Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
“Can you believe everything that’s happened this year?” you asked, your voice filled with soft wonder as you nestled against Mino’s chest.
Mino simply hummed in response. You could feel the vibration against your cheek, and you crinkled your nose as the sensation tickled down your spine.
“I mean, we only met in February,” you continued on softly.
Just in time, Mino thought, his brow furrowing slightly.
When the two of you literally bumped into each other at the grocery store, Mino had just been starting to get back to normal. Kind of.
He’d gone through a break-up just after Christmas, so by the time February came around, he had been feeling a bit more like himself. His heart had still be broken, of course, but... you came along and changed everything.
He hadn’t been expecting it; when you break up with someone, especially someone you thought was your Forever, you don’t even think about meeting someone else... falling in love with someone else. But that’s what happened.
She had broken his heart last Christmas. You had mended it this Christmas.
A crowded room, friends with tired eyes
I'm hiding from you, and your soul of ice
My god, I thought you were someone to rely on
Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on
Just lying here with you, Mino couldn’t stop himself from thinking about January. The time in-between when she left and you arrived.
What a horrible month it had been.
His friends had somehow convinced him to go to a New Year’s Eve party, one thrown by another friend every year. It was tradition, and it would be good for him. He needed to get out and try to at least pretend to be normal.
But all of that went out the window when he walked into his friend’s house and saw her. He immediately grabbed a drink and found a corner to hide in, and unsurprisingly, it turned out to be the worst New Year’s Eve of his life.
But her? She’d been fine. Or, at least, she had seemed fine. She’d been laughing and smiling and drinking and chattering and if she’d seen him, she hadn’t let on.
Had it all been a lie? Had he merely been someone for her to pass the time? Have fun with?
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man under cover but you tore me apart
Now, I've found a real love you'll never fool me again
You hadn’t been naive. When you’d first met Mino, you’d known something was wrong. He barely talked about it, simply telling you he’d been through a break-up recently.
But you’d been able to tell he wasn’t himself. Even without knowing him that well, it was obvious. So you’d been careful for the first few months. You hadn’t pushed him, you’d taken things slowly.
By the time June rolled around, you could tell Mino was realizing you weren’t going anywhere. You weren’t going to hurt him like she had - whoever she was.
And now, by December, things finally felt... I don’t know. It was hard to explain. But you didn’t feel like you had to be careful anymore. You had his heart completely, and you knew you would never break it.
You’d been thinking about this for weeks, and right now - lying here cuddling with Mino, barely talking, merely enjoying each other’s company... you knew now was the right time.
“I love you,” you said softly, your fingers gently curling around his shirt. You didn’t tilt your head to look up at him, not yet. But you felt him take a deep breath in.
“I love you, too,” he replied. He was very obviously smiling, and you felt him place a kiss on the top of your head. He held you tighter. And your heart nearly burst.
You figured last Christmas had probably been the worst, but now you knew. Now you were certain. This Christmas would be the best.
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
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