Holiday Flash Fic Challenge: Day 17
Pairing: Chris Demarais x Reader
Prompt: “I got you as my Secret Santa and I thought it’d be cute to tell you how I feel with my gift and now I’m chickening out maybe I can grab my present back without anyone noticing… and everyone noticed.”
“Where’d Chris go?” you asked looking over at the empty spot next to you then looked back to Aaron.
Your friend shrugged, “I don’t know. He’s not my boyfriend.”
You shot him a look and threw your napkin at him, “He’s not mine either, asshole.”
Aaron shrugged and leaned back in his seat, “Could have fooled me.”
You rolled your eyes but you knew it was no use arguing. Besides the commotion up where they were passing out Secret Santa gifts had really caught your attention.
“Look, it’s my gift. It’s not done. Just give it back,” you heard Chris whine as he tried to take the present away from Gus who had been giving the job of playing Santa.
“You had a whole month to finish your gift. Go sit down,” Gus instructed.
“I just want to make one change. It’ll be real quick,” Chris begged.
It was clear Gus was not budging. Chris gave a heavy sigh and turned back to the table though when he saw everyone staring including you his eyes went wide and he turned and left the room. Gus made an unhappy noise but he looked down at the label of the package Chris was holding.
You made a move to get up but Gus blocked you. He shoved a gift in your hands and raised his eyebrows, “Hope its a good one.”
You were so curious as to what Chris had been trying to take back but as your hand went into the bag you noticed all eyes on you now.
You stood and excused yourself, taking your gift with you. You slipped into a side hallway before opening your gift in private. It was for you, not everyone else.
You rummaged around until you felt something small and pulled it out, a card fell out as you did so. You’d grab it in a moment but first, you wanted to know what Chris got you. A smile tugged at your lips as you pulled out a Christmas Tree necklace. The tree was a little clunky looking but adorable all the same. You placed the bag down and slipped on the necklace before picking up the card.
You were expecting cartoons or a stupid pun but instead, the card had a beautiful winter scene with some glittering accents. The card simply said ‘Merry Christmas!’ but Chris had added his own note on the blank side of the card:
You always talk about how your favorite gifts are the ones people make for you so I made you the little Christmas tree on the necklace. That’s also why it looks so bad. Sorry. I’ve never made jewelry before but that was my best attempt. I know Christmas is your favorite holiday and you love looking at trees. Remember that one time you dragged me to three different malls just to look at all the displays? Anyways, I hope you like it. If not I’m really sorry.
P.S. Like love love. As in I love you and not just like a friend.’
You reread the last line several times over, a rush of emotions going through you. It was just such a Chris thing to through that in so casually that you wanted to laugh but mostly you just felt warm.
So when Chris round the corner a second later he froze as he looked between you and the necklace then down at the card.
He clearly was trying to keep it casual, “So do you like your gift?”
You smiled and touched the necklace, “I love it.” You leaned forward and pressed a quick kiss to his lips, “Like love love it.”
Chris’ eye shone a little bright as he caught onto what you were saying, “You do?”
“I do,” you nodded in confirmation.
His smile took up his whole face as he asked, “So this is okay?” And he leaned in for another kiss.