A/N: Christmas is, like, three days away ( technically, less than that, but I'm not technical, so yeah!) and that means there are only three more drabbles left. It's been fun and I hope you have all enjoyed them. Please feel free to leave a comment in the towel section! R&R. Enjoy!

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On the Tenth Day of Christmas: Bells

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Tadashi had been walking down the street, on his way home to help his Aunt Cass, when he had first heard the bell chime. It was odd, he remembers, because it was busy and the chiming of a bell could have easily been overshadowed and muted by the copious amounts of noise all around him, and yet it rang loud and clear. In fact, it was the only distinctive sound he heard as he walked down the busy sidewalk towards his home.

It was so odd, so out of the norm for a busy and bustling city, especially at Christmas time, that Tadashi stopped walking and looked around, trying to see just where the sound came from. As his eyes scanned his sidewalk and the one across from him, the bell chimed again, louder it seemed to him, and his eyes, strangely, immediate located the source of the chiming.

Across the street was a small café, tucked away in between two larger buildings, both shops of some sort – Tadashi wasn't positive as he had never been inside of them. There, standing in the door way, talking to someone over his shoulder, was a boy a year or so younger than Tadashi's eighteen. He had messy, unruly black hair, was oddly but cutely short, had the most adorable nose Tadashi had ever seen, big, wide, brown eyes, and a smile that made Tadashi's heart jump up into his throat.

Tadashi had never been in love before, had never even looked at another person romantically or anything of the sort, but he swore that he fell in love right then and there.

His feet seemed to carry him without his knowledge, his body acting instinctively, and began to carry him from his rooted spot on the busy sidewalk across the street towards the boy. For some reason Tadashi couldn't explain, and he had no mind to try to either, he wanted, needed, to talk to the boy, to ask him his name, to get to know him, maybe take him out to dinner some time. Something in his heart, in his very soul, told him that this boy, whoever he was, was the person Tadashi was meant to be with, to spend the rest of his life with. It was such a strong and powerful feeling that Tadashi couldn't describe it let alone deny it. He just went with it, as though people fell in love with random strangers on a day to day basis like it was completely normal and rational.

He wasn't paying attention as he crossed the street; all of his attention was focused on the boy. Tadashi didn't even see the truck headed towards him, but what he did see was the boy turning towards him and when he did, it was as though the cloudy sky had suddenly opened up. Light seemed to surround his smaller frame, making him look angelic and pure and beautiful beyond compare. And then, a sudden weight hit Tadashi and he was falling onto the ground and then rolling before he came to a stop with the boy on top of him.

"Hey there, space cadet, it's time to come back to Earth now," the boy said, laughing as he watched the truck that almost hit Tadashi drive past them. He had managed to push Tadashi to the ground and roll them both out of the way before it was too late.

"Huh?" was all Tadashi could come up with, making him sound positively brilliant. Yeah, right. He knew he sounded like an idiot, but the boy only shook his head and gave him a small, kind smile that was complimented by the softening of his brown eyes.

"You almost got hit by that truck, knucklehead. Didn't your parents ever tell you to look both ways before crossing the street?" the boy replied with a slight smirk, although his face still looked kind and slightly worried.

"Y-yeah, they did," Tadashi said and he stared up at the boy and gave him a warm, tender smile. The boy blushed at how intimate that smile was, but felt himself responding in kind with a smile of his own. "Looks like I've got an angel on my side to look out for me, though, so I think I'm covered."

"Wha?" the boy asked, looking a bit confused. Tadashi laughed softly.

"Haven't you ever heard of the saying, 'every time you hear a bell ring, an angel gets its wings'?" Tadashi asked him.

"No," the boy said. Tadashi said up and held the boy by the his arms so that he wouldn't fall over as he sat up.

"Well, it looks like you got your wings today, so it must be my lucky day," he said, smiling into those wide, brown eyes. Tadashi felt as though he could swim in them for hours on end. He probably could. He wouldn't be opposed to testing that theory out.

"I'm not an angel. More like a devil, I suppose," the boy said, his smiling turning into a slightly mischievous grin. "Besides, who used dorky pick-up lines like that anymore, you nerd?" Tadashi laughed with him.

"I do I guess. It was my first time using one. How did I do?" Tadashi answered, feeling his ears get ever so slightly red. This boy was going to be the death of him someday, but he couldn't honestly say he minded right then and there.

"Actually, that's the best one I've heard so far. Most guys just try to get in my pants right off the bat," the boy said. "It's nice to know there are some gentlemen out there after all, even if they're the ones who need saving."

"Hey now, be fair. I helped you out too. I made you earn those wings of yours," Tadashi replied with a pout of mock hurt. The boy laughed and blushed, which made Tadashi's heart beat quicken.

"I guess I wasn't the only one who heard the bell chime, then, huh?" the boy asked, his blush darkening. Tadashi smiled at him.

"Nope, you weren't the only one. I'm glad we heard it, though. It's nice to know I'm not crazy," Tadashi said with a laugh.

"Oh, I think you're crazy, but so am I," the boy said. Then, he cleared his throat and looked around them. "We should probably get up. We are sitting on the side of the street."

Tadashi stood up, pulling the boy with him. Smiling warmly down at him, he offered his hand.

"I'm Tadashi. Tadashi Hamada," he said. The boy smiled back at him and took his hand. It was so small compared to Tadashi's! Everything about him was small, but Tadashi liked that about him. He really, really liked it.

"Hiro Takachiho," the boy responded.

"It's nice to know my angel has a name," Tadashi joked and Hiro laughed, his blush back again.

"Yeah, well, it's nice to know you have a name too, knucklehead. Just don't try to play in traffic anymore, okay?"

"I think I can manage that if you come with me to my aunt's café for some hot chocolate. Her's is the best in town," Tadashi asked, his heart beating with hope. Hiro's eyes lit up.

"You had me at hot chocolate. Lead the way," Hiro said and Tadashi's heart soared.

As they walked towards Aunt Cass' café, Tadashi quietly thanked whatever deity was watching over him that that bell chimed when it did. Now that he had an angel by his side, he wasn't going to let him go, not for anything. Even though they had just met, Tadashi knew, felt it deep within his soul, that his relationship with Hiro would be one of the most amazing and incredible things in his whole entire life and it was all because the chime of a bell.