Hello my dear readers! I hope you have a great time during the holidays :D
You can find the link to Zhalia's shoes and the dress Dante bought her ^^
I want to wish you a Merry Christmas! :D
I own only Amy and the idea, which I hope you will like ^^
"Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bell swing and jingle bell ring
Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun
Now the jingle bell hop has begun"
Amy was walking towards Dante's house while singing her favorite Christmas song. The weather was cold and the sky was overwhelmed with the dark snow clouds. They were there for a few days now, but weren't letting any snowflake fall on the frozen ground. Amy was carrying a big box on which was written:
"WARNING! DON'T OPEN! CONTAGIOUS!"
People passing by were giving her weird and scared looks while she only smirked at them, which made them pass her by even faster.
She was wearing a brown knee length coat (similar to Dante's coat), black mittens and a red scarf, accompanied by black boots. The box was so big that she could barely see from it.
From time to time she slipped over little frozen ponds but always managed to keep her balance somehow.
Soon she reached Dante's house and went in, without knocking on the door.
When she silently went into the living room, she caught Dante and Zhalia snuggling on the couch. She couldn't keep back the giggle and Zhalia turned around to see who is it, almost jumping away from Dante.
"Calm down girl, it's only me, your fav vamp girl" Amy laughed at her expression.
"It's not funny" Zhalia answered and made a face.
"Never heard of knocking?" Dante scolded her a bit.
"I did, but my hands are full. I could have knocked with my knee, but then you would loose your entrance door" Amy grinned at him.
"You can't keep being nice, can you?" he asked with a smile and shook his head.
"I would answer you, but you already know the answer" she laughed back. While they were talking, Zhalia was looking at the box Amy had in her hands.
"Warning, don't open, contagious…" she read out loud. Dante looked at her and than on the box.
"What's this for?" he asked and nodded at the box.
"This? Oh, nothing… I just wanted to bring some stuff over I don't need, but you could use them these days" Amy explained and put down the big box.
"U-huh…" he nodded with worry.
"Oh come on! It's nothing scary!" she said and went to open it.
"WAIT!" Zhalia stopped her.
"What?" Amy asked with confusion.
"You sure it's safe to open it? I mean, you know, the warnings…" Zhalia looked a bit worried.
"She's right. What is in it?" Dante was curious.
"Well, as I said a minute ago, something you will use these days. It's all glittery and bright colored, and cheery, and Sophie will love it as well, and you can hang it around…" Amy was explaining and looking around to find something.
"Um, it's a vampire?" Zhalia tried to guess with a giggle.
Amy frowned a bit.
"I told you a few times, we DON'T glitter…" she shook her head. Zhalia burst out laughing at her expression.
"Amy, it's really nice from you but I don't want a hanged vampire in my house on Christmas" Dante laughed as well. Amy raised her eyebrow and face palmed herself.
"Gods… You two will kill me one day…" she shook her head.
"Anyways, I'm sure you will like it. It's …"
"Dante! Lok wants to push me into the canals!" Sophie's screaming made Amy stop in the middle of the sentence. Lok slowly walked in after her with a little smirk.
"Damn it girl, if you scream one more time like this I will push you into the canal myself!" Amy said and rolled her eyes.
"Oh really?" Sophie said with a bitchy attitude and went too close to Amy, almost bringing herself into her face.
Amy raised her eyebrow and than sneezed.
"Oh, sorry, I'm allergic to bullshit and stupidity, and you're standing a bit too close" she said and put her hands on her hips with attitude as well.
"You know what? Go get a doctor. And you could get a new face as well, I think this one is ugly, and I also think you're a bitch" Sophie answered and made a satisfied face.
"You think I'm a bitch? If you are just NOW realizing that then I'm thinking you're slow!" Amy answered back. Sophie grinded her teeth a bit and than answered back.
"Alright, you know what? You're not getting on my level at all, and you never will, so we could just stop with this, alright?" she asked, but she was still pissed.
"Sure, why not? After all, it's Christmas time" Amy answered with a fake friendly voice.
Sophie nodded and turned around, thinking she won this battle.
"Oh, and by the way. You're right, I will never get on your level because I will never go that low" Amy added and walked to the kitchen like nothing happened.
Dante and Zhalia looked at each other and Zhalia was barely keeping herself from laughing.
"Wow! A real chick fight!" Lok cheered.
Sophie gave him a killing look and he turned a bit red from it.
Zhalia walked, almost run, to the kitchen after Amy and there she burst out laughing. Amy gave her a weird look, sitting at the bar.
"What?" she asked drinking the tea she just made.
"Oh, nothing. This was just hilarious!" Zhalia answered laughing.
"You can really piss her off, that one I must give you" she added when she calmed down.
"She was asking for it" Amy shrugged a bit and took a sip from her tea.
"What is wrong with these two?" Lok asked Dante in the living room after Sophie went upstairs.
"Don't ask. I don't know the answer to this one…" Dante shrugged and made a face.
"I would say Christmas spirit, but I doubt that it's right" Lok shrugged as well.
"Actually Lok, maybe you're right" Dante answered after some thinking.
"Really?" the blond boy was surprised.
"Christmas is a family holiday. Everyone goes home and spends time with their family and beloved ones. But Amy and Sophie don't have families. They are alone and it makes them sad…" Dante explained and made a sad face as well.
Suddenly he remembered that he doesn't have a family either. No parents, his sister is far away from him and probably Metz won't have time this year either. He silently sighed and looked down on the floor. Mostly, on holidays he took a mission so he wouldn't have to be alone and wouldn't have time to think about it. This time he couldn't because he had a team, and he didn't want to ruin their holidays.
Lok noticed his expression and pushed his shoulder gently.
"Come on, don't be like this. You're not alone" he tried to cheer him up.
"Who do I have Lok?" Dante asked silently, feeling a bit bad about himself.
"Well, you have Zhalia! And Amy! So the girls wouldn't be alone this year! I'm sure they would love to be with someone for Christmas, and so you wouldn't be alone you guys can all together celebrate Christmas!" Lok cheered.
Dante thought about it for a moment and his eyes started to shine.
"That's a great idea Lok. Thanks" he smiled at his protégée.
"Oh, just one thing. Keep Amy and Sophie away from each other" Lok advised him.
"Good idea" Dante nodded.
That's when Amy and Zhalia slowly walked out of the kitchen, both calm.
"Where is Sophie?" Amy asked calmly.
"Why are you asking? You want to finish your job?" Dante asked a bit scolding again.
"No, I want to apologize…" Amy answered and rolled her eyes.
"Girl, you really have to stop being so sarcastic and mean. You…"
"I'm not sarcastic. I really wanna apologize" Amy said and tilted her head aside a bit.
"Oh… Um, she's in her room…" Dante said and pointed to the stairs.
Amy nodded and run up to Sophie. Dante looked first at Lok and than at Zhalia.
"What?" Zhalia asked and blinked at him.
"What did you tell her?" he asked wondering.
"Just the usual things… That they are in the same team, not against each other, that they are really alike to each other and that there are lost of reasons for them to stand up for each other" she shrugged, like it was an everyday thing.
"Wow…" Lok said and looked at Zhalia.
"What? I'm good at psychology…" she answered with a smile.
"Zhalia, I have an idea" Dante approached her and hugged around the waist.
"U-huh…" she said and smiled a little bit, like being scared what is his idea this time.
"It's nothing bad, you don't have to look so frightened" he smiled at her and kissed her lips.
She blushed a bit and hid her face at his neck when she noticed that is Lok smiling after he saw them kiss.
"Alright guys, I just wanted to say bye. I'm going to Ireland with the next flight to spend the holidays with my mum and sis" Lok said and started to go to the door, when Zhalia walked over to him and hugged him.
"Have a nice holiday Lok" she said hugging him.
"Thanks, you as well" he hugged her back. Amy and Sophie walked downstairs at the right moment to see Dante give Lok a manly hug.
"Aww" they said at the same moment. Dante and Lok looked at them and shook their head.
"I so knew they will do that" Dante smiled.
"They always say 'aww' " Lok added and went over to hug the girls.
"Have a nice flight and great holidays. And don't forget to say hi to your mum and sis in our name" Sophie said hugging him.
"Yeah, and be nice and don't knock up too much girls" Amy giggled and winked at him. Lok blushed a bit and hugged her as well.
They all went out with him and hugged him one more time before he sat into the taxi and went away.
They went back to the living room and sat down.
"So you two made up?" Dante asked from Sophie and Amy
They both nodded at once.
"That's good" he nodded as well.
"Hey, what's in the big box with the warnings?" Sophie asked and pointed at it.
"Amy was about to tell us when you run in screaming" Zhalia answered and looked at Amy, waiting that she will answer them at last.
"Oh, the box!" Amy stood up and went over to it.
She carefully opened it, but soon closed it quickly.
"You sure you wanna see this Zhalia?" she asked with a dead serious voice.
Zhalia blinked and thought about it.
"Alright, I'll ask you a simple question and your answer will let me know if you're ready to see what's inside or not" she said with the same voice and walked over to Zhalia.
Zhalia went a bit closer to Dante and put her head on his shoulder.
"You ready?" Amy smirked.
Zhalia looked at Dante with worry and he only nodded. While Zhalia wasn't watching Amy, she winked at Dante to show him to keep silent.
"So, this is the question: What do you think about…" she stopped and make a dramatic pause.
"Christmas" she finally said it.
"Um… Nothing" Zhalia blinked at her and shrugged.
Amy tilted her head aside and raised her eyebrow.
"Are you kidding me girl? How do you mean 'nothing'?" now it was her turn to blink.
"What could I say about Christmas? I don't know much about it… I know it's on 25th December, that people put things on a tree and, well, that's kind of all I know about Christmas" Zhalia shrugged. Amy sighed.
"Fine, you asked for it yourself…" she said and went over to her box.
Zhalia looked at Dante.
"I think she's insane AND dangerous…" she whispered to him.
"I heard that!" Amy said from her place and gave Zhalia a scolding look.
Dante only laughed at this with Sophie.
Zhalia sat still while Amy opened the box. When she did, she took out a golden shiny garland, walked over to Zhalia and put it around her neck.
"Here! Christmas spirit!" Amy said and giggled.
Zhalia raised her eyebrow and frowned.
"Hey, what else do you have?" Sophie asked curiously.
"Come on, we'll take out everything" Amy said and they took the box to the kitchen.
Zhalia was playing with the garland which was still around her neck, when Dante leaned down and kissed her. She wasn't resisting, but it came suddenly. She looked at him with confusion.
"Remember I had an idea?" he looked at her with a smile. She only nodded.
"Where will you be for Christmas?" he asked and put his arm around her waist.
"Don't have a clue… Probably in the HQ… Or I could take a mission so I wouldn't have the time to feel alone…" she shrugged and looked away.
She hated holidays more then anything. Those were the times she felt more alone than in other moments. These days reminded her of the family she lost and the friends she didn't had. Most of those days she would go on trainings with her titans, or take a mission, and most of the times just stay in bed and have fun talking to Gareon and playing with him.
"You're not alone" Dante said gently and caressed her cheek.
"Yes I am… I don't have a family to spend the holidays with…" she answered sadly.
"You have me" he answered and placed his lips over hers.
She was surprised for a moment, but she felt somehow better when Dante told her that.
"But I don't know much about Christmas…" she said and blushed a bit. It was weird even to her that she doesn't know much about this holiday.
"I will be here for you and teach you" Dante answered with a smile.
"Would you like to stay with me for Christmas?" he finally asked her.
"Yes please" Zhalia answered and hugged him. Dante kissed the top of her head and hugged her back.
"You see sweetie, we're not alone. We have each other" he said and kissed her again.
Amy silently came out of the kitchen and let a song silently play.
I don't want a lot for Christmas,
There's only one thing I need,
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could even know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is…
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