Warm Hugs and Sweaters: Christmas Collection
Part 3- Peppermint Kisses
Disclaimer: I do not own this show nor its characters as it belongs to its respectful creator. I only own the plot/idea and nothing more.
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Warnings: None actually... Unless you dislike hetro couples then I highly suggest don't read it. Other than that, there's no trigger warnings here.
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Author's Notes: This is my final Gift-fic to my dear friend, melananime! Since she wrote me stories of the couples I choose/ship from the "Parings Nobody Likes", I decided to write one back to her with her favorite couple, Coffeebreakshipping{Kazama x Stephanie} because there isn't any of them out there in the Internet and such. This will be my final story for this one util next year. Anyway, I hope you like it Melan!
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"Hello sir, are you ready to order?,"the light brunette woman asked with a slight tone of happiness.
"Hmmm~. I would but I already have it right in front of me.,"the young officer replied in his celver speech which cause the cafe girl to giggle and blush with embarrassment on her face.
"Hehe. Oh stop it you~. But seriously, what would like from the menu?"
"Hmmm...The usual please."
"Okay! It will be out in a momet."
The waitress walked to the kitchen window as she ripped out a piece of paper with some writing on it from her notepad and placed it in front of the kitchen window and ringing the bell couple of times to make sure the employees know that an order needs to be prepared for the costumer. After that, she quickly came back to her "usual" costumer and started the conversation with him.
"So when do get out from work?,"she asked her "usual" costumer with eager in her voice.
"Well, my boss told me to take a personal day off tomorrow since I worked really hard than the other professional security officers combined. It's a good thing he gave me that day off because I really need it.,"he replied while rubbing his back from his long prusuits on his D-Wheel and such.
"That's great because I'm taking a day off tomorrow too! But what I meant to say is: Are you getting off somewhere today?"
"Oh. I get off until midnight so yeah... But we're going to spend time together tomorrow okay, Stephanie?"
"Okay... Where should we meet tomorrow?"
"How about the entrance to my apartment? Say around...ten o'clock in the morning?"
"Sure! Oh wait... I don't know where you live though... Can you write down for me, please?"
"Not a problem."
Stephanie ripped another piece of paper from her notepad and gave it to her costumer to write the direction to his place to visit there tomorrow morning. As soon he started to write it down, the cheif rang the bell a couple of times and yelling "order up" which cause the brunette to quick walk over there and back while saying "thank you" as she place the plate and a cup of coffee in front of him. He smelled the food as he looked up and grabbed it in exchange of giving his address to his favorite waitress with sincere smile just for her only. She began trun red from that sweet smile from her customer with love in his eyes.
"Thanks.," the brunette thanked him meekly.
"You're quite welcome~.,"the officer responded with a sweet tone,"Do you drive a car or motorcycle?"
"Well I drive a car and a scooter but for different reasons. My scooter is for going to work and my car is for going different places in the city to either get something or just to look around for whatever reason. Why you asked?"
"Just asking. You are going to take the car, right?"
"Well of course silly. What makes you think I would take my scooter to your place?"
"I was kidding, Stephanie. Well if you don't mind, I going to eat my meal and head to work after this."
"Don't forget to pay your bill, Kazama."
"Me...forget to pay the bill? When did I ever done that?"
"Do I have to bring it up to refresh your memory?"
"Okay. Point taken."
The two laughed at their own silliness and Stephanie left him alone to finish his meal before his food gets cold. Once Kazama finished his meal, he got tab from the table, to the cashier register, payed off his bill and walked through the open door entrance while waving goodbye to Stephanie. She was in awed when he waved at her and decided to do the same thing before he disappears from her sight. The other cafe employee look at her like if she had a major crush on the security officer or something.
"Hey Stephanie. Yohoo. Earh to the crazy lovestruck chick.,"the employee waved her hand in front of Stephanie's to snap her out of her lovestruck trance.
"Huh, what? What the heck are doing, Milami?,"Stephanie quickly got over the trance and stared at her friend with confusion on her face.
"I was trying to get you back to Earth, Stephanie. That's like your tenth time you do that think everytime you see that guy. You're in love, aren't ya?"
"Maybe..."
"Girl, what didn't tell me? I would've give him your numder and tell him how good you look and stuff."
"Uh... He already has my numder and knows how good I look. In fact, we're dating and I'm going to his place to meet up and go different parts of the city. Plus there's the reason why I don't tell these types of things to you. You can go...a little crazy when I tell you about certain things."
"Really? When have I ever gone utterly crazy?"
"Should I get my list from my from my bag or do I just tell you about the times you went crazy?"
"That bad, huh?"
"Pretty much."
"Well dang son. I didn't know I could be that crazy... Wow."
The two girls stood there in silence while shifting their positions with awkwardness and uneasiness in the air. Their boss yelled at them to get moving and telling them to get back to work. The two girls scurried to their original positions and continue on with their work until their shift was over. When their shift ended, it was getting dark and they waved each other good bye as Stephanie went to her scooter, got on and drove away to her house which was two miles away from her work to her home. Once she got there, she open the garage door and advanced to the garage entrance which she closed the door behind her and placed her scooter near the box of tools while covering it with a sheet to keep off dust and such. Stephanie open the door in the garage that led to a hallway from here to the living room but went to her bedroom instead. She open the door of her bedroom, place her items on the counter and plotted herself on the bed for a while until she shifted her body to lay on her back. The brunette simply stared at the ceiling while thinking of the different possibilities of how their date is going to be like since Christmas is almost over.
"Wow... I wonder what Kazama and I are going to do tomorrow since Christmas is already over. I was going to give him a gift that he always wanted today but...maybe tomorrow when I meet him at his apartment...if I know how to find it that is...,"Stephanie began drifting into sleep as she slowly closes her eyes which she is now asleep.
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A buzzing sound appeared in the apartment home of the young security officer who was finishing up his breakfast which it's just cereal with a chopped bananas on it. He quickly got to the source of the sound which it came from the speaker-like buzzer and pressed the button to talk to someone at the end of the line.
"Hello?,"the teal colored haired man answered the call.
"Oh my god. How do I reply back on this thing? Better yet which one do I press to call back? Oh dear, this is not happening...what should I do?,"the nervous yet confused person from the other line began to panic as the person doesn't know how to work with the buzzer thing.
"Stephanie? Is that you?"
"Uh...yes! It's me! How did you notice I was here?"
"I heard you from the other end of the line. You were panicking by the way."
"Oh... So I don't need to press any buttons on this thing then?"
"Haha, no. You're good. I tell my landlord to open the gate for you to enter, okay?"
"Okay!"
"Just give me a sec to talk to them... Okay, they're opening the door so step back please."
The rattling sound was heard from the other side and stopped as Stephanie told him to thank his landlords for opening the gate as well telling him that she will be at his room in a couple of minutes. Minutes passed by as the knocking sound was heard from the other side of the door. The teal haired man opened the door and let Stephanie in his home. She thanked him while slightly bowing to him and continued to walked through the passage until they both reached the slightly spacious living room.
"Wow! This living room is really big! I mean, I didn't mean it like it's small or anything like that! Not at all!," the brunette laughed nervously and blushing with a horrible embarrassment she said to her lover.
"You know Stephanie, you're cute when you make silly mistakes like that. It goes really well with your personality, you know.,"the teal haired man complimented to her which she blushed even more,"Anyway, you can stay here while I change into my causal clothes, okay?"
"Okay."
"It will be quick, I promise."
"I don't mind waiting. Take your time to get ready."
The young officer smiled at her with kindness and left the living room to get dressed for their special date. The brunette simply stood there for a couple of seconds then she went towards the couch and sat on it while patiently waiting for her boyfriend to come out all dressed. Minutes passed by and the teal haired man jumped out of the hallway by saying surprise which caused the brunette to flinch and almost grabbing something to throw at him.
"Oh it's just you, Kazama. You scared the living daylights out of me and almost throwing something at you.," Stephanie began to regain her breath and calming down slowly.
"Oh. I frogot about that. Sorry about that, Stephanie. My bad.," Kazama sincerely apologize for his abrupt action.
"It's okay. Just don't let it happen again please."
"I promise not to do it again. So...should head to malls or is there something particular you want go in the city?"
"Hmmmm... Malls would be great actually. It's been a while since I went there so I don't mind going there."
"You sure?"
"Yeah, I'm sure."
"Okay then. Let's go to the mall!"
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The sun began set down as the people soon left the different places they visited to their home where they can relax and get comfortable to do whatever they do except for the young couple that wants to stay out for a little while as they want to continue on with their moments together. The street lights truned on one by one until the whole city became luminous with elegant lights in different, beautiful colors that lit up in buildings and such. The officer heard a yawn from his girlfriend which her eyelids began to close down little by little. He slightly shook her to get her awake for a while and asked,"Are getting sleepy? I can take you my apartment to let you stay there if you want."
"Hmmm? Oh sorry...I didn't mean to get sleepy on you, Kazama.,"she replied half awake.
"It's okay. I don't mind, I don't mind at all. Before I take you home or which ever you choose, I want to show you something...somewhere private. If that's want to do that is."
"I guess so. Is it going to be quick? I really need my rest for tomorrow afternoon. I'll be working again so I need all the energy I could get from my sleep."
"Of course. It will be quick, I promise."
"Okay, I'll go with you to whatever place you chose."
A smile appeared on his face with happiness and warmth as well Stephanie did the same thing to Kazama before heading into a different direction. After arriving to a park where it was still open for twenty minutes, Kazama guided her to the enormous tree with a couple of cherry blossom were still attached to the branch. The security officer told his girlfriend to stay there and not to fall asleep doing so. He got a rectangular shaped box out of the hole in the tree trunk that was almost far up than Kazama with carefulness and precision of getting it out. He dusted the box before heading where Stephanie was standing with her eyelids almost closed.
"Hey Stephanie, "the teal haired man slightly yet firmly shook Stephanie once and continue talking to her,"I know Christmas is over yesterday and I was going to give it to you on that day but I got sidetracked with my work so I guess it would be a great time to do it now. Here you go, Merry late Christmas."
"For me? Oh Kazama, thank you!," Stephanie unwrapped the her gift, to off the lid and she gasped as she pull out a silver thin necklace with her favorite bird dirnking the nectar out of a her favorite flowers as well.
She want to try it on with her new necklace she was fatigue but her fingers were a little dropy. Kazama helped with her necklace and told her she looked amazing after placing it around her neck. She blushed but with affection instead of embarrassment this time. Before they exited out of the park, she told her boyfriend to close his eyes and hold out his hands because she also has gift for him as well. He did what she asked and felt some weigth on his hands after being placed on them. She told him to open his eyes and when he did, he was surprised by a small yet slightly thin box on his hands that was given by his girlfriend.
"Open it, Kazama, open it!,"the brunette was eagerly waiting for him to open it which he did after the second he got it.
He quickly open the the box and he saw greyish blue leather gloves with similar designs that his old gloves had when he first join the security squad. He got one of them from the box as he began to feel the texture of his present which he examined it carefully and was happy about his gift he got. Stephanie began to explain that she noticed how his gloves began to wore out as well with the purpose of its use and saved all her money to go to the store that sold the exact same thing that Kazama is holding. Before he was about to say something, she hugged him and gave him a sweet kiss on his lips which he did the same to her that caused both of them to kiss each other passionately. The announcement came up in the speakers saying that the park will be closing in four minutes which the passionate kissing became short and decided to this at Kazama's place to sleep for the night.
Kazama placed his on Stephanie's shoulders as well as Stephanie place her arm around his waist and walked towards the exit of the park with heartwarming smiles embedded on their faces. Of course, Stephanie was becoming sleepy again so Kazama told her to get his back and he'll drive her to his apartment to let her lay on the bed with him while cuddling with her and holding her tight while they sleep. Kazama fantasies about this as he walked towards to the brunette's car which he had the keys in his pocket on his coat as he pull it out and unlocked the doors of the car. He opened the passenger side of the car that was next to the driver's seat, truned around and gently placed the sleeping brunette on the seat as well as strapping the seat belt to keep her secure. He closed the door and quickly got to the driver's side while opening the door, getting in and starting the engine. Before driving to his home, he gently touched Stephanie's with his bear knuckles and whispering, "Goodnight my lovely hummingbird~."
He kissed her sweetly on the forehead and drove off with the smile on his face once again but this time with more of his affectionate side.
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Author's Note: Finally finished! It took longer than I expected but it doesn't matter because I already finished this Coffeebreakshipping for melananime! Anyway, this is the last oneshot story for my friends until next December. Maybe even with three new people I will randomly selecte form some websites. Maybe. Also, please criticized my writing skills so I can be better in the future. Good or bad as long they are not insults or rude comments. Thank you for reading this on your time, I appreciate it!