Nino was passing through the living room. Today was the day, the day he would ask his girlfriend he moved in with seven years ago to marry him. He had bought the most beautiful engagement ring he could find and he hoped Alya would think so too. The ring was put in a black box, which he had put in a slightly bigger decorative box, which was put in another slightly bigger decorative box and so on until the box was a little bigger than a shoebox.

He wanted to surprise her, but he went a bit overboard with putting it in boxes. It was probably because of his nerves, the more boxes he used, the longer it would take her to find the ring, the more time he would have to prepare himself on asking the question.

He was still Passing around the room when his phone went off. He took it out of his pocket as quick as he could, causing it to fly up into the air. Fortunately he caught it and answered the call before it would go to his voicemail.

"Hello?" he said, the nervousness clearly in his voice.

"Hi Nino, how are you doing? Hope you're not dying of the nerves." Adrien said with a chuckle.

"Me dying of the nerves? I already died the moment Alya left the house with Marinette to go shopping."

"Nino, try to relax a bit. Marinette will keep her with her as long as she can so you can get mentally ready for asking her the big question."

"Relax? Dude I don't even know how I can do that. The time is passing so fast and I feel like freaking out! Are you sure you can't come over…"

"Sorry I can't… I have to look after the kids."

"Can't you bring them to their grandparents?"

"That's not possible. Tom and Sabine are in China for the holidays and my Father is in Milan for a business trip."

"What about Nathalie?"

"She's my father's assistant, so obviously she's with him in Milan."

"Just take the kids with you to my place… I need my bro for mental support or else I'll be really dead before I even got the chance to ask her to marry me."

Adrien let out a sigh before he responds to his over dramatic freak out session.

"Fine, I will take the kids with me. But seriously, there is no reason to be so over dramatic…"

"Thank you so much. What time will you be here?" Nino asked, deciding to ignore the fact Adrien though he was being over dramatic.

"I'll be there in fifteen minutes."

"See you then."

Fifteen minutes later the doorbell rang. Nino rushed to open the door as soon as he could, revealing Adrien who stood there with little Louis in his arms, a giant bright green flower printed mom bag over his shoulder and his left hand held Emma's right hand. Hugo stood in front of him and held a small red bag with some of his toys.

"Uncle Nino." Hugo shouted in excitement and hugged Nino's legs.

"Hi, little Dude." Nino greeted back and picked Hugo up.

"Where is Aunty Alya?" Emma asked. Normally it was Alya who would be there at the door as well.

"She's shopping with mommy." Adrien said to his daughter, who was pouting because her favorite aunt wasn't there.

Hugo really had taken a liking in Nino, while Emma really like Alya a lot. Little Louis was still too young to pick a favorite of their friends, he was sleeping most of the time anyways.

Adrien and Nino helped the kids to take off their scarves, shoes and jackets before they let the two oldest walk further into the house. Adrien then gave Louis to Nino so he could put his jacket and shoes off. Once he had put his jacket on the coat rack he took Luis back from Nino.

"I'm so glad you came. Really I'm so nervous, I feel like dying… Seriously dude how did you do it?" Nino asked as they walked towards the living room.

"Believe me, I know how you feel. I was very nervous as well. I knew she loves me a lot and would love to marry me. I mean we already had Emma at that time when I asked her and she was already Pregnant from Hugo. But still, I was very nervous to the point I had to run to the toilet right before I asked her."

"You threw up?"

"I did… She came to check on me if I was alright and joked that she was the one with morning sickness, not me."

"Did you ask her eventually?"

"I did, after I freshen myself up. She got pretty emotional, it turns out she really wanted to get married."

Both guys took a seat once they got in front of the couch. Adrien placed the big mom bag next to it, he always kept that bag close just in case. It was always useful since it had everything in there. From diapers to bandages to plush dolls, you name it and it would be in there. He looked at the kids who were playing in front of them. Emma and Hugo were playing with Hugo's mini cars.

"What have you planned for Alya? I mean what's the way you want to ask her to marry you?" Adrien asked as he runs his fingers through Louis hair.

"I put the Engagement ring in her present, but I kind of went overboard I think since I put it in lots of boxes… So many I lost count" Nino replied.

Adrien chuckled. Sometimes his friend could be so hilarious with the way he dealt with stress and nerves.

"I assume that was the doing of your nerves. I hope you didn't put too much boxes around it. We know she has patience with things, but her patience will eventually disappear at some point."

"I know, but I think it will be alright. Or at least I hope so…"

The guys continued to chat about other stuff to keep Nino's mind from freaking out, until Adrien's phone went off. He answered the call, it was Marinette. She told Adrien that she was done shopping with Alya and that they were going back home. Adrien thanked her for letting him know before they said goodbye and hung up.

"I have to go now. The girls are done shopping and I don't want to be the third wheel when your girl gets back."

"You're leaving me already? Can't you stay a little longer?"

"I can't you really have to do this on your own."

"Okay… but if I die between the time you left and Alya arrives, I will blame you for it."

Adrien let out a laugh before he let the kids know they were about to leave. Both pouted as they didn't want to leave just yet but Adrien was able to convince them they should because Nino needed to do something really important and that they will come back another time. He helped his kids with their shoes, coats and scarves before he put on his own. They all said goodbye to Nino before they left again.

Nino took a deep breath as he was one his own again. He could be relaxed, he could be chill right? He let out a yelp as he heard the front door getting unlocked. Okay he wasn't relaxed and absolutely not chill.

"I'm home!" Alya said loudly after she closed the door behind her.

"Welcome back." he called back.

Once Alya go into the living room she showed Nino all the clothes she had bought on her shopping trip with Marinette by putting it on and doing a small fashion show for him. He loved everything she had bought as it suits her very well.

After her fashion show they got some take out Chinese food. Dinner was nice, even though they didn't spoke much to each other. This because they ate it on the couch while watching the movie 'The Family Man.' After the movie ended it was time for the gifts.

"Merry Christmas." Nino said as he handed Alya her gift with slightly shaking hands.

Alya smiled at him before she placed the gift on top of her lap and removed the ribbon from the box. Nino had taken his seat next to her again and watched her opening. She let out a laugh after she saw another box inside the box she had just opened.

It went on like that. Alya kept finding new boxes inside the ones she just opened. At first it was still funny and she laughed about how silly this way of packaging was. However as it was the twenty-fifth box she found she started to get annoyed, because by now it wasn't funny anymore.

Ten more boxes later she got to the small black box. Nino could feel his nerves starting to get sky high as the time was finally there. Once she opens the lid she would see the ring. He hoped her annoyance wouldn't ruin the moment and causes her to say no.

"I swear if this is another box with a box in it I'll go-" Alya interrupted herself once she had taken the lid of the box.

Inside of it was a beautiful silver ring decorated with small white rhinestones. She looked at it with widened eyes, she was speechless. She slowly looked up at Nino in disbelieve. She needed to hear from him if this was indeed what she thought it was.

"Alya, first off all I'm sorry for going overboard with the boxes... I guess I was so nervous I forgot to count…" he started off. "Anyways we have been together for a long time now… and we love each other from the moon and back… I thought it would be time to take it to the next step… Alya Césaire, the woman of my dreams… Will you marry me?"

Alya put her hands in front of her mouth as she bit her bottom lip, tears began to form in her eyes. She nodded her head like crazy as the tears fell down her cheeks.

"Yes." she said as a sob left her mouth. "A thousand times yes!"

She threw herself at Nino, wrapping her arms around him in a hug and sobbed into his shoulder because of happiness. Nino returned the hug and showered her with little kisses on top of her head.

"I love you. I love you so much." she said between her sobs.

"I love you too."

They stayed like that for a while until Alya calmed down and pulled away from Nino. She then wiped her tears away before she slipped on the engagement ring. She held her hand up in the air as she smiled at it.

"It's so beautiful." she said.

Nino smiled at her with a soft smile before he pressed a kiss on her cheek.

"I'm glad you think so."

Alya turned to him, the bright smile still on her face.

"It's time for my gift for you." she said before she got up to get her present for him from under the tree. She then took her seat next to him again before she gave him a small box.

"Merry Christmas." she said.

Alya looked at Nino as he removed the ribbon and lifted the lid. Nino looked confused at first when there was a pregnancy test in the box, but his eyes soon widened once he noticed that the test was positive. He looked up at his fiancé overjoyed.

"You… You're… We… a kid…" Nino tried to speak but he kept stumbling over his words.

"You're going to be a father." she said with a giggle. Nino's reaction was pretty cute to her.

"We're going to be parents… We're going to become parents. We're going to become parents!" he repeated, getting more and more excited each time he repeated it.

"We are." Alya confirmed with a big smile on her face.

Nino pulled her close and showered her face in kisses as he repeated that this was the best Christmas ever.