Lights
(A/N: Hey yall I really hope you like this one! Oh yeah I should probably mention that I am going away for vacation starting next Wednesday so I will try to finish this before then but if I don't I won't be updating on Christmas. Sorry. I don't actually know when I get back but it will be before the new year so yeah. Enjoy this one and please review! This one takes place before dancing ya know how it said they spent time putting up lights together? Yeah that's this one.)
There was a slightly unusual sight in Target on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. There were two twenty four year old men standing hand in hand in the Christmas section. The taller one had perfectly spiked black hair and stunning, almond shaped eyes. He was gazing fondly down at the smaller one. The smaller one had fluffy blonde hair and light blue eyes. When they were not secretly staring at each other, they were deciding what Christmas lights to buy."We should get this one!" Minho, the taller one said. It was a blow up decoration that had C3P0 and R2D2 wearing Christmas hats and lights that said "Droid to the World".
"Absolutely not," Newt, the smaller one said. "I am not going to have this on my lawn. You can put it inside the door of YOUR apartment, but there is no way in Hell I am having that in my yard. I like Star Wars, but not that much." Minho laughed. "I don't think it would fit in my apartment," he said. "Then we are not buying it," Newt replied. "Fine," Minho grumbled.
They wound up buying a bunch of indoor lights for Minho because he lived on the fourth floor of his apartment and ridiculous outdoor and indoor lights for Newt. They got into Newt's car and drove with their many Christmas lights over to Minho's apartment. They hauled all of the lights over to the elevator and stepped inside. They were the only ones in there, and decided why not take advantage of that? Minho hauled Newt in and the entire ride up, they were kissing. In their opinion, the elevator was working much too well and their stolen moment ended when they heard the bell ring and the doors open. They stepped out of the elevator and walked down the hallway to Minho's apartment. "So, what do you want to put up where?" Newt asked.
They took a look at what they had bought. There were small colorful lights, tinsel, a fake Christmas tree since trying to haul a real one up the elevator would be too much work, and other lights. They decided it would be a good idea to first put up some lights around the door. Minho put on some Christmas music and they began their work.
"Babe, how are we going to stick the lights to the door? Shouldn't there be a way to do that?" Newt asked. Minho stared at the door and then at the lights, pondering. Then he got an idea. he walked into his computer room and got out a stapler. "Would this work?" he asked. Newt looked at it, debating. "Well, it would stick them up alright, but how would you get them down after the New Year?" Minho thought. "Oh well, I can't think of anything else," he replied. He flattened out the stapler (you know how when teachers stick something to the bulletin board and they like take apart the stapler? idk how to describe that but that is what he did. anywho continue on). He began stapling the lights to his front door frame. Newt watched, laughing slightly. "You are going to have fun trying to get those down," he said, giggling. "Oh well," Minho replied. Newt wrapped his arms around Minho and whispered, "You're ridiculous." Then he kissed the top of Minho's head. Minho went bright red and said, "Newt, my neighbors can see us." Newt just kissed the top of Minho's head again and said, "When have you ever cared about that?" Minho shrugged and continued stapling the lights to the door.
They then decided to put up the fake Christmas tree. After looking through all of Minho's closets and finding a lot of useless junk, they finally found the tree. They then had to attempt to open the box. One might think this is an easy task, but it was not. Last year, Minho had wrapped the box in so much duct tape that it was a shock that they could actually see that this was the box for the tree. Newt wanted to open it carefully so they would be able to get it back in the box later. Minho thought it would be a good idea to just tear the box open. Newt found some scissors and proceeded to try and open the box. "Why don't you just get a saw?" Minho asked. "Because I don't want to mess up the tree!" Newt exclaimed. Newt looked so adorable with his face scrunched up trying to open the box that Minho just had to lean in and kiss his cheek. "Min, stop it, I'm trying to get this box open," Newt complained. Minho put on a hurt face. "You don't like my kisses?" he asked in mock hurt. Newt sighed. "Of course I like your kisses," he huffed and leaned in to peck Minho on the lips. "That's what you call a kiss?" Minho asked. Newt sighed and leaned in for a longer, more passionate kiss.
Once the box was finally open, Newt dumped out all of the pieces onto the ground. "Min, where are the instructions?" he asked. "Um, I have no idea," Minho replied. Newt rolled his eyes and started muttering about how of course Minho had to go and lose the directions. They eventually figured it out after many accidental innuendos. They then hooked up the lights and started to decorate the tree. Minho's mom had given Minho an ornament that had a picture of first grade Minho in it. Newt was the one to find it and he started giggling. "What's that?" Minho asked, knowing there was something up. "Look at you! You were so shucking adorable!" Newt laughed. Minho sighed, embarrassed. Why did his mom have to give him that when he moved out? Of all things, why that? "Yeah, that was me at a stunning seven years old." Minho said, blushing. "You were so shucking cute!" Newt told him. "Am I not cute now?" Minho asked. "Of course you are," Newt told him and kissed him. They continued to decorate the tree, laughing at all of Minho's crazy ornaments.
They then put up the stockings. Minho didn't have a fireplace or stairs, so they hung his stockings on his dresser. The stocking hangers were big, metal letters that spelled out Joy. They were very heavy, and would hurt if they fell on you. And that was exactly what happened to Newt. He was putting them up on top of the dresser, which was above Newt's reach. He still attempted to put it up, but the letter J, but it came crashing down and clonked him on the head. "Oh my God, baby, are you ok?!" Minho exclaimed. "Owwww…" Newt replied, clutching where the J had hit him. Minho wrapped his arms around Newt and whispered, "Sweetheart, you need to tell me if you're ok, we need to make sure you don't have a concussion." Newt shook his head. "I'll be alright," he mumbled, still clutching his head. Minho kissed the spot where the J fell, and Newt leaned into Minho's chest. "Ok, just tell me if you need anything. Why don't we head over to your house?" he asked. Newt nodded.
They got into the elevator, but this time, to their disappointment, they weren't alone. They were accompanied by Minho's five year old neighbor, Maya. She was a goofy little girl who Minho would sometimes watch over since her parents weren't often home. "Hi Minnie!" She said. Minho smiled. "Hi Maya. Where are your parents?" She smiled, her big brown eyes looking up at the couple. "They're at a party," she said, unconcerned. "Who's that?" she asked, pointing at Newt. Minho wasn't sure if Maya's parents would like the fact that he was dating another guy, but he decided to go for it anyway and tell her. "Well Maya, this is my boyfriend. His name is Newt," he explained. "Boyfriends are gross, when I grow up, I'm going to marry a girl," Maya said. Newt grinned. "You go girl," he said. "Your boyfriend isn't gross though, Minnie. He's funny," Maya said, laughing with Newt. "Yeah, he is, isn't he?" Minho said, and Newt blushed. The elevator reached the ground floor, and they all got off.
Minho and Newt walked out and got into Newt's car and saw all of the lights they were going to put up in Newt's lawn. "Minnie, huh?" Newt asked. "Shut up," Minho replied, blushing. "I might have to start calling you that," Newt said huskily. When Minho shook his head, Newt whispered something in his ear that made him blush even brighter. They drove across town over to Newt's house to continue their decorating.
The first thing they decided to do when they arrived at Newt's place was to decorate the yard. He had a porch that they wrapped light's around the railing and the railing around his stairs. They plugged them in, but nothing happened. "Shit, the plug is frozen," Newt said. It wasn't much of a surprise though, as there was already snow on the ground and the two were bundled up in coats, gloves, and scarves. Newt got some antifreeze and poured it on the plug. "Well, let's hope that works," he said. "You're smart," Minho said. He wrapped his arms around Newt and started kissing him. Newt kissed back. While they were kissing, the plug unfroze and the lights turned on. Not that Minho or Newt noticed though, they were too wrapped up in each other. When they broke apart, they looked over at the house and saw it all lit up. Minho kissed the top of Newt's head once again. "Told you that you were smart," he said.
Then they decided it was time to put the lights on the gutters, lining the roof. "I can do it on the ladder," Minho said, knowing that Newt hated heights ever since his not-quite-an-accident. Minho wasn't a big fan of heights either, but he was willing to do it for Newt. Newt held the ladder and Minho began to climb. Don't look down he thought. Think about Ladders EP. Do it for Newt. Unfortunately, when your brain tells you not to look down, you look down. Before he saw Newt smiling up at him, he saw the drop down to the ground. He tried not to panic. He wanted to get down, but he was embarrassed to do so. "You alright up there?" Newt asked. He had seen how pale Minho's face was. "If you want to get down, that's ok. We can put those lights on my door. Minho just stood there for a while. Then he began to climb down.
When he got to the bottom, he said, "I'm such a wimp." Newt took his face in his hands. "No you aren't," he said. "Yes, I am," he said. "No you're not," Newt told him, and kissed him quickly. They put the roof lights around the front door. Then they moved to the yard. At Target, they had found a bunch of ridiculous tinsel animals. There was a tinsel pig, a tinsel frog, a tinsel wiener dog, a tinsel snowman, and a tinsel Santa Claus. They put up all of the tinsel critters and Newt said, "I think my electric bill is going to be higher than the roof. Oh well." Minho laughed. "Oops," He said. They had also found a blow up snowman with a snow globe inside and decided to put it up. By the time they were finished with the outside, Newt's yard looked like a tinsel zoo.
After admiring their outdoor work, they made their way inside to decorate the inside. Newt's inside already had a tree that he put up when his siblings were over for Thanksgiving. Minho thought although there was a tree, there needed to be more. The stairs were empty and boring, and there was no great big decorations. The two got a tinsel garland that they found in a box full of old Christmas supplies. "We should wrap it around the stairs," Minho said. "Okay," Newt replied. They wrapped it around the stairs with almost no trouble (Minho slipped on the bottom step). They put up stockings again, although this time no one got hurt. Then they put up some electric candles in the windows and a wreath on the door. They stepped back to enjoy their handy work.
"I think we did pretty damn good," Minho said. "Yeah, I think we did," Newt replied. Minho looked into Newt's eyes and saw the lights they had put up reflecting in them. He stared a little longer than people normally do. Newt looked up and saw the lights also reflecting in Minho's almond shaped brown eyes. "What?" Newt asked. Minho responded by joining their lips in a sweet kiss. They stayed that way for a few moments. "I can't wait to spend the Christmas season with you," Newt whispered, their faces still only inches apart. "Me too," Minho whispered back as they opened their eyes. That began their first Christmas together.
(A/N: So hi guys! Sorry it took so long to write this, my brother was sick and we share a laptop and he got first priority. The next one will be up tomorrow and I'm hoping to maybe even post a couple chapters in one day. I want to get this all finished by the time I go away, but Idk if that will actually happen. Oh yeah, all of the decorations I mention exist and you can get most of them at Target and the Droid to the World one at Lowes. Yeah, my crazy dad bought that one, so I thought why not include it. Anywho, the next chapter will be up later today so watch for it!)