He watched her talking to the mayor's son from across the room in the corner, hands firmly implanted in his pockets as he leaned against the wall. Laughter and voices filled the air around him, creating a festive and merry mood but all Bo could do was focus his attention on the pink haired tailor. Luna and Gill had been talking together for quite some time now, as if they were lost in their own world over in the other corner of the living room and Bo didn't think it would be right for him to interrupt them.

Ever since the Starry Night festival two weeks ago, Luna and him had barely talked to one another. He hadn't known what to make of what had happened as the festival ended and he hadn't wanted to think much about it either. He didn't have any business in Harmonica Town and spent most of his time either at home or with Luke at Molly's house, limiting his chances to see Luna. The tailor hadn't sought him out either, making his worries clutter his mind until he couldn't think about anything besides her and the possible relationship that existed between her and Gill.

Today was the first time he was able to see her ever since the night of the festival and seeing her and Gill together certainly didn't help the anxiety that coursed through his veins. A tap on his shoulder broke through his train of thought, making him take his eyes off of Luna and Gill. He turned in the direction that the tap came from to see Molly standing next to him, her head tilted slightly to the side and her hands behind her back. Her lips were pressed together into a line and her eyebrows were raised in confusion as she looked at him and then at Luna. "Hello Bo, you don't seem to be having any fun," the farmer stated.

"Merry Christmas, Molly," Bo replied with a light smile. "No, that's not it, this is a great party and your home looks great too. It's just that…" He trailed off with a soft sigh, unsure of how to even vocalize his thoughts and feelings.

"Don't worry about it Bo," she reassured him, putting an arm around his shoulders and steering him toward the kitchen. Maya and Perry were standing in the room chatting next to the mixer, a whole bunch of fruits and vegetables on the table but Molly shooed them out, unplugging the mixer to let them take it with them out into the living room where the party was. The entire while, Molly kept one hand behind her back, always out of Bo's sight until they were fully alone in the room. "Here, I finally got these yesterday. Vaughn managed to catch the boat here to deliver them. They might be able to help you today."

A bouquet of roses and hyacinths appeared before him, all arranged neatly with three stems of pink cat in the middle. The red and yellow flowers were mixed in with one another, creating a nice mixture of colours while the purple pink cat flowers remained together in the center. Bo didn't know much about flower arrangements but he had to admit the bouquet looked better than what he had in mind in the first place. "Thank you, Molly," he stated softly as he took the flowers from her.

The farmer grinned at him and patted him on the shoulder. "It's mostly thanks to Chelsea, my cousin-in-law, but you're welcome too. It's Christmas, I'd like to help as much as I can. You're one of my good friends, Bo, and Luna and you are so close that you might as well be a couple," she replied with a cheeky grin. "You can keep the flowers in here for now if you'd like."

With her job done, Molly gave Bo one last smile before walking out of the kitchen, back toward the heart of the Christmas party. Normally, the annual Christmas party would've been hosted at the Brass Bar where Chase and Kathy would be in charge of the food and drinks with Hayden helping at times but this year, Hamilton had decided the 'older villagers' should be able to have fun on Christmas too and had created his own version of a Christmas party there. Molly had volunteered to host their Christmas party at her home which was why Luke had went all out helping her decorate.

The bouquet of flowers rested in his hands and Bo stared down at it. The flowers were still fresh and their petals were soft to the touch. At least now he finally had the flowers he wanted, but what exactly could he do with them now? Of course, he could always just give them to her and they'd be special enough since they were all out of season flowers but it just didn't seem right. Bo had gotten her a necklace made out of Sakura seashells too which sat in a small box in his pocket. He was definitely going to give it to her but…

The plans he had come up with never resulted in what he had expected. He had gotten hurt twice the day before Thanksgiving and on the day of the festival, he hadn't even been able to say anything to her besides presenting her with the cake. That hadn't been absolutely terrible though since Luna had looked quite happy at the sight of the pumpkin cake he had baked her. Starry Night though was a different story. Everything had seemingly gone smoothly until the end, when she had run off after Gill, leaving him alone. He hadn't even asked her out properly to the festival in the first place. Bo didn't even know if he should try to say anything to her anymore. It certainly seemed like the Harvest Goddess didn't want their relationship to move beyond that of friends.

"Dashing through the snow, in a one horse open sleight. Through the fields we go, laughing all the way. Bells on bob-tail ring, making spirits bright. What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight. Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh."

His thoughts were pushed out of his mind by the sound of Luke's singing echoing through the room outside and Bo left the kitchen, holding onto the bouquet of flowers still. Calvin was sitting in a chair in the corner of the room where Bo had been earlier, strumming his guitar as Luke tried singing along. Molly had joined them along with Maya and Kathy, all calling out the lyrics. Toby and Renee stood next to the Christmas tree, murmuring to one another while Chase and Candace were seated together on some of Molly's many sofas along the wall. Luna was nowhere in sight but Gill was with Perry over by the hallway entrance, talking with one another.

Gill caught Bo looking at him and excused himself, walking over to the blonde carpenter. Bo only stared at the future mayor in surprise, not having expected Gill to approach him. "Have you seen Luna?" Bo asked timidly.

"She went outside," the future mayor replied in a monotone. "If you're going to see her, you might want to take these first." He presented Bo with a box, which he took after he shifted the flowers over to rest on his arm.

"Thank you…?" The box was wrapped up with Christmas wrapping paper and had ribbon tied around it, ending up in a bow on top of the box. "What is it?"

"It's from Luna; I'm only the messenger," Gill answered, already turning around to walk back to where Perry was to continue his conversation. "She wanted to surprise you."

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"Luna?" Bo tentatively called out, closing the door to Molly's home behind him. Snow gently fell down from the grey sky, landing softly in his hair and on the flowers. He walked forward a few steps, clutching the box Gill had handed him and the bouquet of flowers tightly in case he slipped and dropped them. The seashell necklace he had bought for Luna was resting in another box in his pocket where it should be safe if he did end up slipping while walking.

The pink haired tailor was standing on the main road, staring at the lake but she turned when she heard his voice. Her eyes lit up as seeing the flowers in his arms and she quickly covered the distance between them. "I see you got your present," she stated, gesturing to the box he was holding. "What's with the flowers?"

He didn't know how to respond. There was a lot on his mind that he wanted to say and a lot of questions he wanted to ask but Bo couldn't get the right words to leave his mouth. Instead, he nodded in reply to her first question and held out the bouquet of flowers to answer her second. "These are for you. I wanted to give them to you for Thanksgiving but I didn't get them until today."

Luna's eyes widened as she took the flowers into her hands, hovering her face over the petals as she inhaled their scent. A grin bloomed on her lips as she looked up at Bo, her eyes shining. "They're beautiful, thank you, Bo." The pink cat flowers, along with the roses and hyacinths made for a lovely bouquet and she couldn't help but stare at them. She was surprised that he had managed to even get such flowers in winter but Luna didn't question him. "Do you like your gift?"

"I actually haven't looked at it yet," Bo confessed, his eyes looking down sheepishly at the snow.

"Open it now then," she urged him.

Gently, he undid the ribbon, stuffing it into his pocket before peeling back the wrapping paper to reveal a medium sized box. Taking off the lid, he was met with an assortment of mushrooms.

"I didn't know what to get you for Christmas so I asked Gill for some help," Luna explained, looking at the box and then at him. "Some of these mushrooms can only be found on Mushroom Island in the Sunshine Archipelagos; I got him to import then for me. You should come over some day and I'll make you dinner with them."

"Thank you, Luna" Bo replied, slightly stunned. "That sounds great." He felt foolish for feeling anxious and worried during the past few days if that was the sole reason she had spent so much time with Gill.

"You don't sound all that happy," she stated, leaning in closer toward him to peer at his face.

"T-that's not it," Bo mumbled, his cheeks flushing red from having her so close to him. "I just thought that… You and Gill…"

"What about Gill and me?"

The blush on his cheeks only turned redder and he stuffed his free hand into his pocket, fiddling with the gift box. "I thought that…you two were together."

She arched an eyebrow at him. "Like a couple?" Bo nodded and she ended up laughing at that. "Why would you think that?"

"You two were usually whispering to each other," he started in a low mumble, "And after the Starry Night Festival ended…"

"Those are some pretty terrible reasons," Luna stated with a shake of her head though that didn't stop her from smiling up at him. "I just wanted to check with him that he got the mushrooms. Besides, if we were a couple, I wouldn't have spent Starry Night with you, now would I?"

She definitely had a point there and Bo looked down at the snowy ground in embarrassment. Luna laughed again, the sound ringing around them. Sounds and voices occasionally drifted over toward them from the farmhouse, indicating that the party was still in full swing. "Do you want to go back inside?" he asked her, trying to change the subject.

Luna nodded and took his head in hers, walking ahead of him toward Molly's home. They had almost reached the door when Bo stopped abruptly, breaking Luna's hold on his hand. She turned around to look at him, her eyebrows furrowed in confusion and he smiled sheepishly at her. "The flowers weren't what I had planned to give you for Christmas," he began, reaching his free hand into his pocket and withdrawing the necklace box. "This is for you too."

She blinked her eyes and took the box, moving the flowers to rest more on the upper part of her arm so she could use her other hand to open the present. He had kept it simple by putting her present in a simple box and topping it off with the lid. It wasn't wrapped or anything either. Luna took off the lid and peered inside to see the pink Sakura seashell resting on the bottom of the box with a thin silver chain looped through the top of the seashell. "Wow," she exhaled, surprise lighting up her face. "This is beautiful; thank you, Bo! I've always wanted a necklace like this. C-can you help me put it on?"

He took the necklace from her with a nod and walked behind her, shoving the box of mushrooms into his pocket to free up his hands. Putting the necklace around her, he fumbled with the clasp at the back, his hand accidentally brushing her skin. His cheeks turned an even darker shade of red but he was glad that she couldn't see him then. The clasp fell into place and he stepped away from her while she turned to face him, the necklace resting at the base of her neck. Luna stared down at the Sakura seashell, tracing it with a finger as she smiled.

"All I want for this Christmas is to be with you, hold you close, you are one in a million. You're my only snowflake."

The entire house was silent except for the voice singing. Bo and Luna both looked toward the farmhouse and silently opened the door, sneaking inside and walking toward the living room. Everyone had gathered there in a semicircle, with Toby and Renee in the center. Calvin was playing the last few notes of the song on his guitar while the fisherman held out a blue feather for his girlfriend. Everyone was quiet, waiting for Renee's response.

"Yes!"

Everyone applauded the couple, with Luke and Owen letting out wolf whistles as the newly engaged couple hugged. A few 'congratulations' filled the air and Luna yelled her own congrats toward the couple. Bo followed her example and did the same, though his voice wasn't as loud as hers. Luna laughed at that and pulled him aside.

"Hey Bo," she started, looking at him with sparkling eyes.

"Yes, Luna?"

"Merry Christmas." She stood up onto her toes and pressed her lips to his cheek. "And thank you for everything this season."

"Ten! Nine! Eight! Seven! Six! Five! Four!"

Midnight was almost there, signalling the end of this year and the start of a new one. The majority of the villagers had gathered in Harmonica Town to countdown. Chase and Candace stood directly outside Sonata Tailoring with Luke and Molly a ways from them. Bo stood next to Luna who had her eyes focused on the dark sky, waiting for the fireworks.

"Three!"

Winter hadn't gone as he had planned, not in the slightest, but Bo hadn't minded. He looked over at Luna and took her hand in his, making her look at him. She smiled at him briefly before looking back up at the sky but she didn't move her hand.

"Two!"

He had an idea about how she felt toward him and that was good enough for him. What had happened during Christmas spoke for itself. Even though he never did manage to voice how he felt toward her, Bo was certain she knew.

"One!"

"Happy New Years!"

Bo tugged on Luna's hand, making her look at him as fireworks were launched and exploded in the sky. Quickly, he pressed his lips against hers. She didn't pull away and instead she kissed him back.

"Happy New Year." They smiled at each other knowingly and Luna rested her head on his shoulder as they watched the fireworks.

It had been a good year.

A/N: That was an abrupt ending, I know but I couldn't figure out how to end it without blabbing on for another thousand words. So yep, there you have it, your gift this year! I hope you enjoyed reading it and that it wasn't too terrible. Writing Christmas themed things sort of isn't my forte x: The italic'ed song lyrics used were from Sleigh Ride, Jingle Bells, and Snowflake (by Jason Chen). I have no idea who the other songs are sung by...

Anyways! Thanks, everyone, for reading. I wish you all a Merry Christmas and happy holidays c: May the new year be full of happiness for you all.

Happy Leafing~