Hey wow it's getting real close to Christmas, which is fun another short chap which seems to be a theme for this fic but still hope you enjoyed if I don't post again before Christmas then Merry Christmas. Stay safe
Close to Christmas Vale had begun to brim with festive energy, houses covered with decorations and festive lights with snow covering the city with a thick blanket. For the past week Vale had been housing the Mantle market. Every year they would do at Christmas time, while it was called the Mantle market it wasn't just Mantle that would visit to sell their wares at Christmas it hasn't been that way for a long time. The tradition started between just Vale and Mantle but quickly became a thing with the four kingdoms and most recently Menagerie had joined in.
A big range of things would be sold at the markets from ornaments and clothes to food and candles.
Teams Ranger and Brownie were currently here as well as they took in the cities and brought stuff that caught their interest. At one-point Jaune had Nora distract Ruby so he could get here a gift without her seeing and ruining the surprise, he felt bad about the destruction that was caused because of that so he made sure to tip the unlucky owner of one of the confectionaries stands very well.
And it wasn't long after that a cold Jaune stopped walking for a moment while Ren and Blake ordered food from a stand that caught their eye. As he did, he breathed into his cold clammy hands rubbing them together to try to create heat. That was when Ruby grabbed his hands as she tried to warm them up with her own, she had a calm smile on her face and rosy cheeks but with how cold it was that is to be expected feeling cold as well she hugged him resting comfortably with her head on his chest.
Smiling Jaune quickly hugged her back as he relaxed ignoring everything else that was going on when it was time for them to start walking again Jaune made sure to take her hand in his as they continued walking, they never spent long there and after a while the amount of food and sugar they made them feel a bit sick but none of them regretted it for a second having had a great time making a memory that would last a very long time.
