Chapter 10 jingle bells
A/N: I would like to apologize for replacing the last chapter. As much as I would have wanted to move forward in their relationship, I realized I want to extend this story and stretch it even further before I bring out the ring. Rest assured however that the events of the last chapter, at lease the engagement part has not been permanently discarded and overruled. So in the meantime, sit back and enjoy the show. The events from the old chapter would be visited later on…
A/N2: in honor of the revival of the Sakura franchise I would like to first off all thank CLAMP for bringing us a much wanted sequel and we hope it will meet our expectations with a happy ending for all of us. In honor of the said revival I've decided to savor Sakura's and Shaoran's relationship for as long as possible before I get them married…
Thanks for understanding…
It was winter; it was cold outside; and the city was decorated with Christmas ornaments. Seeing as Shaoran didn't have anyone to celebrate it with, Sakura invited him to sleep over, under the condition that he will sleep on a mattress and not share a bed with Sakura. The intimal idea was for him to sleep on the couch but Sakura managed to convince her father to let them share a room as long as they slept separately, since letting him sleep on the couch would not be fair. Sakura was tending to the Christmas tree when she heard the doorbell ring.
"Coming!" she said and approached the door, ready to see her boyfriend. She opened it and sure enough, there he stood in a Santa Claus hat with a gift in his hand.
"Sakura! Merry Christmas!" he beamed and they kissed briefly under the mistletoe.
"Merry Christmas Shaoran", she said happily as she let him in. Shaoran shook his head to get rid of some of the snow that was on it as Sakura helped him remove his coat and hung it on the wall. They then turned to face each other and gazed into each other's eyes, lost in each other's gaze, they inched closer for a kiss. They were inches away from each other until….
"Ahem", someone cleared his throat. They recoiled quickly and turned around to see Touya looking at them with a devious grin on his face. Sakura protested.
"Onni Chan! What'd you do that for?!"
"Because you two were staring at each other stupidly",
"We weren't staring at each other. We were leaning in for a kiss. Thanks a lot for ruining it though", she snapped sarcastically.
"Anytime sister", said her brother as he walked away. Sakura sighed.
"Is he always such a jerk?" asked Shaoran.
"Only always",
"Well no matter. We can pick up on that later", he teased her and she blushed. They took their shoes off and walked in, greeted by a pleasant aroma of Christmas dinner. Shaoran put his gift under the tree and went to sit down with the rest of the family by the table. They said grace, announced it's time to eat and dug in. Despite cooking all the food by herself, Sakura really outdid herself. She baked the chicken with sweet potatoes as the stuffing, steamed rice, pumpkin pie and some vegetable soup and it all came out delicious. Even Touya praised her for it. After the meal was done and everything was cleaned up, when they were drunk from all the food, the young couple went to sleep. They walked to the door to her room but were stopped by a small obstacle hanging above their heads. They looked up and saw another mistletoe. Sakura gulped and blushed nervously and so did Shaoran. They were about to kiss under the mistletoe, they were alone and they were at the entrance to Sakura's bedroom. They leaned forward slowly but gradually till their lips met in a soft touch. If this was the first time he was kissing her, Shaoran would be pleasantly surprised at how soft her lips were. But it wasn't the first time… and each time it got better and better. He wrapped his arms around her waist as she wrapped hers around his neck as they kissed passionately under the mistletoe. Once parted they peered into each other's orbs.
"Ready to go to sleep?" asked Shaoran.
"Ready when you are…" she teased. They kissed briefly once more and went inside while Shaoran had his hand around her shoulder. Shaoran lay down on his mattress and Sakura lay in her bed as usual. Before long, Shaoran was asleep but Sakura was still awake. She lay in her bed and looked down at Shaoran as he slept. She extended her hand to him.
"Merry Christmas Shaoran…" she said softly as she caressed his cheek with her hand as he slept. She smiled to herself and went to sleep herself.
The next morning, they woke up at dawn to be able to open their own presents in private. They ran down hand in hand and sat down beneath the tree. Sakura opened her gift first. She unwrapped the small box revealing a fancy pen.
"Hoe?" she said softly.
"Look at the side of it…" whispered Shaoran. She looked at the side of then pen. On it inscripted in golden letters was a sentence that read:
"To my dearest Sakura, love you forever… Shaoran"
Sakura' eyes sparkled with tears of emotion.
"Shaoran, this is beautiful… thank you", she said happily to him as he brought her into a hug. While sitting on the cold floor in their pajamas, it was just what the doctor ordered. Now it was time for Shaoran to open his present. He unwrapped the box and opened it to find green mittens made of wool. He picked them up and felt them inn his hands.
"They're so soft…" he said pleasantly.
"Thank you", he said and hugged her again. Now he has a pair of gloves to go with that scarf she made him a few years back. He was sure that was her intention…
They remained cuddled in each other's arms for a while as they slowly drifted to sleep cuddled up like that under the Christmas tree, only for her family to wake up and find them is such a cute position…
To be continued…
Well there it is. Sorry if this chapter was weaker than the last one. Like I said, I want to extend their relationship before they get married but we'll get to that later on…
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Peace out…