The sofa was so much cosier with two, one wrapped up in the others long arms, both curled in a blanket sharing warmth. Little mumbles escaping from both of us as we snuggle together.
"Mmmm… Where's Lady?" Tilting my head slightly I look over to the Christmas tree, lights still sparkling, reflecting on the strands of tinsel.
"Lady come here, daddy's home." The tinsel shifted, baubles bobbing slightly as Lady dropped from one of the branches, glitter woven into her fur from the decorations. After padding over and jumping onto the pile of our intertwined legs she crawled her way up to Min Ki's chest, stopping to lay on it next to my head, meowing and purring at him.
"Awww look at you. You're all covered in glitter, pretty girl. Have you been being nice to mummy while I was away? Did you keep her company while she was alone?" Another meow punctuated with a paw pressed into my cheek, trying to push me away from Min Ki.
"Hey there's no need to get all jealous now, we shared just fine before." Another prod now with both paws.
"Hey be nice Lady, don't be jealous. It's not nice to push." With a few strokes of her head she soon removes her paws from my face and falls asleep.
"Silly little baby. She didn't scratch you did she?" Gently he runs his fingers over my cheek where her paws had been, searching for any possible mark she could have left.
"No I think she was just a little jealous that I had you to myself. Anyway it's nice like this, she makes it extra warm." I feel him laugh more than hear it, the vibration traveling from his chest to my cheek as I lay there watching the cat snore lightly.
"You know she isn't going to let me into the bed tonight right?" He laughs again, louder this time so I could hear it.
"Well she is gonna have to deal with it, because she's sleeping with her toys. I'm only yours tonight. None of the boys cuddles even start to compare to yours. You're just big enough for me to snuggle up too."
"Hehehe, wouldn't say that infront of them, they may stop letting you curl up to them."
"Yeah right Baek Ho has to hug something anyway, and it may as well be me. Plus they know you're the only one I really want." He says this while squeezing me closer and burying his nose in my hair.
"You smell nice, like Christmas, though you do have bits of tinsel in your hair. It's so cute."
"Wait. What? Really?" Ruffling up my hair trying to pull out the stray tinsel he catches my hands, bringing them to his mouth and kissing each digit gently, lingering over the ring on my finger, the one he gave me last Christmas, the two thin gold bands twisting together around five little diamonds. 'The five members' I always say, to which he would always laugh and respond 'no for the five Christmases we've spent together'.
"It's been six Christmases now, since I found you working in that animal shelter."
"Yeah then chickened out and sent Aron in to talk to me instead"
"I did not chicken out, I was just… busy. Yeah cause Lady was there and she was being really cute and fluffy and small. I wasn't being a chicken."
"Oh so you did fall in love with Lady first, mean little cat gets all the attention." As if understanding our conversation she peaks her eyes open and stretches out her front paws to push on my chin, then lazily pulls herself up and wanders off into the bedroom.
"I think she heard you." Laughing together he pushes himself upright pulling me with him until I'm sat on his lap facing him, my legs either side of his.
"I did not. You came first, she was just cute." Barely moving he catches my lips quickly, before leaning back to watch me as I sat there picking out the tinsel from my hair.
"Good, cause I am not giving up my cuddle time for that cat no matter how much she want me too." He chuckles again helping me pull out the remaining tinsel only to wind the strands into his own fringe, each strand reflecting the lights strung up around the room.
"Looking good there Mr, very fairy princess." Stopping mid plat he squinted his eyes at me in deliberation and before I could reject he took several strands of my own fringe and platted the tinsel into it.
"Now we both are." He giggled again, pulling his lips into a perfect smile that showed his teeth.
After a few more minutes of plating tinsel into each others hair and chatting about his tour and my work he began bumping me up and down on his knees, poking at my sides to make me laugh.
"One Christmas, two Christmas, three Christmas, four. Five Christmas, six Christmas, seven Christmas more!… And an extra bounce for Christmas eve." His little rhyme made me laugh even louder, but soon one of the bigger bonuses causes me to slip from my perch on his knees and fall back, onto the other end of the sofa, now laughing hysterically. Min Ki follows quickly and after tangling his legs up falls directly on top of me. Not bothering to pull himself back up he just rests his head in the crook of my neck and sighs out dramatically.
"Your sooooo warm. I love it. Isssss soooooo coooosy." drawing out his last sentence he try's to destruct me by rubbing his nose into my neck while his arms snake beneath my waist to hold me even closer.
"I was thinking while I was away what I could do about your ring."
"What do you mean my ring, whats wrong with it?" Raising my hand from around his waist I stare at your ring in confusion. It looked just fine to you. It was in perfect condition, no scratches or bending or anything. Tilting his head up so his chin rests on mine he continued.
"Well it's wrong now isn't it, and it'll get more wrong every year." He paused, watching my face for some signs or understanding.
"It only has five little stars on it." He stated referring to the five small diamonds.
"But you can't add more each year eventually you'd run out of ring."
"I know so I was thinking about doing this instead." Without fully explaining he pulls himself off off of my chest, reminiscent of they way Lady reluctantly pulls herself up from a nap, he reaches for his discarded coat that lay haphazardly off of the top of his suitcase handle. After removing a small box from its pocket he returns to the sofa and pulls me back into his lap.
"We can't add to the ring but we can add to this." On opening the small red velvet box he takes out a silver charm bracelet complete with six star charms in different colours.
"Because I missed your birthday yesterday." Starring both at the bracelet and at him in turn I let him attach it around my wrist, admiring the sparkling accessories as they twinkled every time my wrist moves.
"Min Ki, awww, I love it. They're all so pretty. Thank you. I love you so much." Ecstatic with my late birthday present I wrap my arms around his neck tightly, as he hugs my waist.
"I'm so glad you like it. Each little star is from a different city. I got them especially for you while we were on tour." Pulling out of the hug he leans forward slightly until our noses touch.
"I love you so much." His sweet words lingered in the space between us for a second before I closed the gap, kissing him deeply. He returns the gesture quickly afterwards, making sure to savor every second of the contact.
"I love you too."
