A/N: So who wants a slight winter holiday themed short? XD I was throwing around whether I wanted to do a little CosmicInferno family Christmas short or something else, but I decided to do a little snowed in type of thing. I kind of wanted to do something slightly not the typical holiday short. XD Like the Halloween one back in October.

DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. That goes to the respective owner. I only claim my OC(s).

Snowy Night:

(Yusei's POV)

The door opened, followed with a cold burst of air, and a shout of, "Oh God, it's freezing!" Yep, Ren's back, I thought. Ren had gone out to stock up on a few things before the sudden snowstorm that hit became worse. Of course, I found early on that Ren does not take too kindly to the cold if the putting an ice cube down the back of his shirt to wake him up was any indication.

"I'm going to hazard a guess that it's getting bad out there," I said as he passed me in his living room.

"Bad? Talk about I'm pretty sure we moved to the Arctic! I just barely got in before the winds got stronger and the snow heavier." He went to the kitchen to put away the groceries. "'Sides that, it had to snow us in right when we were planning a little Christmas get together."

"There's always a chance it'll let up by then."

"Yeah, and going through six feet of snow."

I rolled my eyes. "Ren, stop being a drama queen."

"I can't help it! When was the last time it snowed this hard in our life times?!"

"It won't be the first—or last—time to do this."

"Great." He came back to the living room, shedding off the heavier coat he exchanged for his usual one. "Well, at least we have power."

After he just said that, the lights started to flicker. "I wouldn't be saying that for long, Ren. Probably shouldn't have jinxed it."

"Dammit..."

Luckily, the power stayed on...for a few hours. By the time Ren had gotten comfortable on the couch with me, the lights flickered and went out completely. "Shit! Are you serious?!" Ren cursed.

"I did warn you not to jinx it," I replied. "Does your house have a generator?"

"Uhhh...I think AJ and I meant to buy one when we first moved in here a few years back, but we forgot."

Well, that hampers a lot. "You've at least got a kerosene heater, right?"

"That I've got. And enough fuel for it." Ren slid off the couch, heading to his garage to get said items.

"I'm heading upstairs. It'll probably work better in a smaller room."

"Got it!"

I shut down my laptop (no point keeping it on since the power will be out for quite a while), putting it away and making my way up the stairs. By the time I some space cleared for the heater and got onto Ren's bed, he came up with the heater and kerosene. He shut the door behind him with his foot. He set both items down, poured the kerosene in, and turned the heater on. He crawled into the bed quickly right after.

"As if having to cancel the get together wasn't enough..." he muttered.

I chuckled, patting his head. "It'll be fine. We can plan it after the snow melts."

"By then it'll be New Year's."

"I highly doubt that, Ren."

"Mmph..." He pulled the blanket we were sharing over his head. "It's too cold to argue."

I shook my head, bringing him closer. It was quiet for a few minutes until Ren slid out. "That's right! I should at least get your gift!"

"Ren-"

"I know, I know. You said you didn't mind me not getting you something, but I wanted our first Christmas together to be a bit special. Just give me a minute." He went to his closet, digging around through the mess he had in it.

I sat up. What in the world could he have gotten? I hope he didn't go too crazy with- A shout of, "Found it!" snapped me out of my thoughts as Ren came back to the bed with a small box.

"Sorry, I couldn't wrap it. I kept forgetting the whole month," he said, handing it to me.

"Its fine." I opened the lid, finding red cloth. I pulled part of it out to find it was the scarf that Ren and I looked at several weeks ago. "The scarf?"

"Well...I might have added onto it. Pull it out all the way."

Intrigued, I did as he said. At the end of both sides of the scarf was ironed on patches of a wrench and a gear. Well, those weren't there. Interesting touch, though. "It's a nice touch."

"I tried to find something a bit more fitting, but I couldn't find anything. Besides, at least everyone will know its yours."

I chuckled. "True. Now I feel a bit bad about not getting you anything."

He grinned. "Hey, you can say you brought yourself as my present."

"So you want me to say more cheesy lines than I've already said."

"Thought you could use a few more ideas to add to your list. Besides, you know that I enjoy those 'cheesy' lines."

"True." I put the scarf back in the box, setting it aside.

"Now, scoot over. I'm still cold and I need the body heat." He started pulling his half of the blanket over him.

I laughed a little, pulling him closer. "Don't worry. I'll make it up later."

"Mm-hmm...just don't go overboard."

"That's what I should be saying to you." I wrapped my arms around him under the blanket. "Merry Christmas."

"Merry Christmas to you, too."

A/N: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, guys! I was going to add some bonus scenes, but I might save them for next year (when there's a lot more chapters in this XD).

And with 2017 drawing to a close, I figure I should let a little bit of what I plan for the upcoming year. Well, for the year anniversary for this oneshot series, I will be doing a bit of a Q&A with Ren (possibly the other OCs, too; still debating). There's also some older stories I want to go back in and rewrite (especially with Cirque Du Freak/Legend of Korra story Split Destinies...I've been re-reading the first chapters and cringed; plus, I need to edit it a bit especially the prologue as I changed some OCs' names). I'm also planning more stories (hopefully). Mostly crossovers. I blame how I was like years ago XD

At any rate, sorry it's so late in the month to update this. The last two weeks were...a mix of crazy and not good. My family lost our elderly German Shepherd mix, I had my birthday some days later, I've been having to do paperwork, I've been trying to rewrite Dragons' Souls, its all been a bit of a jumble. I've also been kind of getting back into the first Yu-Gi-Oh! series as I've created new OCs for it (at least more interesting than my first ones ^^' I'll update them when I get around to it). I'm keeping them under wraps for now. Along with that, I'm planning a Voltron: Legendary Defender/Pokémon crossover (that has been in the works for well over a year...let's just say I was planning it prior to Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon were announced). Hopefully, there'll be more stories of mine that could pique your interests. Well, better end this author's note before it gets too long XD See you guys in the next installment!

EDIT- I decided to add the 'slightly AU' to this just in case it doesn't make sense for this scenario to happen. I didn't realize the 'oops' until posting it and really thinking about it.