a happy new years eve to you. Last day of skinmas. I hope this has been a satisfying gift. Thank you for gifting me with beautiful skin creature drawings and giving me inspiration. Meep!
He’s warm. Shen Jiu nuzzles into the blanket he was wrapped in twisting and turning. His bed feels so hard and cold but the blanket and fire are warm. Someone is holding his hand and he can feel the lap he’s resting in.
His crusted sticky eyes open to the sight of Yue Qi craddling him. Shen Jiu laces their fingers tightly and gravely mutters, “Idiot, your back is going to hate you."
Yue Qi’s head simply continues to hang uncomfortably. He moves them down so that their head rests on Shen Yuan’s bed- Shen Yuan! Shen Jiu looks around but the skitten isn’t laying down next to them.
Yue Qi seems to finally wake up with a yawn and a crack, “Hi.”
They smile and pull him into a hug, “Don’t worry he’s fine.”
“Okay.” He’ll trust Yue Qi to be honest about this. “Good. Good.”
The fireplace still crackles with heat as they hold each other. “You know better than to sit up all night over here stoking a fire.”
“But you would have been cold if I hadn’t.”
Shen Jiu scoffs. “Then you should have dragged me to bed.”
There’s no reply. Just a hand carding through his hair as they sit in silence. He hates to admit but he is warm and comfortable like this the only thing they’re missing is their Shen Yuan. Out of nowhere there’s a kiss on his head, “Merry Skinmas Xiao-Jiu.”
Face red he looks back, “Merry Skinmas, Qi-ge.”
Ugh, that smile. That one like the sun where you can see the faint dimples the man’s face hides. The one where every corner turns up to show how happy he is that Shen Jiu hates and adores. It’s not fair.
Where- wait… where is that mysterious golden light coming from?
Shen Jiu pulls away from his almost kiss to note that there is indeed a mysterious heavenly golden glow coming from underneath their tree. “Did you do that?”
“No.” Yue Qi shakes his head.
Honestly! Shen Jiu crawls away from the nest of blankets Yue Qi had formed around them towards the tree. Shen Jiu pushed away the branches and stared in shock.
“Qi-ge,” Shen Jiu smiled, “Who’s fucking baby is that?”
Shen Jiu blinked pointing firmly at the literally glowing bundle under the tree, “Who's fucking baby is that?”
“Why is there a fucking baby under our tree?”
Both men stared at the small baby curled next to Shen Yuan staring at them with big black eyes and long hair. “Qi-ge, I want a deep explanation of why there is a glowing baby under our tree that distinctly resembles you.”
“Xiao-Jiu, I have no idea where this baby came from, I swear!”
“Oh, so they just happen to have your eyes and nose?”
Shen Yuan yawned stretching his little paws uncaring to the squabble. “You know I would never cheat on you!”
The baby is literally glowing. Little arms waving at the two men with the biggest, warmest smile imaginable. “Besides, if I was why would I bring an affair child home for Skinmas?”
Shen Jiu was pulling at their hair, “Obviously to-to gloat and show off!”
“That makes no sense! Please listen.”
Biting was an excellent strategy for moments like these. Shen Jiu had his husband pinned to the ground full intent on beating him to death when the baby laughed.
Shen Jiu stopped and looked at the child and then…to the horrible site of a skinhe next to them. A glowing golden skinhe.
Oh no. No. No. “A-Yuan… please tell me this isn’t your doing?”
Three hours of phone call hot potato had resulted in finding out that both the skinhe and the baby where legally there’s. That despite the fact that Shen Yuan was supposed to be too young to be nursing skinhe’s or having skittens sometimes they experience rapid overnight maturation due to many factors.
And sometimes…they just steal or create human babies. Why is nobody mentioning this on the skinzun subbreddit? Shen Jiu was looking over the no longer glowing bundle of financial burdens in his arms. She’s a girl apparently and she weirdly likes him.
“I can’t believe we’re stuck with this.”
Yue Qi took her into his arms, “Aw, I think she’s cute. Look at her, our Tonghua.”
“Tonghua? You’re naming it?” Shen Jiu hisses.
Yue Qi simply pouts and waves those fat baby arms at him, “Well, she’s ours now so shouldn’t we give her a name?”
The golden skinhe, in both flesh and the light he’s still giving off, crawls on the floor with it’s squinty eyes and wrinkly skin. Ew. Then there’s Shen Yuan who has gone from a little skitten to a full Skinzun all in the blink of an eye looking at him with a big smile.
“Tomorrow we hand her to the authorities for right now let’s just do the gift exchange and celebrate Skinmas.”
Yue Qi’s eyes light up along with that shitty baby’s, “You mean it?”
“Don’t make me regret this.” Yue Qi practically dashes to the tree to grab presents to give to Shen Jiu once again leaving him stuck with the baby.
Well, he supposes there are worst things. He supposes next skinmas they can plan accordingly. He glares at Shen Yuan, “If you give us another baby next year I will skin and eat you.”
He’s not smiling. Not all. He’s not excited to open his present, “Merry Skinmas Qi-ge.”
“Merry Skinmas Xiao-Jiu.”
A kiss on the lips is more than enough reward for this silly man. He doesn’t need to say more except maybe, “This stuffed animal is so tacky.”
“Do you want me to take it back?”
Shen Jiu sets the large playtpus toy next to him, “No.”
UWAAAAAAA THANK YOU MUCH FOR THIS GIFT DIUBJFHBSBJDNBSSNNNS 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 THIS IS SO CUTEBHBDBS
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