A/N: Hello, my lovelies! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I’m back to celebrate my one year mark here on Tumblr. Crazy that a year has already flown by! It’s been a few months since I shared a story and I figured now would be a good time to revisit one of the first pieces I shared on this blog. As I’ve said back then, please do be patient with those that have POPD. You only have to put up with their madness just once a year. If you want to read where it all began, you can find it here. I hope you enjoy <3
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Several years have passed since that memorable Christmas where you surprised Kihyun that your family was growing. Your daughter was now old enough to help in assisting with decorating your family Christmas tree. Have you gotten over your POPD? If you were being completely honest, the answer was no, but the arguments around the tree were a lot tamer than they were before your daughter came along.
“This is the last box of ornaments,” Kihyun announced as he entered the room. You and your daughter were already going through the other boxes he had brought out from storage. Your little girl jumped up with delight as she clapped her hands excitedly. You took your usual seat on the floor and started hooking the ornaments and handing them off to your husband and daughter to be placed on the tree.
You alternated handing off one ornament after another to the pair of decorators, but Kihyun sensed something was completely off. It took a few more ornament placements to realize what it was...you weren’t instructing where each ornament needed to be placed.
“How does it look, mama?” your daughter asked as she placed a pink ornament right next to the previous pink ornament she placed just a few seconds ago.
You took a deep breath and smiled genuinely at her. “It looks beautiful, darling,” you complimented. Your daughter beamed with pride as she continued to decorate. Kihyun couldn’t hide the smirk from his face. He knew you too well, but really loved the effort you were putting forward in trying not to get worked up over the perfect ornament placement.
Once the boxes were empty of the tree ornaments, you took the star you had bought for the first Christmas you and Kihyun had spent in your shared home and handed it off to your daughter. Kihyun then lifted her high so that she could place it on top of the Christmas tree. Once it was placed, Kihyun held her in his arms as she wrapped hers round his neck. You hugged Kihyun’s waist and joined them in admiring the tree you all worked on.
“It’s the most perfect tree we have ever had,” you said as you looked up at your daughter.
“I did a good job?” she asked you.
“You did an amazing job,” Kihyun complimented and gave her a kiss on her cheek.
“Ready for dinner then?” you suggested. They both nodded and you all walked to the kitchen where food awaited.
With full bellies, Kihyun and your daughter retreated to the couch listening and singing along together to the Christmas playlist Kihyun put on. You came and joined them with a tray of hot chocolate to enjoy in front of the tree. As your daughter sat with her mug in her hands staring at the tree and Kihyun humming along to the music, you noticed an unsettled look on her face.
“What’s wrong, baby?” you asked her.
“I don’t know,” she said as she continued to stare at the tree, “Something feels off. Can you hold this, please, mama?” She handed you her mug and got off the couch and headed towards the tree.
You watched as she took the one of the pink ornaments she placed next to each other earlier and gave it another home. She continued to do so for the other ornaments she saw were too close to each other and of similar color or design.
You smiled widely and proudly and whispered, “That’s my girl.”
“Lord help me,” Kihyun whispered under his breath.
Do you suffer from P.O.P.D? I sure do! Lol! Going to decorate the tree soon. #popd #perfectornamentplacementdisorder (at O'Fallon, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqknUJQHzHx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lg31fuvatmcq
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