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Ferdinand has just woken up feeling a little dizzy from last night's drink with her brother. His brother came here last night to have a brotherly bond before Christmas because he'll be busy with his wife after then.
He heard a slight noise coming from outside the room and smelled something delicious. He frowned. No way in hell his brother will wake up this early and cook breakfast, especially after last night's drink.
He forced himself to get up and checked who it was. He went to the kitchen and saw his beloved Rozemyne cooking for their breakfast.
Rozemyne noticed him and smiled dazzlingly. "Good morning my love. Sorry for barging into your house, I know you and your brother had a drink last night and didn't have the guts to cook breakfast so I volunteered myself. And let's be real here, if I don't cook for you, you'll just indulge yourself drinking unhealthy nutrient drinks." She pouted then went back to cooking.
Ferdinand softly smiled and hugged his girlfriend from behind and kissed her neck. Rozemyne was a little surprised and looked back over her shoulder.
"Thank you my Rozemyne."
Rozemyne was startled and blushed. "That's a rare compliment coming from you… Hehe… Go fix the table, I'm almost done. Oh, drink aspirin. You got a hangover, right? It'll reduce your headache."
Ferdinand sighed and went to kiss her neck again before obeying her.
While eating, they discussed what cake they'll bake. They decided on a strawberry shortcake and a chocolate mousse cake. And since four families will be there, they'll bake a square shape for both cakes so that the cake will be cut to equal parts and everyone gets a fair share.
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Ferdinand and Rozemyne started to bake the strawberry shortcake first, Ferdinand will handle the sponge cake while Rozemyne for the whipped cream and strawberries.
After a while…
Ferdinand was concentrating on cutting the sponge to half horizontally and when he was done Rozemyne put some whipped cream to his nose and laughed a little.
"Rozemyne…" He didn't continue his sentence because Rozemyne suddenly put her hands on his chest, leaned into him to leak the whipped cream on his nose, after that, she kissed him. He kissed her back and put his arms around hers. Then he felt Rozemyne's tongue on his lips and welcomed it.
They don't know how much time passes until they stop dominating each other’s tongues. Once they let go of each other's lips, they breathed heavily. But Rozemyne had not stopped there yet, what Ferdinand did not anticipate was she kissed his neck continuously and started to unbutton his shirt.
As much as Ferdinand wants Rozemyne, to take her on top of the kitchen counter and let her scream his name, he is resisting to take her for himself.
"Rozemyne! Y-you want to welcome winter before autumn?!"
Rozemyne changed her expression from seducing him to confusion. "What's winter before autumn???"
He blinked twice. Now that she mentioned it, where did he hear that phrase? He doesn't even know what that means.
"I- I don't know… Never mind that. Your father will murder me if we continue this!" And he's not joking, her father will seriously murder him in order to protect his precious daughter. What they were doing just now was already breaching that threat. And also, she's still in her college year so it's not appropriate.
Rozemyne pouted which is cute. He smirked a little and he kissed her lips, “We should finish this, there’s still one more cake we need to bake.”
Rozemyne sighed then smiled. “Okay.”
~2 hours later~
"Finished!" Rozemyne almost shouted.
Ferdinand nodded, "It looks good."
"Of course! We're the ones who baked it."
Ferdinand looked at the clock hanging on the wall, there's still 2 hours before lunch. "Want to go for a bit? You still haven't finished buying the other gifts right? We can have lunch on the way."
Rozemyne happily agreed and hugged her boyfriend. She really is the luckiest girl, she got to have this handsome, caring boyfriend.
"Oh, what about your brother? He still hasn't eaten his breakfast yet."
Ferdinand sighed and scratched his head a little. "He drank plenty last night. It will be a while before he wakes up."
Before going, they put the strawberry shortcake in the refrigerator while the mousse cake was left on the counter to cool off.
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Sylvester woke up with a heavy headache and hangover.
He looked at his alarm clock and saw it's already 1:30 pm.
"Ughh... Florencia will get mad when I go back..." He placed his right hand to his forehead and sighed heavily.
He was about to get off to his bed when he saw water, medicine, and a note.
Drink this medicine.
Next time drink moderately.
And also, there's food for you on the table. Just heat it up in the microwave if you want.
-Ferdinand
Sylvester smiled, "Thanks, brother." He drank the medicine.
He went to the dining room and saw the food.
After eating, he went to the kitchen to wash his dishes. That's when he saw the Chocolate Mousse Cake. "Ohh!!! This looks good." He was really tempted to try it… Couldn't resist, he helped himself by cutting a corner piece, putting it on his plate, and eating it.
"This is so delicious!" Sylvester can't help himself by taking extra. He just finished his third slice when he heard the door entrance open and heard his brother and his brother's girlfriend, that's when he realized that he's really screwed for not getting permission to eat the cake.
What to do? What to do? He was panicking now as the voices were getting closer to the kitchen. Then, he saw the fire exit window.
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"Ahh… I'm tired. We bought too much…"
"That's to be expected. There's a lot of sale goods so it can't be helped… Hmm….?" Ferdinand sensed there was something wrong.
"What's wrong Ferdinand?"
"... Nothing. I'm gonna go check to see if the Mousse Cake is cool enough."
"Okay, I'll put the gifts in the living room."
Ferdinand nodded and went to the kitchen, then he saw there's a portion of the cake that was already eaten.
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Rozemyne followed after putting the gifts in the living room. She saw Ferdinand had a processed error.
"What's wrong... " She saw the cake. "Ahh!!! What happened to the cake?! Rozemyne immediately went to the kitchen counter.
That's when Ferdinand regained his thought process. "I know someone who will do that. It seems he just escaped." Ferdinand gestured to the fire exit window with his chilling smile visible to his face making him look like a demon king.
Of course, Rozemyne doesn't want to be in the frontline to her boyfriend's wrath so she just encourages him. "Go, Ferdinand! Catch the criminal! And bring him here to help us re-bake the cake he ate!"
Not wanting to be told twice, he went to the window fast and catch his idiot brother before he went back to his house.
Not long after, He saw his brother within the distance who was running for his life. He ran faster.
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Sylvester never ran this long in a while and was getting tired but he would not stop not until he reached his home. It’s a good thing he wore a long sling sleeve and a scarf that was from his wife because, even though he’s running, it’s still cold. He doesn’t want to face his brother but deep down he knows he'll get to him eventually.
He just crossed the pedestrian road and got to the other side when he felt the intense freezing gaze on his back. He shivered heavily and while running, he slowly turned his head over his shoulder. He saw his brother chasing him and he’s getting closer and closer. His evil aura is leaking that will make your body freeze like hell. Resigning to his fate, he had no choice but to swallow his pride, face his brother and apologize since he’s the one at fault here.
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Rozemyne had just finished mixing the chocolate and cream when she heard her boyfriend and his brother’s voice from the door entrance.
When they went to the kitchen, she saw Sylvester’s head had a huge bump.
“Rozemyne, I’m sorry,” Sylvester said subduedly. Apparently, Ferdinand told Sylvester that his girlfriend helped bake the cake.
“Don’t worry about that, we still have 4 hours before going to the Linkberg’s. Besides, this will only take 30-40 minutes if you’ll help us. You’ll help us right?” Rozemyne smiled but it did not reach her eyes. It made Sylvester even more terrified and subdued, realizing there are two demons here. He apologized again guiltily.
“Now then, help us re-bake the cake you just ate. We only have 4 hours left before going to Uncle Kardstedt's house. Luckily, we can finish this early so you can go home to prepare with your family."
"Okay…" Sylvester sighed for who knows how many times now. He texted his wife that he'll be at home for the next hour.
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~4 hours later~
At Linkberg's house
Elvira, Heidemarie, Anneliese, and Jennifer were finishing the food while the men had just finished putting the utensils on the respective tables when they heard the doorbell.
"I'll go get it." Eckhart volunteered to welcome the guests.
When he opened the door, Rozemyne's family was there. "Merry Christmas!" Rozemyne's family said at the same time.
"Merry Christmas, Come inside." He gestured to them to go inside. They removed their thick coats and hung it on the coat rack and were shown the way to the living room.
When they reached the living room they saw Eckhart's brothers and greeted them. They greeted back and then Effa gave them an ice cream souvenir to share with the other families also.
Gunther searches for his precious daughter if she's already here. "Is Myne not here yet?"
"They're not here yet." Kardstedt was the one who answered as he went to the living room.
"They? You mean she's with her boyfriend again? Tch..." Gunther clicked his tongue and became irritated. Effa and the rest of the family greeted Kardstedt.
"Now now Gunther, our precious daughter is old enough to have a boyfriend." Effa eased her husband as they were invited to have a seat.
"Not old enough, she's still in her school year. And how did she even fall in love with her teacher, that's forbidden." Gunther furrowed his brows deeper.
Kardstedt laughed. "At least she's already in her college year. When did she fall for Ferdinand again?"
"When she was still in high school, Uncle… Apparently, Brother Dino was her teacher back then. We don't know the specific reason how and why they fell in love as Myne only introduced him to us when she's already in her second year of college." Tuuli replied.
"Oh! Now that's interesting…" Kardstedt eagerly nodded. That's when Elvira called her husband in order to arrange the food on the table. Effa and Gunther volunteered to help.
~15 minutes later~
The Ehrenfest family had arrived. Kamil and Melchior immediately went to play while Charlotte, Tuuli, and Jennifer talked about fashion sense. Lamprecht and Wilfred were playing an RPG game on their phone. Eckhart, Justus, and Cornelius were in the garden outside talking. Anneliese and Heidemarie were whispering to each other in the corner near the Christmas tree.
The grown-ups are gathered in one place talking while eating appetizers.
"Tch… I was so sure we'll be the last ones to arrive. Those two are stealing my spotlight." Sylvester pouted while eating crackers.
"Dear, that's not a good thing to say," Florencia said.
"Hmm… They're kinda late. It's rare for them to be late, Ferdinand is usually an early bird." Kardstedt said as he looked at his watch.
"Maybe they got stuck in traffic." Elvira guessed.
"Or maybe they just went out together and forgot about us." Gunther pouted.
"Come on now Dear, you know that's not our Myne. She'll do everything she can so she can spend time with us unless there is an emergency."
Gunther was still pouting when they heard a doorbell ring. Effa gave Gunther a look "See! I told you" and smiled.
Cornelius was the one who opened the door for them.
"Merry Christmas everyone. Sorry, we're late, we got stuck in the traffic because of the snow." Rozemyne said.
"It's a miscalculation on our part. We didn't expect to get stuck in the traffic." Ferdinand frowned while hanging his and Rozemyne's coat on the rack.
"Woah! A rare for you brother… To have a miscalculation." Sylvester teased his brother. Ferdinand glared at his brother at the same time Rozemyne was greeting her family.
Sylvester sweat dropped then went to avoid his brother's death glare. He already had enough this afternoon. "Now that we're all here, let's party!" He shouted.
"Yeah!!!"
Rozemyne and Ferdinand shared the two cakes they baked with their families. Sylvester bragged that he helped bake one of the cakes, but Rozemyne told them the truth that he ate the first one without permission so they had to re-bake it.
"So that's why you went home late earlier." Florencia smiled that did not reach her eyes.
"S-sorry, I was at fault for not realizing it fir… Ouch ouch ouch!!!" Sylvester didn't finish his sentence because his wife is pinching his ear.
"Hmph! Serves you right brother." Ferdinand had a satisfying smile on his face.
In the middle of the dinner party, Heidemarie announces that she's pregnant with Eckhart's baby. Everyone congratulated her.
Eckhart, not being informed, was the one who was the happiest. He lifted his wife, doing the circles, and said "This is the best Christmas present for me." Heidemarie was also very happy and kissed her husband.
"Oh for god's sake, get a room you two!" Cornelius almost yelled. The others laughed.
After that… Still during the party…
Sylvester was drinking alcohol again and sharing it with his brother and Kardstedt. While the others were talking, laughing, and causing a little disaster but they were still having fun.
For the Christmas gifts, Rozemyne got her favorite books as a present for her. Ferdinand got a Chemistry set from the Linkbergs. Wilfred got a new ps5 game, while the girls got new clothes.
Eckhart and Heidemarie were gifted with baby stuff from Justus's family. They were embarrassed by it and Eckhart even yelled at Justus while his face was blushing heavily. Justus grinned mischievously, while the rest of the other families were laughing and teasing. Especially Sylvester, he's non-stopping teasing Eckhart.
Rozemyne secretly gifted Elvira a manuscript that consists of BL romance. Elvira was very happy that she could publish it once she finished reading and writing the whole story. Rozemyne also gifted her family their favorites. Gunther was especially happy when he was gifted by his adorable angel daughters.
After the excitement, Rozemyne went outside for a bit to cool off, she donned her thick coat and scarf because it's still snowing. Then she heard the door open and close from behind her, she didn't pay attention to it because she knew who it was as she looked at the sky.
Ferdinand wrapped his arms around her and rested his chin on her right shoulder. She leaned back against his left shoulder unconsciously giving Ferdinand access to her neck.
He kissed it sensuously, causing her to moan and shiver not from the cold. He was tempted to go further, he kissed her earlobe and licked it. Rozemyne was resisting moaning loud and if not for Ferdinand holding her she would've melted to the ground.
She looked over her shoulder, placed her hand on his cheek, and leaned to kiss him. After what felt like hours tasting each other's saliva, they finally let go of each other's tongues and were breathing heavily.
"I almost forgot, I have something for you." Ferdinand reached his pocket and showed her a square box.
Rozemyne frowned. She doesn't want any more luxury things, he had already given her a present earlier. "Ferdinand…" "Shh… Just indulge me for a bit, I want to spoil you." Ferdinand knew what she was going to say but he still wanted to give her everything.
Rozemyne sighed happily, she really is lucky. How did she even fall in love with this fine specimen, not to mention he was a teacher in her high school days (but that's for another story).
Ferdinand opened the present and put the necklace on her neck. She looked into it, it has a heart shape on the center with three-four clovers on the left side and three on the right side.
"It's beautiful. This is what you were doing for these past two days right? Thank you." Rozemyne touched it gently, obviously touched by Ferdinand’s affection for her.
Ferdinand grinned satisfyingly. “Don’t mention, as I said, I want to spoil my girlfriend.”
Rozemyne turned around so that she could reward him by giving him a kiss. They were again in their own world when they heard Rozemyne’s dad was looking for her, sensing that his daughter was doing something with her boyfriend. Rozemyne sighed.
“We should go inside before your dad finds us. I don’t want to face your father’s wrath for stealing his precious daughter.” Ferdinand sweated a little.
Rozemyne smirked and teased him. “You, what they call the ice prince and demon king, afraid of my father?”
Ferdinand pinched her cheeks and gave a chilling smile. “What did you just call me?”
Oh no! The demon king’s awakened! Mistake! Mistake!
After their banter, they went back inside. Gunther saw them together and tried to separate them but Effa, his wife, stopped him.
They continued celebrating their Christmas party with their families while it’s snowing outside as they call it the White Christmas.