Blaine, Kurt, and Loki were sitting at Hufflepuff table one cloudy November morning when Cooper walked over, holding a letter in his hands.
"Hey, Squirt," he called as he came over. Blaine was about to protest Cooper calling him squirt, but Cooper continued talking. "Mum and Dad just wrote and said they're
going to Europe for Christmas this year- it's for their wedding anniversary. Anyway, they figured we'd both just stay here for Christmas this year."
"O-okay," said Blaine. "Is there anything I need to do?"
"Your House Head will ask people if they're staying, so all you have to do is sign up when that happens. Have a good day, Kurt, Squirt, Laufey," he said, before walking back to the Gryffindor table.
"If you're staying, I'm staying here too," said Kurt. "I'm not going to go home if you're not there."
"Thanks, Kurt," said Blaine, pulling Kurt into a hug. When they pulled apart, Kurt turned to Loki, and said, "Are you staying too?"
"I don't see why I shouldn't," said Loki. "Christmas at home is never fun for me."
"Why not?" asked Blaine.
"Just cause," said Loki. "So- we're all staying here for Christmas then?"
"Yep," Kurt replied.
Loki had thought for weeks as to what to get Kurt and Blaine for Christmas. He had originally planned on going to Hogsmeade to get presents there, but was disappointed to realize that as a first year, he couldn't go. After some deliberation, however, he decided to draw portraits of Kurt and Blaine.
Loki had always been good at drawing, which was something he had been mocked for at home. This time, he was pretty sure no one would mock him for it, so it was with great enthusiasm that he got out his pencils and paper and set to drawing Kurt and Blaine. By the time the portraits were done, he felt that these were the best he'd ever done.
Kurt, on the other hand, did not have Loki's hesitation about what to get for Blaine and Loki. He had often been forced to mend his own clothes, and so had become adept at sewing. He therefore decided to make Blaine and Loki jumpers in their house colors. He'd borrowed Cooper's owl and written home to his dad to send him lots of black, silver, yellow, and green thread, which he had recieved not long after.