Epiphany. [Guren Ichinose x Reader] ➥ Book 2. [Semi-hiatus]

Epiphany ~ Christmas Special.

"What are you guys doing?" Sayuri approached the small huddle, excluding Naomi and Shigure,

"We need another person to help me cook, we've now got to cater for 10 people." Miya smiled at her,

"Ooh! I like cooking. Don't worry I'll help you Miya!" Sayuri was quick to volunteer, she'd cooked for Guren many times in the past and didn't mind doing it again for the special occasion,

"Well then, that's sorted. Now what else are we going to do on the day?" Guren asked,

"Obviously we're going to catch up and talk, how about a game of truth and dare when we get bored?" Takana suggested,

"Not bad." Guren nodded,

Y/N suddenly perked up, "DRINKING GAME!" She yelled, excited she wasn't in the army anymore and could drink without restrictions,

Guren rolled his eyes, "Fine we'll do that towards the end, anything else?"

From there everyone began to throw in their own suggestions and the schedule for the day quickly filled up with activities.

"Guys where's Naomi and Shigure?" Y/N asked,

"Hmph, they didn't help us with any suggestions. I'll give them an earful when I find them." Kai crossed his arms,

Suddenly Y/N and Guren heard a voice behind them, making Y/N jump in surprise and Guren huff in annoyance,

"On the night of Christmas Eve, the young couple engaged in a heated kiss underneath the mistletoe." Naomi stood behind the two on the sofa, clutching onto the mistletoe in hopes of them complying, but was more so expecting being tripped up by Guren,

"So you can finish the story!" Kai pointed,

"It's a heated kiss, who said the story ends there..." she hinted, wiggling her eyebrows, Kai responded similarly,

"Well the visual representation has ran away." Miya pointed out the fact Naomi was standing in empty space now,

"Master Guren is not one for PDA." Lilith laughed,

"I didn't specify which couple." Naomi rescued the 'story', cheekily wrapping her arms around Kai and Takana instead and pulling them together, then holding the mistletoe above them.

"I'd rather die." She tried to move but Naomi held her next victims in place,

"That's not how it goes." She gave her a look,

Kai gave Takana a look, of course he wouldn't mind considering his usual nature regarding these things,

"And so, the perverted Kai leant in capturing the unwilling Takana's lips in a kiss."

Whether he did or received a slap for even attempting is up to your imagination; in the meantime Guren and Y/N had managed to escape from the mistletoe chaos unfolding in the living room. They both stood in the balcony of Guren's room, looking out at the sea of trees which separated them from the distant city lights. Everything before them was covered with a fresh blanket of snow and even then it was still snowing lightly.

Y/N found the whole scenery beautiful but couldn't help shivering, Guren noticed this and as neither of them were wearing any outer clothing due to making a mad dash for it, he pulled her into an embrace instead.

"Cold?" He asked,

She looked up at him, "Not when I'm with you." She grinned, knowing the kind of response she'd receive,

"Don't say corny things." He couldn't stop the smile which overtook his features as he looked down at her,

She giggled at his brief frown, "Well at least there's no mistletoe here." She sighed,

Guren cupped her face and swiped away a stray snowflake which had fallen onto her face with his thumbs, "Doesn't mean I have no intentions of kissing you." He raised an eyebrow at her in amusement,

"Ah, is that why you took me here?" She rolled her eyes,

"That and they were all pissing me off," he said his face now inches away from her own,

"Of course." She chuckled, her eyes soon fluttering shut as he pressed his lips on hers in a gentle kiss.

It wasn't long until they heard loud cheers from downstairs, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!",

The two broke it off, and Guren briefly looked at the balcony door before turning his attention back to his girlfriend, "I guess it's midnight." He stated,

"I guess it is." Y/N nodded in agreement, "Merry Christmas." She said softly,

"I said stop saying corny stuff." He shook his head,

"It's not corny, you're just shy." she frowned, pouting her lips,

Guren pecked her pouted lips, "It's cliché, that's for sure." He smirked, grabbing her hand,

"Let's join the others downstairs." She shook her head in amusement turning to go back indoors but Guren pulled her back,

"I'm not done with you yet." He mumbled, kissing her again,

"Merry Christmas, Y/N." He said against her lips, causing her to smile into the kiss.