Title: Marshmallow world.
16/16
Outside the snow fell with no shame showing off its glamorous beauty in the most quiet, simple, yet impacting sort of way. That's what he liked the most about this time of year; the snow. Sitting back in the dimly lit living room couch, watching as the snow fell ever gently towards the ground through the high-level city apartment window. With the power-outage, the only comfort of light was offered from the many yet seemingly few candles, with the lack of light they gave.
Yet Tatsuha didn't mind that at all, he enjoyed it immensely. It was sort of weird however, with the new presence of a "Christmas" tree standing proud and tall in the corner of the room. Even in all its glory, with the candle lights flicking around on the red and gold ornaments that hung from it, it was quite the nuisance. Remembering to water it every day and sweeping away the needles was a pain in the ass, but the bundle of blankets and human that was snuggled deeply against him insisted on getting one.
Tatsuha sighed and rolled his head back against the leather couch, letting a yawn out shortly after. He wasn't even Christian and neither was Suguru, but it didn't seem to matter. For apparently, it didn't for "most Americans these days" (quoting Suguru). Celebrating Christmas was more like a material thing now-a-days; hardly any tradition behind it anymore. Even still, Tatsuha's dad had flipped out anyway at the idea of it.
That didn't matter either, wasn't the old mans house.
In the end, Suguru's insistency on celebrating the western holiday won and here they were, December twenty-fourth, watching snow fall, a Christmas tree in the corner, and dozing off on the couch with no power.(1)
"Hey...Tatsuha?" among the small bundle of blanket and human a head popped out and looked up tiredly at Tatsuha.
"Yeah?" He replied groggily while gazing back at Suguru. His hair was ruffled and his face slightly flushed from the warmth he was surrounded in.
"Will you...always love me?" a silence floated over them as coldly and quickly as the snow had. Tatsuha didn't know how to reply as he watched that small bundle wrap its arms around his waist and squash its head into his stomach. Tatsuha could feel all the warmth the blanket provided in his lap, but even still Suguru was shaking as though cold.
"Suguru, what's wrong? Are you all right?" Tatsuha brushed his hand through Suguru's hair as he sat up slightly hunched over.
"Will you Tatsuha?" again silence.
"Of course Suguru...you know I will. Why are you asking this all of a sudden? Is there something wrong?" The questioning man felt the head in his lap shake no and the shivering reside.
"No, nothings wrong...it's just...well we're so young and I'm so happy and I don't want it to end." Suguru said in a hushed sort of whisper.
Tatsuha sighed and smiled, lying back comfortably on the couch.
"Don't worry your pretty little head about it. I'll always love you." Although he couldn't be sure, he comforted himself with that statement for now. No one ever knows what the future holds, but Tatsuha could hope, and Suguru could hope, and they both could try together.
For half isn't one unless another half is involved.
"And Tatsuha," Tatsuha glanced back down at Suguru again.
"Yes?" Suguru smiled brightly up at him, snuggling back under the blankets.
"Merry Christmas." Tatsuha held in a laugh, the broken English sounding more like "Marie Kurisamasoo", but instead he patted the bundle of blanket and human, continuing to watch as the snow fell silently.
The End
Merry Christmas and a happy holidays to everyone else who doesn't celebrate Christmas x)
(1) :P My best friend was born raised and lived in Japan for a very long time. Christmas is celebrated commonly there, for fun and sometimes very, rarely, and hardly ever, for religion. And truly, there are lots and lots of people that do celebrate it for religious purposes, but now with all the media and western influences it's a material holiday that has quite the greedy affect on the newer generations of today. And seeing as how western influences have quite the affect on Japan too, it's more of for the hell of it sort of thing there.(Information provided by my best friend xD to bad so sad if you don't agree.)