Christmas had come in the naval base, and with it, all operations were suspended for a time. Snow was falling outside, the reindeer season had begun. As such, the water was freezing solid, and shipgirls had to ice-skate on it to navigate over it- the ice plates were too thick to be broken at this point.
Sworn enemies and rivals put down their weapons, both literal and metaphorical, and reached for the hand of the other, sitting down together to celebrate the season. It was a time of peace and quiet, for all to enjoy… even for two shipgirls in particular, who were notorious for their ongoing discord.
"Merry Christmas, Kitakami-san." Abukuma smiled brightly, a small box in her hands as she approached the always-disinterested-looking Kitakami.
"Ah, yeah, its today, isn`t it? Merry Christmas." Upon receiving what the blonde had in her hands, she quickly produced a present of her own from a pocket found on her skirt. "Here, for you."
"Ah, Kitakami-san, you shouldn´t have…!" Abukuma smiled. "Is it okay if I open it right now?"
"Yeah, sure. No sense keeping it wrapped like that, is there?"
Abukuma giggled in response. "I suppose not! Go ahead and open yours as well!" With that said she got working on unraveling the gift, which turned out to be…
"…a protective cover for a ships bow?" She asked, blinking.
"Yeah, you`ve got a new bow, right? You should take care of that, and this`ll help." Kitakami responded, still unpacking her gift, before her eyes widened a bit. "That…"
"That's a special radar, Kitakami-san, to prevent ramming! Tee hee~ I suppose our gifts go together, then!" Abukuma smiled, hugging her own gift. "Thank you so much, Kitakami-san! I´ll treasure this!"
"No, its fine, don`t mention it. Its about time I stopped bulling you all the time." The lazy one responded, putting her gift to one side. "After all, this isn`t supposed to be this kind of relationship, right?" Her hand touched Abukuma`s face, who turned slightly pink, but still smiled.
"No, of course not… I love you, Kitakami-sama."
The blonde´s face drew closer, and she closed her eyes, puckering her lips.
"I love you too, Abuku-"
"AAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Kitakami jolted upright, throwing her pillow at the nearby vase, which fell and was smashed to pieces. She was shivering all over, looking down on herself like she had ticks running all over her body, and panted breathlessly, before plopping back down, dizziness spreading throughout her being from sitting up so quickly.
"Whats wrong, Kitakami-sama?" A different voice asked, right next to her, muttering quietly. "Did you have a bad dream? It's not Christmas morning yet, you know…" Ooi teased, smiling groggily back at her- clad in a pyjama with a torpedo motif, cuddling up next to the other torpedo cruiser.
"…yeah… Yeah, you´re right…" Kitakami responded, panting deeply and closing her eyes. A dream… it was just a dream. Thank goodness… "…Ooi. Are you tired?"
"I can´t sleep. I can´t wait to see what you got me this year, Kitakami-sama~"
"…Good. Then let's have sex. All night. Merry Christmas."