Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY. It belongs to RoosterTeeth and the late and still great Monty Oum. Kuro belongs to me and any other OCs and/or references included belong to their respective owners.

This was originally going to be a smut, but I made it kid friendly for the holidays. You're welcome and Happy Holidays! :-)

"IT'S CHRISTMAS!"

Ruby jumped with unrivaled joy. Christmas was one of her favorite times of the year because of the overall happy cheers it brings.

…and not to mention the Christmas cookies…

While not as exuberant, the rest of her team was just as excited about Christmas. Heck, everybody at Beacon Academy was infected with holiday cheer. Best of all, Ruby's secret wish of a white Christmas came true as snow was falling from the sky as we speak.

From their window, the girls saw numerous students outside in the snow having a snowball fight. Ruby wanted to join in and so she did, grabbing her red winter coat and beanie and beelining it into the ongoing match. Weiss, Blake, and Yang had decided to wait for her in the student lounge, where their Christmas tree (made courtesy of Kuro Arc's Semblance) awaits. Upon entering the hall, they were greeted by the delightful sight of Kuro carrying eight present boxes, four in each hand, while wearing a Santa outfit.

Kuro was wearing a striped version of the classic Santa Claus costume. He wears a large, white and red Santa hat with a white fur rim and a puff ball on the tip. The hat was somewhat larger than expected as it slightly hung to the left side of his face. His bangs appear larger than usual as they now cover his entire left eye. He wears a large shirt, also white and red, with fur lining, differently shaped buttons lining the front (one was two candy canes in a cross fashion, the second was a silver North Star, and the third and final were two jingle bells), and a black leather belt with a silver buckle around his waist and over the shirt. He has black arm warmers with a red and green stripe running down them, which are wrapped by blinking Christmas lights. His gloves are red with green fingers and have fur lining around the cuffs. His pants are also striped with white and red and are tucked within black boots with fur rims.

The boxes in his hand were each differently colored. It wasn't ticket science to know that they were all for both Teams RWBY and JNPR. He sent a smile their way as he passed them.

"Hey, Hedgehog! That's a cute costume," Yang was the one to greet him first.

"Whazzup, Sunflower, Ribbons, Snowflake?" he retorted with his own special nicknames for all three. Of course, Weiss was agitated about the one he gave for her, but remembering his explanation as to why he called her that made her cheeks redden.

'…I call you Snowflake because no two are the same…'

'Idiot…'

"Need any help with those?" Yang asked him. Kuro shifted his arms a little bit.

"Nah, I'll be fine. Let's just get these to the tree, so we can properly open them," the other girls nodded and he followed them to the student lounge, where all of JNPR and Ruby were already located at.

"How did you get here so fast?" Weiss asked of her leader.

"I sensed cookies being made…" the crimsonette answered while biting into a frosted sugar cookie.

"Ooh, sugar cookies! I love sugar cookies!" Kuro shouted excitedly while setting down his gifts. Ruby offered him one and they both took a bite at the same time.

("Yeeeeaaaahhh…")

"Alright, done!" Nora chimed and practically teleported to the tree. "Can I open my presents now, Ren?"

Ren looked towards the rest of his friends and they all shrugged. Might as well since they were now all there. "Yes, Nora. But one at a time."

"YAAAY!"

"At least hand us ours!" Ruby complained and took it upon herself to do so.

Everyone opened their gifts to see that most of them were clothes, but the eight boxes that Kuro brought were still unopened.

"Hey, we missed a few presents," Jaune observed and walked over to the table with Kuro's gifts on them. "There's one for each of us… from Kuro…"

After getting their own present, Kuro spoke up suddenly, "Hey, guys. It'd be a lot better if you all opened those at the same time!"

"Why?" Weiss asked.

"Just do it," his tone left no room for argument. "One… two… three… OPEN!"

Doing as they were told, they all tore away at the paper wrapping, lifting the lid off and eight pairs of eyes widened at what they received.

"Aww~" Ruby pulled out a little chibi plushy doll of herself. In fact, that was what they all received. "It's Mini-Me!"

"Look at the bottom of the box, Rosebud."

"Huh?" Ruby reached back inside and felt her finger nudge a tiny object. Pulling it out, she found that it was a scythe made out of wood that somewhat resembled Crescent Rose. "Cool!"

"This is actually pretty cute," Pyrrha complimented as she inspected her own doll, equipped with its own Miló and Akóuo.

"Look, Ren! Now there's two of me! I think I'll call her, Nora Jr., Sloth Princess!"

"Look inside your box, Nora," the red-n'-white Santa instructed her.

"EEK! She's even got a little sloth with her too!"

"Doesn't take much to make you happy…" Kuro muttered.

"How long did it take you to make all of these?" Jaune asked.

"I started around six weeks ago. It took me a while to get all the necessary colors and even longer to actually make the dolls," he explained, earning a few nods from everyone. "Pricked myself a couple times, though. Especially when doing Nora Jr.'s sloth buddy."

Afterwards

The all-day Christmas party came to a close. Everything was cleaned up and put away and mostly everyone had returned to their dorm rooms to crash. Ruby and Nora already knocked out and having had to be carried back. The only people left were Blake and Kuro with the former's mind currently running.

Blake had liked Kuro in her own way ever since she met him. Although, the usual shenanigans her team had included her in as well as her own introverted nature kept them from interacting much. Recently though, her shared time with Kuro increased considerably. She still wasn't really sure what exactly love felt like, due to never really having felt it herself, but she wondered if what she felt for Kuro truly was love.

Well, during her time with the White Fang, that question was answered by her inexplicably raised heartbeat, warm and inviting memories, her never letting go of the red scarf he gave to her as a child, and just generally being very happy to be around him. Blake was in love; truly infatuated with him.

'What if…' Blake wondered as she set her eyes to the left. Kuro quietly sat near the fireplace. He snuggled closer to the soft fabric around his shoulders. The temperature had gotten a bit too cold as of late. He was so immersed in getting warm, he had not noticed her eyes on him. '…What if he actually felt that way about me? I wouldn't object to it if he asked me out…'

Without even knowing it, Blake was already situated right next to Kuro underneath the blanket.

"Hey, Blake."

"Y-yes?" she silently cursed for letting herself get caught off guard.

"You know, there was a reason why there was only one thing in your present box," he said cryptically, earning a raised eyebrow. Blake felt a nudge on her side and looked down to see something in Kuro's hand. "Merry Christmas, Kit KAT!"

It didn't take too long for her to tackle the boy onto the carpet. In a rare act of giddiness, Blake started peppering his face and neck with small kisses despite Kuro's requests that she stop. The reason why:

…her second gift was actually the newest installment of the Ninjas of series that she was currently saving Lien for. There was also a conveniently placed mistletoe on the fur rim of his Santa hat. Only one thing went through Kuro's head while being bombarded with physical affection.

'God dammit, Ruby…'

Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.

- Thomas S. Monson

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