First Christmas
In Star command around this time, everyone left to go home to enjoy the holidays. XR was ready to take off to meet a certain special someone.
"Well I'm heading out now!" Xr calls out, didn't pay to mind if anyone noticed, all he wanted right now was to enjoy the nice warm fire, listening to some nice music.
'And make some sweet music~' he grins away and took off. He flew down a few miles and landed just in front of the apartment to see Nos just arriving to his home. He couldn't help but lose control of his engine running. His core felt like it was gonna pop out and race to Nos.
"XR!"
He shook away his lovestruck look and rushes to Nos side. "So tell me have you been nice this year?"
Nos chuckles and purrs. "Why yes I have but have you been good?" He ask, his voice went deep as his optics glows bright and warm.
XR blushes away, "Well I can't lie about that but I can't take all the credit." He smirks.
Nos was ready to speak but stops to see snow coming down. He smiles and holds his hand out to hold the snow.
XR couldn't help but enjoy this side of Nos, the side only given to him. "We better get inside before we freeze our circuits. We can cuddle by the heat orbs."
Nos looks to him and purrs away as he takes him inside.
The apartment was decent size if not a little more spacious With a small Christmas tree they picked together. He noticed Now added a fuchsia loveseat along with a new work table to work on the small sculptures. "So Nos Christmas eve is tomorrow, any plans?"
Nos looks to him and lies next to him. "Last minute Christmas shopping, I am waiting to get a gift."
"I can help you-"
"But you will know about your gift." Nos holds him close and purrs. "Tomorrow is Christmas eve, I want you to enjoy yourself, after all, this is our first Christmas."
XR holds him as he lies back down. "Which makes it even more special. This is technically our first being a couple and technically your first Christmas without your adopted pops, I want to make it special."
"As do I." Nos cuddles against him. "Let us enjoy the moment little love. Care to play the music you like playing." Nos kisses XR on the side of his face.
"Don't mind if I do." He pulls out his one and only jazz record and began playing it. Nos mumbles away to the beat and began sleeping. XR smiles and looks to see Nos's special flute was placed on the table. 'Tomorrow, I'll get that casing for him.'
The next day,
XR headed out to town to find the. Mahogany gold plated case, he knew one shop that had it but it was closing up soon.
'I've been looking for that thing all year and finally I found it!"
"Help me please!"
He stops to see an old Latvian lady fighting for her purse from a thief. He stops on his track and rushes to help the woman.
"Stop in the name of the law!"
The said thief lets go and runs off but XR catches him before he could run off. He arrested the thief. "With that settled, I better-"
"But you can't leave sir!" The old woman cried out. "You see I need to cross to that side but my back is hurting-"
XR was internally groaning but knowing Nos would give a hand, he couldn't be harsh.
"Alright I'll lead you-" he stops to see the crazy traffic and groans out loud.
"But if you need to leave it's ok-"
"It's alright and besides I'm a space ranger, we help no matter what." He looks to the traffic and pales.
"Thank you sonny." the old lady smiles.
"No problem...no problem at… all." XR smiles but deep down, he hoped he could make it.
'Come on! COME ON!' XR rushes down the street, almost every moment and second he had to either stop a crook, save a cat, help a bunch of old people crossing and somehow had to help get a zeborgnian from jumping! He got two minutes left before the store closed. He sees the store just ahead but slowly closing up.
"Nonononononononono!" He shouted and ran to the door. "Please let me in! I need to get a gift!" he shouted.
The old man pushes the door to close. "Sorry sir but I gotta close up-"
XR however wouldn't let him. "This will only take a sec please?! This is my first Christmas with someone really special!"
The old man pauses and looks to the robot and sighs. "Alright come on in."
XR rushes inside and looks for the item. "You wouldn't have that case would you?"
"That I do but your gonna have to pay cash. I just turned off the registers."
"Hey no problem with-" he pauses and looks through his stuff. He forgot to grab his wallet before coming here. He held out his record that was one of a kind.
"Can… can you trade?"
Meanwhile
Nos waited to get the one item that was hard to get, an original record player.
"Alright sir, here it is." The owner spoke. "The 1920 preserved record player though you might have to bid-"
"What do you mean?" Nos raised a brow. "I have brought the amount we agreed on."
"But I want it more."
Now growls at DRAC-2-LA who entered with a large smirk across his metallic face. "Of course we can settle a little trade. A Passionate night-"
"Or I can just rip your head off and throw it into the sun."
"My my Nos, how flirtatious of you." DRAC purrs.
Nos looks to the owner. "Please what can I trade you for the record player?"
"Well, what do you got?"
Nos opened his chest panel and held out a few things and looked to his randometer. He could always replace that one- he pauses to hold out his adopted fathers gift. It was an old bone silver flute.
"Oh wow that's a falsetto carved flute!"
Nos held it and knew for XR, it was worth it.
"I will trade it for the record player."
"Surely I can raise-"
"Alright Mr. Nos." The old owner smiles.
"What?!" DRAC growls.
Nos smiles as the man makes the trade and Nos took the record player with him in a rush.
Later in the night, midnight
XR held his gift close as did Nos.
"Say XR would you like to play your record?" Nos smiles, exposing his fangs.
XR smiles a bit nervously. "Well on a nice night like this? Maybe your flute?"
Nos only smiles and sees the clock chimes midnight.
"Merry Christmas love." Nos replied and hands him his gift.
"Merry Christmas Nosy." He smiles and hands him the gift.
XR opens his to see an old fashioned record player. "This is amazing Nos! For my… record."
Nos opens his to find it was a casing for his flute. "XR this beautiful but…" he covers his face. "I do not have my flute anymore."
"But that was your gift from your adopted dad." XR frowns.
"If it meant getting the record player for you then yes. You matter to me more than anything.
"... I traded my record for the case."
Nos holds him close. "But you love that record-"
"And I love you Nos, your more special to me than an old record." XR smiles.
Nos holds him close. "You matter more than a flute. Merry Christmas."
Xr kisses him and wraps his arms around. "Merry Christmas Nos."