Twelve Days of Christmas
Christmas Eve
Rated: T for Twins!
Summary: It's December 24th and a get together leaves a stunned and happy group of friends with many surprises.
On twelfth day of Christmas my true friends gave to me…
"Merry Christmas Eve!" Kairi smiled and opened the door for her cousin and his new girlfriend as well as their Akitas.
"You're a chipper one aren't you?" the blonde rolled her eyes and Axel began to pull off her coat as well as his.
"Hey cuz," he muttered avoiding eye contact with her.
"Alright…" she closed a door and whirled around in her knee length dress. It was emerald green, v-neck with long bellowing sleeves with white faux fur at the ends as well as on the bottom of the bellowing skirt. She wore a green Santa hat as had her name embroidered on the rim.
"Kairi, I have to go get the turkey out of the oven!" Sora, who had been waiting at the door with her, pecked his fiancée on the cheek before skipping to the kitchen. The redhead picked up a tray of hors d'oeuvres and walked into the family room of Sora and Roxas' home, soon to be her's and Sora's.
"Kairi!" her best friend called to her in a singsong voice. Namine had a similar dress on, though it was white with silver snowflake patterns embroidered all along the skirt. She lacked the Santa hat, but in it's place a silver headband with crystals setting along the rim.
"Nami have you met Ven's girlfriend?" the blonde nodded eagerly.
"Oh she's so enchanting! I mean she's a waitress but the way she acts she could easily be a public speaker! So she and Ven went hiking in Peru and they found this remote village…" Namine went off, telling everything Aqua had told her about her travels with Ven, "…Oh isn't it just amazing?"
"Yeah, I mean, they're not married and they're traveling the world together. Me and Sora haven't even moved in with each other yet and we haven't even been on vacation ALONE together," she swirled her auburn hair around her manicured nails.
"Well, you're moving here next week," Kairi flashed her blonde friend a weary expression, "And, and you always have you're honeymoon! Go somewhere tropical and fun!"
"I dunno…"
"It'll be great!" she wrapped her arm around her best friend, "And with Roxas out of here you don't have to worry about him walking in on you two," Namine laughed at the thought.
"Where is Roxas going to live?" the redhead eyed her future brother-in-law from across the room.
"He never said."
"Why don't you invite him to live with you?" she elbowed her friend suggestively.
"I don't want him to think I'm moving to fast."
"He won't… promise," Kairi rolled her eyes and pulled away from her friend to face her, "Let's forget all this heavy talk and have a Merry Christmas Eve."
"Yeah," they smiled and broke apart: Namine to go to her beau and Kairi to finish setting up the dining area for dinner. The party was going quietly. The dogs were sitting quietly by their owner's who were secretly holding hands beneath their dark clothing. Riku, Xion, Namine, and Roxas were completely engrossed in the tales of Aqua and Ven's travels. Kairi and Sora were attempting to finish dinner between heavy bouts of tonsil hockey in the kitchen. When they had eventually finished dinner, Kairi walked out of the kitchen, fixed her crooked hat, and escorted the group to the dining room.
"Wow," the group of friends marveled at the feast on the elongated table.
"Sora, Kairi, you guys made all of this?" Riku wondered in awe and they nodded, "Since when are you guys cooks?"
"Since you left for Paris three years ago!" Kairi pulled of her hat and placed put her hands on her hips.
"Oh gotcha," he pulled out the seat for Xion who giggled at her new beau's childish behavior.
"Well little bro, I do commend your girl's homemaking skills," Kairi's face lit up when he said that.
"Thank you Ven," she bowed her head to him and he threw her a smile.
"Alright well, everyone may sit now," Sora announced and everyone sat, "If you don't mind, let's say grace," he grabbed his fiancée's hand and eventually the whole table was linked, "I wanna say how thankful I am to have all of this right here. The food, my friends, my family; which includes Mom and Dad in the Caribbean, and my fiancée Kairi. I was never one to think that this amazing woman sitting by my side would ever decide to stay there forever. My friends, new and old, are all happy finally, eh hem Riku," this earned him a glare, "And my family. Ven I'm happy you and Aqua have traveled every corner of the world and will eventually settle down."
"Never!" the eldest brother said, earning a giggle from the table.
"Xion, for finding love thousands of feet of the ground. Roxas, for finding the love of his life. The woman he'll spend the rest of his-," Kairi released her hand to cover his mouth. Roxas had let it hit him before rocketing from his seat to full on tackle his brother. Namine paused for a moment and then brushed the situation off.
"Let's eat!" the blonde giggled and they began to eat. After that little incident, everything was going somewhat smoothly. No more tackling or accidental information giving, just a nice dinner. Kairi stood and began serving drinks.
"Hey, I haven't formally introduced myself yet. I'm Kairi," she held out her hand to Aqua.
"Hi!"
"It's so great that you two could be here."
"It's not like we do anything important. Ven said he wanted to spend Christmas with his family."
"Oh but I'm happy that you guys came out here."
"Well thank you."
"Are you thirsty?"
"A bit."
"Do you want some wine?" the redhead pulled out a bottle.
"No please, something else. I don't drink," she looked slightly disgusted.
"Oh… I'll grab you some water," Kairi scurried off to the kitchen and grabbed water for Aqua, "Oh and here try some of this cheese," she lifted a plate and held it in front of Aqua.
"Oh God no!" her face turned a peculiar shade of green. The blue haired girl flew out of her seat and down the hall. Kairi felt awful so she followed her in concern and knocked on the door.
"Aqua? Are you okay? Is it the cheese?" she heard the sicken lurching of Aqua's vomiting, "Aqua!" Ven came running to the door.
"Babe? Are you okay? I thought you liked cheese. What's wrong?" they heard a flushing noise and the girl walked out after washing her face.
"I'm… I'm sorry. I'll explain in a minute, go eat; I need to…" she flew back into the bathroom.
"Oh Ven I'm sorry. Is she allergic?"
"Not that I know of. Kairi, go eat, I'll wait for her okay," he gave her a caring look and she walked away. When she got to the dining room she pushed at her food.
"Kairi it's not your fault," Sora assured her
"Maybe we didn't cook something right!"
"Kairi," he rubbed her back and she leaned on his shoulder. After a long moment of silence Aqua and Ven came back into the dining room. She looked a little paler then she had, and Ven was holding her up.
"Aqua!" Kairi cried and was about to stand.
"It's okay Kairi, sit," the redhead did with a guilty expression on her face, "I guess this is the perfect time to tell you," Ven looked like he was going to explode, "I'm-," he cut her off.
"She's pregnant!" he shouted kissing her on the cheek.
"What!?" Sora shouted.
"I'm three months along-," Ven jumped in again.
"With twins!" he was practically bouncing off the walls.
"Congrats guys!" Namine shouted.
"Even better, he-," Aqua wasn't able to say much.
"I proposed three weeks ago on her birthday! We're getting married!"
"Wait, why didn't you tell us?" Roxas said slightly irritated.
"Why do you think we're out here?"
"Oh wow this is great!" everyone congratulated the couple. The atmosphere was warm and fun. Everyone was thoroughly excited. Axel pulled his cousin aside.
"Kairi… I know I've been promising to quit smoking but… I think I mean it this time. Larxene… she's convinced me to quit somehow."
"That's amazing," she hugged her cousin, "I've known you all my life and I can't convince you, you've known her five days and she's got you changing."
"Love changes a person," he smiled.
"So does this time of year," she hugged her cousin, "This is an amazing gift. So is that," she indicated Aqua, "This is a pretty rockin' Christmas Eve if I say so."
"Yeah," he gave her another squeeze and they returned to their loved ones who were chattering happily around the table.
…Twelve drummers drumming.
Now you wonder where the twelve comes in. Think about it. There are 5 couples plus the twins. TWELVE! Alright guys I hope you enjoyed this shot.
… oh wait… what is that I forgot…
Oh yeah some one's getting proposed to tomorrow. I wonder who that'll be…
Haha
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!
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