Under the Christmas Lights || Lin Yanjun
Title: Under the Christmas Lights
Pairing: Suni x Yanjun
Genre: fluff
Word Count: 1072 words
Summary: The best gift you could ever ask for Christmas is none other than the love of your life Yanjun.
A/N: This fic is dedicated to Suni of @prismatic9! Hello, love! Iām your Secret Santa! Iām terribly sorry for the long wait for your gift, but I wanted to make sure this came out perfect for you. I hope you have a Merry Christmas and that the new year brings you lots of love and joy. I hope you enjoy this!
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It was the night of Christmas. Snow descended from the heavens, blanketing the entire world and turning it into a white kingdom. All was still outside as everyone basked in the warmth of their own homes, huddled around a buffet of food and exchanging gifts. If you listened carefully, you could hear the distant sound of people singing carols at the top of their lungs, the sweet and cheery notes being carried through the wind.Ā
Unlike the other houses filled with family and loved ones alike, one home remained peaceful and cozy, but still just as merry as everyone else. The inside of the home was decorated from top to bottom. Red and white tinsel wrapped beautifully around the railings of the staircase paired with several wreathes spaced out between the spindles. A cute smiling little elf statue holding a present stood at the bottom of the stairs.
In the living room, rich green garland decorated with red ribbons wrapped around the perimeter of the roaring fireplace, spreading warmth throughout the room. Lights looped around the entire room in an array of festive colors, illuminating red, green, gold and white light. An array of sweets sat on the table including cake, chocolate, candy canes, and of course, cookies and milk for Santa. A couple of scented candles were lit throughout the room, filling the room with the soft scent of vanilla and cinnamon in the air.Ā
In the corner of the room stood an 8 foot tall spruce tree. A couple of presents laid underneath it, excited to be opened later by its recipients. However, it was completely devoid of any decorations.Ā
At that moment, a young woman nearly stumbled into the living room carrying two heavy boxes that completely obstructed her view. One step forward and she nearly knocked over the nutcracker toy on her left. Just as the top box was on the verge of slipping over, swift hands easily caught the box and saved her from what otherwise would have been a disaster.
āYou know you could have asked me to grab the decorations, right?ā Yanjun questioned her.
Suni smiled sheepishly, adjusting the last box in her arms.Ā āI figured you were busy in the kitchen, so I thought Iād save myself the trouble of taking two trips to the attic by carrying them all at once,ā she said.
Yanjun tsked, gesturing for her to place her box on top of his. With much more ease, he helped her bring the decorations over to the bare tree. Suni bent down to open the boxes, revealing a variety of ornaments, tinsel, as well as some more lights.
āIām so excited to finally decorate this tree after weeks of putting it up,ā Suni happily expressed, picking up some gold tinsel, āeven though Christmas is over tomorrow, but you best believe itās staying up until New Years.ā
āHow come you didnāt just decorate it on your own earlier?ā Yanjun questioned, juggling a few ornaments causing Suni to glare at him in warning.
āCareful! Those are the only ones we have and Iām not about to go out into the snow to get some more.ā
āBabe, you worry too much. Itās fine-ā he began saying before...
ā...Iāll go get my coat.ā
Unamused, Suni shook her head with a loud sigh and tugged him back to the tree.Ā āJust help me decorate this with what we have left, you idiot. To answer your question, I wanted to wait until you were done with schedules so we could decorate the tree with each other. Itās our first Christmas together.ā
Giving her a soft smile, he pulled her to him by the waist and kissed the top of her head.Ā āThank you, babe. Sorry for making you wait so long.ā
With that said, the two divided the decorations between themselves with Yanjun handling the tinsel and lights (for obvious reasons) and Suni in charge of placing the ornaments on. Yanjun, being the grown child he is, pretended to use some gold tinsel as a lasso like some kind of cowboy before twirling it around Suniās figure and using the tinsel to pull her to his chest.
āExcuse me, sir. Youāre supposed to wrap that around the tree, not around me. Weāre never going to have enough time to unwrap presents if you keep fooling around,ā she chuckled, lightly smacking his face with the end of the tinsel.
Yanjun shrugged,Ā āIād rather unwrap you.ā
Cheeks flushing pink in embarrassment, Suni pushed his entire face away with her hand.Ā āYouāre definitely on Santaās naughty list this year, perv.ā
āOof, how could you hurt me so?ā The male feigned hurt, dramatically placing his hands over his chest.
Rolling her eyes playfully, Suni returned to strategically placing the round bulbs and snowflake shaped ornaments onto the tree. After some more fiddling around, the couple finally finished decorating. With a flick of a button, the lights on the tree twinkled beautifully against the green boughs. All that was left was to place the star at the top of the tree.
Yanjun held the glittery gold star in his hand, wiggling it playfully.Ā āWould you like to do the honors?ā
Suni grinned at him with excited eyes and took the star from him. Feeling Yanjunās hands on her hips, he easily lifted her up high enough so that she was able to swiftly place the decoration perfectly at the top of the tree. Instead of putting her down, he carefully maneuvered her around so that her legs wrapped around his waist. Naturally, she wrapped her arms around his neck as he held her up.
āHow did we do?ā he hummed, tilting his head to look into the eyes that he adored so much.
Suni smiled in response, āAmazing. I love how it turned out. This is the best Christmas Iāve ever had so far.ā
āYou know what would make this Christmas even better? Look up,ā he instructed.
Doing as he said, Suni raised her gaze to the ceiling where a small sprig of mistletoe dangled. She laughed, of course Yanjun and place that there when she wasnāt paying attention. How he managed to do that, she had no idea.Ā
āSeriously?ā she chuckled in amusement.Ā āYouāre so cliche.ā
āSorry, I donāt make the rules,ā he sung,Ā āMerry Christmas, beautiful.ā
Under the Christmas lights of the tree they decorated with love, the couple happily shared one of the many special kisses to come.