I stir slightly from my peaceful sleep as I feel a gentle pressure near my temple, and a slight tug on my hair, sending a dull shock through my body. I groan and roll over, throwing the blankets over my head. A quiet laugh reaches my ears and I turn slightly, lifting the blankets a little so I could look at Noiz who's staring at me with a grin while fixing his tie. I give a sigh of irritation, and throw the blankets back over my head and he immediately bursts out laughing. This was the usual for us. When I moved in with him I insisted that I would wake up before he left for work so I could see him off, but it ended up with him having to wake me up to do so. I'd always resist and he'd get a kick out of it before I finally gave up and just got up…..though I did return back to bed straight after he left. There wasn't a point in me being awake this early after he left anyways, I never left the house without Noiz; I can't figure my way around the city, plus I can't understand the language, and Ren can only help oh so much.
"Aoba…" Noiz whispers, I can feel him lean onto my right arm and place both arms on either side of me gripping the blankets. I keep a tight grip, clenching my hands into tight fists waiting for him to pull them away and expose me to the cold. As I continue to wait he remains still and my curiosity gets the better of me, I lift the blanket a little and he attacks. He grabs the blanket and throw it in the air before turning me over and pressing his lips against mine as the blanket falls down and covers us in darkness.
"Mmm…" I moan wrapping my arms around his neck and pulling myself towards him. I feel him smirk against my lips before pulling back, and moving the blanket away exposing us to the sun again. I winced at the brightness, and send Noiz a glare, but he merely smiles and stands up fixing his suit.
"Are you awake now?" he asks me in a low voice that sends shivers through my body. I push myself up into a sitting position, and lean forward stretching. I give a groan and look over at Noiz while rubbing my eyes.
"Unfortunately." I mumble, drawing my knees to my chest and wrapping my arms around them before laying my head on my knees. "It's cold…"
"It's winter." Noiz smiles, a light flush on his face. "You're a pretty difficult person to wake up." he remarks with a crooked grin, and leaning forward he whispers in my ear. "But it's a sight to see when you do wake up." I blush and jerk away from him holding my ear, sending a flustered glare.
"Perverted brat..." I grumble getting out of bed and standing up. Noiz was standing close enough that we were almost touching once I stand up and I look up at him as he leans down, pressing his lips against mine once more.
"I shouldn't be late today." Noiz says pulling away, his face returning to its normal expression.
"Don't you have meetings all day?" I ask him tilting my head in confusion. Normally on the days he has meetings he ends up coming home much later than what was normal for him.
"Yes, but I intend to make sure they end rather quickly today." he sighs, moving away from me, and heading out of the bedroom. I move to follow him as he keeps talking, I wasn't really all that sure about what he can do in a company, Noiz tried to explain it to me before but honestly it went way over my head, and eventually he gave up just saying there was a lot things he could do that others are not able to. "Plus the meetings are just reviews of the basic procedures for the company, and if we made money or lost money this year. According to my brother, the meetings end around three hours earlier than what they usually do. So I'll be later than a normal workday, but early compared to when I normally have meetings. Do you understand?"
"Yeah, kind of." I reply as he bends down to put his shoes on. "You'll still be late, but early for meeting days, I get that, not so much why but…"
"But you get the important part." he stands up and smiles leaning down and kissing me again. "I love your kisses." he mumbles, and I blush.
"Yeah yeah!" I turn him around and begin pushing him out the door as he laughs. "Stop making fun of me and get to work or you will end up being late." I stand at the top of the outside stairs as he heads towards the car and opens the door before pausing and looking at me.
"I'm taking you out tonight." he tells me, the smirk that returns to his face gives me small chill. "Make sure you're well rested, it's going to be a long night." My face turns bright red as he gets into to the car and pulls out of the drive way. I feel like my heart is going to jump out of my chest as I nervously, and excitedly, think about what plans Noiz might have for the night.
I look at the clock and stand up, Noiz should be home any time now and since he was taking me out it would probably be best if I wore something a little nicer than sweats….even if they were warmer. That thought deters me slightly from changing into other clothes, but I manage to force my feet towards our bedroom, and I flip on the light. Since it became winter every passing day seems to get darker earlier and earlier, and remaining darker much longer. I guess it was like that back in Midorijima too, but I never noticed till I came to Germany and began waiting for Noiz to return home. It would get darker quicker, and before I knew it I would be sitting in a dark room. At first it worried Noiz, but eventually I began turning the light on before he got home.
I look through the closet, deciding on what might seem appropriate for outside yet still keep me warm, I knew I was going to have to compromise for looking nicer than warmer, the last time we went out Noiz kept meeting people he works with and I decided then that I would have to dress nicely every time we went out so I wouldn't make Noiz look bad. He told me I was being stupid when I told him that, he didn't seem too concerned about it but I was and still am. I gave a resigned sigh and pull out a pair of dark blue jeans and blue long sleeve shirt and slide on a nice, and warm, blue jean jacket over the shirt and moved on to brushing my hair. I sit the brush down just as I hear the front door open and I look at the clock. 7:00, right on time, another thing I notice about Noiz, he was always punctual. I leave the bedroom and make my way back down the hall, Noiz is standing in the doorway, watching me as I approach.
"You look good." he remarks looking me up and down. I cross my arms, and look away my blush from earlier returning. "Are you ready to leave?"
"Right now?" I say in surprise. "Don't you want to come in and rest before we leave? You just got off work, aren't you tired?"
"No I'm fine." Noiz replies tossing his work bag onto the floor and leaning against the door. "Get your shoes on."
"Ok." I say suspiciously, he seems to be in an awfully big rush, normally he sits and relaxes before doing anything else. Work always took a lot out of him, well he does work with his family so it's doesn't come as a surprise, though his relationship with his parents do seem to be working out, which comes as a great relief…..even if they don't know about me. "Where are we going?" I ask, standing up after putting my shoes on.
"You'll see when we get there." Noiz smiles, taking me hand and leading me out of the house. He locks the door behind us and leads me to the car. He opens the passenger side door and I quickly got in the car. He shut the door and moved to the drivers' side, and starting the car he looks at me. "It's a bit of a drive, and it's a big place so once we get there be sure to stay near me." I nod and face the front as he pulls out of the driveway.
It was the first day of December, but sadly there has been no snow, I was really excited to see the snow here. Midorijima never really had any, a few flurries but that was about it. The snow didn't stick and the days with flurries were far and few. Noiz was quiet as we drove into town, I was surprised by the amount of traffic there was today, as well as how many people were bustling about on the sidewalk. Noiz has mention that December is the busy month in this city since Christmas starts.
"Noiz, are we doing Christmas shopping for your family?" I asked him sitting up straight and looking at him. He looks at me as he stops in front of a red light.
"No." he replies. "You're close, but incorrect."
"Then what are we doing?" I ask, I'm certain it has something to do with Christmas but we already decorated the house with the Christmas stuff his brother brought over for us. What else is there to do if we aren't getting for his parents? There's Granny but we're visiting her, we leave after Christmas day to spend the New Year with her.
"You'll see when we get there." he smiles, I pout and look out the window. I was really curious, and to be honest I wasn't sure if I was going to like this surprise. With Noiz you really could never be too sure.
"Don't worry." Noiz says, reaching over and grabbing my hand and entangling our fingers he bring the back of my hand to his lips. "You'll enjoy this." I blush and nod looking out the window, and quelling my nerves, which was difficult since he continues to hold my hand until he pulls into a drive that has trees surrounding both sides that appear to stretch forever. There was a sign overhead as we pull in but I was unable to read it. The only word I could make out was tree, but I already have that part figure out. Noiz drove a little way up the drive before a wooden building came into view as well as spaces for parking. Noiz pulls in, and turns off the car turning to me while taking his hand from mine. "Did you understand the sign?"
I shake my head, and for some reason a happy smile crossed his face. "No, I only understood the word for tree, but I already figured out there were trees."
"So you don't know what this place is?" Noiz presses. "You didn't have places like this back in Midorijima."
"No I don't know where we are?" I frown, and he leans forward giving me a light kiss.
"Don't frown." Noiz whispers. "You'll have fun, I promise."
I look out the window at all the trees; I definitely am curious about what Noiz's plan is, but it was also getting dark out, and being in the woods at night when it is freezing out isn't exactly my idea of a fun date.
"What's wrong, you look nervous." Noiz says, and I glance over at him. If anyone else was looking at his face they might think he's bored; his face is neutral as he stares at me, but I know better, he's worried. I bite my tongue, and give him a smile.
"Let's go, I'm curious to know what's going on." I say, and make to open the car before Noiz stops me.
"What were you nervous about?" Noiz asks me; he keeps his hand on my arm. Ever since Noiz came back from Germany to find me, he's had a sort of…complex, I guess. But whenever he thinks something is off with me or I have something on my mind he won't stop pestering me until I tell him. I never could quit figure out if there was some reason behind it, like if he felt guilty for disappearing, or if he was worried I was going to leave him, or if it was just plain curiosity; either way he would bug me for the entire day unless I told him what it was that I was thinking out, good or bad.
"I would say nervous or anything," I begin thinking for the right words; it was times like this that really reminded me that Noiz had such a child-like personality at times….when he wasn't being perverted. "I was just wondering if it's really a good idea to head out into the woods since its almost dark out." He gives me a strange look, and makes me wonder if my question was really that weird, I thought it seemed like a natural question.
"They'll light it up once the sun has set." Noiz explains with a slight smile. "We won't be walking in the dark." He opens the door, and I quickly follow suit; shutting the door for Noiz to lock it. "Come on this way." Noiz grabs my hand, and pulls me towards the trees; away from the wooden cabin that was much larger than I had originally thought.
While there so many trees, I realized none of them were very tall. I keep looking around, and finally look at Noiz, pulling slightly at his hand. He looks at me and I open my mouth to ask the question he had asked me earlier. "What did the sign say? Where are we?" I was going to ask him in German, but my excitement got the better of me, and it came out in rushed Japanese.
"It's a Christmas Tree Farm." Noiz tells me, coming to a stop, and looking down at me; he kept a tight grip on my hand and pulled me closer as other couples, and families with small children say excited remarks in German. "Families come here when they're picking out trees to place in their homes for Christmas."
"Wow!" I said as I looked around, but then I paused and turned back to Noiz. "Wait…are we here to get one?" Noiz nodded, and I glanced back around. There are so many trees, too many. Which one would be a good one? We didn't do this in Midorijima, how can you tell what's a healthy Christmas tree and what isn't?
"Which one are we getting?" I ask him nervously.
"Whichever one you want?" Noiz replies indifferently. Well not indifferently, but how he usually sounds whenever he's made up his mind and has no intention of budging.
"Whichever?" I repeat, looking around more. I walk off in a random direction, tugging Noiz along with me. I look at various trees, and then walk away to find more. I really have no idea what I'm doing, but I don't want to ask Noiz; he brought me all the way out here, and he wants me to pick out the tree. But the longer I looked, the more lost I felt, and I begin to wish Noiz would just say something already.
"Hey, Noiz." I say stopping in front of a large, green tree. It's needles where vibrant, and full. The lights have long since been turned on, and the ice on the needles glittered like little stars. Snow had settled on some of the branches, and it truly looked like a tree out of magical fairytale. It stands tall enough that it could easily reach the ceiling of our small home, but I can see it there, and I feel myself walking closer to the tree. I reach my hand out and lightly touch the needles, my gloves are thin enough that I can feel the needles through them, but they don't prick me like I thought they would. Instead they are soft, and when I lean in, I find myself smelling a sweet scent from the tree, one that makes me close my eyes, and breathe even deeper. It's a new smell for me, but one I wish every part of Christmas could smell like, you would think I would have noticed such a sweet smell when I got out the car, but none can compare to this tree.
"Hmm?" he mumbles, adjusting his scarf slightly. I look at him and I'm slightly taken back. His cheeks, and nose are red, and his eyes are half shut from the cold. At some point he had pulled his hat down farther on his head, honestly, he probably looks as far from happy as a person can get, if you're looking from the outside. But his eyes are also shinning, as if he's found some new, and beautiful treasure. And he has a small smile that seems like he's found a secret that he will always keep engraved in the back of his head. And what no but me could possible feel, is the tight grasp he has on my hand, not a painful one, but a steady one; it's a grasp telling me he's never going to let go, and deep inside, I don't want him to. I'm holding onto his hand maybe even more tightly than he was mine. Neither of us want to let go.
"What do you think about this tree?" I ask him, I may not have been looking at the other trees closely, but this tree shines. The more I look at it, the less I want to look away.
"Do you like it?" Noiz asks me, and I smile, staring up at the tree. I hear him chuckled, and he quickly turns me to him.
"It's pretty." I say as I stare at him smiling. He doesn't say anything for a few seconds, his eyes widening as he looks at me.
"Pretty?" he places his forehead against mine, and I feel heat rise to my face. "You should see yourself. Nothing compares to you, nothing." He removes the scarf from his face, and brings his lips to mine. He presses his lips against mine, they're warm, and gentle. He presses his lips more to mine, tilting my head back, but he never moves his lips. It's not a rough kiss, there are no tongues involved, and he doesn't seek for anything. He just places them against mine, staring at me through his half closed eyes.
In this kiss Noiz tells me everything, he tells me he wants nothing from me, he just wants me here, with him. He wants my love, but he wants me to be happy. I bring my arms around his neck and stand on my tip-toes, and I convey my feelings to him; I want him happy, and I want his love. Nothing more, and nothing left.
As he pulls away I feel something cold, and wet fall against my cheek. Noiz and I both look up, and I let out a gasp of happiness. Large, white snowflakes were falling from the sky, and fast. I reach my hand out between us, allowing them to catch in my glove, and I stare at them as they quickly melt. They were beautiful, more so than the rare times we had them in Midorjima. I look at Noiz, and he's staring at me his face content, and peaceful. He pays no mind to the snowflakes, and my blush returns. Even though something so beautiful is happening around us, he only has his eyes on me. At that moment I decide exactly what I want for Christmas, this year.
All I want for Christmas is Noiz.
Me: Merry Christmas everyone! It's the first day of December! Are you all ready for the holidays? Doing anything exciting? Here's a piece I wasn't sure I would ever actually publish! But I'm determined to! Here's my "25 Days of Christmas" story special! I'll be doing a chapter a day of different Christmas scene with the DRAMAtical Murder boys! (Not Virus and Trip; sorry fans who like them). Not every chapter will be this long, some will be short, and some may even be longer. And if anyone has a cool, or interesting Christmas tradition please share! And I might even make it a chapter! Of course I'll give a shout out to whoever shared the tradition!
Me: Hope you all enjoyed this first story. I'm also publishing it one Wattpad, and Archive of Our Own. So if you want you can check them out there. I go by the same name!
;P Later!
