it's early in the morning that serena jumps on calem's bed, straddling his legs with two wrapped presents in tow, jumping up and down until he's awoken. ❝ merry christmas, calem!! i can't wait-- please open these now! ❞ she hands him the smallest first, a soothe bell, then the big, thick one, revealing not only a framed photo of the two of them together, but a scrapbook FULL of pictures of all their friends, from the start of their journey, until now. ❝ do you like it... ? ❞
he should have expected this. he should have known serena was going to wake him up in the wee hours of christmas morning. he let out a groan at her insistent jumping, finally sitting up and letting out a yawn. “you’re insufferable.” there was no bite behind his words. “merry christmas...” he wasn’t fully awake yet, but he took the gifts from her and unwrapped them one by one. the framed photo and scrapbook made a smile rise to his lips. “thanks serena.” he really loved this. “your gifts are under my bed. the ones with pink wrapping.” he got her some new makeup that he saw her eyeing and a box set of anime. “they’re not as sentimental as yours, but i still think you’ll like them.”