This time, it's Suho taking center stage. Ready for this, everyone?

Soundtrack: TVXQ - Sleigh Ride

What defines a memorable christmas?

It's probably one of the most requently asked questions during the season of carols and angels, of pine trees decked with balls, lights and gifts. It's the season of lovers all cozy and warmed for a kiss under the mistletoe or exchanging gifts underneath the christmas tree. It's not new to see men be hyped up over this time because they all wanted the season to be perfectly engraved in the minds of their partners. It's not exactly a new concept to me, too.

But, for me, a memorable christmas is just a matter of three things.

First, warmth.

"Omo! Joonmyun Oppa!" A cute squeak came out from my beloved girlfriend, Song Shirin, when I placed her hands inside my trench coat pocket using my right hand, the morning before Christmas. Her cheeks were tinted pink and I couldn't help but laugh at how cute she is.

"Yah. It's not exactly a new thing to us now, right? I've been doing this ever since winter started." I told her, to which she just bit her lower lip.

It was truly something we had already been doing ever since winter started. Every time Shirin-ah would forget her gloves, I'd place her hands in my trench coat pocket and warm it up using my own hands. Basically, I want her to be snuggled up with the heat of my own love for her, cheesy as it might sound. So, every single time she feels cold, she could just remember me, and she wouldn't feel so cold anymore.

My left hand trailed along her warm skin and coaxed her to look at me, which she did. Whe she was finally staring into my eyes, I pressed my forehead to hers and closed my eyes, taking a quick opportunity to press my lips to hers. Warmth had travelled to her face when I pulled back. Just perfect.

"I forgot my gloves again, Oppa. Sorry, it's embarassing." She softly told me, but I already was shaking my head even before she was through.

"I don't mind it, Shirin-ah. Not one bit."

When she kept quiet, I looked at her figure and tried to see what her reaction would be if I lace my fingers with hers while her hands are inside my pocket. And just like how I expected, she gasped before turning to me. But by then, I would be looking straight ahead, seemingly waiting for the bus that we would both ride going to the Christmas bazaar that she wanted to see.

"Hmm, wae?" I'd ask her innocently while she just blushes and stammers out her answers.

"N-Nothing."

And just like that, she'd be all warm again.

When we do get to the bazaar, she'll be as hyper as a kid on Christmas morning, tugging me to the different shops in the bazaar and playing around with me while she's at it. Of course, being the love-struck puppy I actually am around her, I'll oblige as well. I'd strip off that image of the cool and mature student council president of YuRae University just for her.

"Joonmyun Oppa! Come here and try this on..." My beloved told me as we got to a stall that was full of different hats. She took a cowboy hat placed it on top of my head, standing on her toes as she did so. As laughter captured her frame, she took a fairy garland and placed it on her head before pulling out her phone and snapping us a picture.

"Yah! I wasn't prepared for that yet!" I would whine before pouting and blinking my eyes repeatedly. Shirin-ah, on the other hand, would just smile before kissing my cheek and telling me that a candid shot of me is one of her best presents this Christmas, and I'll just sigh in defeat before letting my nose run along the curvature of hers. Gosh, this girl is definitely going to be the reason of my demise.

I just want to let you know one thing before we continue and you pass my pouting off as a normal thing.

I, Kim Joonmyun, DO NOT do aegyo. I actually NEVER do that stuff, especially with me being the student council president and possible valedictorian of my batch in University. I also have an image to keep up, you know?

But when I am around this wonderful angel, I become a simple boy who's happy in love. This girl does wonders to me, I tell you.

"Come on, Oppa. I saw a shop that sells candy canes. I want to buy one." I'd hear her call me from the distance, and after returning the cowboy hat that she made me wear and smile at the ahjumma who'd compliment me on being such a sweet boyfriend, I'll make a run for it and try to catch her as we go to the next shop, our peals of laughter echoing in the frosty wintery air.

I'd think of a lot more Christmases with her like this, and I'd fall for her all over again.

And that warms me up, too.

Second, music.

I'm not only good in books and governance. I sing, too.

And I make sure that the one thing that both Shirin-ah and I love isn't taken out in our date on the day before Christmas.

"Let's take the road before us, and sing a chorus or two..." I 'd look at Shirin-ah as we're walking in the snowy park environment while singing christmas carols. She'd smile with my gaze and sing together with me, our voices blending in perfect harmony.

"Come on it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you!"

"Your english is improving, Joonmyun Oppa. I like it. Very good." She'd compliment me after our laughter fades in the air, and I'd just chuckle all over again.

"Aren't you complimenting yourself, then? You're the one who's been teaching me all throughout the year, you know?"

With another round of chuckling, she'd stop walking before breaking out into song once more.

"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire..."

Shirin-ah and I had a very interesting beginning, and everytime I'd think of it, it never fails to make me smile. During the dismissal of the first day of our freshman year in high school, I caught her singing her heart out as she cleaned our classroom, holding the broomstick as it it were a mic stand and pulling off moves a la Disney's Cinderella. When she found out that I was actually listening to her sing, she tripped over the clasroom's garbage bin.

I helped her out in standing, and we stared into each other eyes... and love started.

That was the best student representative round I ever made during freshman year, because through it, I was able to meet the girl I'd love with all my heart.

She might have turned out to be my most intense rival for the best student in the whole university when it comes to grades, and she managed to snag the language subjects from my list of top classes despite me being a level higher, but I couldn't care less about it now. I didn't pay much attention to it even when we both graduated and studied in YuRae University. What's important to me was that she was my inspiration to sing more, and study foreign songs... particularly English ones because she's quite an expert in that.

"Hey, look at that!" Shirin-ah's voice cuts through my thoughts as she stops walking and points towards a building where a sign was posted by the door, a christmas-y background giving hint to what the sign says.

Christmas Carol Singing Contest
Cash Prizes:
1st - 1 000 000 KRW
2nd - 800 000 KRW
3rd - 500 000 KRW

"Wae, you wanna try out?" I asked her, smiling as I saw her eyes glued to the sign. We approached it and realized that it wasn't only us who was looking at the sign. There were a number of people wanting to try their luck in this contest.

In response to my question, Shirin-ah went close to my figure and nodded, even adding a soft "I wanna try it out with you, Oppa" after. I couldn't help but smile some more at how bipolar she seemed right now... but at the same time, how child-like.

"You know very well that money isn't a big factor for me, especially with my parents around. But if you want to, I'm all for it." I found myself saying, and I couldn't help but chuckle when she smiled widely and tugged at my hand. I just laced my fingers with hers and pressed my lips to her forehead.

"Let's do it then, baby. What do you want to sing? Sleigh Ride?"