krystalkatzficz | Lotus Lodge part Thirty-five (Reply)

The days passed happily and quietly with them playing around in the snow in the morning and then playing with board games in front of the fire each night Ohno would hold him and caress him gently with soft fingers upon hot skin but he focused only on the male part of his lover and brought him to orgasm each and every time before finding his own release in the warm and willing body. Soon it was Christmas morning and Ohno was up before the sun rose making sure that Nino’s presents were wrapped and under the tree before preparing a scrumptious breakfast of Christmas cookie flavoured pancakes with cranberry and syrup sauce. He prepared thick hot chocolate with fresh whipped cream with grated chocolate, after finishing he added two crackers to the tray and then smiled going to the bed.

Nino was still asleep on his side with his hair spread over the pale cheek and adding colour to the white pillow. He sat down putting the tray on the bedside table before leaning over the sleeping figure and pressing a kiss to his soft cheek.

“Angel...Angel you should wake up now...” He said laughing a little when Nino batted him away grunting his hand slapping against his cheek before he burrowed back into the bed pulling the blanket up over his head mumbling,

“Un...Don’t wanna...Need...Sleep...”

“Kazunari it is Christmas morning...I’ve made you breakfast and you have presents...” The teacher said a little louder and Nino pulled his head up and looking up at him with heavy sleep filled eyes.

“I have...Presents?” Nino asked uncertainly and Ohno nodded pulling with his hair stroking his cheek with just his thumb.

“Of course you do...” He answered before turning and collecting the crackers from the tray “First we pull a cracker...”

With a doubtful expression on his face Nino reached over and pulled the cracker jumping when it popped and a small plastic mouse bounced out and then ran across the tray before stopping and giving a squeak. Ohno chuckled making his lover pull the second and watching as a frog bounced for a minute and then stopped with a half-hearted croak. He fluffed out the yellow hat that had come with the mouse cracker and slipped it onto Nino’s bed head hair before putting his own light blue one on his head “And now we eat and then you open them...”

“I have a present for you too...” Nino mumbled with a blush and Ohno grinned placing the tray onto his lap. Nino’s mouth watered and he grabbed the hot chocolate first greedily drinking it gasping in surprise at the tangy taste of the spices. “Wow that’s amazing...” He said and Ohno preened at the praise drinking his own black coffee and eating his share of the pancakes.
The food was demolished in five minutes and then Nino scrambled out of bed wearing only a pair of boxers running over to the tree. Ohno wasn’t surprised when he saw tears in his Angels eyes but it did make him clench his fists a little tighter around the tray. He had spent ages tracking down all kinds of presents for his lover ranging from video games to manga and he was proud that the pile seemed bigger than it actually was. Nino was counting them all with his finger when the teacher walked over from the kitchen and he breathed out a muffled, tearful “17...I only got you two...”

“That’s okay, angel, I’m just happy that you’re here with me...” Ohno said meaning each and every word. He picked up the present from the tree branch and handed it to him “Here start with this one...”

Nino carefully tore open the wrapping paper his fingers trembling as he detached the cello tape from the paper. He peeped into the opening and frowned when he saw the familiar cloudy white plastic of a PlayStation 3 game. Removing the rest of the wrapping he squealed loudly when he saw that it was Mass Effect 2. Bunny had let him start a character on her Xbox game but he preferred the controller of the PlayStation. Ohno settled back into the sofa glad that he had been right about his present and he was even more delighted when his arms were suddenly full of Nino screaming.

“Thank-you..!” into his ear, Ohno hugged him back tightly accepting the kisses until Nino put the game almost reverently down on the side and picked up another. The process was the same with each of the presents. He was very carefully open up the wrapping paper see what was inside and then scream with excitement hugging him tightly and pressing kisses down onto his cheeks. After Nino had opened more than half the gifts he stopped and went to his suitcase pulling out a largish silver wrapped present with multi-coloured stars wishing everybody a merry Christmas. “This is for you...” He mumbled his cheeks lighting up faster than a Christmas tree and Ohno grinned eagerly ripping off the paper with more joy than a child and was honestly surprised by what he found within. It was the complete set of Dragon ball manga with special features and a hand sketched picture and it was all signed by Akira Toriyama.

“How...How did you get this?” He whispered wondering if Nino knew just what he had given to him. It was unbelievable, he had loved art since seeing Toriyama’s works but he had never been allowed to own the manga himself as a child and then when he had left there had been little money to spear to buy the collection

“Bunny...Her dad is a friend of his...” Nino said and Ohno gave a chuckle tempted to roll his eyes but instead lightly fingered the picture trying not to smudge the artwork “Um...You said that Dragon Ball is what got you into drawing but I checked and you don’t have the manga...Don’t you like it? I...I’m sorry I guess I should have got you something more grown up, ne sensei...I’m sorry...”

“Angel I can promise you that this is without a doubt the second best Christmas present that I’ve gotten...” He said with feeling and Nino relaxed a little a teasing light coming into his eyes as he almost pouted

“What was the best present?”

“Hmm...Waking up with you in the bed this morning...” He answered and Nino giggled once again throwing himself into his arms and nearly screwing up the picture. Carefully he put his gift down and then circled the boy holding him as close as he possibly could nipping at his neck and then kissing him in soft short pecks. “Since you gave me that wonderful present...I think I should give you your main one...” He mumbled after they had held each other for a while. They pulled apart and Ohno got up going to dig around behind the tree finding the present that he had placed there this morning. It was flat and rather large the only way that he had brought it here without Nino knowing was by putting it in his suitcase under his clothes with the other presents resting around them “Here you go...” he murmured and Nino smiled accepting it gratefully and once again he slowly tore at the paper revealing a black and gold frame with a charcoal and colour picture of him as an angel.

It was beautiful with soft lines around the individually depicted wings his hair was short, curling around his face as his eyes shone with happiness. There was a glowing halo around his head and his arms were out like he was trying to catch the sunlight and the butterflies that were flying around him. The background was not a beautiful garden but a library and at his side was his grandfather, also an angel, was smiling happily as he watched him dance. Splashes of water landed on the glass and Nino realised that he was crying and quickly he wiped them away from the picture.

“It’s...Amazing...Very beautiful...Th-Thank-you...” He choked out and quickly Ohno gathered him into his arms rocking him lightly. “This is officially the second best present I’ve ever gotten...”
“Oh and what was the first?”

“You...Telling me that you love me...”

TBC

A/N: Sappiness rules ne...Sorry no lord Ohno...I got a headache that became a migraine while writing this so I had to call it a day...