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“Red son! Red son!”
Red looked up from his books to find his partners standing over him, with his coat and his mittens in their hands.
“…yes?” Red asked hesitantly.
“You’ve been sitting inside for too long!” MK declared, throwing the coat at Red. “So we’ve decided that you’re coming with us and spending some time with us outside!”
Red sighed. “It’s below freezing outside. Are you suggesting that the three of us go outside and frolic outside in the cold?”
“Yes!” Mei exclaimed cheerfully. “A little cold never hurt anyone.”
“I am literally a fire demon,” Red said, turning around and going back to his books. “So yes, the cold will hurt me, and no, I will not go outside with you.”
Five minutes later, Red found himself bundled up in what seemed like every article of clothing in the apartment and outside in the freezing cold.
“I hate you two so much.”
“Nahh,” MK said, dragging a sled behind him as the trio trudged up a hill. “You love us.”
“I wonder why I do sometimes,” Red muttered, looking down at the pure-white snow and fighting the urge to face-plant directly into it.
“Aww, don’t be like that, Red Boy!” Mei slung her arm around Red’s shoulders and waved her free hand to the sky. “It’s Christmas! The time for friends and family!”
“Mhm,” Red hummed.
“Here we are!” MK announced when they finally reached the top of the hill. He set the sled down on the ground and patted it. “C’mon Red!”
“You want me to sled with you like I’m a child?”
“Yes!” And with that, MK pushed Red onto the sled and wrapped his arms around Red so the demon wouldn’t try to escape.
“What are you- AGHHH !”
Mei leapt onto the sled and pushed off, sending the three of them barrelling down the hill, MK and Mei screaming with delight and Red screaming like he was being tortured.
They crashed into a snowdrift, fluffy snow flying everywhere, especially into Red’s hair.
“MY HAIR!” Red screeched, and yet he couldn’t hold back his laughter.
That was fun. Maybe there was some method to his partners’ madness.
“Red Boy’s laughing!” Mei teased. “So that was fun, huh?”
“Perhaps.” Red smiled and pulled MK out of the snow. “Can we go again?”
Mei smiled. “See, aren’t you glad we dragged you out here?”
“Yes. Thank you.” Red Son took Mei’s and MK’s hands in his.
I love you two so much. I hope you never change.