*cries in fanfic* And here it is... The last prompt of this calendar ! Thank you for your support, specially you Ejes ! You are a perfect bro and the most awesome friend, this challenge helped me a lot this month to stay cheerful ! I cannot thank you enough and, really, I mean it ! So be sure to check Ejes calendar too, I hope you already did because her prompts are amazing !

For this prompt, I wrote about one of my favorite brotp of Kingdom hearts ! I mean, their story is so painful, they deserve a little peace of joy at least ! So I wrote something cheerful to end this challenge with a smile on my face... and maybe yours too ? Thank you for following me that far and now... maybe a new challenge will happen in December. By maybe, I mean I'm currently working on it haha, so... Stay tuned !

I wish you a very Happy Christmas, if you celebrate it ! In any case, spend a day full of joy with all your family, your friends or anyone you want ! And see you later, for another challenge if you want to !

"Back then, I had a best friend. He was the most wonderful person in the world."

What about now? wondered Lea. There wasn't much left of that friendship. While wandering in the streets of Radiant Garden, the redhead was staring at the sky. Snowflakes were peacefully falling from the greyish skies. The cold was slowly setting, an omen for the terrible season coming up. This weather made him nostalgic.

Everything should have been fine in his life, now. Really fine. Xehanort, that evil character who made him and his friends suffer so much, was no more. He got his heart back. The people he loved were safe. Yes, everything was fine, and life had went back to normal.

Except there was a missing person in this perfect picture.

Lea would have thought he'd forget about him after all this time, after all that happened in the Organization, but never, ever did he manage to take Isa out of his memory. Roxas and Xion were both incredible friends, but Isa… That was different. Sure, he had very little affection for Saïx, that Nobody cold as ice, but it didn't change what he had felt for his former best friend.

"Where are you now? Lost in the darkness?"

His steps took him to a street full of many shops that oozed nicely the end of the year. Handcrafted objects were piled up on the stalls, every single one prettier than the one before. The redhead enjoyed the details on every painting, every sculpture, every seam. On his pocket, a few munnies jingled, reminding him he could allow himself a little treat. Not that he would ask for permission anyway.

"Come on, Lea, you deserve that!"

He just got himself a nice flat, he had to get some decoration for it. There was a lot of choices, but he was naturally attracted by a small sculpture in the shape of a phoenix. The bird was made out of wood, painted bright red, fiery orange and radiant yellow. It reminded him of the stories told by the fireplace when he was a kid, then the legends he would talk about with Isa.

"You would have loved that too, Isa." He thought as he reached for the object.

Someone else tried to grab the phoenix at the same time, and their hands met. Lea frowned and turned his head to see who was that person who wanted that sculpture.

His heart missed a beat.

Probably several ones.

Isa.

That was Isa.

"I-I-Isa?" He muttered, out of breath.

"Axel?" The blue haired man was surprised. "You are alive?"

"Axel? Oh, come on! The name's Lea. Got it memorized?"

"Lea… It's been so long… So you got your heart back too?"

"I did… But… Isa…"

"What is it? I'm so happy I found you!"

"That's all you've got to say? I've been sick worried about you for so long, and you just show up like that, without a word… Xehanort was possessing you, and I thought… I thought you would never come back."

"I'm sorry, Lea, I didn't think either I would come back, after all I did… All I did to you… I would understand if… If you don't want us to be friends anymore."

"Come again? I hope you are joking? We're friends forever, Isa, got it…"

"Yeah, got it memorized. Ma'am, I'm buying that wooden phoenix please!"

"Very well, that will be thirty munnies!" cheered the shop lady, a smiling old woman.

"Hey, I wanted to buy that!" pouted the redhead, still shocked of what was happening.

"You know, Lea, that phoenix reminds me of you. No matter how hurt you were, how much your feelings have been smashed, you've always been there for your friends, getting back on your feet, on fire. You are as brave, as faithful, as grand as this phoenix, so… Here. My present for you."

"Well, that's… embarrassing…"

"Oh, if you don't want it, I can still keep it. I like it a lot, you know."

"Nope, no, I'm taking this. Thank you, Isa."

"You're welcome. I think we've got a lot to catch up. I've been… I've been so cold, when I was Saïx, and I didn't understand all that I was doing."

"Yeah, there are some things you will have to tell me, but… You're here, Isa."

"What? Yes, I am here, so what?"

"Well, that's all that matters. That you are here."

Lea guessed this feeling of warmth and happiness filling his heart was what people called the magic of Christmas.