Day 25: Sleepless POV: None Shippings: Some implied NatsumexMikan Inspiration: A Wal-mart commercial and my own holiday experiences. -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
Yuka, Natsume and Mikan's four year old daughter, loved Chistmas. She spent days decorating the tree, made her own ornaments for the advent tree, and added something to her Christmas list every day. She bothered her brother, Izumi, about the aerodynamics of the reindeer and how Santa could fly. (She took after her father)
But when it came to Christmas, there was one thing she always was: sleepless.
Her parents would put her to bed at nine, tucking her into bed and telling her that Santa would come that night. Or at least, her mother would. Her father was more or so a man of lesser words. When Mikan would get something wrong, Natsume would correct her, but that was some of the little talking he would do.
Unless he was really happy. Then he'd talk like a normal person.
After, her dad would say, "I love you more than Mommy!"and her mother would make a face, she was left with the difficult task of falling asleep.
Her brother fell asleep rather quickly. She knew this because at around 9:30, she went into his room, took one of the candy canes that he hid in the corner, then went back to her room to eat it.
Ten o' clock came around, and Yuka still couldn't sleep. Knowing her parents would be downstairs, she ran from her room into her father's lap. "Hello, daddy!" She whispered.
The man looked down at his daughter and patted her head. "What are you doing up?" He asked, looking back up at the soccer game he was watching.
"I can't sleep!" She exclaimed, but was soon shushed by her father. She nodded in understanding and began to whisper. "I can't sleep! Christmas is so soon and I can't wait!"
He smiled, hugging his daughter closer. "What do you want me to do? Sing to you like I used to do?"
It was supposed to be a joke, but Yuka responded, "Yes!"
Natsume spent the next half hour singing Christmas Carols to his daughter. She slept soundly throughout the night. (well, except for when her little brother, Jiro, started crying and woke her up for a few minutes)
At six in the morning, Yuka woke up, looked at the clock, and ran instantly to her older brother. When he didn't wake up, she slapped him across the face. "Wake up!" She yelled. "It's Christmas!"
Izumi sat up groggily. "What's going on?" He questioned, wiping sleep out of his eyes. It took a few moments of his sister's excited face in his to yell out, "Holy cow! It's Christmas!"
The two of them proceeded to run into their parents' room and almost drag them out of bed. Mikan stopped them before they could run down the stairs, saying, "Stop! We need your father, a camera, and the baby!"
Annoyed, the two waited for their father to have Jiro in his arms and their mother to have the camera turned on.
"Why do we have to be up so early?" Natsume muttered, but stopped as his children excitedly gazed at their presents.
As Izumi and Yuka dove into their presents, Mikan whispered, "Merry Christmas!" To her husband. The snow fell lightly, the children unwrapped toy after toy, happy, and the baby slept soundly.
And for once, all was well.
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Dedication: All of my wonderful readers! I couldn't have written this without your ideas and insights. Specifically to those who alerted and favourited my story: Dragon2414, Isabella kwms, JazzyS, NeverLookBack756, PassionInWriting, pwenie, , Zorua, Iceprincess22454, and nikki500. But I'd love to thank my reviewers the most. These are the awesome people that continuously encouraged me and gave me wacky ideas. These people are JazzyS, PassionInWriting, pwenie, dragon2414, Zorua, anonymous, ejo, and m. You all deserve this dedication. :)
Disclaimer: Well, I didn't get the Gakuen Alice rights for Christmas, so I guess I don't own it. Author's Note: Every time I finished a Drabble, I'd put up another ornament on my little advent tree. Now, I'll put up the last one. This December has been a wacky ride, but I don't think I'd want to change it. It's come time to say goodbye to the holidays, so I must bid this story farewell. I hope all of your holiday seasons have been bright and continue to be so!
~Onedream 2dream