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Chapter XVII: (Late) Christmas special!
It had been 3 months since Noctis and his friends had arrived at Beacon, and now it was almost time for Winter Break. Teams PING, JNPR, and RWBY were all sitting in the cafeteria that was near empty due to the fact that most of the students had already left for Winter break, they were all out of their school uniforms and dressed in their regular combat attire.
"So, what does everyone have plan during break?" Yang asked as she nearly stuffed her face with her lunch.
"Pyrrha invited us to her house in Mistral!" Nora said excitingly "It's the size of a mini castle!"
"You're all welcomed to join us." Pyrrha said with a soft smile
"Thanks, but Velvet invited me to her home to meet her parents." Gladio said
"And Blake and I plan on visiting Vacuo, I hear they have lovely beaches." Ignis said as he smiled at Blake which caused her to blush.
"And what about the King and his brother?" Yang asked
"Don't know, we don't really have a home to go back to." Noctis said trying to hide the sadness in his voice but was unable to hide it from Ruby who frowned upon hearing that the brothers didn't have anywhere to go during the holidays. "We plan on asking Ozpin if it would be okay for us to stay at the school."
"Yeah, just us two bros! It'll be a blast!" Prompto said with his signature optimistic grin.
"Why don't you join us? Pyrrha said you were welcome to. Come on it'll be fun!" Jaune said as he went between the brothers and put his arms around the two.
"Thanks Jaune, but it'll feel like we're getting in the way of team bonding, besides me and Noctis will be fine! Right, Noctis?
During the conversation Noctis had began to recollect the years of christmas he and his brother and their father would spend together. They would spend christmas eve making gingerbread houses that filled the palace with the sweet smell of cinnamon, watching christmas movies like "How The Grimm Stole Christmas" and "Alone At Home" and then the two of them would fall asleep on their father's lap in front of the chimney fire, listening to christmas songs. Noctis had realised that all those precious memories would remain that, just memories and he would never be able to do any of that again. His frown began to grow until he was brought out of his daydream by his brother calling out his name.
"Right, Noctis?"
"Huh?"
"I said right we'll be okay!"
"Y-Yeah, we'll be fine, you guys go enjoy your holidays!"
Later, RWBY dorm room
Yang, Weiss, and Blake were all up and about running around the room packing for their holiday break, they all seemed to be in a happy mood, Ruby and Yang were going back home for the holidays, Blake was going to be able to spend some time with her boyfriend, and Weiss had decided to go back home as well, and it was close to Christmas, so they all were in a jolly mood, besides their red headed leader. Ruby was on her bed with her head buried in her knees, Yang took notice of Ruby's seemingly sadness and went over to her little sister's bunk.
"What's wrong, Rubes? You're always happy around this time of year!"
Ruby removed her head from her knees and gave her sister a look of sadness "I know, it's just that I feel bad for Noctis and Prompto. I mean they both lost their homes and their dad and now they have nowhere to go for christmas, it just isn't fair!"
"I know how you feel, sis. I know Prompto was trying to act all happy because he didn't want me to worry, but I could see that he was hurting, and that hurt me."
"I do feel bad for those two dolts." Weiss said which earned her weird looks from her teammates "What I could care about them too!"
"Ignis did invite them with us, but they both declined the invitation." Blake said with a sad expression "It really is sad that they've lost so much."
"I-I want to stay here, with Noctis." Ruby said with her sadness completely gone
"What?"
"I don't want to leave him alone, especially not on Christmas."
Yang then formed a big smile on her face "Well you won't have to my dear sister, for Noctis and Prompto will not spend their christmas alone!"
"What do you mean?"
"I meeeean they'll be coming home, with us!"
"B-But won't dad be upset if we take boys home? I-I mean he doesn't even know I have a boyfriend yet!"
"Don't worry, I've taken care of all of that!"
"What do you mean?" Ruby said giving her older sister a questioning look.
"I mean, I already told dad about Prompto and Noctis, and he really wants to meet them!" Yang said with a big smile on her face which then to to a mischievous smile "But, I did tell dad that I would have "the talk" with you and the young King."
"Talk? What talk?" Ruby asked with a curious look on her face.
"You know… the one about the birds and the bees."
"Why would you talk to us about birds and bees?"
"Really Yang?" The cat faunus said while giving her partner a dirty looks
"Why did I know you would bring it up?" The heiress said as she facepalmed
"What? I need take make sure my little sister knows how to be safe."
"Safe from what, Yang? What are you talking about? And why are birds and bees involved?"
Yang then got onto the bed with Ruby and put her arm around her little sister "Oh, Ruby. My sweet innocent little sister." Yang then began to whisper in her ear and as the whispering continued Ruby's face began to turn red until it took on the shade of her cape.
"W-What?! W-We wouldn't do that! That's gross!"
Yang began to laugh at her little sister's reaction and jumped off of her bed "That's good, because I'm too young to be called an aunt!"
"Buuuuuuuut if you and Noctis do decide to you know what I have some advice." Yang said teasingly causing Ruby's face to turn even redder
"Yaaaaaaaaang stop that!"
"Come on, Ruby. Let's go tell them the good news!" Yang said as he laugh died down. The two sisters then left their dorm room and headed for PING'S room.
PING'S DORM
"Seriously guys, we'll be okay!" Prompto said for the hundredth time as he tried to get Gladiolus and Ignis to stop trying to invite them along on their vacation with their girlfriends.
"Seriously, guys. It wouldn't bother us at all! Velvet already said she's more than happy to let you two tag along!"
"Blake and I would not mind you guys tagging along with us either."
Noctis had been lying in his bed with his shoes kicked off and his arms resting behind his head, he opened his eyes and got up from his position "Guys, we'll be okay. You really don't have to worry about us. We're gonna be fine. Seriously." Noctis said as he tried his best to fake a smile.
Ignis sighed and took a seat at his desk "We know you guys keep saying you're fine, but it's not hard to see that that isn't true. We've all lost something, and someone, and we know you're both just trying to get us to not worry about you guys, but it isn't going to work."
"He's right." Gladiolus agreed "We're a family, and we've been talking, if you guys are going to stay here, then so are we!"
"W-What?!" Noctis said with a surprised expression "N-No you guys shouldn't cancel your plans for us!"
"Yeah, you guys should go enjoy it!"
"Well, we won't be able to enjoy it, knowing two of our family members won't be enjoying their holidays." Ignis said as he began to unpack his bag "I'm sure Blake will understand."
Noctis got up from his bed and tried to stop Ignis from unpacking his bag, as Ignis took clothes out Noctis would put them back in "Seriously, Specs. You don't have to do this."
As Noctis and ignis went back and forth with the packing and unpacking there was a knock on their door.
Noctis put down Ignis' clothes and went to open the door, when he did he was welcomed to the sight of Ruby and Yang, especially Ruby with a big smile on their faces
"A-Are you guys okay?"
"You guys better start packing!" Yang said as she busted into the room "Come on, we'll help, we're going to miss our ride!"
"Ride? To where?"
"To our home!" Ruby said with a smile on her face as she began to pack her boyfriend's clothes for him
"What are you talking about?"
"You two are coming with us!"
Prompto then joined Yang and rapidly packed his bags "Hurry up, Noct! We're going to miss the ride!"
"You're not even gonna question it, Prompto?"
"Nope! I'm just glad we don't have to spend christmas in this dorm!"
"I-I'm not sure I want to go."
"What? Why not?" Ruby questioned her boyfriend
"Come on, Noctis! It'll be fun!" Yang said while she was helping Prompto pack.
"Please, Noctis. I don't want you to spend Christmas alone." Ruby said as she took Noctis' hands and pleaded with puppy eyes.
Noctis knew that he was powerless against Ruby's puppy dog eyes and so did she. Noctis gave out a sigh of defeat and gave his girlfriend a soft smile as he grabbed her hand "Okay, fine, Ruby. I'll go."
Ruby began to jump up and down and she hugged her boyfriend tight "This is going to be so much fun! We can watch movies, bake cookies, build snowman, and cuddle by the fire!"
"T-That sounds l-like fun, R-Ruby." Noctis said as he gasped for air "C-Can you p-please let g-go?"
Ruby then noticed Noctis' gasps and let go, and sheepishly looked at her boyfriend and rubbed the back of her head "Sorry about that, Noctis."
They finished packing their clothes and said their goodbyes as the four of them left for the city of Patch, Vale. Soon they arrived at a two floored house painted white in a pretty wooded area. Ruby and Yang headed first in the house and left Noctis and Prompto to carry the bags in.
"DAD WE'RE HOME!" Yang yelled at the top of her lungs
A man in his mid 30's came down the stairs dressed in a button up tan shirt, and brown sleeveless vest, and brown cargo shorts with a bandana tied on his right forearm.
"My little girls!" he said as he hugged his daughters "It's been so quiet since you've guys left!"
"We've missed you too, dad." Ruby said as she padded her dad in the back with her free arm. Noctis and Prompto trudged in with the bags as the bags slowly began to sip out of their hands. They reached inside the house and let that bags fall to the ground.
"Why did you guys bring so many bags?" Prompto said as he catched his breath.
Both Prompto and Noctis stood up straight as they notice the girls' father eyeing them
"H-Hello, sir. I'm Noctis… I mean Prompto, I'm Prompto, he's Noctis, not me, I'm Prompto!"
"Y-Yeah, I-I'm Noctis!"
A smile then appeared on their father's face as he went to the boys and padded them both on the backs "Relax, you two! I'm Ruby and Yang's dad, Taiyang!" He said offering the boys a handshake and they both accepted the hand.
"Come on, let me help you guys with those bags. I've learned the art of carrying many bags over the years of going shopping with those two."
Taiyang grabbed the bags from the ground and took them upstairs towards the girls' room.
"He's nice." Prompto said with a smile
"Yeah, he seems to like you guys." Ruby said as she took her boyfriend's hand. Come on! I'll show you my room!"
Ruby then rushed upstairs with Noctis almost being dragged along like a ragdoll.
"Remember Ruby, the birds and the bees!" Yang called out teasingly
"Yaaaaaaaaang!" Ruby shouted from the top of the stairs.
"What is Yang talking about?" Noctis asked as he gave Ruby a questioning look
Ruby's face then began to turn red as Noctis asked that question "N-Nothing!"
Taiyang walked out of Ruby's room where he left hers and Noctis' bags and began to walk down the stairs "You guys unpack, dinner will be ready in about half an hour!"
"Okay, dad! Come on, Noctis!"
The two lovebirds entered Ruby's room and the way she had it decorated didn't really surprise him. Her room was a bright red colour, with a small 32 inch tv in the corner of her room that rested on a table. She had a shelf full of weapon magazines and what looked like spare parts laying around her room. She also had a few posters hanging up, from boy bands to of course weapon posters. She also had a window that overlooked the small wooded area around their house.
"Sorry about the mess, guess I forgot to clean before I left, hehe." Ruby said as she sheepishly rubbed the back of head.
"I would be surprised if it wasn't dirty." Noctis said with a chuckle.
Noctis grabbed his one bag of clothes that he had brought with him and unzipped it "So where should I put my clothes?"
"W-Well you can put it in my drawers, I don't mind sharing!"
"Okay, thanks, Ruby."
After a while the two had finished unpacking and they both then just laid on the bed holding each other.
"I'm really happy you decided to come with us, Noctis."
"Me too, Ruby. Thanks for inviting us." Noctis said as he looked down at his girlfriend and gave her a smile
"Of course, there was no way I was going to let you spend christmas alone!" Ruby said as she gave Noctis a peck on the cheek. "Besides, I would miss you."
"I really am lucky to have an amazing girl like you, Ruby."
"And I'm lucky to have such a hard headed boyfriend like you, Noctis."
"Ruby, Noctis dinner is ready!" Taiyang called out to them from the bottom of the stairs
Ruby then pointed her nose up into the air and began to sniff and she smiled a wide smile and let out a small excited "eep"
"Ruby, are you okay?"
"MY DAD MADE SPAGHETTI!"
Ruby jumped off the bed and grabbed Noctis by his hand and once again nearly dragged him down the stairs like a rag doll. The two of them made it into the kitchen and 5 plates were set down on the table filled with spaghetti and pieces of garlic bread in the middle of the table.
"Hey, Noctis. Do me a favour and wake up the sleeping beauties over there." Taiyang said as he motioned towards Prompto and Yang who were both sleeping in each other's arms on one of the sofas in their living room."
Noctis walked over to the sofa that they were sleeping on and shook his brother awake "Come on, Prompto. It's dinner time."
Prompto tried to move, but was stuck under Yang. "I… I can't move."
"Try the word "dinner"" Taiyang said from the kitchen.
"Dinner?" Noctis said confused
Just then Yang shot up from the sofa and looked around the room as saliva escaped her mouth "Where's dinner?" She said still half asleep
"In the kitchen." noctis responded holding in his laugh from the saliva that was hanging from the blond brawler's mouth.
The three of them then headed into the kitchen and joined Ruby at the table who was already halfway done with her plate of food.
"Thanks for waiting, sis." Yang said sarcastically
Noctis took a fork full of spaghetti and gulped it down "This is really good, Mr. Xiao Long!" After the first bite he began to nearly vacuum up the rest of the spaghetti as his brother joined him
"Wow, you guys are actually giving Ruby a run for her money!" Yang said with a laugh
The two brothers then looked each other as they both had spaghetti hanging from the corner of their mouths, they slurped the dangling piece and chuckled
"Sorry, we rarely had spaghetti back at our home." Noctis said sheepishly
"Really?!" Ruby said
"Yeah, our dad never really approved of such messy foods." Prompto said as he grabbed a piece of bread from the plate in the middle.
"Well, you guys can have as much as you like!" Taiyang said with a smile
"You don't have to tell me twice!" Prompto said excitingly
After that they finished their dinner and Noctis and Prompto had collected the dirty plates and placed them in the sink. Noctis had began to wash the plates but Taiyang stopped him
"You don't have to wash dishes, Noctis. I'll do them."
"No, I don't mind. I mean you did feed us and welcome us into your home. It's the least I can do."
"Seriously, Noctis. Thanks for the offer but there's a specific way I like the dishes cleaned."
"It's true, he's very picky about it." Ruby said from the couch she was sitting at.
"It's a pretty nice night, why don't you guys go start a fire and we'll make some s'mores!"
"S'MORES!" Ruby yelled as she sprinted outside
"Go on, Noctis. Ruby can be a little reckless when it comes to starting fires."
"Y-Yes, sir."
Noctis headed outside and began to build a little bonfire in a pit that they had in the back of their yard as Yang and Prompto went upstairs to unpack.
Noctis had built a little fire and Ruby had finished setting up five lawn chairs that circled the small fire pit. She went into the house and brought out a bag of marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate bars. Noctis took in the smell of the burning would and let out a relaxing sigh as he sat in one of the lawn chairs. Ruby handed him a stick and a marshmallow and Noctis began to slowly turn the marshmallow over the fire pit. The sound of the crackling fire sounded like music to Noctis' ears and he began to feel total bliss for the first time in a while. Noctis began to look at Ruby and smiled at her "You're so beautiful, Ruby Rose."
"You're not too bad yourself, Noctis Caelum." Ruby said with a smile
"Uhm, Noctis…."
"Yeah?"
"Your Marshmallow is on fire." Ruby said with a chuckle
Noctis looked at the dark smoke on his stick that used to be his marshmallow and he let out a small yelp which made the crimson teen laugh even more, Noctis then threw the burning stick onto the ground and began to stomp on it to try to put it out. Ruby sat back and laughed at Noctis' reaction. The fire was soon out out and Noctis sat back down in his chair. Ruby then gave him an already made s'more
"Here you go, Noctis."
"Thanks, Ruby. Guess I'm not a master s'more maker yet."
"You'll get there." Ruby said with a chuckle
3 days later, Vale shopping center
"Remind me again why we're at the mall on christmas eve?" Prompto questioned as the two brothers make their way through a crowded store
"Well I want to get Ruby something for christmas."
"What do you plan on getting her?"
"I haven't got the slightest clue." Noctis said as he hung his head "What about you? Aren't you getting Yang something for christmas?"
"Oh, I already did, my dear brother."
"Really?"
"Yup, I got it delivered this morning."
"What is it?"
"I'm not telling you, it's a secret!"
"Well that's great for you, but I don't know what Ruby would like."
"Well, isn't there a modification part that she really wanted?
"Yeah, but that is hard to get!"
"Well, there is a dust shop near here, let's go check it out!"
Noctis nodded in agreement and they both made their way to the dust shop.
"Can I help you boys?" The shopkeeper asked
"Yeah, do you guys have the charged chamber gun modification for a high caliber sniper rifle? Please say yes!"
"Sorry, but I just sold the last one to a guy in a green coat."
Noctis ran out the door and searched for a guy in a green coat, which the mall was filled with.
"There's no way we can find the right guy in this crowd." Noctis said in defeat
"Oh, come on, Noctis. We can try another store"
The two brothers head out the store, on their way out Noctis bumped into a man which caused the man to drop his bag on the ground.
"Oh, I'm really sorry about that!" Noctis said as he picked up the man's bag. Noctis then notices that the item in the bag is the charged chamber modification.
"Can I have my bag back?" The man who is in his late 40's and has a lumberjack like beard asked politely
"Sir, I'll buy this from you!"
"What?"
"I'll buy it from you! Please, I'll even pay you double what you paid for it!"
"What do you need a gun modification for?"
"Well it's not for me, it's for my girlfriend. She's a huntress and she would really really love that part, so please would you sell it to me?"
"Sorry, son. But I need this to help out my town."
"Help out your town?" Prompto asked with curiosity present
"You see, my town has been holding off an army of grimm for the past several nights."
"Why don't you call for assistance from Huntsman and Huntresses?"
"Trust me, son. We've tried, but so far we've received no type of help from them."
Noctis stood there in thought and turned to Prompto, without saying a word Prompto knew what his little brother had in mind and nodded in agreement.
"We'll handle the grimm threat for you town!"
"Really? You think you boys can handle it?"
"We may not look like it, but we're Huntsman, we can handle it!"
"Alright, then."
Noctis and Prompto get into the man's car and drive with him to his town outside of Vale. They arrive at a small shack size home and they follow the man inside. As he walks in a small child runs up to him and hugs him, and the man picks him up.
"You know, I don't even know your names." The man said as he turned towards the boys with his son in hand.
"I'm Noctis and this is my brother Prompto."
"It's a pleasure to meet you too, I'm John and this is my son, Dean, and my wife Mary."
"John, who are these boys?" Mary, who is in her mid 30's asked her husband
"These boys are gonna handle the grimm problem we've been having."
"Them? But they're just kids."
"They're Huntsman, Mary. They're our best shot at dealing with the grimm."
Mary reluctantly agrees and sets up five plates rice on the table.
"You two should eat, you shouldn't fight on an empty stomach."
"Thank you, ma'am." Prompto says as he takes a seat and begins to dig in
"Put mine in the microwave, I have to go warn the folks to stay in their homes tonight." John said before he exited the house.
Mary took a seat at the table and began to feed her son. "You boys sure you could fight these grimm?"
"Yes, ma'am. It's our job."
Mary let out a sigh and gave the spoon to her son who began to eat the rice by himself "I don't want you boys to die for a town of people you don't even know."
"We don't have to know the people around here." Noctis said "As Huntsman we are the hope of Remnant, we are the answer to all living things that cry out for peace, we are protectors of the innocent, the lights in the darkness, we swore to protect and that's exactly what we're going to do."
Mary smiled and nodded "May God watch over you boys in battle."
Noctis and Prompto finished eating and headed towards the watch tower that overlooked the town
"You know, Noctis, that was a pretty cool speech."
"You can thank Goku for that." Noctis said with a grin and Prompto let out a small chuckle
"Why am I not surprised?"
Later that night
It was 4:00 am, Christmas day, Noctis and Prompto had been staying up to keep watch but nothing had come. Noctis' eyes began to fall heavy as the silence of the falling snow began to put him to sleep, but then a loud bang came from the distance which made Noctis' eyes shoot wide open
"It's show time." Prompto said as he summoned his revolver
"Remember Prompto, give me covering fire."
Prompto nodded and Noctis jumped out of the watch tower and summoned his Engine blade. A pack of beowulves and Ursa's charged out of the distance and towards Noctis, Prompto took out a few of the charging beowulves and ursas from the watch tower before they could reach Noctis. As the rest of the group charged at him Noctis slid under a leaping beowulf and sliced at its underbelly, killing it. Before the rest of the grimm could turn around Noctis summoned his arsenal and launched them at the grimm, killing them all.
"That wasn't so hard." Noctis said desummoning his weapon, just then a 20 ft ape like gorilla charged into the watch tower, destroying it and tossing Prompto to the ground. Noctis ran to his brother and helped him up.
"That's one big monkey!" Prompto said loading his revolver with fire rounds.
The ape like grimm charged at the brothers, Prompto dodged the flailing fists but it managed to hit Noctis and send him flying into the debris of the now destroyed watch tower.
"Noctis, are you okay?!"
"I'm fine, Prompto! I have a plan!"
"What kind of a plan? I bet it's stupid!"
"Give me covering fire and let's find out!"
Prompto nodded and began firing at the ape like grimm's face, making him use his hands to cover his face. Noctis takes this chance to summon his engine blade, he tosses it towards the ape's back and warps to it, he then tosses it into the air and warps to it. He then summons his lance and plunges it into the ape's back, who begins to wail in pain and rage. The ape begins to spin as an attempt to shake Noctis off, but Noctis holds on tight.
"Shoot at his knees!" Noctis shouts at his brother
Prompto loads his revolver with explosive rounds and fires at the ape's knees, the rounds explode on impact causing the ape to fall to its knees. Noctis climbs up the ape's back and makes his way to its head "Open wide!" Noctis shouts as he summons his engine blade and plunges it into the ape's head causing it to shriek, as soon as the grimm opens its shark like teeth infested mouth, Noctis takes out a fire grenade and tosses it into the ape's mouth. Noctis then warps away from the ape and the ape explodes.
"That… was pretty fun!" Prompto said as he rested his arm on his wounded brother's shoulder.
The townspeople who had been awaken by the battle had surrounded the boys with looks of surprise that two boys were able to dispense of the grimm that had been plaguing their town.
"I can't believe you actually did it!" John said "Thank you, Noctis and Prompto!" The townspeople began to cheer and Prompto waved at them in triumph while Noctis just stood there as he watched his brother bask in his glory. John came up to the boys the gun modification in hand
"Here, Noctis. You earned it." John said with a smile
"Th-thank you, but are you sure you just want to give it to me?"
John looked at the smoke where the grimm used to be and smiled "I believe it served its purpose."
"Thank you! Noctis said with a bow "I really appreciate it!"
"Of course, now come inside, I'll have my wife look at those wounds."
"We'd love to, but we have to be home… it's christmas!"
"Are you sure? Those wounds look serious."
"Eh, it's just a flesh wound" Prompto said brushing it off
"Then atleast let me give you a ride."
"Thank you, John."
Noctis and Prompto got into John's car and they drove off as the townspeople waved them off
"Thank you, for everything, boys."
"It was nothing." Prompto said as he winced in pain
By the time they had arrived at Ruby and Yang's home it had just turned 7:30 am and the sun had risen.
"Thanks for the ride, John." Noctis said as he and Prompto got out of the car.
"It was my pleasure, boys. If you guys ever want a tasty meal, you two stop by, and bring that lucky lady, Noctis!"
"Will do, John!" Noctis said before he shut the door and John drove off.
Noctis and Prompto made their way back into the house as quiet as they could so they wouldn't wake anyone up. When they got into the living room they were welcomed to the sight of Ruby, Yang, and Taiyang all sitting in the living room with worry expressions on their faces. Ruby covered her mouth as she saw her wounded boyfriend and ran to his side
"Oh my god, Noctis. Are you okay? What happened?"
"Ruby, I'm fine. Really."
"No you are not! You're covered in blood, scratches, and bruises!"
"If it makes you feel any better, some of the blood on him is actually mine." Prompto said with a chuckle.
Yang then went up to him and punched him in one of his bruised arms "Ow! What was that for!"
"For what ever stupid thing you let Noctis do!" And then she hugged and kissed him
"And what was that for?"
"For making it back." Yang said then gave him a soft hug
Ruby helped Noctis to one of the chairs in the living room and helped him sit down
"Ruby, honestly I'm fine, I've been through worse."
"Way worse!" Prompto added which earned him a slap from Yang.
"What happened?" Ruby asked
"It doesn't matter, Ruby." Noctis then took out the box from behind him and gave it to Ruby "Sorry it isn't wrapped up, I kinda didn't have time." Noctis said with a sheepish smile.
"N-Noctis is this the…. CHARGED CHAMBER HIGH CALIBER SNIPER GUN MODIFICATION BUT HOW DID YOU GET IT, THEY'RE SUPER HARD TO GET AND EXPENSIVE!"
"I had to do a little job."
"I-Is that why you got hurt?"
"Doesn't matter, it was worth it to see my little rose happy."
Ruby then grabbed Noctis and hugged him "Please Noctis, don't ever do something like that again,okay? I don't care if it's for me. I don't know what I would do if I lost you, especially if it was because of me."
"Okay, Rubes. I promise, as long as you stop wanting these crazy items." Noctis said with a chuckle as Ruby joined in
I need to give you my gift!" Ruby shouted as she reached for a present under the tree "here!"
Noctis took the box from her hand and unwrapped it and opened the box. Inside the heart shaped box was a gold necklace that had half a heart and Ruby took out the other necklace that had the other heart "You'll always have a piece of my heart." Ruby said sheepishly
Noctis put on the necklace and tried his best to hold back the tears, he had never felt loved and cared about by anyone besides his family, and for the first time, Ruby, had showed him what it means to love someone.
Noctis hugged and kissed Ruby and helped her put on her part of the necklace, just then a scream came from their garage and they ran in to see what's wrong. As they entered the garage they saw a bright black and yellow motorcycle and Yang was in the driver's spot with a matching helmet.
"Prompto got me a motorcycle!"
"Seriously?" Taiyang asked as he gave Prompto a dirty look
"Hehehe… Sorry." Prompto said as he rubbed his head
"Hop on, Prompto. Let's go see how fast this baby can go!"
"Yang did you give Prompto his present yet?" Ruby asked
"I'm going to give it to him tonight." Yang said with a wink which made her dad give Prompto another dirty look which Prompto responded with a nervous laugh. "Don't wait up!" Yang shouted as she revved up her motorcycle and dashed out of the garage.
"Well, I go make some pancakes!" Taiyang said
Later
Noctis and Ruby were working on a snowman, they were putting the finishing touches on the arms and middle body.
"I'm really glad you guys came, Noctis."
"Me too, this was a really fun christmas!"
"I-I loved my gift Noctis."
"I loved mine too, Ruby. More than any other gift I ever got."
"You mean it?"
"Of course, my little rose."
Silence fell between the two as they continued to work on the snowman
"I'm sorry you didn't get to celebrate christmas with your family…"
"What do you mean? Of course I did." Noctis said with a smile which made Ruby's heart flutter and she smiled back "I love you, Ruby."
"And I love you, Noctis."