The vulpine woke up the next morning feeling groggy. Not very normal for him but neither was last night either. He hadn't broke his normal timing like that since they had first brought Krystal onto the Great Fox.

"Ugh.. One o'clock?" Fox exclaimed at the clock on his dresser. No wonder he felt this way.

He knew he would catch some teasing from Krystal on this one and he did.

"Sleep well?" She asked slightly caring but slightly making fun of how late he had slept.

"Yeah..Gonna make some coffee or something.." He half moaned to her, almost like the living dead.

Normally the vulpine didn't drink any coffee, if he needed a boost he'd grab an energy drink but then again something about all these decorations made him feel strange. Warmer than usual, maybe even nicer. If that was possible with the only crew on board being Krystal who he was always nice to.

The surprise for the two of them wasn't until he was about to leave. Krystal was taking something into their small kitchen while Fox was leaving, the two bumped into each other and landed flat on their tails. Fox barely was able to hold onto his mug to prevent a spill.

"Sorry Krystal didn't see you coming.. You okay?" He asked her seeing her eyes glued above them. "Krys..?" Fox asked this time worried he might've hit her head.

"Yeah I'm fine but..Why did you put that up?" She asked him staring at a green plant-like decoration above them.

Fox looked up to see mistletoe and he knew that she probably set this up purposely, atleast he hoped. She could either be teasing him by this or maybe she had the same feelings he had. "Krystal where did you?"

"I didn't put it up there Fox.." She told him staring him in the eyes now. Her look showed the truth. Fox didn't do it nor did she.

"Huh, strange.." Fox muttered back. He decided to do the same thing she had done the night before to him and pecked her quickly on the cheek. He was blushing more than ever now.

"If you're going to do it, atleast do it right." She smirked at him before kissing him on the lips for the first time since the night he had rescued her. This time it was different than before. Somehow it meant more, it wasn't a 'Thank you' it was more of the fact that she cared.

"Krystal..Wow.." Fox muttered after the best twenty seconds of his life. She still clung onto his chest like her life depended on it.

"I d-don't want to move.." She muttered, her voice muffled by the vulpine's shirt.

Fox's hand was shaking so he dropped his coffee mug to prevent a spill and then wrapped his arms around the vixen. Suddenly a burst of courage through the vulpine. "Krystal I-I.." He stuttered, his heart pounding inside his chest. She could feel it.

"I know you do.." She blurted out "I'm just so nervous around you because I'm afraid I'll mess up our wonderful friendship."

"I've been afraid too." Fox sighed. "I should've just told you and then we wouldn't be stuck on this cold floor freezing ourselves." The vulpine stood up and offered the vixen a helping paw.

She barely let out a giggle to his remark and then accepted his paw to help her up. As soon as she was on her feet she embraced the fox one more time quickly before heading to the couch she had called home the past couple days. To her surprise Fox came and actually joined her on the small space.

Fox hoped he wasn't pushing himself on her too much. He was trying his hardest to avoid too much unnecessary physical contact with the vixen but somehow he knew she enjoyed his company like this. Maybe it was the wide smile on the vixen's face or just a feeling in the air. One thing was for sure; he was glad he bumped into Krystal in the perfect location.

It didn't take long for either of the two to fall asleep like that, considering how many missions they had done to earn such a holiday break it was no surprise but while he dreamt he was losing precious valuable time on the day he was planning on buying Krystal's Christmas gift.

Hours passed and the two hardly moved, Fox was content for the first time that he could remember. Instead of his mind being on missions it was on the vixen that was now curled up beside him, sleeping within his arms.

It was nightfall in Corneria by the time the two woke up. The vulpine simply sat up,looked at the clock and groaned waking the vixen up accidentally.

"What is it?" Krystal asked him, her hair in a mess from their lazy afternoon.

"Wasted the day.." He grumbled, still tired himself.

Krystal gasped playfully. "You mean this was a waste?"

"N-No Krystal just I was going to go fly to Corneria quickly and grab something for this weekend." Fox stammered, he knew she was joking around with him but he didn't want to risk his chances with her this early.

"Oh so you're planning on buying me something?" She raised an eyebrow making him blush. He wished he'd stop being so..Shy.

"Maybe.. I have a few ideas." Fox smirked at her before laying back down on the couch.

"Well I'll go with you.. We'll split up and get each other something." She suggested.

Fox smiled at her. "Sounds good to me." She smiled back before fading off from Lylat. Trying her hardest to find out what the famous hero of Corneria would need.