Komaeda closed the door behind him and Hope, putting the mail for today on the small table by the door. Hinata was still sleeping most likely, so he tried to be as quiet as possible as he took off his jacket and shoes and dried off Hope. She whined as he rubbed her with the towel, and ran away as soon as he let go of her. Komaeda looked as she disappeared into the living room, before straightening his back.

Komaeda didn't get far from leaving the hallway when he heard footsteps approaching.

"Morning!" he said cheerily to Hinata who walked from around the corner, and the other yawned before responding to him.

"Morning… I'll start making breakfast soon," Hinata said. He walked over to Komaeda and wrapped him in a hug, surprising Komaeda for a second. "Merry Christmas," he said and hesitantly Komaeda hugged him back. Hinata was really warm in comparison to the cold air he had just came out of.

"Merry Christmas…," he answered. He didn't manage to stop himself from adding "You're so warm" after that, as he felt the relaxed in the warmth. Hinata chuckled as he squeezed him closer, before letting go.

"In that case, there's one thing I want to do before we eat," Hinata said as he pointed towards the living room. They walked into there and Komaeda saw two gifts on the kotatsu table, both with his name on them. There were two gifts for him, this was a bad. He only had one…

Hinata took one of the gifts first and gave it to Komaeda.

"Here you go; this is the regular gift I give to all my friends and family," Hinata said and looked at him expectantly. It was a soft package, revealing it was some kind of clothing. Komaeda glanced at Hinata like he was seeking confirmation to rip it open, before carefully starting to take the tapes off to keep it as intact as possible. Hinata seemed restless waiting, but he didn't say anything.

Komaeda took out the white sweater from the wrappings: it seemed warm and comfy and it had big, black buttons. He glanced at Hinata who grinned.

"You always complain how cold it is, so I went to find the warmest looking sweater for you," he said cheerily and Komaeda nodded with a small smile on his lips. Prompted by Hinata, he put on the sweater to find out it was incredibly warm; exactly like it looked. For a moment Komaeda relaxed wearing the clothing, but then Hinata picked up his second gift from the table. Why were there two? This wasn't fair, last year Hinata had given him one… He hadn't prepared for this.

"And here's a gift as… well, you know. As a… lover. Or family, something," Hinata explained awkwardly, holding the boxy gift carefully in his hands despite his rough words and giving it over carefully. Komaeda took it as carefully as Hinata had handled it, and decided to actually sit down by the table to open it just in case. Hope came to snoop on the package, and Hinata began to pet her to distract her from it.

When he finally got the wrapping undone and opened the box, he lifted two mugs with their names respectively written on them and a bowl with Hope's name on it.

"I thought it was about time to buy ones…," Hinata said a bit hesitantly, seemingly nervous. "And since we're a family now, I thought we should get them. I was a bit hesitant on giving them as a present but…"

"I—" Komaeda started, before stopping for a moment. He now did remember having their own, named cups with his parents back in his childhood, even though he hadn't thought about them in years. They had probably been sold with most of the other stuff he had cleared out from the house when Hinata moved in. At least, he didn't remember putting it in the few cardboard boxes he had put in the attic.

"Thank you, Hinata-kun. I love them," he said quietly, taking Hinata's cup and trailing his finger over the name "Hajime." They both had only their first names on them. For a moment, he imagined the three of them years from now, still drinking from these same mugs and bowl, without anything having changed. Except Hope had probably grown up even more.

He set the mug down as he turned to look at Hinata; it was probably time for him to give his present. He lowered his eyes a little.

"I only have one present for you…," he said and Hinata just shook his head quickly.

"Yeah, I don't mind. I just felt like giving you two, I didn't expect the same in return," Hinata said cheerily as he looked around. Komaeda stood up and motioned for Hinata to follow him; the present he had wasn't really something he could bring into the house. Hinata seemed confused, but he followed Komaeda to the hallway, as did Hope, wagging her tail in curiosity. "Is it something heavy?" he asked curiously and Komaeda tilted his head.

"I mean, I guess yeah," he said as he walked to the small table by the door, picking up a nameless envelope from among them. Hinata frowned as he tried to look closer, and Komaeda just handed it to him.

"This isn't really heavy…?" Hinata said slowly as he began to open it, using his other hand to feel around the small object in it. Komaeda just smiled awkwardly, waiting as Hinata dropped the key out of the envelope to his hand.

When his confusion didn't seem to ease, Komaeda put his shoes on and the other followed his example. Hinata's face was starting to look like he had a sneaking suspicion, but he still followed Komaeda outside. They left Hope inside though, gaining a disappointed whine from her.

"Here it is…," Komaeda said as he pointed at the silver colored car parked on their yard: they always had had a space for one in there, but it had been mostly unused until now and covered with snow. Hinata's jaw dropped as he began to process the fact that there was indeed a completely brand new car in front of their house. "It's one of the newest models out there, so I hope it's good enough," Komaeda said. It was also had all the newest safety mechanisms, making it the number one safest car out there, but he decided not to mention that.

"You bought a whole car," Hinata said as he hesitantly walked towards it, reaching his hand out to touch it like he was making sure it was real. "A whole, actual car."

"Yeah…"

"How did you sneak it here? You were home the whole day yesterday…," Hinata asked as he used the key on the door on the driver's side, opening the door.

"I had it delivered here during the night, and they left the key in the mailbox…," Komaeda explained as Hinata sat in the car, seemingly enchanted as he began to check out the car. "Is it, is it good?"

"I mean, of course it is probably," Hinata said, missing kind of the point of Komaeda's question. "It seems like it'll be easy to drive as well. Why did you buy me a car though? It's really expensive – though, I guess that's not a problem, but it's so huge. And you even said sorry for not getting me two," Hinata said sarcastically.

"I thought you'd get to work and back faster this way than by the train. You can also use it to visit your parents more often now, and it'll be easier to deliver the presents too…," Komaeda said as he walked over to the car as well, resting his arm on the roof of it as he leaned down to see the inside as well. "Is that—is that alright?" Hinata just smiled softly as he nodded.

"Yeah, it's alright. I guess it's good to get a car before our driving skills get rusty," Hinata said and Komaeda smiled. He explained a bit about the car; he had chosen this car for other reasons than only the safety, like how it had been modeled to travel with a dog while giving enough space for it. Hinata listened patiently, until eventually he mentioned they should go back inside to eat.

"Oh, I guess the car also means I get a little bit more time at home with you two," Hinata said as they walked into the house, Hope waiting for them right by the door. Komaeda flashed an awkward, abashed smile as he closed the door behind him.

"I uh, that might have been one of the reasons too…," he confessed, trying to sound as nonchalant about it as possible, but he could see Hinata give him a smirk before grabbing his hand and pulling him into a small kiss.

"You dork, thank you. How about we eat now and then go out for a drive?" Hinata suggested and Komaeda nodded, before saying he'd fetch the new cups from the living room. He didn't really think his gift was anything compared to the ones he had gotten, it wasn't even nearly worth as much as the happiness his new family gave him.

But at least from now on they could make more new, happy memories with it.

Merry Christmas to everyone! Thank you for reading all these Christmas specials; from now on it'll be regular updates on a slower pace than they've been out now haha~ I wanted to make this longer and more grand but, I haven't exactly had much time to write over these past few days and on top of that I fell sick too so wasn't feeling too hot. I hope you still liked it! The next one will be for Hinata's birthday on the 1st of January, so I hope to see you there!