A/N: My first try for this pair. I didn't have the heart to elaborate the drabble. I think it was too cute and simple and I liked it the way it is.
Seven Christmas Firsts
Cornelia + Guilford
This was the first time she is celebrating Christmas without her beloved sister.
The clock struck twelve.
Cornelia li Brittania looked out the starry night sky and slowly, ever so slowly, in a tune that she knew by heart, began to hum.
She wore a smile in her beautiful face as she did so.
Midway the first stanza, her eyes began to water. Her voice began to tremble.
And now her hands shook as they clutched the hem of her nightdress.
A hesitant hand squeezes her arm and she stops her humming.
And her voice still trembles as she states, "I used to sing her to sleep every Christmas."
"Princess-"
"I do that after we eat my home-made cookies..."
Guilford swallows and the hand that held the glass of cool water he was supposed to offer her stiffens.
"Usually, we spend it with Clovis and... Odysseus..."
She stiffles a sob. No tears betrayed her pride.
"Schneizel always comes late... Father.. Sometimes, he doesn't show up at all-"
"Princess Cornelia-"
"I told you not to call me that."
"C-Cornelia..."
"Yes, Guilford?"
"I'm here."
She glances at him and risks a small smile.
"I will listen."
The purple-haired princess pats the arm of her knight and nods her head.
"Thanks."
She accepts the glass of beverage he offers her and drinks from it slowly.
"And... um, do you... want me to make cookies?"
Cornelia laughs a bit and nods her head again.
"Don't forget the chocolate chips."
"Affirmative. Merry Christmas, Princess."
A/N: Now I want Guilford for Christmas... ^^
Next up, be warned: Kanon+Schneizel. Because I'm a fangirl.