Chapter 25: Merry Christmas p1
[Merry Christmas everyone, or happy whatever it is you may celebrate. This Is 1 of 2 Christmas chapters that I hope will be posted on Christmas. But if I post this late or you're reading after the holidays than I still hope you had a good time. Link Start!]
'So it's finally Christmas huh?' Eric thought as he slowly woke up.
"Oh, are you awake?" Asada asked softly.
"Yeah, how'd you know?" Eric asked in a whisper.
"If you have your eyes closed and if you're in thought your eyes twitch." Asada replied.
"Just another thing to keep in mind to fix." Eric said making a memo to self in his head.
"How'd you sleep?" Asada asked.
"Good I guess, It was kinda hard to pass out since it was freezing so bad." Eric answered.
"Yeah and it's still freezing." Asada said. "Is there any hot chocolate in the kitchen?" Asada asked.
"I believe there is a box of what you need to make it." Eric replied. Asada got out of the cover and started to stand up but when the cold hit her she hurried back under the cover.
"I-It's so freaking cold out there." Asada said shivering.
"Then just stay under the cover for a while and wait until it warms up a little." Eric said.
"But I really, really, really want hot chocolate." Asada said with a pout. Eric sighed.
"Then I'll get up and cut the heater on and go make you a cup of it." Eric said.
"But it's freezing." Asada said. Eric stood up and wrapped his cover around Asada.
"There, with two covers you should warm up nice, and don't worry about me." Eric said with a smile.
'He says that but I can see that he is shivering pretty bad.' Asada thought as she noticed Eric shaking. "It's fine just cut the heater on and get back under a blanket so you don't get sick from the cold." Asada said. Eric walked to the heater cut it on and stepped to her side of the bed.
"Well now I want some hot chocolate so I'm gonna walk to the kitchen and make us both a cup of it." Eric said.
"Hurry, it's really cold." Asada said.
"Don't worry I'll be just fine, I'll go make us some and while I'm out there I'll see if anyone else is up. Then I'll be right back." Eric said. Before Asada could say anything else Eric leaned down and kissed her deeply. After what felt like an eternity to both of them Eric stood back up. 'Her face is so red I can almost see it glow in the dark, Cute.' Eric thought, he was also pretty sure his face must be the same shade from how warm his face felt. Eric walked out of the room and shut the door. Eric wondered into the kitchen and started making some hot chocolate. After a minute Eric's dad walked into the kitchen and went to the coffee pot. "Good morning." Eric said.
"Good morning." Eric's dad said. "Been up long?" Eric's dad asked.
"No, I just got up a few minutes ago." Eric replied.
"Santa left a note for you." Eric's dad said.
"Huh?" Eric asked confused.
"He said he'll need you to guide his reindeer next year since you not only have a red nose you have a red face." Eric's dad said.
"Hahaha." Eric said with a smile. "So when are we going to do Christmas?" Eric asked.
"Well since the four of us are up we can do it now." Eric's dad answered.
"How about in an hour?" Eric asked.
"Alright, meet ya'll in the living room." Eric's dad said as he grabbed two cups of coffee and left. Eric finished making the hot chocolate and went back to his room. Asada was sitting up on the bed with a cover wrapped around her.
"Here." Eric said as he handed her a cup. Eric sat next to her, she wrapped the covered around both of them.
"I can't believe you sneak attacked me like that." Asada said as she sipped on her drink. Eric laughed before taking a sip of his.
"Well I'm sorry for sneak attacking you, if you want next time I'll warn you beforehand." Eric said.
"No it's fine." Asada said. "Eric." Asada said.
"Yes?" Eric asked as he turned his head to look at her. Asada leaned in and kissed him. She stopped and smirked.
"There, now we're equal." Asada said.
"I can't believe I fell for that." Eric said blushing.
"Well believe it cause you so did." Asada said.
"Oh and in about an hour we are going to the living room to do Christmas." Eric said. Asada nodded as she sipped more of her drink. They finished their drinks and then walked into the living room and sat on the couch and looked at the Christmas tree.
"It's so pretty." Asada said.
"Yeah." Eric agreed. Eric's mom and dad walked into the living room.
"Eric you know the drill, you and you friend open ya'lls gifts then you need to go see the rest of the family and wish them a merry Christmas and everything." Eric's dad said.
"Yup I remember." Eric said. Eric's mom and dad handed Eric and Asada a few gift boxes. Eric opened his and he got; an anime funko-pop, a new sketch pad that had a cool character design layout, and a cool, sleek black and orange flip knife. "Whoa." Eric said as he stood up and twirled the knife around a little. Asada opened hers and got; a green and black sweater, a mp3 player, and a cool, sleek black and purple flip knife.
"Nice." Asada said as she looked the knife over. Asada put the sweater on as Eric's dad handed Eric one last box.
"That came in the mail yesterday, there was a note saying not to give it to you until today." Eric's dad said. Eric tilted his head to the side. Eric opened it and there was another box inside and a note.
" 'Hello Eric and Asada, I wish ya'll a merry Christmas. Hope you like it – Kirito and Asuna'." Eric read the note aloud. Eric opened the little box and pulled out two necklaces, separate they were each a part of a heart, but you could connect them to form a full heart. And there was engraving on both but you couldn't read it until you combined it.
"What does it say?" Asada asked as Eric connected the two heart pieces.
"It says Eric + Asada." Eric replied as he read it.
"Aww Asuna and Kirito are so sweet." Asada said. Eric smirked.
"I should've guessed Kirito would do something like this." Eric said as he handed Asada the left piece. Eric and Asada put the necklaces on. "Thanks for the gifts Mom and Dad." Eric said.
"No problem." They said.
"Well I guess me and Asada will go ahead and visit the other family members while you two can open what I got you." Eric said.
"Alright." Eric's dad said. Eric put on a red jacket with a white stripe. Eric and Asada left and started walking on a trail through the forest.
"So what did you get them?" Asada asked.
"I got them all 20 seasons of a show they love." Eric replied.
"Whoa." Asada said. Eric just smirked. "So who are we going to see?" Asada asked.
"My grandma, Jimmy, and Jason. And I need to email my other family members who don't live around here." Eric replied.
"Oh ok." Asada said. Asada wrapped her arm around Eric's and walked right next to him. Eric took and deep breath and smiled while looking around the trail.
"When I was a kid I loved running around the woods, I always looked for monsters and just anything that would give me an adventure." Eric said.
"Did you ever find anything?" Asada asked. Eric nodded his head no.
"Look, we're here." Eric said as a log cabin came into view. Eric knocked at the door and his grandma opened the door.
"Hello." Eric's grandma greeted them.
"Hi grandma, may we come in?" Eric asked.
"Of course." Eric's grandma replied as she let Eric and Asada in. Jimmy was sitting in a chair watching Walker Texas Ranger.
"Hi Uncle." Eric said.
"Hello Mr. E, I see you've brought your friend with you." Jimmy said.
"Yes, oh right grandma this is Asada, and Asada that's my grandma." Eric said.
"Nice to meet you." Asada said.
"Nice to meet you too." Eric's grandma said.
"We just came to say Merry Christmas." Eric said.
"Well thank you. Merry Christmas to the both of you." Jimmy said.
"I'm gonna go chat with Jason real quick." Eric said as he started heading up a small flight of stairs.
"I'll be down here waiting for you." Asada called up after Eric. After a few minutes Eric walked downstairs to find Asada asleep on the couch. Eric gently picked Asada up and carried her back towards his parents house. Later that night Asada woke up and looked around Eric's room.
"Have a nice sleep?" Eric asked.
"Yeah." Asada replied groggily.
"You must have been exhausted." Eric said.
"I was, oh wait I need to give you your gift." Asada said as she grabbed a huge box and gave it to Eric. Eric opened it and his eye's widened.
"N-No way." Eric said as he stood up. Eric pulled out a life-size replicate of his demon blood sword.
"I knew you liked that sword since you always use it." Asada said. Eric went over and hugged her.
"Of course I like it, it was the sword you helped me get." Eric said. Eric stepped back. "You know it's funny you choose to get me my main sword. Cause in a way I did the same thing of getting a main weapon." Eric said. Asada looked confused. "You beat me in size but." Eric said as he handed her a box. She opened and found a decent size replicate of her PGM Ultima Ratio Hecate 2.
"My Hecate." Asada said as she looked it over. "It's just like it." Asada said.
"Funny we had similar ideas." Eric said.
"I love it." Asada said.
"I'm glad." Eric said. "Merry Christmas." Eric said.
"Merry Christmas." Asada said.