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It's quite a cold day today,
Even in a closed vehicle next to the fire plant you call your friend, you can't help but shiver occasionally, causing your friend to flare up and warm up the area more for a short while.
You didn't blame her worry though, ever since you've been hanging around more ice plants she's been tagging along just to make sure you're handling yourself well; humans are still fragile, no matter the act they tried to put up.
Luckily you won't have to worry about being too cold much longer, despite the fact you're about to go hang out with an ice plant you will be in a house with working heating and a fireplace, which is considerably better than your own place of stay, shamefully.
The lovely plant your dear friend is driving you to hang out is called Snowpea, you two have been friends for a while and he had messaged you asking for help taking down decorations, explaining that it would probably be better for you to be somewhere warm regardless of if you help him or not, and let's admit it, your probably not going to help.
The wind must have picked up because you started to shiver uncontrollably, your friend trying to keep you warm desperately. Luckily, however, she seemed to have pulled into the driveway of the house you've been looking forward to.
You take a breath and hug her, unbuckling and exiting the vehicle; not bothering to look back as you pretty much run to the front door and let yourself in without knocking, you didn't have to anyways.
The vehicle your friend was in was loud, and even during the blizzard happening, could still be heard and luckily the resident of the house did hear it pull in and was already walking to the front door as you practically barged in.
You spared snowpea a guilty smile as he walked over, watching you kick your shoes off as you shiver relentlessly - taking off your winter gear before brushing past your friend to go sit in front of the fireplace, if you're not careful your bones might just about shiver right out of your skin!
You looked over to see your friend sit down on his couch, far enough from the fire so it wouldn't hurt him, considering the heat was on already. Ice plants have always interested you, for various reasons, and being friends with one has made your interest in them grow even more; always happy to learn more about them in any way possible.However, you brushed this interest aside for your friend, you were here to help him take down decorations after all.
You allowed yourself a few more moments in front of the fireplace before you got back up, still cold, but considerably more bearable than the moments before. You would stretch before looking to your friend, still a bit guilty
“Hey snow, sorry for barging in like that on you, how about we start taking those decorations down?” you asked, receiving a skeptical glance from your close friend, watching him get up.
“Y/N, i like your enthusiasm but you're still shivering, should you not be sitting in front of the fire for a bit longer?”
You laughed a bit at his retort, waving your hand in dismissal.
”I'll be fine, big guy, let's get on with it, yeah?” That answer was met with a sigh, I watched him take off his scarf before walking over to me, taking his scarf and wrapping it around me.. I will admit, despite him being an ice plant, his scarf was warm and it was quite nice.
I watched him turn and start walking and I wasted no time following after him. He set up a ladder before handing me a box; I watched him climb the ladder and then starting to remove leftover decorations which were then lightly tossed into the box I was holding.
This went on for a little while until the walls were clear of any stray decor, when we were done snow would walk over and take the box from me, taping it shut before setting it down somewhere.
“Y/N, i'm going to go to the kitchen to make something to drink, would you like anything?” he would ask me, which would make me think a little bit
“Oh, I suppose some hot chocolate would be okay..? You can make that without hurting yourself, right?” That certainly earned me a chuckle.
“A hot cup won't hurt me, don't worry, it's sweet as you thought it would, though” he smiled, snickering a little as he saw my cheeks go red with embarrassment. I would cross my arms as I watched him walk to the kitchen - I turned on my heel to walk back to the living room, taking this time to look at my friend's choice of decoration.. It was bad, by any means it just.. Did Not match too terribly well? I don't blame him though, I'd have an issue matching decorations too if it was hard to get to any good stores from here.
I was so distracted that I didn't hear snowpea walk up behind me. He must've snuck his hands up my loose shirt because he then touched my bare, vulnerable sides which in fact alerted me to the fact he was standing behind me, boy his hands were cold..
I had yelped when he did so, taking no time to turn and glare at him only to receive a smile in return, goodness I can't stay mad at him..
‘’I'm quite sorry about that, Snowflake, but you were so engrossed in your thoughts that I didn't want to interrupt you. I finished making your drink, how about we go and drink it, yes?” I would think about it before nodding, removing his hands before walking back to the living room, which I guessed is where he put it, and it seemed as though I had guessed right because he had set it on his coffee table.
I would take a knee before sitting down properly and taking my drink in my hands, and looking it over.. You remember telling snowpea about how you like your hot chocolate at one point but had assumed that he had forgotten what you said, but he sure did prove you wrong; it was made just the way you like it, all the way up to the toppings.
I was enjoying my drink when I saw snow sitting next to me out of the corner of my eye, i would swallow what liquid I had in my mouth before looking over and smiling at him, to which I received a soft smile in return.
I would return to my drink but I noticed that snow didn't take his eyes off of me, it looked like his expression was one of.. Adoration? I don't know, I'm not very good at reading expressions but his gaze was soft and it was quite pleasant I suppose.
I would finish my drink and set it down before looking over to him,
“Do you like what you see or something, old sport?” i would receive a hum, snow reaching up to push some of my hair away from my face “,i quite do.”
That answer would leave me quite stunned, I was not expecting him to be so forward like that. I was so stunned that I could feel my face heating up. God this is embarrassing.
It didn't take me long to realize that snow hadn't moved his hand from my face, his hand gently cupping my cheek.. I would raise a hand to hold onto the back of his hand, turning my face to bury it in said hand a little, closing my eyes. He was always so sweet to everyone, to me.. I love him, I love him so much. I could never bring myself to tell him that, though.
I felt him place his other hand on my other cheek, causing me to open my eyes to look at him. He would pull me a bit closer before leaning over and kissing my forehead in turn causing me to go absolutely red,
I would turn my face into one of his hands to hide it, causing him to chuckle. he pulled me over to lean on him, moving his arms to wrap around my waist.
“You're so sweet, snowflake, has anyone told you that?” he would praise, as i would mumble some sort of ‘shut up’ or something to that degree,
“So sweet, the sweetest, my snowflake..’’ he sang praise, moving to bury his face in my hair.
He would re-cup my face, lifting it before turning my head to face him. He would look into my eyes for a brief moment before.. Peppering my face with kisses? It tickled, it tickled a lot - it caused me to start giggling, which in turn made him start to giggle a bit as well, he stopped after a moment or two to allow me to stop giggling, we sat in comfortable silence for a little before he pulled me closer and kissed me.
It took a few seconds to get over my initial shock, before I melted into the kiss, holding onto his shoulder gently. We held the kiss for a bit before we pulled away, snow looking at me with the same look as before, adoration.
“My snowflake, i love you..’’ ah, so much for me not telling him i suppose,
‘’I love you too, sweetheart.’’
Well, I suppose it isn't quite cold today anymore.