After being woken up, Shouta followed his kids downstairs, smiling fondly as they excitedly went to pick out presents from under the tree. They beckoned him to them and he, of course, came over to sit with them. As Yuga happily thanked him for a hoodie the thought that this was the first Christmas without his husband he'd celebrated since before they got together hit him.  His smile turned fake and by the looks on their faces, the kids could tell. He excused himself from the room and told them to carry on.
Shouta hurried upstairs, beginning to realise how alone he was without Hizashi. He'd already been away for a couple of months but only then did it hit Shouta. Without him, he was alone.

Then there was knock on the bedroom door and a little moment later, it opened. Toshinori and Nemuri came in and sat on the bed next to him.
"Hey, Sho? You good?" The woman asked, crossing one leg over the other.
"The kids said you seemed upset." Toshinori finished, concern filling his voice.
"I just... Miss Zashi. That's all."
"Oh sweetheart..." Nemuri latched onto him, hugging him from the side. Toshinori hesitantly put his hand in Shouta's hair and started brushing through it.
"Hey... Tensei and Tenya are downstairs... If you wanna see them?"
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"Yeah. Sure."