It starts with two groups of friends,
Who never thought they would meet.
And on Christmas Day, Fate sends
A time for them to greet.
The story I'm about to tell,
Of carols, love, and what they sell,
I hope will entertain you.
Because in a few moments will the story be through.
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Eren walked down the streets on the 24th of December. The snow provided a thin layer on the ground that cushioned each step he took. He stopped at the Christmas store and walked in.
Eren perused the different ornaments and lights and picked the ones that are red, silver, and gold. His family tends to have a certain color combination every year.
He brought everything to the cashier.
"It's cold out there isn't it?" The cashier asked as she scanned the items.
"It is," Eren replied. "Apparently there's going to be a big storm. I have to get home before it starts." He gave her the money.
"Thank you," she said as she put the money into the register. "Here's your change and things." She gave him his bags. "Merry Christmas!"
"Merry Christmas," Eren waved back at her. He wasn't able to walk two steps down the street before he crashed into someone.
He dropped his bags and his decorations scattered across the snow.
"Oi! Brat, watch were you're going!" Shouted the person who he crashed into. Eren recognized him from school. Now it was twice as embarrassing.
The stranger stood up while his friends helped Eren with his things.
"Levi, be nice, it's Christmas," someone else said.
"Oh, shut it, eyebrows," Levi snapped back.
"Sorry about my friend," a girl said as she leaned on Eren's shoulder. Obviously, she doesn't know anything about personal space. "He tends to be a downer. Oh well, here's your bags and a ho ho ho and Merry Christmas to you!" She said as she handed Eren his bags and shoved him down the street.
"I'm pretty sure you made things worse, Hanji," Levi uttered.
"Whatever," she shrugged.
They walk into the Christmas store and all shouted at once, "Petra!"
"What an entrance," she said as she walked out from behind the counter.
"So we are cordially inviting you to a Do Everything That is Nothing day," Gunther, Erd, and Auruo said at the same time.
Being Auruo, he bit his tongue in the the midst of saying it and fell to the ground in pain.
"Uh, what is a... Doing Nothing with an Everything day?" Petra tried to repeat.
"I told you it was a stupid name," Levi said.
"Basically, all Christmas Eve we spend all night doing random stuff and come back Christmas morning in case you need to celebrate it or whatever," Erwin said.
"So we can celebrate Levi's birthday!" Hanji exclaimed.
"I always knew he was Jesus," Erd snickered.
"Shut up!" Levi shouted.
Petra laughed at this. "Sounds like fun. I'm in."
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Reiner probably called Bertolt ten thousand times in the past 3 minutes. At long last, he picked up.
"What the heck, man, I was taking a shower," he heard Bertolt's voice from the other end.
"Yeah, yeah, that's awesome and all," Reiner said, "but I was wondering if I can take you somewhere before we go to the Christmas party at Eren's place. You know, since I'm able to drive now."
"Reiner, first of all, I don't trust you driving while it's snowing on an icy road," Bertolt stated. "Second of all, it would be Christmas. What place opens opens on Christmas?"
Reiner paused for a second. "I haven't thought about that."
Bertolt laughed, "I'll just see you there, okay?"
"Yep," Reiner replied. "I'll see you, bye."
"Bye." Bertolt hung up.
"Well aren't I stupid?" Reiner said to himself.
"Yes you are," Annie stated.
"I wasn't asking you," he stated.
"Why don't you ask him out during the Christmas party?" Annie suggested. "And don't say that you want to go somewhere. Just walk up and say, 'hey Bert, would you like to go out with me?'"
"That's stupid."
"You're stupid," Annie snapped back.
"I want it to be a little more... less casual," Reiner said.
Annie pulled a strand of hair away from her face. "Less casual, huh? I have an idea."
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"That's a terrible idea!" Connie shouted.
"No it's not," Jean stated.
"You can't serenade someone with a tuba!" Connie stated. "All it will sound like is low notes and bleh."
"It's better than your idea," Jean commented.
"What's so bad about a kitten?" Connie asked.
"She's allergic!" Jean stated. "You should know this!"
"I'm sorry!" Connie cried.
"Just get her something cheesy," Marco suggested. "As long as it isn't cheese."
"I know what you meant, I'm not an idiot," Connie said.
"Not so sure about that," Jean uttered.
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"I'm freaking out!" Sasha shouted.
"Yo, Sasha," Ymir stated. "Pipe down. It's just a present."
"Just? JUST?!" She shouted. "It's not just a present. It's a Christmas present. The most important present there is!"
"If you're so worried about messing up, just get him a watch or something," Christa said.
"Wait!" Sasha shouted. "That's it. ITS PERFECT!" Suddenly, she shot out the door ran down her stairs.
Sasha ran right up to her parents. "Can I borrow some money? Please?"
Her parents looked at each other. "Sasha, you have asked to borrow too much money from us," her mother said.
"You have to learn to provide yourself with money," her father stated. "We can't keep being your piggy banks."
"Then how am I supposed to buy a present for Connie?" Sasha asked. "There's no way to get money that fast."
"You can figure it out yourself, Sasha," her father rubbed her back. "You're a smart girl."
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"I'm home," Eren said as he opened the door.
"Eren," Mikasa help him with the bags. "There's some hot cocoa in the kitchen. Help yourself."
"Hey Eren," Armin walked down the stairs, "I'm staying the night!"
"That's great! You can help with decorating for the party," Eren said. He paused before continuing. "Where's Dad?"
There was a silence before Mikasa answered. "He's visiting mom- I mean your-"
"Mikasa, it's been a few years now," Eren said. "She's your mother, too."
Mikasa nodded.
"I'm going to see Mom," Eren stated.
"But you just got here," Mikasa said.
Eren opened the door and invited a chilling breeze in. "I'll be back soon." He closed the door behind him only to reopen it a few seconds later. He ran up the stairs and grabbed a small box wrapped in red and ribbons.
Eren dashed down the stairs and out the door before Mikasa can say something to him.
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Sasha walked to the store where she saw the perfect present. Displayed on the window was a set of three cases for storing baseball cards.
She knew that Connie had nearly 200 baseball cards, with 50 being special edition, and nowhere to put it.
However, the set of cases were $150. Sasha's allowance had already run dry from binge shopping so she resulted in asking for money. However, now that her parents were no longer giving her money, she had to take desperate measures.
She walked down the street to what she and Connie would call the everything store since you can find anything there. A small bell rang as she opened the door.
"Welcome, young lady," said the clerk. "How can I help you today?"
"I want to know how much this would cost?" Sasha said pulling out her bow.
The old man gently took up the bow and examined it. "Well this... has great quality. Was it handmade?" He asked.
"Yes, my grandfather made it," Sasha stated.
"Vintage as well, eh?" He said. "Tell you what, I'll give you $150. What do you say?"
"That's perfect," Sasha smiled.
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Eren ran full speed towards the hospital with the present in his hand. It was getting dark so the hospital will close soon.
Again, he didn't look where he was going and crashed into another person.
"Why is everyone being so clumsy today?" Eren heard a familiar voice groan. "Not you again."
He looked up to see Levi, as pissed as ever.
"What's the rush, clumsy brat?" Levi stated.
"I'm so sorry, I need to go to the hospital to give my mother the-" Eren paused and looked around him. "Where's the present?"
"You mean this?" Levi asked, holding up a small box by its ribbon.
"Please can I have it back?" Eren begged.
"Tch." Levi threw the box at Eren who held it like it was his child. He walked back to his friends who were playing around in the snow.
"We should find somewhere to stay, or we might get snowed out," Erwin suggested.
"No shit, Sherlock," Levi commented.
"Hey, my place is no more than a five minute walk from here," Hanji exclaimed. "We can stay at my place."
"You live this close to the hospital?" Petra asked.
"Yep," Hanji replied. "You'd be surprised how many people get hurt during a thunderstorm. I'd like to think they come into the hospital with an Afro and burnt, but electrocution doesn't work that way. In fact, when lightning strikes you-"
"No need for gory details, shit-glasses," Levi stopped her. "Let's just get to your place."
"Dude, look," Gunther said as he stepped aside to reveal a snow person against a tree while facing up.
Everyone could tell it irritated Petra. "Haha, very funny. That was an extremely traumatizing childhood experience!"
"I still remember that day," Hanji recalled.
"Dashing through the snow,
On a single ski,
She thought it was a show
Until she crashed into a tree!" Erd, Gunther, and Auruo sang together.
"Are you serious?" Petra asked.
"OHHHH," The guys continued, "Jingle bells, Hanji smells,
Levi hates us all,
Erwin cried when his hamster died
And Petra took a fall."
"Into a tree~" Hanji sang.
Petra face palmed.
"I swear I will end you all," Levi threatened.
"Oh, careful," Erd warned. "You might get visits from the Ghosts of Christmas."
"You mean as in A Christmas Carol?" Levi ridiculed. "That's bullshit."
"I have that book back at my place," Hanji remembered. "Levi can read it."
Levi glared at her "No. Let's just get some warmth."
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"Are you a kin of Carla Jaeger?" The nurse asked.
Eren nodded. "Son."
"This way please," the nurse showed Eren the way to room 108, his mother's room.
He walked in to see his father beside his mother's bedside, holding her hand. She turned her head to look Eren.
"Hello, Eren," she smiled.
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Marco stood back, admiring his work. He had been putting it together for a while now.
He analyzed all the details before wrapping it up.
Marco knew that Jean wasn't into cheesy things, but he wanted to do something cheesy for him just for fun.
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Levi turned to the next page of A Christmas Carol. He was only up to the part about the visit from the greedy dead friend, but he declared that this book gave him no interest.
He put it down and yawned. Levi looked on the floor to find all of his friends crashing because of immense amounts of sugar.
"Tch, idiots," he muttered. Levi would have slept on the couch, but he took Hanji's bed instead since she was fast asleep on the floor. She was definitely not waking up anytime soon.
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