Day Eleven - It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Characters: Ranka & Haruhi Fujioka
Genre: Family
Triggers: None
"Look Haruhi, our neighbors have already put up their Christmas lights in the window." Ranka leaned down to meet his daughter at eye level and pointed toward an apartment a few doors down.
Haruhi followed his finger and saw a beautiful array of red and green lights strung around their front window. She also noticed their small plastic wreath nailed to the front door.
Ranka couldn't help but smile when he saw his daughter's eyes light up. It had been a while since he could catch that special glimmer in her innocent eyes.
Ranka pulled out his key and unlocked the door, shuffling the grocery bags onto his left arm. "How about we decorate our window too? Wouldn't that be fun?"
Haruhi nodded as she pushed the door open, her smile growing into an excited grin, "Yeah Dad."
Ranka turned on the lights and closed the door behind them, allowing Haruhi to grab the bags from him and head to the kitchen. She was always his dutiful unloader, always willing to put their groceries away. He didn't mind, in fact he enjoyed watching his young daughter having to grab a step stool to reach the cabinets above the kitchen counter.
"I'll make us some hot chocolate and we can put some Christmas music on." Ranka said as he began to rummage through their closet. He knew their Christmas decorations were buried somewhere on the right, he just had to dig.
Haruhi peeked around the door's corner and asked, "But isn't it too early to put up lights? It's still November."
Ranka laughed as he crawled out of a tight space in the closet. "Everyone knows the Christmas season begins after Halloween. If anything, we're late in the season!"
Haruhi chucked, "You're weird Dad."