December 1st
"Hey! Nagisa! Wake up!" Karma shakes the bluenette frantically. The smaller male groans and turns to face him. It is now December. The time when Nagisa was in hospital (April) has past months ago. Thanks to the crazy schemes of Karma, they have actually tricked most of 3-E into thinking that they're not dating. Only Isogai, Maehara, Naomi, Yuri(o), Asano and Ren know. You can just imagine how exasperated Rio got when they denied ever confessing or even asking the other out. "What is it, Karma? I was sleeping." Karma even then drags Nagisa out of bed and pulls him to the window, "Just look at the snow, Nagi. It really is December!" Karma starts jumping up and down, "Christmas is soon!"
"And your birthday."
"And my birthday!" He pulls Nagisa into a tight hug. "Hey, Nagisa. Do you remember the first Christmas we ever spent together?" This finally makes the older of the two smile, after being so rudely awaken, "How could I forget? That was the first year we knew one another."

*Flashback*
Nagisa's Christmas was not going well at all. All the new clothes he got were dresses and skirts. All his games and other things were targeted at stereotypical girls. Not to mention he wasn't even going to see his dad. His mother forbid that. So when a new message popped up on his phone, he was more than delighted to start a conservation with a certain red head that Nagisa didn't realise he was crushing on.
Karma: Merry Christmas Nagisa-kun!
Nagisa: Thanks. How's yours going, Karma-kun?
Karma: Very deadbeat and boring. How about you come over?
Nagisa: I'll see what I can do.
With that, Nagisa slid his phone into his pocket. He quietly slid into his bedroom where he unlocked the window, shivered at the cold and proceeded to climb down the drainpipe. When his feet touched the ground (And he realised he was barefoot in the snow) he started running in the direction of Karma's house.

~Time skip~
Karma opened the door as soon as the first knock had been sounded. "Nagisa-kun! Good morn- why the hell aren't you wearing a coat or, more importantly, shoes!" He swiftly dragged the shivering male into his house. "Kinda forgot them." Karma rolled his eyes but then rushed to wrap Nagisa up in many blankets, "Crazy."
"Where's your parents? Surely they'd be back for Christmas?" Karma's smirking face falls. "Christmas? Yeah that stings. But not as much as the fact that December 25th is my birthday." Nagisa saw how much his friend was hurting and pulled him close. "I'm here aren't I?" The corners of Karma's mouth start to lift. "Thank you."
"Merry Christmas, Karma-kun."
"Merry Christmas, Nagisa-kun."
*End of flashback*

December 3rd
"Do we really need a tree for the apartment? How are we going to lug that thing back there anyway? Karma? Karma are you even listening to me?" Nagisa taps his boyfriend on the shoulder. Karma, however, keeps inspecting the trees, "We'll get a small one."
"Says the man who's currently looking at a massive one." Karma stands up at this, turns around and rolls his eyes up. "Why are you acting like this by the way? You've been more excited for Christmas than you've ever been." Karma just grabs Nagisa's hand and places his lips on his. When the kiss ends, Karma grins at him, "Because it's our first Christmas as a couple. I want it to be special."
"You know sometimes I forget how much of a loving, but also needy, boyfriend you are." Nagisa crosses his arms. It was true though, for the past few months, Karma was always surprising him with chocolates, flowers and kisses. Nagisa was sort of used to it by now. "Hey now. This Christmas will be legend... wait for it... dary! Legendary!"
"Barney Stinson, really?" Nagisa sighs.
"Stop questioning everything I do!" After a lot of back and forth fighting over stupid, nonsensical things, they settled on a medium sized tree. "Ok. Got the tree. Now I need to go buy some mistletoe." Karma ticks the tree off of the list. "Why would you need to buy mistletoe? Karma?" The taller male starts to walk off. "Karma get back here and answer me! Also, what are we going to do about the tree?! Karma!"

December 5th
"Dammit! I can't reach!" Nagisa whispers to himself, desperately trying to place a decoration higher up on the tree. Karma does overhear this (because he's an absolute demon that way) and has his signature Koro Sensei style smirk plastered onto his face. "That's what you get for being as tall as a girl." Nagisa immediately whips around, "Take that back! I am really tall! I'm so tall! Nothing but tall!"
"Yeah right. Tell me something believable. I would believe if you said you were a girl, you know." Karma continues to smirk. 'Just because we're together,' he thinks, 'doesn't mean I can't tease the hell out of you still'. "You know that I'm a guy! You know that so well you... you... you... I give up. I can't insult you to save my life." He flops onto the floor, "I can't even decorate a flipping Christmas tree."
"Who says you can't?" Karma strides over and helps the defeated male up. "I'll help you." He then pulls the smaller male into a hug from behind and lifts him up to the correct height. "Go on, place the ornament on the tree Nagi." Nagisa does so and Karma promptly loses his balance. They fall to the ground, laughing their heads off. Nagisa plants a kiss on Karma's cheek, "Thanks."

December 7th
Karma was trying to put the lights up with Nagisa's help. As the two own an apartment, they could only accomplish this feat inside their home. Nagisa placed a string of lights onto the wall but unfortunately ended up getting his arm tangled in said lights. "Oh come on! Can't I get anything right?!" Karma looks over at this and helplessly tries to untangle them. He ends up getting tangled in the lights too. "Now we're both stuck you idiot." Nagisa glares and attempts to push the bundle off of himself. The lights wrap around his waist and actually pulls him on top of Karma. The two's cheeks heat up and they're left like that for the rest of the day, saved when Naomi decided to stop by. (And she fangirled and took loads of pictures, which Karma congratulated her on whilst Nagisa pouted.)

December 9th
"So you've never tried raw cookie dough?"
"No. Mum never allowed me too. The best I got was the actual cookie itself." Karma stared at Nagisa in disbelief. "Well now you get to try gingerbread cookie dough." Nagisa dips a hesitant finger into the mixture and pops it in his mouth. His entire face lights up, eyes sparkling, mouth open in amazement. "Is it good?"
"Yes! Oh my god Karma! Thank you for letting me try this!" He scoops some more out. By the end of the day, the two had cleared out the entire bowl, leaving nothing left for the actual making of gingerbread men.

December 11th
"I have no idea how your sister's boyfriend does this for a living." Karma moaned as he stepped onto the ice and fell over immediately. Nagisa sighs and goes to help him up. As he reaches out his hand, Karma grabs it and pulls him down on top of him. "No fair! I was only trying to help you, you jerk!" He glares. Karma in return just flashes him a smirk. He really does love infuriating his boyfriend. "I can ice skate and now you've pulled me down onto the cold along with you!"
"You're my boyfriend. You're supposed to take the fall with me."
"I don't think that's how romance works, Karma." He gets back up. "Come on, for real this time." He offers his hand. "Give me your hand, old friend." Karma smiles when Nagisa resurfaces that memory. This time Karma does take it and (with a lot of struggling from Nagisa) is pulled up.

December 13th
Slightly melted snow crunched under Karma's feet. Here he was in the town, a couple of hundred metres from Kunugigoaka Junior High and his apartment. That's when he realised, here he was trying to buy the perfect gift for his boyfriend. But the main problem was the fact that Nagisa is one of the hardest people to shop for that Karma knows. He had the urge to buy the bluenette a nice dress, however Karma didn't really want to get shouted at for Christmas. Yeah, that would be a really 'merry' Christmas. A book, perhaps? Unfortunately, that didn't come from his heart. Yeah, many people probably would have come to that conclusion to get him books as Nagisa was an aspiring teacher. A year into extended education... of course they would buy him those. Karma mentally cursed Nagisa for this difficulty in his mind. His thoughts started to wander whilst continuing the search. He's so cute, thought Karma, and I can't even decide on a gift. At that point he stops outside a jewellery shop. If he was a girl, he continued to himself, I could have got him a necklace or something like that. Then, out of the corner of his defeated eye, he spotted something within that shop, something perfect. All he needed to do now was to purchase it. And that's what he did.

Nagisa, on the overhand, had absolutely no trouble whatsoever. After buying a huge bottle of wasabi, he bought something that he would never dare to wear voluntarily but it was for Karma, who deserved that luxury and happiness for always being there for him. The tsundere did not like to admit it very often, only allowing to on very special occasions, he obviously did care an awful amount for the red head. And that particular red head just happened to be the most loving boyfriend that could ever walk the planet. Some might call it clingy, however, Nagisa inside found it extremely touching. You wouldn't expect all of it from Karma of all people if you had met him, though Nagisa knew otherwise. So that was his day.

December 15th
Our beautiful gay protagonists were right up next to each other watching How I Met Your Mother (Karma insisted). Karma had his arm around Nagisa who was too tired to struggle. However, the next part was not against Nagisa's will, he had his head on Karma's chest, a faint blush decorating his cheeks like a sprinkle of fairy dust. Soon enough, the episode had come to a close. Karma, enjoying just the company of his boyfriend, didn't lift his finger to put another on. They then stayed there, enjoying each other's company and the silence.

It was these quiet moments that they could truly cherish, the times that they weren't aggravating each other, the times that they were truly in love. The Christmas lights were dimly glowing from above the fireplace and not a sound could be heard, words weren't needed in this moment. They could only hear the other's soft breathing and gentle heartbeats. Nagisa's hand was positioned over Karma's and the red head clasped it for all it was worth. Just for a moment the world stopped for them, all that mattered to them was this moment. They wanted it to last forever but Nagisa was finding it increasingly difficult to keep his eyes open. With a sigh, he let sleep take him.

"I love you Karma," he said before he fell into his dreams. "I know," he smirks, "You don't have to say it. I know that you do. And if anyone tries to take you away from me, I swear that I will actually murder them." The sadist paused in his rambling, noticed that the bluenette was fast asleep and gave up continuing. All he did was play with Nagisa's smooth, silky hair, braided it and smiled until he joined the smaller in his slumber.

"Karma? Mind if I ask you something?" Nagisa asked the next day. "Ask away!"
"Why the hell is my hair braided?!" He shouts whilst the younger male just gave him a sheepish grin.

December 17th
Christmas would not simply be Christmas without having a warming drink of hot chocolate. At least that was the common belief Nagisa and Karma shared. And no, these two weren't sharing one mug between them. They had separate mugs. This meant that Karma gulped his down really quickly, not giving a damn if he burnt his tongue. Nagisa, on the other hand, is more cautious and takes slow, careful sips. Karma, quite a few minutes ago, had slammed his empty mug onto the table and was now observing Nagisa. And Karma had not realised that he had froth sprayed over the top of his lips. The bluenette paid attention to this and sets down his mug, smirking ever so slightly. He grabs Karma's waist and pulls him close, taking the taller by surprise. He kisses Karma who's cheeks burn. After the passionate kiss ends, there is no froth left on Karma's lips. Nagisa grins, knowing he has won.

December 19th
"Hey Nagi. Hey Nagi. Hey Nagi." Karma pokes the bluenette who spins round, not pleased with the taller in the slightest, "What do you want, Karma?" The sadist grins, "Do you wanna build a snowman?" (Yes. That is a Frozen reference. I'm full of references to a lot of things.) Nagisa sighs, "Fine, you nitwit." A soft blanket of snow covers the surrounding area. The two are dressed warmly, of course and get set to make an amazing snowman. Nagisa rolls a ball of snow, trying to make the head, when a round spherical object hits the square of his back. Another hits his head causing the snowman's head drops down onto the ground and breaks. Nagisa grabs a small amount of the broken head, moulds it together and throws it right in Karma's face. The devil winces, having had his own game turned against him. "And that, everyone, is what we call karma." In return, a bunch of snowballs bash against his body and Nagisa falls over from the impact. His hair ties fly out and his blue hair lies limply on his shoulders. Karma notices this, blushes slightly and is knocked flat when the snowman's body is thrown into him. Nagisa smirks. The two call peace and, by the end of the day, have managed to make the snowman. Or really, snowoctopus. Koro Sensei in snow form.

December 21st
After a difficult time trudging through the snow to get home (seriously, he was getting quite fed up with all this snow), Nagisa slumps into the apartment and attempts to knock some of the white powder off his boots. Out of the corner of his eye, he notices a plant hanging from the ceiling, "Mistletoe, I'm guessing." He sighs, not of relief but of discomfort. "Correct!" Karma skips towards him with his hands making the kind of circle on Koro Sensei's correct face. "So may I have a kiss, my darling?" Nagisa rolls his eyes and leans in. He then strides off to relax by watching some TV. That's when he notices the mistletoe above his head in the screen's reflection of him. "More?! For crying out loud, Karma!" The devil comes over again and bends down to Nagisa's height and receives another peck on the lips, courtesy of the bluenette.

He was the tiniest bit irritated but soon realised that sort of thing was expected of Karma; I mean, who leaves someone stranded with a tree to go buy mistletoe?! Expecting more (as we just covered, this was Karma for Christ's sake) he went into their bedroom. As promised, there was one hanging over the pillow. Some of this made Nagisa jealous, Karma had this amazing height that allowed him to reach these areas. Nagisa, on the other hand, has only grown a centimetre from junior high. A centimetre. Whereas, Karma had grown 10, on top of the height he had already. (I'm a short person Nagisa, I can relate) "Like it? You know, if you reach it you can take it down. Otherwise, I'll be able to kiss you whenever I like."
"You do realise that rule only should apply for Christmas." Snaps the shorter male, standing on the bed to try reach but failing in every way imaginable. Karma just laughs at the scene, kisses Nagisa and pulls the plant down for him, justifying his actions by saying: "I felt sorry for you. You were embarrassing yourself."

Later, Nagisa had encountered plenty more of the white berried sprigs. And there hung another, over the bathroom mirror, catching his attention when brushing his teeth. He hand grasps it and he promptly chucks it in the bin. "Seriously though, where is all this mistletoe coming from?!" He lets out an aggravated sound in his throat. Yet again, Karma appeared, looking extremely pleased with his handiwork. "You owe me another kiss." He grins like a Cheshire Cat. "Fine then." Nagisa smirks, getting a devious idea. He kisses his lover. 1 hit. Karma's eyes widen in surprise when he realises what Nagisa's intention is. 2 hits. Nagisa pulls Karma into him and watches with pleasure as the red haired male goes (you guessed it!) red. 3 hits. Nagisa watches Karma's eyes go dull as he slowly slips into unconsciousness. 'Only 3 hits and he's already ready to pass out? Dammit Karma, give me a challenge here!' Nagisa thinks to himself, 'You know, this is the first time I've got hits on Karma before. It's... something else, to say the least.'

You guys are really amusing. You're quite the couple.

The sudden outburst from Koro Sensei takes Nagisa by surprise. Karma takes the opportunity and pushes Nagisa off of him. Sure, he loved a good kiss from the guy, but he was ruining what Karma viewed as 'fun'. "Too bad you wanted to knock me out. Maybe you could try again?" He states as he studies the disappointed look on the older's face. Karma then produces his 'best trick yet'. A mistletoe headband. Well suited for him as he looms over Nagisa. He places on his head and gets a bloodlust-filled glare from his significant other. "Come and kiss me, Nagi!" Nagisa then pounces on him and tackles Karma onto the floor, clearly had enough of him. He deserved it really. This time he really is successful in making the younger pass out. As Nagisa tucks the troublesome man into bed, (still not entirely sure if how exactly he was able to accomplish this feat - Karma was heavy and really tall!) he glances at Karma's sleeping expression. It really is peaceful and makes you wonder how such evil lurks inside that person. "Idiot." He sighs and climbs in beside the sleeping male. He hugs him and allows himself to drift off too.

December 24th
Christmas Eve. The long night of excitement for the approaching next day. The night that seems to drag on forever, no hope of trying to sleep. Karma agitately fingers the snowflake wrapping on the gift he's brought for Nagisa. While the gift itself is contained within a small box, it makes up for it in meaning. Karma had also been eyeing up his present which was placed under the tree for a few days now. Nagisa had not trusted him to get near it at all, knowing that the red head was just going to unwrap it. So, Karma was seated on their bed, waiting not only for his birthday, but for his boyfriend. Nagisa himself was situated in the other room. The sadist was just sitting there, totally quiet when he heard some gentle singing coming from where Nagisa was located.

"Kono yoru kiyoshi, hoshi wa hikari,
Sukui no miko wa, Ni mabune no naka,
Nemuri-tamo, Ito yasuku.

Kono yoru kiyoshi, Mitsuge ukeshi,
Maki-bito tachi wa, no miko mimae ni,
N

ukazukinu, Kashikomite.

Kono yoru kiyoshi, no Miko emi ni
Megumi miyo no no, ashita no hikari,
K

agayakeri, Hogarakani."

(Btw that's Silent Night in Japanese for all you weebs.) A smile paints itself onto the more manlier of the two's face. This has made his day. Hearing his sweet, beloved Nagisa sing. He pauses the recording, satisfied. While he might have originally used that for blackmail, this time it was for his enjoyment only. "Meri Kurisumasu, Nagisa." He whispers and slides down underneath the covers.

December 25th
Finally the joyous day had arrived! Nagisa smiled softly to himself when he bolted out of bed. 'Time to get ready' he thought whilst glancing at Karma who was, in fact, still laying lifeless aside from the gentle rise and fall of his chest. When the sadist did wake up with the glorious realisation that he was now 20 and approaching 21, he spotted his boyfriend standing before him. Pink immediately dusted his cheeks when he noticed that Nagisa was sporting a festive Christmas-themed dress. A dress. Voluntarily. "This day's already started on a high note, I'll give you that." He smirks. Nagisa just continues to smile, "Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday, Karma!" In reply to this the red head grabs the gift beside him addressed to the bluenette. He hands it over, "For you. I hope you like it." Nagisa unwraps it to reveal a box which he opens with haste. Inside lies a promise ring. His eyes widen, slips it onto his finger and kisses Karma. "Now my gift for you doesn't seem as heartfelt."
"I'm sure it's fine. And I promise to make you the happiest you can be." He unwraps it when Nagisa gives the present to him. "A huge tube of wasabi! Oh my God, arigato! I love it so much!"
"Merry Christmas, Karma."
"Merry Christmas, Nagisa."

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Merry Christmas everyone!
Hope you enjoyed this fluff filled festive chapter. Shoutout to all my friends who helped me write this: Matttheep1c and AyaYuto. You've been a massive help.

Now, have some AssClass festive pictures:

Again, have a wonderful holiday. I've already started the next chapter so hopefully that should be up soon (or not, it depends).

Bye!
~Peanutsfan1

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