Holiday Gifts

~bamthegreat~

 

      Sooyoung/Donghae; do you hear what i hear?     “Does falling snow have a sound?”   Donghae tipped his head to one side as he asked her the question. It has been their simple tradition since their pre-debut days, staying on the company rooftop while the rest of the SM prepares for the highly celebrated Christmas party. They would watch the city of Seoul glimmer beneath their feet as they throw unanswered questions into the air – their worries, their dreams. Queries of ‘do you think we would be successful as a twelve-member group?’ and ‘when do you think I’d debut?’ were long gone replaced by reservations about the simpler things in life that both have associated with maturity and age.   “Sooyoungie…” Just when Donghae would repeat his question, the girl started talking.   “Yes. Sometimes, it’s loud and merry like the sound of children’s laughter. Sometimes, it’s as quiet as a smile spreading on a young girl’s face. It sounds like the Christmas carols playing on the streets and logs burning in a fireplace. It sounds like happiness. But I wonder, if Christmas has a voice, what does it say?”   A handful of snow fell from ledge they were sitting but Sooyoung noticed it not. She was still staring wide-eyed at him, a red tinge tinting the apple of her cheeks as she reeled from the shock of his surprise kiss.   Donghae smiled widely as he held her hands and placed it gently against his chest.   “It says I love you.”         Sooyoung/Kris; sorry, santa but I'm not writing to you this year   December 18, 2021 Vancouver, Canada     My Dearest Sooyoung,   This is my first time writing something as mushy as this. I hope you won’t be teasing me forever (though I don’t really mind even if you do). I just thought it would be more romantic to send you this apart from the usual conversations that we do on Skype. ^^   Winter is colder here; and though the fire in the hearth had always kept the house warm, I can still feel the chill without your warm embrace comforting me. I had been thinking a lot since the last time we talked to each other. Mom and Dad were very excited about the trip there but there are really some misfortunes that we cannot prepare ourselves no matter how we try. Dad can’t eat solid foods yet but he is slowly recovering. He says he will do his best to be strong and healthy so that he can finally meet his granddaughter. I told him he has to because I die each passing day that I am not with the two of you.   How is Mei Lin? Is she giving you a hard time? She is growing up so fast now, isn’t she? God, I miss you two so much.   It is lonely to spend Christmas without you.   Tonight I feel more melancholic than usual. Remember that night, during the first snow of the year? It was the start of the happiest days of my life; when you said yes and agreed to be my wife. Even though we are separated for now, I am counting the days to when I will see you again.   We might be on the opposite parts of the world but whenever I think about your smile, I know that we are never truly apart.   I really wanted to go home this Christmas. Hide under the Christmas tree to surprise you, because I’m your Kris Kringle. KRIS Kringle. Geddit? Haha. That’s a lame joke but I really miss you. I miss you so much. :(   And since I can’t get myself home this holidays, please let the box that goes along with this letter ask for my forgiveness. Have you seen it? Mom helped me pick that out. She said that the diamond stars match our wedding ring. I cannot be with you physically on our first wedding anniversary but I’m sending you all of my love.   I’m coming home soon.   Merry Christmas!     Yours forever, Jia Heng     PS. The weather is making me sappy. I love you.         Sooyoung/Siwon; and heaven and nature sing   She meets him in a congregation.   The pastor tells them to give greetings to people they do not know yet so she looks at the girl on her left and gives her a kind smile.   “Merry Christmas.”   She sees him looking at her from the corner of