"HEERO!" THUD!

The said young man rushed into the living room, his cobalt eyes wide and panicked, fearing the worst. "Duo! What's wrong?" Only he found the braided man on top of a stepladder, grinning wickedly at him. Amethyst eyes twinkled merrily as Duo regarded his lover with amusement.

"Can you hand me that please?" He asked sweetly, pointing to the ornament that had fallen from the Christmas tree, knocking over one of the gifts in the process. Heero looked at him dumbfounded before glaring at him. Shaking his head reproachfully, he bent down and picked up the blue ornament, scowling at it before giving it to Duo.

"Baka. Don't give me a heart attack next time." He said crossly. Duo just smiled sweetly at him before reaching to take the ornament from him. However his balance on the ladder had been rather precarious and he lost his hold on it, toppling backwards towards the ground. Luckily, a strong pair of arms caught him around the waist before he hit the ground.

Looking up from his shorter stature, Duo grinned at his lover over his shoulder. "My savior!" He said dreamily. "Where would I be without you?" He sighed theatrically before offering his lips for a dramatic kiss. Heero just looked at him like he was crazy.

"Baka."

Duo frowned, his pert nose crinkling up, eyes still closed. "This is where the savior kisses the one he just saved, you know?" Heero simply rolled his eyes and smacked a kiss on to his lover's lips.

"Hmm. Chocolate." Duo said thoughtfully. "One more." Heero sighed before relenting, kissing him once more before pulling back. Duo smiled, before opening his eyes and whispered softly.

"Lights."

With that he was out of the room and down the corridor, before Heero could even say "What?"

"Lights." Duo repeated when Heero wandered into their bedroom to find the braided young man rummaging in the closet. More like just the braid considering how that was the only thing that was visible.

"Duo, what are you doing?"

"Trying to find the lights." Came the muffled voice before Duo backed out, dragging a cardboard box with him. He then flopped on the ground with the box between his legs and began to go through it with childish curiosity. Heero simply leaned against the doorframe and cocked his head, drinking in the sight of his lover. He looked so utterly adorable sitting there, flinging random things over his head.

"Shirt…sock…ooh, bunny slippers! I didn't know we had those…hmm…ah! Lights!" He started pulling it out, the never-ending length of the wire tangling inexorably with him. Heero hid a smile as his adorable love finally figured out the mess he was in and blinked dumbly. He lifted one wire and other, staring at each of them before attempting to pull at them in vain.

"Heeerroooo." He whined, after succeeding to get himself tangled even worse. "Help me?" The Japanese man shook his head in silent laughter before coming to crouch in front of Duo.

"Stay still." He ordered, a little smile teasing the corner of his lips, before getting to work. Duo glared at him.

"I don't find this funny." He said crossly, pouting like a petulant child. Heero had to laugh then. Really, his lover was too cute.

"Maybe that's because you're the one who's tangled up in these wires and not me." He smirked as he pulled the last part of the wire free and rolled the lights up. Duo simply muttered something about sexy bastards before the grabbing the lights and running out of the room, presumably to put them up. Heero shook his head again in amusement before heading to the kitchen.

It was the night before Christmas Eve. But as Duo claimed, there was always time for last minute decorations. Which was why Duo was still putting them up.

Either way, they still had work tomorrow and it was getting close to midnight. After getting his glass of water, Heero started to turn off the lights methodically, starting in the kitchen and working his way into the living room. He found Duo standing in the living room trying to untangle the wires. Walking over to his lover, he swiftly plucked the lights from Duo's hands and threw it on to the coffee table.

"That's enough for today." He stated firmly, as he took the other's hand and led him into the bedroom. "You can finish up tomorrow."

"But Heero-" Duo started to whine, but the Japanese ex-pilot silenced him with a glare. Shutting the bedroom door, he turned around and led Duo to the bed, undressing him and getting him ready for bed.

"It's late and we're both tired. You can finish tomorrow." Heero stated as he climbed into bed behind Duo. Wrapping his arms around the slender waist, he spooned against Duo's back, kissing the nape of his lover's neck as always. "Good night, love."

"Hmm…" Duo turned in his arms and smiled at him. "Goodnight already?" He murmured, as he kissed the tempting curve of the neck in front of him. "I can think of other things that I want to do right now…"

Heero just chuckled and kissed him soundly. "I'm sure you can. But tonight I just want to hold you."

"Sap."

"Love you too."

(……)