“Jeongguk. Psst. Jeongguk wake up!" Taehyung pesters gleefully as he rushes back into the bedroom with a smile on his face, poking Jeongguk’s cheeks annoyingly, “Jeonggukie, wake up! Santa came!”

Jeongguk grumbles some incoherent words that sound an awful lot like “fuck off”, and turns over, pulling the blanket over his head in a bid to block out Taehyung’s boisterous noise. But Tae doesn’t seem to get the memo as he leans over Jeongguk’s figure and pokes his face again, tapping and squeezing his cheeks.

“Santa came! You're really gonna lay here and sleep when there’s presents just waiting downstairs?” Tae asks in disbelief. “What a lazy sack of potatoes you are!”

Jeongguk speaks clearly this time.

“Fuck off.”

“Gosh, you’re such an old fart. It’s Christmas; get out of bed!” Tae chastises.

“Or you could get in bed.” Jeongguk suggests as he blindly reaches his hand out to try and pull Tae back to the bed, “It’s cold without you. Let's sleep some more.”

“It’s 7:15am, we can sleep later!” Tae beams.

“It’s 7 fucking 15 in the morning and you fucking woke me up?” Jeongguk grumbles, yawning into his other hand, “I hate you.”

“Santa waits for no-one.”

“Santa’s not fucking real.” Jeongguk deadpans.

“What a fucking buzzkill, Gukkie; you’re like the real-life Grinch. I might as well just date Jim Carrey instead.” Tae teases, “There’s hot chocolate downstairs, we can drink it and cuddle on the sofa! Come on!”

“Or, we could drink nothing and cuddle here?” Jeongguk bargains cheekily. “The presents will still be there whenever we wake up.”

“But Santa-”

“You and I literally picked out those presents in the shopping centre like two weeks ago. Some of them aren’t even wrapped. Santa my balls.” Jeongguk points out.

“Both me and my inner child say fuck you.” Tae scowls.

“I’m the closest thing you’ll get to Santa.” Jeongguk grins.

“Well,” Taehyung says as though he’s deep in thought, “You do wear a lot of red. And you have a big belly.”

“Fuck you, Kim.”

“But Santa never comes early, so you can’t be him.” Taehyung grins, and Jeongguk flicks him on the side of the head.

“I do not come early.” He squawks.

“What about yesterday?"

“That’s because you had a sexy Santa costume on; what was I supposed to do? You came early when I was dressed as a firefighter.”

“Okay fair point.” Tae smiles, “But anyway, come downstairs - I really really wanna show you this present I got you.”

“Is it alive?”

“N-No?”

“Does it expire?”

“No?”

“Does it smell?”

“No, but-”

“Good. Then it can wait.” Guk says triumphantly, finally succeeding in pulling Tae back onto the bed. “I am going to cuddle you until my arms are numb, and there’s nothing you can do about it.” He smiles, kissing lightly on Tae’s neck.

Taehyung smiles.

“You big baby.”

“Your big baby.”

“Santa baby-”

“Go die in a hole.” Jeongguk laughs with his boyfriend, “You’re the fucking worst.”

“2NE1 beg to differ.”

“You’re so lame. Kim Lame-hyung. Just come lie with me baby, and maybe I'll forgive your shit jokes.”

“If my jokes are shit, then yours aren't even in the comedic category, Gukkie. Oh – there is actually a joke book that Jin got you. It's under the tree; this is even more reason to get up! The universe is literally waiting for you.”

“Tell the universe that cuddling is my only priority and that everything else that’s not you and this bed can get in line.” Jeongguk smiles warmly, wrapping his arms tightly around his boyfriend and feeling warm and content at his little smile on his face. Tae rolls his eyes in fake annoyance, but tips his head down for a kiss anyway.

“It’s not good to ignore universal warnings, baby.” Tae warns.

“I’m not ignoring it; I'm merely...postponing it, like when the laptop needs an update. I'll do it later. I'll also do you later as well.” Guk smiles.

“Goodness me, you’r dead set on staying in this bed, aren’t you?”

“Yup. So get comfy, because I'm not letting go of you, even if you need the bathroom.” Jeongguk says menacingly, tucking the blanket around Tae and snuggling close to him, warm together under the covers.

“You'll have to pay to get up.”

“Pay?"

“Yes. And it’s very expensive.” Jeongguk adds proudly, “1 kiss if you want to change position. 3 kisses to go to the bathroom. 5 kisses to pull the blanket and 7 kisses to press your cold toes against me. Think you can afford it Kim?”

Taehyung giggles and Jeongguk’s heart swells as it lights up his eyes.

“I guess maybe I'll have to tap into my savings to afford all of this.” He sighs dramatically. “I don’t know if I can afford this.”

“Don’t worry baby – I'll help pay for this.” Jeongguk laughs cheesily as they share a happy kiss. “But you’ll be in debt to me and you’ll have to pay it back over time at a rate of 3 kisses per day.”

“I don’t think I mind that at all.” Tae giggles.

“Payment is upfront too.” Jeongguk adds. “I won’t accept any late payments.”

“What about early ones?”

“Early is fine. Early is good.”

“You know a lot about early, don’t you?” Tae cackles and Jeongguk can’t help that he’s laughing too.

“Well, try me again later on, and we’ll see if you still think that way. I'm gonna last for ages.”

“Why later? Why not right now?”

“Because I'm gonna cry real tears if we don’t start cuddling right now right this minute.”

“We are cuddling right now.”

“Well then, cuddle me like you mean it.”

“Gosh, you’re such a baby.”

“Your baby.”

“Santa baby.”

“You already said that before.”

“Well Dory begs to differ.”

“Fuck Dory – you’re just plain old dorky.”

“And you’re just plain old.”

“I’m adding another fee!” Jeongguk declares, “4 kisses per every insult towards me, and 8 kisses for stupid jokes. At this rate, you’ll have to keep your mouth shut forever, coz that’s nearly all that leaves your mouth.”

“Actually,” Tae says smugly, “I just so happen to be a kiss millionaire, so I can afford your prices and still have lots leftover to give.”

“I don’t believe you.” Jeongguk says playfully.

“Want me to show you, doubting Thomas?”

“I want you to show me all day long.” Jeongguk smiles as they lean forwards and capture each other's lips, smiling against each other blissfully.

“Merry Christmas, baby.”

“Merry Christmas too, Gukkie. I love you from head to mistle-toe.”

“For fucks sake.” Jeongguk groans, “You ruin everything. You're an idiot.”

“It takes one to snow one.” Taehyung laughs, and Jeongguk just brings him closer in their loving embrace.

“That’ll be 16 kisses, mister funny guy. Who's laughing now?”

“I don’t think I mind, Gukkie.

I really don’t mind at all.”

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Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays!!!

I hope everyone has a great day <3

-bb