Blueberry's P.O.V

It's that time of year! Where everyone gets their break off school and most of us get to wonder how in the world we were going to get the money to give all our friends a gift. Just a few days until Christmas! Today, most of the people working got their few days off, so it was a great time for everyone to meet up. As it was lunchtime, we could to get a table together, or sit under a tree. On today's menu was some good old fashioned sandwiches, served with our desired ingredients. I get them and found the rest of the group, who were all sitting under a tall tree, rather then a table. It was often that we did this. They waved me over and I happily obliged and sat down next to Dust.

The only ones I could see who weren't with us were Lust, Reaper, Horror, Error, Nightmare and Killer. Reason being because Error, Nightmare and Horror were finishing their last haul for the holiday, Killer and Reaper were guarding the wall and Lust was helping serve food. Horror, Error and Nightmare would be here soon.

"How's school going, Asy?" Dream asked.

"It's going great!" Asy chirped. "We're learning so many things!"

Whenever Asy said 'we' he always meant himself and the person he claims to see that nobody else can. The teacher we worked with always wants me to help him and he'll focus on the other students, but Asy is doing quite well on his own, despite a broken mind.

"Anyone buying something for their partners?" I asked.

"I have something in mind." Cross said, smiling at Dream.

Dream smiled back and leaned against Cross, enjoying a nice hug from behind. He heard Ink giggle and we knew he had gotten something to start mischief.

"I guess you could say I got a gift for everyone." He said, taking something out of his pocket.

It was mistletoe.

"Oh right, humans had that tradition that any pair standing under a mistletoe had to kiss." Sci commented.

"I don't need mistletoe to kiss you." Fell flirted, before pulling Sci into a kiss.

Sci blushed, embarrassed that they were kissing in front of us, but kissed back nonetheless. Cross whistled suggestively, which made us all laugh.

"What about you, Geno?" Ink asked. "Got anything for someone in particular? Maybe a certain skeleton in a black cloak?"

Geno gave Ink and annoyed stare. Ink just poked his tongue out at him. Geno proceeded to huff and pull his scarf over his face.

"Yes..."

"I knew it!" Ink announced in victory.

"What's going on here?"

Error came into the scene and sat down next to Ink.

"Where's Horror and Nightmare?" I asked.

"Nightmare's gone to see Killer up on the wall. And Horror-"

Error was interrupted by a loud cheer from the line of people over at the tables serving the food. Horror and Lust were there. Turns out, Horror had dramatically dipped Lust into a passionate kiss in front of everyone. Funnily enough, everyone seemed to have gotten a good kick from it, everyone was smiling. Lust seemed just a little embarrassed though. Once Horror pulled away from said kiss, he bowed and announced proudly;

"Thank you, thank you! We're here all week!"

Another loud cheer from the crowd. It was amazing how friendly and supportive everyone here was. Horror laughed, giving one last kiss to Lust before walking over to us.

"You two are such love birds." Geno said.

"You're just jealous."

"Hey Inky, what's that?" Error asked, pointing at the mistletoe.

"Oh! It's mistletoe!" Ink replied.

"Mistletoe?"

"Yeah! You hang in above the heads of two people and then they have to kiss!" Ink held it above his head, resembling what he just said.

What Ink didn't realise as he explained how the mistletoe works was that it was not only above his head, but Error's as well. Error quickly took advantage of the situation and pulled Ink into a kiss. Ink's face was completely covered in his blush.

"Wow, the hearts are really flying today." Dust said, smiling.

Error pulled away, smirking. Ink just stared, trying to process what just happened. After a few moments, he hunched over the ground, spewing out black paint.

Error back Ink's back a good pat. "Sorry Inky. But you did say that two people under a mistletoe had to kiss."

Ink groaned held his hand out to the black paint that now covered the ground in front of him. He started manipulating it with his magic and changing it. It was made into a ball of paint and Ink threw it at Error's face. With a splat, it was all over him. Error didn't look very impressed.

"Really Ink? Throwing paint at me?"

Ink smirked at him. "I could always just take it off, you know."

"Yeah yeah, whatever you say Inky."

"Come on already!" I said. "It's so very clear you two like each other!"

The both of them blushed. Error pulled his hood over his head and Ink covered his face with his scarf.

"They're not denying it." Horror teased.

"Ok fine! We do!" Ink yielded. "Just shut up about it!"

"Geez Inky." Error said. "You gave in easily."

Error then proceeded to kiss Ink's foreskull. Ink let out a few flustered noises.

"I keep getting mixed readings from you guys." Sci said.

"Sci, surely you should know the this is completely normal behaviour by now." Horror said.

"This is far from normal. But it is funny, and rather wholesome."

"Wholesome, Sci?" Fell replied. "I believe the word you're looking for is 'really freaking cute.'"

"That is three words, Fell."

"Hey, uh, does anyone know what time it is?" Cross asked.

"About one-thirty. Why?" I asked.

Cross didn't reply. He gave Dream a kiss on his cheekbone and stood up. He said he would be back soon, then left. Once Cross was out of view, Dream's smile turned into a small frown. Everyone noticed.

"What's wrong, Dream?" Ink asked.

"It's, uh...well..." Dream scratched the back of his neck nervously. "It's...in a way, personal."

"You don't have to tell us if you don't want to." I said.

Dream shook his head. "No, it's ok. I'll tell you."

Dream held his hand in front of himself slightly, open wide. There was a small glow that came from it for a moment, not bright enough to blind anyone. Once the glowing dimmed down, we saw a heart shaped object, about the size of your palm, floating above his hand. It was his golden monster soul.

"There isn't anything wrong with your soul, is there?" Sci asked.

Dream shook his head. "No. I don't know whether to consider this better or worse. But..."

He stopped. We noticed another object orbiting slowly around Dream's soul. A tiny, white souling.

"You're pregnant?" I cried out, surprised.

Dream hushed me quickly before nodding, confirming it. Now he seemed worried.

"Man, you two got busy." Dust commented.

Dream looked away, clearly embarrassed. He went to un-summon his soul, but Ink gently put his hand on his shoulder, reassuring Dream.

"When did you find out?" Fell asked.

"Three nights after...you know."

"That's unusually early for a souling to appear." Sci said. "They normally appear about two weeks after that."

That didn't make Dream feel any better about it. He hugged his knees, looking like he was holding back tears. Sci realised this and quickly apologised.

"I-It's fine..." Dream mumbled.

"So...when do you plan on telling Cross?" Error asked.

"I don't know...I don't know if he even wants a child...I...I'm scared..."

Tears formed in his eye sockets. I see now, he was afraid Cross would stop loving him if he knew he was having an unexpected child. But Cross isn't that kind of person, is he? Unexpectedly, Dream was picked up carefully by two goopy, black tentacles and gently carried away from the group. He wasn't taken very far, Dream's brother was standing just a couple feet away and must of heard the conversation. Nightmare gave Dream a big hug.

"N-Nightmare...?"

"Shh." Nightmare hushed softly. "Now listen to me, brother. Don't even dare think about the possibility of Cross leaving you over a child, because it's never going to happen. You two have been happy together for almost a year now, do you really think he would ditch you over this?"

Dream didn't say anything.

"Cross told me himself that he was hoping to start a family with you. It's all he could ever want. He wants to see you happy with your very own child in your arms. And he wants that child to also be his own. Don't think for a second that he doesn't."

Dream was silent for a moment. He wiped his tears away and hugged his goopy brother back.

"Thank you, Nightmare."

"You're welcome, Dream."

Aww, this is a wonderful sight. It wasn't often that Dream and Nightmare had moments like this.

"Hey Dream!" Geno called out. "Would it be ok if we have a quick look at the souling?"

Dream nodded and carefully handed Geno his soul. The souling had to stay with it's mother's soul at all times, else the connection to it would be broken and the souling would shatter. Not something anyone wants to see. We took turned, passing the soul around in a circle and examining the souling. Being extra careful not to physically touch them. Mainly because the soul is the most sensitive and private part of the body, and because Nightmare was watching us protectively, almost like he was saying 'if you even touch my little brother's child, I'll strangle you to death right here and now'. None of us wanted that, and took the warning from his oh mighty death stare.

It was a cute little souling. The relaxed way it orbited around Dream's soul meant that it would most likely be a laid back child, similar to how Cross is. Most of the time. The white colour meant that it's main colour was yet to be decided. The main colour is basically the colour of their magic and blush. Yes, blush. That's why I have a blue blush, Ink has a rainbow blush, so on and so forth. I couldn't wait to see how it turned out. It could either turn out as a golden soul, like Dream, or a light purple soul, like Cross. Or maybe a combination of the both. Either way, I knew they were going to be awesome.

"Is he still here?" Cross asked.

"Yes, he's still here." Replied a human man, almost twice as tall as Cross.

Cross looked down. "I don't know if I will be able to afford him until next week..."

The human looked sympathetically at Cross. "He's for a special someone, isn't he? A Christmas gift?"

Cross nodded. "Someone I love with all my soul. I wanted to give him something on Christmas eve, maybe an hour before I have to go to work."

"Had it all planned out, didn't you?"

"Yes...but now I know I won't be able to afford it by then..."

The human thought for a while, then smiled.

"Tell you what." He said. "You give me the money you have right now, and I'll pay for whatever's left. You can pick him up when you need to."

Without hesitation, Cross pushed all the money he had into the human's hands.

"Thank you so much!" He said, a grateful smile on his face. "I promise I'll repay you soon!"

"Think nothing of it." The human said. "I know how you feel, wanting to see your partner smiling. Come over whenever you want to pick him up."

Cross nodded quickly, thanking the human again.

"Thank you so much sir. You have no idea how grateful I am."