𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐨 𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐢 𝐱 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤!𝐟𝐞𝐦!𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫
𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 / 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫
"Are you serious right now..." the male trailed off, looking at the email.
This wasn't happening, there was no way that his flight was delayed. All the excitement about going back home quickly died down as he continued to read the email. He just wanted to spend time with his family after being away for two years, and he couldn't even do that?
Ichigo wanted to cry, but the orange-haired male just closed the laptop and tossed it gently to the side. Maybe it was a good thing that Chad was not here, the last thing he wanted was for his best friend to see him cry. He wasn't sure if he was going to cry or not, he did have the urge. Yet nothing came out, maybe it'll happen randomly. It was all about how well he could handle his emotions.
There go the snow fights, the little fights he has with his dad, and trying out Yuzu's food. He already knew that she was making great improvements, so it was unfortunate that he wouldn't be able to make it Christmas day.
When he thought about it, the day after Christmas wasn't bad. It would've been better on Christmas day with the people he loved, now he had to spend this Christmas alone in his dorm once again.
Maybe a walk would help him clear his mind. He grabbed his jacket and his beanie before he walked out of his dorm. Where was he walking to? Nobody knew. As long as he wasn't in that room thinking about that flight ticket, he should be fine.
As always, [your name] was out doing last-minute Christmas shopping. She already settled on getting her parents each $200, it was her siblings that she was stumped on. She was also stumped on what to get Ichigo. She could already hear her friend's voice in the back of her head yelling at her for getting him a gift, but she couldn't help it. If she was honest, she didn't care if he got her a gift or not. All that mattered was if he smiled. Seeing him smile now whenever they were together, felt like small accomplishments to her.
She knew that he liked hoodies and trippy graphic tees. So she looked around the mall and found him a couple of shirts and hoodies. Then, she found gifts for her siblings. She made sure that she went to the dollar store and got gift bags and wrapping paper. [your name] had to go back to her dorm room to pack before she head back to her parent's house. As she was walking back to the dorm, she noticed someone who seemed familiar. The hoodie, beanie, and orange hair sticking out. Was it Ichigo? What was he doing here? He told her that his flight was this morning. Did he miss it? Because that wouldn't be good.
"Ichigo?" she shouted, and the male turned around.
"[your name]..." he stopped in his tracks while she walked up to him.
"I thought ya' flight was this morning? Why are ya' here?" she looked at him.
"My flight got pushed back..." he cleared his throat.
"So I'll be spending Christmas in my dorm again," he sighed.
She could hear the frustration and sadness in his voice, which was heartbreaking to her. She knew how excited he was to go back home, and he was going to spend Christmas by himself?
"You don't have to spend Christmas in your dorm," her eyes fixated on him.
"You can come over to my place. My parents wouldn't mind," she added while he shook his head.
"I can't invade your family for the holidays," he gave her a fake smile.
"Please if my momma found out that I left you here by yourself, she'd yell at me," the two chuckled together.
"Listen, I'm goin' back to my dorm to go finish packin'. If you wanna come with me, meet me in front of the dorms in two hours?" she gave him a small smile before walking away from him.
It felt wrong of him to join her and her family on Christmas, yet it was that time of the year to spend with your loved ones. Even though they weren't dating, he was falling in love with [your name]. So spending Christmas with her, shouldn't be bad with her at all. He could even give her the necklace he brought for her. Ichigo packed his bags and decided to lay down in his bed for a while before meeting with her.
Two hours have passed by and [your name] saw Ichigo standing in front of the building with his duffel bag in his hand. A small smile formed on her face as she looked at the male, "ready to go?" he nodded his head as he followed her to her car.
She told him how the ride to her parent's house, which was her hometown as an hour away. He didn't mind the drive, he was used to long drives. What killed him was the singing, she was terrible at singing. Despite being told that every 15 minutes of the car ride, she still kept going. It was her way of being entertained while driving straight ahead for an hour. Once they arrived at her parent's home, he was freed from her singing. Though that wasn't his problem. His problem was what her parents would say once they saw him.
"See momma! I told you she brought back a boy!" she heard her sister yell out the door.
"Nosey ass..." she muttered as they made their way to the door.
"You must be Ichigo? It is so nice to meet ya'" her mother held her hand out.
"Nice to meet the both of you," he shook her father's hand while her siblings looked at Ichigo.
"An orange head?" her brother whispered-yelled to his twin sister who punched his arm.
"Hi, I'm [your sister's name] and this is my stupid twin [your brother's name]," she smiled, shaking his hand.
"Nice to meet you both," he followed them inside as her mother closed the door.
"I hope you don't mind sharin' a room with me..." [your name] nervously chuckled.
"I'll get changed in my sister's room and we can come up with some code so that it's safe for us to be in here..." she trailed off, scratching the back of her head.
↳ ❝ [𝐅𝐋𝐘 𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐌𝐄] ¡! ❞
Once both Ichigo and [your name] were settled in her room, the two walked down the hall to where her family was sitting. Their tree was pretty, and the tree was filled with many presents for a family of five. Ichigo took a seat on the couch next to [your name]. Everyone was in their pajamas as everyone had a cup of hot chocolate and had board games out on the table.
He couldn't lie, he felt like was at home a bit. Watching her siblings bicker reminded him of his younger sisters, and her mother's hot chocolate was delicious. Better than what was sold at stores. Time passed by, and they watched a movie before going to their rooms.
"I feel like I've been thanking you a lot these days..." he chuckled, sitting down on the bed.
"You seriously are amazing, thank you for this once again," he added, smiling at her.
"It's no problem, I just couldn't let ya' spend Christmas by yourself," she smiled at him.
The room fell silent as they stared at each other, "So..." she cleared her throat.
"Do you want the right side of the bed or the left side?" she added.
"I'll take what's closer to the floor, just in case you're a crazy sleeper and you don't fall off," he joked, causing her to roll her eyes.
"Whatever," she scoffed, climbing in the sheets.
Ichigo followed after her, cheeks burning. Was it okay for him to be sleeping next to her like this? It was already happening, so he couldn't do much about it. All he could do was go to sleep and prepare himself for Christmas.
↳ ❝ [𝐅𝐋𝐘 𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐌𝐄] ¡! ❞
"Ichigo..." he heard a soft voice speak as his body was being shaken.
"Five more minutes..." he groaned, throwing the covers over his face.
"Boy get the fuck up," [your name] sucked her teeth as she looked at the male.
"Oi, it's Christmas already?" he yawned, getting up from the bed.
He looked in his bag and grabbed his toothbrush, and went to the bathroom. [your name] told him to just brush his teeth and wash his face because they were going to have breakfast first before opening their presents. For breakfast, her mother decided to do something simple. It consisted of waffles, bacon, fruits, eggs, and yogurt. After breakfast, that's when the real show began.
This was where Ichigo's heart began to beat rapidly, watching her family members open up their gifts. They were all happy with their gifts, now how would they react when they saw the necklace he was about to give to her? Would they be happy or would they disapprove of it?
"Hey Ichi! I got ya' a gift!" [your name] cleared her throat as she grabbed the bag from the tree.
"Really?" His eyes lit up as he grabbed the bag.
Inside of the bag, there was a new hoodie, along with some graphic tees, "thanks [your name]," she nodded her head with a small smile.
"I uh actually got you a present as well..." he scratched the back of his neck.
He handed her the small box as everyone's eyes widen a bit. Her sister leaned over her shoulder to see what was inside the box, and [your name] couldn't help but gasp. She knew she was being dramatic, but she wouldn't expect him to get her a necklace with her name on it.
"Ichigo..." she trailed off, looking at him.
"Oh my God, imma cry..." she chuckled, wiping her tears away.
"I was not expectin' this at all..." she trailed off, while he slightly smiled.
"Do you need help putting it on?" he offered and she nodded her head.
He grabbed the necklace and placed it around her neck. She couldn't stop smiling as she looked at it on her phone camera.
"Hey look!" her brother shouted, holding a mistletoe above them.
Ichigo's face quickly became red as he looked at the mistletoe and then [your name], "well... are you gonna stay as red as a tomato or kiss me?" she raised an eyebrow.
The two leaned in, placing their lips against each other. Her mother couldn't help but stare in awe as she saw her baby in love for the first time.
"Merry Christmas Ichigo..." she pulled away with a small smile.
"Merry Christmas [your name]..." he smiled back.
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tags: @celestialuffy @missgoodie2 @saintblk
