Summary: Just a small drabble. Similar timeline as the last one, with the two in college, though this time they are in their third year at school and are living in an apartment together. Mika has been so busy with school lately he hasn't had time to appreciate the holidays, so Yuu tries to spread the holiday cheer.
The day had been long; there hadn't been a moment where Mika could take a second to himself just to relax. From the start of seven a.m., Mika had attended three classes, worked for six hours, met up with a group of classmates to work on their class presentation, and then he spent the rest of his night writing two papers and studying hard at the library for his exam tomorrow.
Mika rubbed his tired eyes, shutting his notebook as he did, declaring his studying to be over for the night. He blinked and peered at the clock above the front desk of the library, the time reading a few minutes after one, much later than Mika had anticipated; he had told Yuu he would be back at the apartment by nine at the latest. He hadn't realized he had forgotten about a paper he had to write, and he hadn't expected the group meeting o have run as long as it had. Mika sighed, wishing his phone hadn't died earlier so that he could've warned Yuu not to wait up for him.
Originally, he and Yuu were supposed to decorate the apartment for Christmas that day, the two having bought some decorations a couple weeks prior. But when Mika had received his work schedule and settled on a date for his group project, they'd agreed to push off the decorating to spend the night curled up on the couch watching Christmas movies together, the proper way to spend a night a couple weeks before Christmas and the end of school. Clearly that wouldn't be happening, and Mika knew Yuu would be sad, but he'd understand; he always seemed to. Mika felt fortunate in that.
Taking in a deep breath, Mika shoved his notebook and pens inside his backpack and pulled on his coat and scarf, sliding the backpack on as he exited the library. The apartment they had chosen to live in wasn't far from campus or the school library; it was a twenty minute walk in the snow, which Mika didn't mind. The time passed quickly, the silence comforting after the day he'd had.
Once Mika walked through the doors and made his way up the stairs to his room in the complex, Mika paused, feeling dumbstruck and questioning if he'd made a wrong turn along the way. But when he checked the number, he knew he hadn't stopped at the wrong place. He had to smile despite how tired he felt, joy swelling in his heart as he realized what Yuu had done.
Two small Christmas deer leaned against each wall next to the door, lit up in a brilliant cream lighting. Christmas lights were strung along the doorframe, illuminating the wreath that rested on the door, the small ornaments on it reflecting green, red, blue, and yellow at Mika.
Mika unlocked the door then, stepping inside to reveal an entire living room illuminated by Christmas lights in varying shades and colors. Mistletoe hung in different spots around the room, along with wreaths, Christmas bells, and candy canes. Venturing further inside, Mika could see figurines of angels, snowmen, and Santa Claus occupying the kitchen counters and any open table, snow globes placed around as well. Along one of the walls hung his and Yuu's stockings, both of them hung close to the small Christmas tree standing in a corner, only a couple of ornaments and a few strands of tinsel on the branches, no presents hidden underneath yet. These weren't all of the decorations they owned, but Yuu had put up a good portion of them.
Speaking of the boyfriend, Mika's eyes landed on a peaceful Yuu who had fallen asleep on the couch, two mugs sitting in front of him on the coffee table as well as one of Yuu's textbooks and a notebook. Mika couldn't help but give a soft smile, setting his bag down as he tiptoed over to Yuu, wondering if he should wake him up or not. Mika wanted to wake Yuu up to thank him for his hard work and to apologize for missing out on their date night, but he looked so content as he slept that Mika didn't have the heart to disrupt him. Instead, Mika crept to the bedroom to grab a blanket and draped it over Yuu. He moved to leave, but he bumped into the coffee table, knocking into the mugs and spilling the unknown liquid inside one of them over the table.
"Damn it," Mika hissed under his breath, grabbing Yuu's textbook and notebook and setting them on the kitchen counter as he went to grab paper towels.
Yuu stirred awake then, yawning aloud as he rubbed his eyes and turned in Mika's direction, groggily asking, "Mika, are you back?"
Mika snatched the paper towel roll and hurried back over to the coffee table. "Yeah, I just got back a few minutes ago, sorry for waking you." He spoke in a quiet tone as he cleaned the mess, setting up the mug that had spilt.
Yuu waved him off dismissively. "Don't worry about it." Yuu's mind finally seemed to register what Mika was doing as he moved to grab the mugs, bringing them to the kitchen to rinse them out. "Crap, sorry. I made hot chocolate thinking you would be back sooner." He paused for a moment, craning his neck to look at Mika. "What time is it, anyway?"
"About one-thirty," Mika replied, picking up the pile of used paper towels and throwing them away. "My phone died or else I would've called you to tell you I'd be out late." Mika turned to Yuu once he finished cleaning the mugs, taking his hand and intertwining their fingers. "I was surprised to see you'd decorated…but you did a great job, Yuu-chan."
Yuu squeezed his hand, grinning. "Thanks, I'm glad you liked it." He gave a soft chuckle as his other hand rubbed the back of his head. "I was hoping you wouldn't have mind since I know you wanted to decorate together, but I wanted to surprise you with something nice since you've been working so hard lately. I tried decorating the tree a little, but I thought that would be better spent with you."
Mika leaned forward and gave Yuu a quick kiss and an appreciative smile. "I think that's a great idea, Yuu-chan. I promise we'll find some time together this weekend."
Yuu rested his hand along Mika's jaw, his thumb softly caressing Mika's cheek as he flashed Mika a beguiling expression that made Mika's heart flop. "You better make time to decorate, I did wait up for you all night, all alone without a phone call or a message from you telling me when you would be back."
Mika narrowed his eyes and shook his head, pouting as Yuu did have a point. "I should've guessed you'd hold that against me."
Yuu laughed and dropped his hand to his side, stepping toward the bedroom and dragging Mika along, winking as he teased, "I can hold something else against you, too, this weekend."
Mika blushed at the comment, following Yuu into the room as he stammered, "Y-Yuu-chan!"
Yuu chuckled, kissing Mika's cheek then. He pulled away and yawned, collapsing into the bed and pulling Mika along with him. He closed his eyes as soon as his head hit his pillow and muttered, "Change and sleep, I'm tired."
Mika smiled and changed into his pajamas quickly, charging both his phone and Yuu's as his boyfriend had neglected to do so in his state of exhaustion. Mika yawned himself and crawled into bed with Yuu, falling asleep in bliss once Yuu wrapped a warm arm around him, pulling him close.
A/N: I hope you all enjoyed this one! It's short and sweet, but I wanted to put up a little something. Admittedly, I should be studying for my final 2 final exams, but whatever, it happens. Leave a review and let me know what you think, thanks in advanced for any reads, follows, favorites, etc.! I know timelines can be a bit confusing, so I'm going to try to make the chapters more connected from here on out.
To Mr. Shade, thank you for your suggestions! I hope you enjoy this little holiday scene, and I'll keep all of your other suggestions in mind going forward. And thank you Nayru Elric, I appreciate it!
Also, I posted the first chapter of my other MikaYuu multi-chapter fic if any of you want to read. It's called We All Have Our Needs and is a college AU and one of those they-meet-for-the-first-time sort of story and all that jazz.