いつまでも幸せ休日OVA 1：エターナルサマーのエンチャントクリスマス！
~ Happily Ever Holidays OVA 1: The Enchanted Christmas of Eternal Summer! ~
Note: This is an entire flashback chapter back in Book 3 Eternal Promise Interlude Chapters, during the "Reign of the Magic Six" on the continent of Lynwin.
Time: Over 2 Years after "The Last Legend's Wedding Epilogue Scene"/ 1+ Year after SeiGou's Wedding
While Thanksgiving wasn't a huge thing on Lynwin, the end of the year holidays (Hanukkah, Christmas, New Years, Kwanzaa, etc.) were on the rise. Here the newly arrived citizens started their new lives on the continent after the Magic Six married their respective partners and were titled as "Masters".
The continent was positioned mostly just south of the equator but there was some areas of the land that was north (but hardly any snow) of the line. The city itself was just resting a bit south so it was technically in the summer season but the weather all over the land was peaceful and sunny (not to mention beautiful).
December 19, 20XX
Matsuoka-Ryugazaki Residence
Rin woke up from the alarm clock and stretched himself awake. The sun was just beginning to rise up the morning skies with vibrant colors. He turned to the bed and sighed a bit sadly for not seeing his sexy butterfly. He missed him dearly even though he was already used to the daily lifestyle here.
He'll be home for Christmas, he thought, with a smile.
He walked down the stairs and into the kitchen, preparing himself his own breakfast while looking over some magazines of Rei's fashion modeling, reading some articles on the interviews and other things.
"So it seems people are trying to know our private lives," he muttered, "Ohhh the media just never leaves us alone."
The doorbell rang while he cooked up some pancakes. Rin walked over and saw Gou, Nitori, and Momotarou.
"I thought you were busy today sister?" asked Rin.
"Well I had the time off as I was given finally," she answered, "Nitori and Momo wanted to go out with you since you were off."
"Perhaps," he yawned, "But I had some other plans originally."
"I haven't seen you though for a while!" said Momo, "Ever since you and Rei-san were getting married, I didn't even get the chance to stay for the…
"Momo," answered Nitori, "It's alright now. You're safe here."
"I'll be ready in a bit," answered Rin, "We got a lot to do before Rei returns!"
Marotta-Nanase Residence
Alex and Haruka were busy making breakfast together while the former made some pancakes, the latter heated up some leftover mackerel.
"Hey Haru," said Alex, "You want to head out to the store later?"
"If there's water, yes," he replied with a joke.
"Oh of course, that's our number one rule in this house," answered Alex, "But we'll need some new filters too for the pools."
"Right," said Haruka.
Sergi walked into the kitchen with a yawn, "Morning."
"Oh hey," smiled Alex, "You slept well last night?"
"Yeah I'm fine," said Sergi, "Mom and dad said they'll be here soon."
"Oh? Sounds like they enjoy breakfast here," he replied, "We're heading out though afterwards. We're going to get decorations and other things for the upcoming holidays."
"You might not want to say that in front of father," answered the younger brother, "He hates that word, 'holidays'."
"Perhaps, but this country is filled with various cultures, not just Christianity alone," said Alex, "He needs to get that in his head."
Hazuki-Tachibana Residence
"Mako-chaaaaaaaaaaaannnn!" laughed Nagisa, "We'll finally be going shoppinnnnngggg!"
"Take it easy, Nagisa," smiled Makoto as he stepped out of the shower.
"Oh well you do look very fine today!" smirked the blonde, "Especially by your goodies."
Makoto blushed and stepped out the bathroom while Nagisa finished brushing his teeth and followed his lover towards the bedroom.
"I have class to teach still today," sighed Makoto, "But it'll be nice since it's the last day before break!"
"Right," he replied, "And Sai is waiting for me too. I'll be home early so we can go have some fun!"
Makoto decided to wear his Christmas-themed tie while wearing a more of a casual uniform since it was the last day before break. He grabbed his glasses before departing on his hover bike while Nagisa gave him a nice kiss on the cheek.
"See you later," smiled Makoto.
"Love you!" said Nagisa, "Don't crash into the goodies!"
"I can say the same to you!" he replied as he drove down on the hover bike.
Nagisa turned to see Sai wobbling his way over, wearing a Christmas Santa hat.
"Peep! Peeeep!" chirped the penguin.
"Alright, alright," smiled Nagisa as he and Sai walked back inside.
San Francisco International Airport, California
Rei sat down at the terminal, waiting for his airplane to be called at. He texted Rin a few times back and forth on a messenger app to keep in touch on things.
"Rin-san…" he muttered with a smile, "Honey…I miss you."
His family and the other families of the Magic Six eventually moved out to Lynwin as well, living the rest of the days happily. However, the team swore to not talk about the others of their magical abilities (though a few of them already knew) in order to not bring about drama and more craziness into the families.
Flashback: 1 Day Ago:
He made a brief stop at Terran Nost back in Los Angeles where he briefly ran into Sousuke reporting some data to the headquarters. Sous was generous to prepare a ticket for Rei's return.
"You didn't had to," said Rei.
"No it's fine," replied Sousuke, "You should save your money for Rin."
"I got a few goodies already, you want to see?" he asked.
"I suppose so," said Sousuke, "Go ahead."
Rei opened one of his suitcases and had a gift bag inside that had some fancy swimwear that was "approved" for the Olympics.
"Is this the TYR Men's?" asked Sousuke, "Hehe, I like that shark design; he'll get a kick out of that."
"How about you? Did you get something for Chi?" asked Rei.
"I already ordered some expensive Belgium chocolate and a nice bikini set," he blushed, turning his head away.
"You guys are getting married too, right?" asked Rei.
"On New Year's Eve. Nitori and Aki wanted to combine the weddings," replied Sousuke, "It's gonna be a busy end of the year for Lynwin."
As long as there's Christmas…I truly believe…
that hope is the greatest…of the gifts we'll receive…
As long as there's Christmas, we'll all be just fine...
there'll always be Christmas…
Lynwin-All University
As soon as the bells rang for the holidays, the students (both children and adults) were happy to finish for the year and the teachers were also relieved but had a lot to prepare for finalization of the grades and other things.
Makoto sat down in his office, looking over at his secret wish list he planned to fulfill for Nagisa. The blonde was still having his child-like ways so he figured that getting some gifts of treats and sweets will be easy. Nothing too expensive but not cheap either.
He looked over the papers that the students wrote for their exam. Many were great, a few were stellar, a couple weren't excellent, but it was overall pleasing that the students were very cooperative.
Once we was finished, he put them safely in his bag and headed out the door. He saw several of the children happily going home with their friends and family as the people of Lywnin lived in a happy state of lives.
Makoto could only smile as he couldn't wait to meet up with Nagisa and the others for this wonderful season together.
Later on the day, Mikoshiba Residence
Seijuurou, Momotarou, Nitori, Rin and Gou were setting up the decorations in the house as they prepared the tree, the stockings and other treats for their friends. Since Gou was due very soon for her labor, she could only do most of the lighter task work in the house. (However, she was still a strong woman and helped as much as possible, excited to share the holidays) Earlier in the year, Sei and Gou wanted to have the celebration here at their house after last year's Christmas took place at Haruka and Alex's house.
"Honey, did you check the lights on the outside?" asked Gou.
"I got the front lights working, yeah!" replied Sei as he plugged in the lights for the tree and it glowed happily.
Ever since the two were married, they lived not far from the Beach of Lynwin Lake but were more towards on the city side for security reasons.
"I remember we had Sousuke come over to our house when we were kids," smiled Gou, "He and Rin would share stories and laugh happily."
Sei smiled and said, "Momo was the same with one of his friends back in Sano Elementary, they visited us and we would play board games all day as well as watching movies."
"I just hope I don't have to start before Christmas," replied Gou, "But I…"
"Are you okay? Is it time?" asked Sei as he rested his hand over her belly. Gou took a few deep breaths and relaxed herself.
"I'll be alright," she replied.
"I still can't believe from the ultrasound that…" began Sei.
"Shhhh, that's a surprise for the others," she answered, putting her finger over his lips.
"We still have to name them," he said.
"Hey are we going to finish up?" asked Rin, looking a bit stern.
"Nii-chan…" sighed Gou.
"Senpai, isn't Rei returning home today?" asked Nitori.
"Uhhhh, I am still waiting for his text," he shrugged, "And isn't Aki off yet?"
"No, she said that she has to work another shift," sighed Nitori, "I wanted to go out with her tonight but she'll let me know when she's cut loose."
"Well I still want to go shopping!" said Momo, "I wanna get those new stag beet-"
"Hush Momo," replied Sei, "You don't want to disturb the babies now."
Before Momo could reply, Rin and Nitori grabbed him and the trio went out, leaving Sei and Gou some peace and quiet.
Lynwin Golden Shopping Plaza
The trio returned to the shopping plaza as Momo cried in annoyance.
"Geeze Momo," sighed Rin, "Take a grip! I'll buy you some beetles, okay?"
"You're the best Rin!" smiled Momo as he sighed happily.
Nitori could only face palm and said, "Well we were here earlier today but why are we back?"
"I have to get something for Rei," replied Rin, "That sexy butterfly…I need something that will be useful for him and his fashion shows…"
He turned towards the central plaza where the fountain of the guardians stood (each of them symbolizes the Magic Six but in an abstract design) where there was a nearby arts and crafts store.
"That's it!" smiled Rin, "I know just what he could use!"
"Oi, Rin-senpai!" shouted Nitori as he and Momo followed after.
Western Flea Market, West Lynwin District
"Aren't you supposed to be teaching today?" asked Alex's mother.
"No, the students already had their finals earlier in the week," he answered as he, Haruka, Sergi, and the Marotta parents went down to the outside flea market.
"How are your parents, mom?" asked Haruka (feeling a bit strange to say mom due to mother-in-law).
"Not doing too well," she said sadly, "We're hoping she can get to the end of the year at least…"
Alex remained silent on that as he remembered when their grandmother had to undergo some serious surgery from hysterectomy as well as chemotherapy for her breast cancer.
"On the other hand…" said Sergi, grabbing some souvenirs and paying the cashier, "Let's send her these!"
"More junk?" asked Alex.
"IT'S NOT JUNK!" replied the younger brother.
"Well you know how our grandma calls everything junk," he sighed, "And what about Aunt Theresa and the others?"
"I uh…" shrugged Sergi.
Alex turned to his parents and asked, "If you guys came out here, what about the rest of the family?"
"Well, both of your nonni were here at the wedding," said mother, "Except for Nonno Frank."
(Nonni = Grandparents, Nonna = Grandma, Nonno = Grandpa)
Haruka turned and saw a vendor with fresh mackerel and other various fish. He walked over and asked for a nice box of mackerel to take when Alex saw at the last moment and said, "Haru! We still got plenty of them in the freezer!"
"I don't care!" he replied, "It's not enough for a year's worth! I can say the same with you and your pizza!"
"He got you," giggled Sergi.
"Stai zito!" snapped Alex
(English: Shut up!)
"Oi! Non dice male!" said the mother.
(English: Oi! Don't say anything bad!)
Early Evening
Makoto and Nagisa finally returned home with a bunch of decorations as well as a handful of gifts to their family and friends. It was quite a long day for them as Makoto was already exhausted carrying a bit of the heavier bags.
Nagisa had other plans as he was already starting to assemble some of the gifts together while Makoto turned to see Sai peeping.
"Yes, I know," said Makoto, "Rei should be back."
Sai nodded but wobbled his way out while Nagisa stared out at the evening sun.
"I'm glad it's nice and warm year round, but it is kinda sad there's not much snow," said Nagisa.
"We could use our magi…" began Makoto.
"Bad idea," replied the blonde.
"I didn't say we'd go down to the public to show off our magic…maybe we can ask the gods to create a nice day of some soft snow or something…that's all," shrugged the taller man.
"Eh well…they're probably busy somewhere in the Atlantic or something," said Nagisa.
"And don't we have to take the decorates to Sei's house?" asked Makoto.
"Oh Sei-chan will have them this is just for us…I decided that we'll host Christmas next year," smiled the blonde.
"Without telling me?" sighed Makoto.
"I wanted to make you a surprise honey, okay?" he asked as he jumped up to him and shared a kiss.
"Alrighty," smiled Makoto.
"Hehehe," smirked Nagisa, "We're definitely playing tonight."
5 Days Later: Christmas Eve
Rei smiled as he and Rin were finally dressed up in nicer clothes for the holiday event. Rei brought some really fancy (and expensive) shirts and ties from Europe.
"It looks beautiful!" smiled Rei, "Honey…"
"The same to you," replied Rin, "My sexy butterfly!"
Tonight was the Christmas Eve dinner at Haruka and Alex's house and the Christmas Day was to be held at Seijuurou and Gou's house.
"Is your sister going to be okay?" asked Rei.
"Not sure," said Rin, "She's due at any time now. Sei is keeping a careful eye on her…but I still worry for her!"
"Hm, you never change," smirked Rei.
"Well you know how much she means to our friends," agreed Rin, "The same goes for Alex and Sergi and to your brother also."
"Right," nodded Rei, "Well, let's get moving then."
Marotta-Nanase Residence
The evening was filled with a massive, beautiful tree with gleaming decorations all around, wreaths and stockings over the fireplace, little cousins, older cousins, and close friends and family. The food for tonight was a variety of fish (mostly mackerel but Alex was sure to teach Haru about other seafood), salads, some light pasta, pizza, and other light-based meals.
In Alex's family, it is a tradition that the eve would be based on fish or non-land meat based meals and on Christmas Day was the full complete dinner (or lunch) set. Other families combined their traditions and tried out new things as well.
Nitori and Aki sat down by the couch with some of Aki's cousins and Nitori's little dog, Peridot while Chigusa and Sousuke smiled together and shared various stories to their friends and family. Haruka and Alex were busy with Sergi, Alex's mother, and Haruka's mother setting up the tables though Makoto would pitch in a little while Nagisa was chatting with Rei and Rin.
"How's the zoo going?" asked Rei.
"Very busy and tiring," said Nagisa, "But Sai's always there to cheer me on…and of course Mako-chan too. Hehe, it's all good."
Rin took a sip of a beer and answered, "The students have done really well this semester for the swim class. But soon though…"
"Yeah, Rin-Rin! I can't wait to see you in action!" smiled Nagisa, "It's your big year!"
"Right," he said, "I'll definitely give everyone a sight they have to see!"
"I'll be going to Munich, Germany for my next round of fashion events," replied Rei, "I cannot wait to see the town!"
"I swear, we need tickets to go see your events," said Rin.
Back in the kitchens, the others finally got the food ready and set up the tables as people gathered together in the kitchen. Alex's family said a prayer of grace together while other families shared different prayers of thanks (depending on the religion or some smiled if they were not in a religion) and everyone sat down together to eat. The dinner hall was crowded but the prep work before was a success as there were plenty of room for people to sit and eat.
Gou tried to sit down carefully at one of the end tables but it was a bit challenging for her while she kept her hand tight with Sei.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"I…" she began before she realized she was starting to…
"Oh?" asked Aki as she noticed Gou's condition.
"Sounds like it's time soon?" asked Chigusa, "Christmas babies?"
Gou finally relaxed and said, "Who knows. I'm ready to eat though!"
In the evening skies, the Suiei Gods drifted around in the clouds of Lywnin, watching from afar of the excitement of Christmas to those that celebrate it.
"So lovely isn't it?" asked Suiei Tachibana.
"Well at least it is a time of peace," agreed Suiei Matsuoka.
"Hmmm…I know the exact about naughty and nice times for Nagisa," smirked Suiei Hazuki.
"Okay seriously?" sighed Suiei Nanase, "We all know…"
"Shhhh," replied Suiei Ryugazaki, "Let's not contaminate the little ones…but rather just understand that it's all for moral value to teach the little ones to grow up as wonderful, beautiful, and nice people."
"I just hope they'll go through the night alright," said Suiei Marotta, "Especially with Gou."
"I want to take the trip to the North Pole," said Suiei Hazuki.
"No…" replied Suiei Ryugazaki as he grabbed Hazuki, "We promised to set up a snow show for the kids tonight and tomorrow."
"Set snow on Lynwin?!" gasped Tachibana, "But it's gonna screw up the weather and…"
"Oh I already prepared the antidote for Sergi's migraines," shrugged Suiei Marotta, "Besides, the little ones will love it."
Back at the house, Shouta Yazaki (Aki's older brother) was talking to Momotarou, Takuya, and Kazuki when Momo turned his head to the window and saw something outside.
Momo went up to the window and gasped, "YOU GUYS, IT'S SNOWING!"
The Magic Six walked up along with Takuya, Kazuki, Aki, her brother, and a bunch of others, looking at the first fall of snow.
Sounds like the gods are doing the thing, thought Nagisa.
I hope Sergi doesn't get sick for this, thought Alex, worried for his migraines.
"The weather didn't say anything about snow," said Takuya.
"Who knows?" asked Kazuki, "The weather tends to be mysterious at times."
"I should just start singing Let-it-Gou," smirked Naigsa.
"I heard that!" shouted Gou.
"Nagisa…please don't stress her out," sighed Makoto.
"I wanna build a snowman," said one of the little kids.
"Well if there's enough snow, maybe," replied Sousuke.
The Tachibana twins smiled as more snow continued to drift down, descending down to Lynwin-Mu. Sei held hands with Gou and smiled with her as they both continued to wait for the birth of the kids.
Christmas Day: Around 7 A.M
On the dawn of Christmas, the city of Lywnin-Mu had a nice accumulation of snow. However, Alex's father was greatly upset and shocked by this but Alex promised him that it was only temporally (while trying to not reveal much about his magic powers to the Suiei Gods).
"It feels like we never left Cleveland!" he grumbled.
Many families gathered together to celebrate the wonderful day while other non-celebrants of the Christianity had their own share of happiness with their family and friends. Several kids joined together at the Lynwin Beach Park and build snow sculptures and had playful snow ball fights.
However…something was already happening…
"Honey, I think my water broke," said Gou as she could feel a bit of short breaths, "I feel a bit moist."
"Should I call the hospital?" he asked.
She struggled to get up at first but Sei got up and helped her out of bed. He looked at her as she tried to keep herself calm and strong.
"It'll be fraternal twins," she said, "So it's just slightly somewhat easier…"
"Do you like the names of Saburo and…Atsuko?" asked Sei.
"I think that sounds fine," she answered before she started to moan, "H-Honey…"
Sei's eyes widened as he quickly grabbed the phone.
Later in the Morning:
Haruka woke up as he heard his phone vibrating. He grabbed it and read the message from Makoto from what the others were saying about Gou going through labor. He woke up Alex and the two quickly made haste, grabbing winter jackets and hats.
"Brother, where are you going?" asked Sergi.
"Downtown," said Alex, "Can you keep an eye on mom and dad? I know they're tired from last night and there's leftovers of pancakes in the fridge. I'll be back soon."
Haruka sent a text to Rei and Rin with the news as the Magic Six met up down by the Lynwin Central Clinic as a bunch of other people from last night joined them.
"Well if the water just broke, it might take another 12 hours or so," shrugged Rei.
"We don't know exactly," sighed Rin.
"After all the prep work too," said Makoto, "Are we still going to have the party at their house or what?"
"No idea," shrugged Rin, "We'll have to talk to them about it."
Meanwhile, Nitori, Aki, Chigusa, Sousuke, Tadanori, and a bunch of the Sametsuka Alumni gathered together outside of the hospital with the decorations (secretly requested by Gou earlier in the year if she was going to labor on Christmas day) from the house and the hospital had a special hall area for long-term stay where they decorated.
"Well, I sort of knew it," said Aki, "But at least she allowed us to take care of it."
"Yeah but why would they…" began Nitori.
"Probably because they wanted to celebrate with the kids," she answered.
"This will look really nice for them," smiled Tadanori.
"Right," smirked Kazuki, "This is a busy, yet wonderful Christmas."
"Let's just give our prayers and hope for Gou and Sei," said Takuya.
Several Hours Later
The Magic Six (after talking and waiting) went back to the main hall and gasped at the sight before them; it was all decorated by their friends with the decorations from the Mikoshiba's residence along with the gifts all together.
"A-amazing…" gasped Alex.
"The tree is fabulous too!" agreed Rin.
"Not yet?" asked Aki.
"No," said Rin, shaking his head, "She wants us to wait downstairs for a while. The doctors will let us know when she'll begin."
"I better call Sergi and my folks," replied Alex, excusing himself to the hallway.
"But why would you take all the decorations…?" asked Makoto.
"It was Gou's request to do so," explained Aki, "She knew that in case if this was going to happen; she wanted at least a close be place decorated."
"At least this is better than nothing," agreed Sousuke.
"We still have to prepare a few things too for our wedding," said Chigusa, "At least the dress is ready."
"Mines too," nodded Aki, "I can't wait for this!"
Sousuke and Nitori had a sweat drop of nervousness but nodded happily with their beloved partners. Both Nitori and Aki, and Sousuke and Chigusa wanted to celebrate their marriage on new year's as they were busy all year with the invitations, ceremony planning as well as the receptions. Instead of having separate weddings, they decided to combine it as one for a larger celebration.
"This is definitely going to be a busy time," said Rin.
"Right," agreed Rei.
Their Suiei necklaces glowed as they gasped, realizing that it was time.
"Y-you guys?" asked Sousuke as the Magic Six rushed upstairs.
"Suiei Gods…" muttered Aki, "They probably were watching over her…waiting for the time."
"Shall we go too?" he asked.
"Let us give them a minute or so," she replied.
"Honey, hold my hand!" said Sei as Gou gripped tightly and breathed heavily; it was finally beginning to happen as the nurses pitched in to help. The Magic Six just arrived at the scene as Sei said, "Just hang in there."
"Nii-san! I wanna stay and help!" shouted Momotarou.
"Then don't make so much noise!" replied Sei.
"Now take a deep breath and I'll count to 3…alright? Keep pushing on 3…1…2…3!" said the nurse.
Gou was already sweating but she knew that this was her time to be strong as she could feel the intense pain at first but it was replaced with hope and excitement as she knew that this was an important series of moments for her.
"Both of the babies are in their correct positions," said the doctor, "No complications. You're doing great!"
Gou took another deep breath and continued her process, moaning and a bit screaming here and there as the first baby was beginning to appear finally.
Sei could only smile with a tear of happiness as the first baby continued to wiggle her way out (Atsuko Mikoshiba) and once the first baby was out, Gou wanted to cry with joy and happiness but still had to get the second one out. It didn't take long for the next water break and the second baby to appear.
A few more of the other friends and family joined up and waited for the final baby to be born (Saburo Mikoshiba). Once both of the babies were delivered, Gou spilled tears of happiness as she saw her two beloved babies before her, Atsuko and Saburo. She brought them close to her, keeping them warm as possible
"You did it," smiled Sei, holding her hand, "They're really beautiful."
"Saburo…Atsuko…" she muttered.
"I guess this makes us Uncles now…Rin?" asked Momo.
Rin kept silent at that question as he was just happy to see Gou with her babies finally with her after they were cleaned up from the mess.
Seijuurou showed his gift to Gou, "Here, this is for you."
"Oh. Can you open it for me?" she asked.
Sei opened up the gift as Gou gasped, "It's a Panasonic Lumix Camera!"
"You like it?" he asked.
"It's wonderful," she smiled as he gave her a kiss on the cheek while the babies were smiling happily after crying from their first breath.
The others smiled happily as they exchanged gifts with each other;
~ Gift List ~
Rin: new swimwear from Rei; used in the Olympics (TYR Men's Shark Bite)
Rei: a photobook/scrapbook set from Rin; can be used to put favorite fashion photos in for memories
Haru: new pots and pans from Alex (All-Clad Stainless Steel) and Wusthof Classic 36 Piece Knife Block Set
Alex: Sterling Silver Feather Quill Pen & Ink set from Haruka (with a mackerel and dragon insignia on the marble base)
Makoto: Kindle Fire Ultimate from Nagisa
Nagisa: Basket of goodies from Makoto and penguin feeder for Sai
Gou: A new camera from Sei; Panasonic Lumix DCM 20.0 MP
Sei: a set of new workout clothes for his gymnasium classes (he's instructor at Lynwin All-University for P.E and Health Classes) from Gou.
Momo: a hunting set for beetle collections.
Nitori: a new hand-held diary/scrapbook from Aki. Nitori is a tourist guide for Lynwin.
Aki: a set of gold jewelry from Nitori.
Sousuke: a new surfboard from Chigusa.
Chigusa: box of Belgium Chocolate and a bikini set. ^^; from Sousuke.
Sergi: new iPad Megalite from Alex
Everyone celebrated happily for both the holiday and for Gou's children, knowing that this will be a bigger celebration for kids that were born on Christmas Day.
The outside was still filled with snow but the sun shined bright as the day continued to go on in the city of Lynwin-Mu.
"Merry Christmas," said Sei.
"Merry Christmas!" smiled Alex as he and Haru exchanged a brief kiss.
"Hehehe, Merry Christmas Mako-chan!" smirked Nagisa as the two hugged happily.
"Merry Christmas Sexy Butterfly," said Rin.
"DON'T SAY THAT OUT LOUD!" blushed Rei while the others chuckled.
"Let's give her some time to rest up," said Alex as he, Momo, Sergi and the others went back downstairs with their other families and friends for the big lunch.
T'was another Happy Christmas in the lives of Free! and to those who celebrate! Even if this wasn't your holiday, one can agree that these moments were just filled with happiness and warmth…
As long as there's Christmas…I truly believe…
that hope is the greatest…of the gifts we'll receive…
As long as there's Christmas, we'll all be just fine...
there'll always be Christmas…
So there always will be a time
when the world is filled with peace and warmth…
MERRY CHRISTMAS, FREE! MERRY CHRISTMAS FREE!FANDOM (to those that do celebrate)
Next Time: Free! The Promising Year…For the Team! For the Future! One cannot forget the New Year's! Right? Oh and as you already know, there's gonna be a double wedding! Don't miss out! :D