A/N: Alright, so it's late, but I've been super busy with holiday stuff lately! Hope you enjoy and let me know what you think so far! Happy Holidays to Everyone! 3

I do not own the Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy characters, though it'd be awesome!

Chapter 2

Snowy Stop: Demyx & Zexion

When they were out of the shadow of the castle and walking hand-in-hand through the overly decorated streets of downtown, Demyx started humming along with the music radiating from every street corner.

"I love Christmas time!" Demyx smiled towards Zexion as his hand squeezed a little tighter around his. "Don't you?"

Zexion shrugged his shoulders slightly "Sort of"

"What do you mean 'sort of?' Demyx asked a little dumbfounded.

"Well, it's just that Christmas has never been anything that special for me I guess" Zexion reached into the inside of his cloak and pulled the handful of letters from it as they stopped in front of the post office.

"Not special huh?" Demyx tucked the brown package he was carrying under his arm to the side "I guess I'll have to change that then" He smiled warmly as Zexion let go of his hand and reached for the large glass door and pulled.

As they both stepped into the small building, the attention of the young girl working behind the busy desk caught their eyes. She was talking to a woman holding 3 large boxes each looking to weigh about 10 pounds and explaining to her that no matter what was in the parcels, as long as they were properly packaged, they should ship just fine in time for Christmas.

After that the woman nodded, she placed the boxes on the desk and filled out a bit of paperwork to be placed on top. All the while, the young girl had a smile on her face that matched the festive sweater she was wearing, along with a set of reindeer antlers that jingled every time her head moved. She took the parcels from the desk and walked to the back of the building.

Zexion took the time to place the envelopes into the mailbox inside the room that was littered with snowflakes, angels and other various holiday decorations. A large sign read 'Letters to Santa', and was taped to the front. As the clink of the metal box closing chimed in time with the soft playing music in the room, the young girl had come back to the front of the desk and was taking the paper from the woman who had filled it out.

"Happy Holidays!" She smiled as the woman pulled her purse up her shoulder and turned.

"Thanks. You too" The older woman walked past Demyx and Zexion with a quick smile, which Demyx returned, before Zexion held the door open for her to leave.

Demyx started to walk forward towards the desk when she finally noticed that there were more people in the room. The young girls smile widened as she looked up into the eyes of a familiar face. "Hello Demyx!"

"Hi Yuffie." Demyx waved as he smiled at the girl with short black hair and chocolate eyes now practically bouncing behind the desk. He set the brown wrapped package on the desk.

"I need to ship this out for Luxord. He's sending it to his family." Demyx pushed the already filled out paperwork towards her as she nodded.

"Great!" Yuffie picked up the box and held it on her hip. "Let him know if will defiantly make there in time for Christmas." Then she turned on her heel and walked to the back room once more.

"Will do" Demyx nodded as he patted the side of his cloak and felt the hard container that was the hot cocoa. He turned his head to see Zexion wandering around and looking at all of the different colored art work hanging around the post office.

"What're those?" Demyx pointed to one of the walls Zexion was staring at.

"Pictures of Christmas scenes." Zexion didn't look away from the one with two reindeer sitting around a fire with other forest animals while the roasting marshmallows. "I think they were done by kids." He was smiling at the drawing.

"Yup" Yuffie walked back to the front and stepped around the desk to stand next to Demyx. "They were done by the kids at the orphanage." She smiled as Demyx turned to greet her in a hug.

"How's everyone over there doing?" Demyx stepped back from Yuffie with a smile as he asked.

"Pretty great. All the children are really excited about Christmas, and Cloud got a nice tree." Yuffie turned to shuffle some paper on the edge of the desk as Zexion continued to walk around and look at all the pictures.

"Aerith, Yuna, Rikku and I helped them make decorations to put on it. As a thank you, they drew us these pictures." She'd turned around and pointed at the wall as she spoke.

Demyx was looking at a picture Marlene had drawn of an angel with big glittery wings holding a baby moogle with a red nose and smiling. There was a jingle sound and the door for the post office opened as a young couple stepped through carrying several packages.

"Well I gotta get back to work" Yuffie hugged Demyx one last time and waved to Zexion before stepping back behind the desk. "Happy Holidays guys!"

Demyx walked over to Zexion and laced his fingers through his as they both waved goodbye to Yuffie and headed out the door. "Merry Christmas Yuffie" They called in unison as the door closed behind them.

~xoxoxoxoxoxoxox~

Once outside the small post office, Demyx inhaled a deep breath of the crisp cold air and turned to smile at Zexion.

"I like how clean the air smells in the winter." Demyx said as they started walking forward through the heart of the busy little town.

Zexion nodded with a slight smile on his face towards Demyx but remained silent. Demyx squeezed his hand a little tighter.

"Are you alright Zex?" Demyx stopped walking and halted Zexion.

"I'm fine." Zexion smiled at Demyx, and just to reassure him of his words stepped up onto his toes as he placed a quick kiss on his cheek. "Why do you ask?"

"You're being really quiet today" Demyx replied as he touched his cheek where he still felt the warm tingle from Zexion's light touch.

"I'm just not really that big of a fan of Christmas time I guess" Zexion sighed as he put both his hands in the pockets of his cloak and shrugged his shoulders.

Demyx pulled one of the cookies he still had tucked inside his cloak and nibbled from it while he watched as Zexion kicked chunks of muddy snow from the side of the curb.

"Do you wanna tell me why?" Demyx bit into the chocolate chip cookie in his hand as his spoke quietly and looked at Zexion who was staring at the ground while they walked. "I mean it's none of my business, but I just want you to be happy."

Zexion stopped walking and looked up into Demyx's face. He saw the light rose color that spread over his cheeks and watched the wisps of white puffs leave his mouth as he breathed out into the cold winter air.

"I am happy Dem." Zexion pulled a hand from his pocket and offered it to Demyx to hold. "As long as I have you" Demyx smiled as his fingers laced back through Zexion's once more and they continued to walk down the street in silence.