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It was a cold winter day within the prefecture of Chiba. Flurries of snow fell onto the ground below, covering the city in a blanket of white. Toudou Jinpachi walked through the frost covered streets as he made his way towards one destination.

Pushing open the gates that led to the home, Toudou then rang the doorbell and patiently waited for a certain green-haired climber to open the door. Several minutes had passed, and nothing had happened.

Sighing in annoyance, Toudou began to loudly pound on the door. “Maki-chan! Maki-chan!” He shouted. “Open the door!”

Footsteps echoed from inside before the door slowly opened and there standing in the doorframe was Makishima. “You’re so loud… sho.” Makishima muttered.

“Maki-chan it’s about time!” Toudou exclaimed as he waltzed into the house.

Makishima sighed, shutting the door behind Toudou. “Why did you even come here today…?” he asked.

“To spend time with Maki-chan of course!” Toudou replied.

“Well? Is there anything that you want to do in particular?” Makishima asked as he made his way back to his room.

“Hmm…” Toudou hummed in thought as he followed Makishima. “A movie? Maybe some cooking? I’m sure Maki-chan would love to try my cooking! After all, it’s delicious!”

“…Can you even cook, sho?” Makishima questioned.

Toudou looked incredibly offended. “I’ll have you know, Maki-chan, that I am a great cook!” Toudou proclaimed.

“Really…?” The doubt was clear in Makishima’s voice, but a teasing smile was on his lips.

“I’ll show my rival that I can cook!” Toudou huffed as he left Makishima’s room and went in search for the kitchen.

 “Don’t break anything, sho.” Makishima called out, falling him into the kitchen.

“Maki-chan! You have to have more faith in me!” Toudou exclaimed. With that, Toudou began to get to work. The boy began to rummage through the fridge and pantry, examining the ingredients Makishima had and muttering under his breath about what he could make.

Makishima would often prefer if people didn’t touch stuff in his kitchen. Or anything in the house for that matter. The only ones who could would be Tadakorocchi, because he just doesn’t care what Makishima says, and Toudou, because he was somewhat of an exception.

Makishima found it quite amusing when Toudou would just barge into his house without warning and do whatever he wanted, although, it did get quite annoying at times. Today was no exception. Toudou had come all the way from Hakone and just up and knocked on his door without prior warning. Hence, why Makishima had nothing planned.

Makishima sighed as he glanced out of the kitchen window. It was near the end of December, nearly Christmas. Everything was decorated in Christmas ornaments, lights strung on shop windows and houses, and Christmas trees everywhere you looked.

Makishima wasn’t all that enthusiastic for Christmas, though. He just wanted to be back on the road, on his bike, and climbing mountains with his team and racing with his rival.

Makishima was knocked out of his thoughts as a plate was suddenly placed in front of him. Toudou had taken a seat at the table across from Makishima and was waiting anxiously for Makishima to take a bite of his creation.

Makishima slowly picked up the fork and cautiously took a bite. To his surprise, it wasn’t even that bad. Makishima looked up, seeing Toudou fidget nervously.

“It’s good, sho…” Makishima said as he continued to eat. Toudou breathed a sigh of relief, before smiling.

“Didn’t I tell you, Maki-chan!? I’m a great cook!” Toudou said proudly. Makishima chose to ignore that comment and continued to eat. It was his breakfast, after all. Toudou had arrived at his house the moment he had woken up, barely giving him enough time to change into some decent clothes and look slightly presentable.

“Maki-chan, Maki-chan! Let’s watch a movie after you eat! What movies do you have?” Toudou asked.

“Everything’s in my room, sho.” Makishima replied.

“What kind of movie do you want to watch, Maki-chan?” Toudou questioned, causing Makishima to shrug.

“Anything is fine.” He said. Toudou then began chatting on and on about how his day had went, anything that has happened in his life recently, and about his fanclub and how he had received gifts from them before winter break had come.

When Makishima had finally finished eating, he placed his plate in the sink and grabbed a drink before heading back to his room with a content Toudou behind him. When they had arrived, Toudou had dashed straight to the shelf where all the movies were stored and began rummaging through the pile.

Several minutes later, the two were seated on Makishima’s bed and watching the movie Toudou had picked out. Turns out the boy had picked a horror film that Makishima had meant to watch nearly a month ago but had never gotten to it.

Throughout the movie, Makishima had been sitting and watching the movie impassively while Toudou was clutching onto his arm and occasionally screaming into his ear every time a jump scare had appeared.

“Oi.” Makishima said as he attempted to loosen Toudou’s grip on his arm. “You’re hurting me, sho. Stop grabbing onto me so tightly.”

“Maki-chan! Why didn’t you tell me the movie was this scary!?” Toudou cried as he buried his face into Makishima’s shoulder.

“Because I didn’t watch it yet, sho.” Makishima replied, awkwardly patting Toudou’s back in a poor attempt to comfort the boy.

It wasn’t anything new to Makishima. Whenever Toudou came over, the two always ended up watching movies together. Toudou just had the unfortunate luck of choosing a horror movie before asking Makishima about it. Makishima was used to it though, and it made him smile when he thought about how Toudou took the time to hang out with him every couple of weeks. 

Several hours, and one, very scared Toudou later, the movie then came to an end as Makishima shut off the tv. Makishima then turned to Toudou, seeing that he was still a shaking mess, and sighed. He began to contemplate about what he could do to get Toudou’s mind off of the movie and suddenly remembered something he meant to give to Toudou during Christmas when they planned on meeting.

It wouldn’t hurt to give it to him early, right?

"Let go of me for a moment will you, sho?" Makishima said as he gently pried Toudou’s fingers off of his arm. "I have a present for you."

Toudou blinked, and gently released Makishima’s arm. “A present? For what?” Toudou asked, temporarily forgetting his fear which had been replaced by curiosity and confusion. “It’s not my birthday.”

"For Christmas… what else?" Makishima said as he began rummaging through his closet, and pulled out a small box. Makishima then made his way over to Toudou and placed the box into his hands.

"But we were going to meet in a few days anyways. What’s the point of giving it to me now, Maki-chan?" Toudou said.

Makishima sighed. “Just open it. Might as well give it to you now.” Makishima replied.

Toudou stared at Makishima for a moment before returning his gaze to the small box in his hands. He began to unwrap the box before finally pulling off the lid to reveal a headband that he had been planning to buy.

Toudou smiled and launched himself at Makishima, pulling the taller one into an embrace. “Thank you Maki-chan! Thank you!” Toudou exclaimed happily.