are you going to visit them for Christmas?"

A slightly pained expression overtook her face. "Not this year. They're actually going to Alola for the holidays, and I would rather stay close to home. You traveling anywhere?"

"I might come by Pallet Town to see Grandpa and Daisy, but other than that, I'm not really going anywhere." He shrugged indifferently. "I'm definitely closing the gym for the holidays like the other leaders, though."

Green grimaced internally when he noticed Blue had her thinking face on. There was rarely anything good that came from that.

"How about when you're done visiting family, you meet the rest of us here?"

...This must've been one of the times when she had a good idea.

"Who's 'the rest of us?'" he asked first before giving a definitive answer.

She waved her hands in the air haphazardly. "It's just me, Red, and Yellow. Yellow's uncle is going to be on a fishing trip, and I didn't want her to spend Christmas alone. Same goes for Red, since he'd probably be spending it alone, too. I figured, why not make a small gathering out of it?"

It made sense, all except for one part. "Is Silver not coming?"

A roll of her eyes and a shake of her head indicated that no, he wasn't. "He's still training with Pryce and Lance. He's too stubborn to give in to my begging, too." Smiling with pride, she added, "I taught him well."

Grabbing one of the cookies off of the baking sheet, he gave his answer. "Sounds like it'll be nice. I'll be there."

"Yes!" She pumped a fist in the air victoriously before taking a cookie for herself. "I knew I'd be able to convince you." Her eyes closed for a moment as she took a bite out of her cookie. "Victory tastes amazing."

He couldn't help it; he chuckled a bit, biting into his cookie. The explosion of sweetness caught him a bit by surprise; who had known that Blue was such a good baker? "These are great, Blue."

"I'm glad you like them. Why don't you take some back for later, and some for Yellow, too? She's watching your gym, right?"

He nodded, reminding himself that he had a gym to get back to. "Yeah, she is. She's usually my go-to for this, seeing as she doesn't live that far from the gym." His eyes wandered over to the clock again. "I should probably get going now. I promised Yellow I wouldn't take all day."

Blue nodded in understanding, finishing off her cookie and bagging some more for him and Yellow. "Alright. Let me walk you out." It was a very short walk, but she still accompanied him, handing him the bag with the cookies. "Thanks so much for your help!" Before he had a chance to react, she swooped in and gave him a quick kiss. It was short, but he still tasted the cookie on her lips. He felt his face grow just the tiniest bit warm, but soon shook it off, waving goodbye with a small smirk as she winked flirtatiously and waved.

Maybe it had been a good decision to come after all. He could never tell where their conversations would go, but this time it brought them to what he thought was a good place. It was really all he thought about as he was approaching the route to Viridian City.

"Hey, Green!" Green looked over his shoulder, giving a small wave to Red as they both kept walking.

Wait a moment. Didn't Blue just say...? Green shook his head and rolled his eyes to himself. Leave it to Blue to say anything to persuade him to do her a favor. What an obnoxious woman.

Ayy, there's some of the romance I was talking about! Hope you all enjoyed this, for there's a lot more where this came from! Next update, you can all look forward to some BurningLeaf :D I'll see you all next time!

(P.S.- My sister came up with the title for this one even though she refused to read any of it. I couldn't think of anything better, so here we are.)