A/N: Sorry, I totally forgot to post this to on Christmas! So enjoy an Christmas short on New Year's Eve.
The entire castle is busy getting ready for Christmas break. Students and teachers are packing up to go home and giving out last minute presents. Even Sawamura is stuck in the dorms, wrapping gifts for his friends back home.
"You're missing a huge party downstairs," Miyuki says as he walks in.
"I have to get this done before we go!" Sawamura replies frantically.
"I can help you with that, if you want." Miyuki pulls out his wand and starts to say a spell, but Sawamura stops him.
"It's more special if I do it with my hands. Besides, if it's wrapped too well they might get suspicious. I've never been good at wrapping."
Miyuki glances at the finished presents on the ground next to Sawamura. "Yeah, I can tell."
Sawamura squawks at the thinly veiled insult, then quiets down as he watches Miyuki sit down on the bed.
"Uh, Miyuki? Is there are a reason you're here?"
"Do I need a reason to see my boyfriend?" Miyuki says smugly, knowing how Sawamura will react.
True to form, Sawamura does exactly what he always does when Miyuki uses that word: blush deeply and look away. "Yeah, right! Now tell me the real reason."
"That is the real reason. I wanted to see you, that's all." He starts to stand up. "I can leave if I'm bothering you."
"No, don't!" Sawamura shouts. "I mean, I don't mind if you stay."
Miyuki smirks. "I knew you wouldn't." Miyuki lays back on his bed and flips through one of his magazines.
Sawamura sighs and returns to wrapping his gifts. Dammit Miyuki. How am I supposed to concentrate now? I should've let him leave. he thinks. But then again, the sight of Miyuki relaxing on his bed...it's something straight out of a dream.
This leads to some other thoughts, till Sawamura literally has to smack his own head.
"Sawamura? You okay?" Miyuki says, a little concerned.
Sawamura laughs awkwardly. "Of course! I'm completely fine!" Don't be a perv, idiot! he yells at himself.
Miyuki stares at him for a few more seconds, before snorting and turning back to what he was reading. Sawamura lets out a silent breath of relief, and tries once again to focus on the presents. Still, his mind drifts back to Miyuki.
He still gets flustered whenever Miyuki refers to him as his boyfriend, because he still can't believe that he's actually Miyuki's boyfriend. It's been a couple of weeks since they started dating, yet Sawamura's still waiting for Miyuki to walk up to him and say, "Okay, the joke's over now" or to wake up in bed with the knowledge that this has all been a dream. This is Miyuki he's talking about here. Miyuki, who is by no means unattractive and can get any girl or guy he wanted if he really tried. So why did he pick Sawamura?
This thought process was starting to put Sawamura in a bad mood. Because, even though they haven't been together long, Sawamura liked him. A lot. And it's scary not to know how much of Miyuki feels the same.
Miyuki flicks his forehead. "Ow! What the hell, Miyuki!"
"You've been sitting there with this constipated look on your face and you didn't even notice I moved." Miyuki tilts his head. "What are you thinking?"
The last thing Sawamura wants to do is tell him about his stupid insecurities. "It's nothing."
Miyuki rolls his eyes, but doesn't push the issue. Instead he says, "I was going to wait until you finish, but since you're taking forever I might as well give this to you now." He pulls something out of his back pocket and hands it to Sawamura.
"You got me a present?" He stares in wonder at the perfectly wrapped gift, which is red and has cartoon reindeers actually galloping in place on it. "Can I open it now?"
Miyuki shrugs. "Sure, I don't care."
He ripped open the wrapping paper and found that Miyuki had gotten a brand new pair of riding gloves for his broom.
"I remember you complaining about needing new gloves, so I thought it'd be a nice present. It's not the most romantic gift in the world, but I thought it'd be useful."
"Who cares about romantic? I've wanted these for months now." He looks up at Miyuki and gives him his sunniest smile yet. "Thank you, Miyuki."
It could be Sawamura's eyes betraying him, but he swears he see Miyuki's cheeks get a little pink. "It's no big deal. I don't suppose you got me anything?"
Sawamura's mood dropped instantly. "By the time I thought about it, I didn't have any money. I'm sorry, Miyuki."
Miyuki laughed and ruffled his hair. "Don't look so depressed, Sawamura. You're crushing my Christmas spirit."
"I'll buy you something when I get home, I swear!" he promises.
"It's okay. We haven't been together that long, so I wasn't expecting you get me anything." Miyuki rubs his neck sheepishly. "I bought that before we started dating, anyway."
That intrigued Sawamura. "Really? Why?"
This time, he knows for sure Miyuki was blushing. "I thought it'd be nice to give you something for once, instead of you giving me everything." He's speaking so low Sawamura has to strain to hear him.
"I can't remember ever giving you anything. Wait, I did give you some candy that one time." Sawamura remembers.
"I'm not talking about a gift. You give me—I'm not saying it. It's too cheesy."
"Now you have to tell me!"
He begs and pleads, but Miyuki doesn't budge. Finally, he gives up and seriously wraps his friends' presents with a clearer mind than before.
"Finished!" Sawamura says with a triumphant look on his face.
Miyuki, who had moved back to the bed, nodded his head in respect. "I can't believe you did that all by hand."
"Believe it or not, this is how we Muggles get everything done." He slumps down on the bed next to Miyuki. "Now that I'm done, we can go down to the party."
Miyuki grins. "Or not."
Sawamura glances around at how completely empty the dorms are and grins back. "Or not."
They lay down side by side, not touching or anything, just talking. After a moment of silence Miyuki says, "There is something you can do for me, if you want to get me a present."
"What is it?"
"Write me over break. I've always wanted to get a letter from an owl." With cell reception being so bad between the Wizarding and Muggle world, it was the only way Sawamura could communicate with him when they weren't at school. "And getting to talk to you would be an additional perk."
Sawamura nodded eagerly. "I'll send you a bunch of letters. But you better write me back too, Miyuki!"
"Don't worry, I'll definitely write you back."
For sure, Sawamura can't wait to see his family and friends and tell them all about school (well, almost everything about school with his friends) and how he's been, but for once he doesn't feel himself impatiently counting down the minutes until the train arrives to take him home. Instead, he savors the last few minutes of his first Christmas with Miyuki.