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First Holiday
"What's up with all these trees, small toys and um…sliver ribbons thingy." Naruto gestured to dozen trees among the walls as he walk with Hermione down the hallway, they have become somewhat good friends after the troll incident.
"The small toys are ornaments, the ribbons are tinsel and they are for Christmas." Hermione gave him a queer look, "How do you celebrate Christmas back home?"
"Ch-ri-st-mas?" Naruto returned her queer look with his own, "What's that?"
"A…A holiday." The witch stared at him, "You don't celebrate Christmas in your land?"
"I guess we don't since I have never heard of this Christmas until now." The blonde flicked a hanging tinsel ribbon up as soon as they walk under it.
"Ah." Hermione hummed lightly, "What do you celebrate?"
"Uh, do festivals count as holiday?" Naruto scratched his head with squirted eyes.
"Yes, idiot." She rolled her eyes with a sigh.
"…Well, my village has two or three festivals a year but I don't know what they are for or celebrating them." He shrugged his shoulders.
"Don't your parents tell you what they are for?" Hermione asked him.
"I'm orphan." Naruto replied, "Never know anything about my parents, beside that they died at my birth."
"O-Oh, I'm sorry, I don't…" The shocked brunette stammered with some shuffles, "Sorry…I don't know you're…"
"It's fine, you don't know." He waved it off as the witch fidgeted in silence, "…What's Christmas about?"
Hermione was grateful for his change of topic, "It's an annual festival and there are many different meaning behind this holiday, depending on group of people but the main core aspect of this holiday is gift-giving between friends and loved one." She tapped her chin, "If you want to know more about Christmas, there should be some books on it in the library." She glanced at him, "Shall we check and see?"
"Ugh, reading again?" Naruto groaned with slumped arms, "We just went to library yesterday to look up this…Tele vision thingy!"
"Television." She corrected him.
"That's what I just said, bookworm." He grumbled, earn a small light bonk from her book. "Hey!"
"Don't call me that, cat-boy." Hermione brandished her book with a soft hiss.
"O-OI, don't call me that either!" Naruto pointed his index finger at her, only to receive another bonk.
"And don't point at people, it's rude!"
"How is that ru…Ow, okay, okay!"
"Stupid ero-sennin." Naruto grumbled under his breath as he walk through a small town near Hogwarts Castle, "Why do I have to learn how to summon different toads?! Why can't he just teach me some cool ninjutsu?!" He jammed his hands into his pockets with a heavy huff, "Stupid ero-sennin." A reflection of light bounce off a window onto his face and he glance over to block the light out until he saw what store he was standing in front of. It's an old bookstore building with all new-looking books displaying behind the window. "Books?" He grimaced for a moment before he recalls a tidbit.
"The main core aspect of this holiday is gift-giving between friends and loved one."
"Gift-giving…" The blonde scratched his head, "Hermione like books, didn't she…" He enter the store to find a book for bookworm, it would make sense if he give his friend a gift since she celebrate this holiday. What he doesn't know is that it's optional to give your friends gift but no one told him that.
Hermione tap the pencil against the side of her chin in deep thought, this Christmas year is going to be Naruto's first and she want to get him a present, just a little something to thank him for the troll incident, but the question is what should she get him? She turns to a window to watch some snowfall until she get an idea, "Ah, that'll be perfect."
Christmas day have arrived and many people were celebrating it as Hermione wander through corridors, looking for a certain person and she don't have to go any farther when she hear someone call her name out. "Hey, Hermione!" She turn around as Naruto approached her with a raised hand while carrying a wrapped present in another hand, "Happy Christmas."
"Merry Christmas." Hermione greeted and corrected him at same time then look at the present in his hand, "Did someone give you a present?"
"Ah, no, that is for you." He hand it to her.
"F-For me?" The witch blinked in surprise as she receive it, "Oh, thank you. I also get you something." She takes a small gift out from under her armpit under robe and hand it over to him, "Here."
"Thank!" Naruto grinned and they open their present together. Hermione's eyes widened slightly when she discover her present to be three thick books.
"You got me three books?" Hermione looked at the titles, "Grimms' Fairy Tales, Aesop's Fables and Divine Comedy?"
"I don't know what kind of books you like and the bookstore owner recommends those." He said, "Do you like them?"
"Yes, I do." She said, "It's very thoughtful of you…" She glanced at long orange wool scarf in Naruto's hands, "Do you like your scarf? I got it for you because the winter here is very chilly."
"Oh, it's not an obi sash?" Naruto blinked at his new scarf, never have seen a scarf like that before. "Well, whatever it is, I really love it! It's orange, my favorite color in the whole world!"
"You don't say?" Hermione deadpanned, staring at his orange jumpsuit before she shakes her head clear. "Anyway, why don't you give it a try and put it on."
"Sure!" He tosses the scarf on his shoulders, letting it dangle down. "How do I look?"
"Naruto, you're supposed to wrap it around." The witch put her new books down on nearby stone bench then reach up to wrap Naruto's scarf around his neck, "Like that." She tugged both end of his scarf to secure it in place. "Now you look good."
"Hehe, tha…" Naruto was about to reply but they hear some noises behind them, it sound like someone just trip over something, following by a startled cry.
Few minutes earlier, Neville was chasing his pet rat around as the creature run around the corner and he turn around, only to slip on an ornament ball that had fall off a droopy branch. He tumble forward with a startled cry, "WHOA!" Thankfully, his fall was prevented when he bump into something firm and he push himself up as soon as he regains his balance. "That was so cl…" He slowly realize that the firm object he bump into was the back of a person and he wasn't sure whoever this person is but the sight of blond hair make him think of this Draco bully so he immediately flee by instinct. He doesn't have enough time to see what his action just cause.
Naruto and Hermione stare into each other's widened eyes, their lips locked together and they stand still for a full minute until the red-faced witch step back. "Um, s-s-s-sor…" Naruto stuttered with red face, only to pause as the blushing widened-eyed witch grab the closest thing, which is one of her new book, and hold it over her head as if she was going to…"Aw, not again!" There was a loud smack, following by a thud and a gasp.
"Oh, I'm so sorry! I don't mean to! Please forgive me!"
To this day, many people would question her why there is a face impression on Grimms' Fairy Tales' hard cover and Hermione only respond it with an embarrassing blush.
And that end the second chapter of NxW!
Naruto have his first Christmas and exchange gifts with Hermione, what they don't expect is that they'll end up kissing each other…By accident! At least they like their presents.
What's next for this pairing? Let's find out in the next chapter!
Anyway, I think that's all I can say for now. Thank you for your time to read it.
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