Late one night, while most of Twilight Town was asleep, the light was still on in one of the little apartments on the terrace. Inside the room where the light remained on, two warm bodies were entangled in a lover's embrace on their bed. One of them was leaning over his partner as he panted in ecstasy while thrusting in and out. Said partner laid there under him, moaning, as their legs were wrapped around his waist and their hands gripped the headboard of the bed, which lightly tapped against the wall with each thrust. "Fuck!" The man's partner growled out as their hands left the headboard and their fingernails lightly dug into their lover's well-toned biceps.

The blue-haired man leaned down and pressed their bodies together completely as he continued thrusting his hips. The pace was slow and steady, much different from the hard and fast paced way the two of them usually made love, but it was still intensely gratifying for both of them. They both had wanted to take their time tonight, since neither had anything to do tomorrow, so that's exactly what they were doing. Besides, the slow buildup to the eventual release made the end that much more mind-blowing. He then felt his partner grind up against him with a moan, in a plea to go a little faster, and he obliged, moving in and out at a slightly faster rate. "Mmm!" He moaned as he gave an open-mouthed kiss on his lover's collarbone.

"Oh God!" His partner cried out in pleasure. "Saïx!"

Suddenly, everything stopped. The moans, the tapping of the headboard, the movement; everything.

The blue-haired man moved away as he slid out of his lover and just rolled over with his back to him.

Lea sat up on the bed and looked at his partner in confusion. "Isa? Why did you stop?"

"…" Silence.

"What did I do?" He then heard the faintest muttering sound, and he got closer. "What?"

"You called me Saïx!" Isa said, not looking back.

"I did?" He then realized it himself. "Oh, fuck, I did…"

It had only been a few months since Xemnas's death, and with the help of Sora and Riku, the remaining members of the Organization had actually managed to become whole again. After he'd gotten free of Xemnas's control, Isa had changed his name back, and Lea had done the same. The two of them had then moved into this apartment in Twilight Town together after reconciling their relationship, which had been torn apart because of Xemnas. Afterwards, he told everyone that he never wanted to hear the name "Saïx" again, as it brought up memories of a past he wanted to bury. So, being called that by Lea while they were having sex was like taking a direct blow to the gut.

"Isa, I am so, so sorry." Lea apologized. "I didn't mean to call you that. It just slipped out."

"…" More silence.

"Well, say something!" Lea cried, and Isa turned his head to look at Lea, and he was shocked when he saw the tears in Isa's greenish-blue eyes, and some rolling down his face. "Isa…" Lea frowned and hurriedly gathered Isa in his arms, pulling him into a hug. "Please don't cry. I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to call you that. I'm an idiot, and a jerk." He pulled back a bit and pointed at his face. "Go on, punch me. I deserve it."

"No." Isa said and buried his face into Lea's neck. "I'm not going to punch you. The reason I hate being called that is…" He lifted his head up and looked directly into Lea's emerald eyes, and placed his hand against Lea's cheek. "It reminds me of… all the horrible things I did to you, and said to you. Everything I've done to you while using that… damn name." He sobbed quietly. "I hurt you."

"Isa, no." Lea gripped Isa's shoulders firmly, but gently, and had him look at him. "What you did was not your fault. We've had this conversation before. It was my fault. You were silently crying out for help, and I ignored it, pretending to be the victim. I was pretending that you were the one who abandoned me, when really, it was the other way around. It was my fault that… that thing possessed you!" Lea hissed out the word "thing" as if it were poison on his lips, and even refused to say his name. He then pulled Isa back into a tight embrace. "I'm sorry, really." He felt Isa's arms wrap around him as he held him back, and they stayed that way for a minute or so before moving away, albeit reluctantly.

Isa then gave a small, soft smile before leaning in and kissing Lea gently, which he responded to almost immediately. "I forgive you." He whispered against Lea's lips before kissing him again. They continued trading kisses until Isa pushed Lea back onto the bed underneath him, and he smirked. "Weren't we in the middle of something just a couple minutes ago?"

Lea smirked back and relaxed against the mattress, holding his hands up over his head. "Yes, I believe we were." He heard Isa chuckle before he lifted Lea's legs a bit and got in between them, sliding his semi-hard cock back into him without any preparation, since he was still loosened up from before. "Fuck." Lea cursed in pleasure as he gripped Isa's shoulders and his cock started to harden again, too.

This time, Isa went at it with vigor and started slamming into Lea hard, but still somewhat slowly. "Lea…" Isa sighed as he looked down at him and bit into his neck, just enough to leave a mark, to let the entire world know that Lea was his. He continued slamming into him as their bodies grinded together, adding friction to Lea's member, which made it twitch.

After a few minutes of hard thrusts and moans and cries of pleasure from both of them, Lea cried out, "Isa! I'm gonna-" He didn't even finish before Isa's fingers wrapped themselves around his member and stroked it in time with his thrusts as his thumb gently rubbed the head of it, getting it slippery with precum. "Oh fuck! Yes! Isa!" He loudly shouted his lover's name as he came hard into his hand, not even caring if they woke their neighbors, or the whole neighborhood, for that matter. His back was arched off the bed as his hands clenched the sheets beneath him.

Isa always loved watching Lea cum, though he'd never admit it out loud, because it was so hot to watch. Because of that – and from Lea's walls clamping down around him – he came, too, deep inside Lea as his whole body shook. "Lea." He moaned out after he was done before collapsing on top of him, panting to try and get his breath back as he felt Lea wrap his arms around him and hold him there.

The two of them simply laid there, holding each other, for a couple minutes before Lea sat up, forcing Isa to get up also. "Isa… there's something I've been wanting to give you, but I couldn't find the right time. This, however, feels like the right time."

"What is it?" Isa watched as Lea dove to the other side of the bed and dug around underneath the nightstand until he found what he was looking for and brought it up, cupping it in his hands in a way so Isa couldn't see what it was.

"Close your eyes." Lea said, and Isa did as he was told before he felt Lea take his hand and slip something onto his ring finger, and he immediately wanted to open his eyes, but forcefully resisted the urge. "Okay, you can open them now."

Isa slowly opened his eyes and immediately looked down at his right hand, and what he saw on his ring finger… was a ring. It was silver with tiny embedded diamonds all around it on both top and bottom row. In between the two rows was hollow, but they were held together by tiny strips of gold. He just stared at the ring in awe and surprise for a while until he finally lifted his head to look at Lea, who was smiling brightly at him. "Lea… are you…?"

Lea laughed and rubbed the back of his neck somewhat sheepishly, "Yeah, I know I'm not the most romantic guy, but I figured I'd try to be at least a little romantic for this occasion." He frowned and added, "If you're going to say no, though, just take it off and give it back to me, and I'll return it."

"No." Isa quickly said as he held his right hand up and covered it with his left one in an almost defensive way. "I mean, I don't… want to give it back." He glanced at the ring again, then smiled at Lea. "My answer is yes."

"It is?" Lea asked, surprised, but obviously happy.

"Yes." Isa wrapped his arms around Lea's neck and hugged him tightly. "I love you, Lea! I know I don't say it as often as I should, but I do, and I want to marry you!"

Lea positively beamed as he hugged Isa back. "I love you, too, Isa! I love you so much, I always have!" He kissed Isa passionately before pulling back and smiling. "Merry Christmas, Isa!"

Isa glanced at the clock, which read 12:36 AM, and he chuckled, looking back at Lea, pressing their foreheads together gently. "Merry Christmas, Lea." They shared another passionate kiss as a gentle snowfall began outside the window, the first snowfall of the season, on Christmas morning.

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Hey-o everyone! So, with Christmas coming up, I wanted to add a bit of Christmas cheer to this story! It didn't start out as a Christmas idea, I can tell you that, but I think it added just the touch that it needed to make this story perfect!

Happy Holidays, everyone!