And in this chappie, we have roleplayed. I'm chibi Tala and Daraganyan is Kai. Some fluff!
2nd of December
Mistletoe
Tala was sitting in a box. Yes, in a box. He had found himself as a chibi this morning and he was supposed to decorate his room. Bryan had showed up and with gritting teeth helped him in the bathroom until had just dropped him into the decoration box. Now he was all tangled in lights, garland and all kinds of deco. Little stars were stuck on his face, hands and bum, everywhere. On top of it all, mistletoe was hanging from his bangs.
He was ready to start crying when he heard footsteps. A mop of messy blond hair was the first thing he saw.
"Help! Bwyan dwopped me hewe!"
Spencer looked into the box and was shocked to see his captain as a tiny child and sitting in a box. Tala smiled sheepishly when Spencer just lifted him up at arms length, staring. Without a word he put Tala on the floor and left. The smile on Tala's face faded and he teetered off.
He managed to wander to Kai's work room, where he was writing. What he was writing, who knew. Kai turned around at the sound of his door opening fully and stared. Chibi-sized Tala Valkov was standing in front of him, few feet of garland and Christmas lights tangled to his short feet and trailing behind him.
"Bwyan dwopped me in box…"
Kai stared a while until he laughed. The chibi just looked confused.
"Bwyan dumb… and bowed."
"So… Are you looking forward to Christmas?"
"Yes. Me ask Bwyan to deco… something my woom. He dwop me in box and go away."
Kai cocked his head to the side, looking at the small child, with a warm feeling in his heart.
"Then why don't you decorate the room yourself?" he asked, then again Tala was too short to even open doors at the moment.
"Twied to. Spence helped me", he answered while trying to pry the dark blue garland off his fingers.
Kai though for a moment. "What say you I help with it? Shall we go?"
The chibi beamed. "Yeah, but youwe wwiting?" he asked, mistletoe dangling from his bangs.
"Not at the moment. I'll start again when we've done it." Kai sank to his knees with a smirk, pulling the chibi closer. "You're under mistletoe…" he whispered and kissed the chibi softly. Tala blushed and huggled Kai as best as he could. "Silly one. Now let's go."
He took Tala's hand and walked with the chibi to his room. The decoration box is almost upside down in the hallway, in front of Tala's room.
"Spence helped me out from box."
"Nice", Kai said, taking the box and watching the chibi to run back down the hall to get the silver garland that was no longer hanging from his legs, but had dropped. Tala ran back, dragging the garland behind him.
"So, how would you like it?"
"Somethwing above doow", Tala replies, rummaging the box and almost falling back in.
"How about mistletoe?" Kai asked. The chibi turned around, the said decoration still hanging from his bangs. "It's traditional to place a mistletoe above the door."
"Weally?" Tala asked and tried to untangle the mistletoe, until smiling Kai took it out of his hair. "Wii!"
"Would you like to place it there yourself?"
"Otay." Tala managed to get the lights off himself, until Kai lifted him up. The chibi succeeded in his tiny task and smiled proudly. Kai didn't put him down, but hugged him tightly against his chest, smiling as the chibi snuggled closer until prying a lone glitter star from his cheek.
They got the garlands to the shelf by Tala's computer and other one over the window on the curtain rack. By the time he was done with the light blue and silver one above the window, he was shaking. The poor chibi was afraid of heights. Kai cradled the little one in his arms, the chibi letting out a happy sigh until digging yet another star from his clothes.
"Staws stuck on me."
"You are a star, little one. A bright star on the sky of life", the phoenix said, smiling. Tala smiled back and buried his face to Kai's shirt, blushing.