Requested by Webby132

Request: (I would put the request here, but it was a bit of a long one...)

Ship: Delpad

A/n: Hope you like this! Also, this concludes all the Christmas 2019 oneshots! (though technically it's 2020 now...) Sorry this was a bit late for Christmas...

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"Well, I'm off to go get a Christmas tree!" Della announced as she headed for the door, but before she could even make it two steps, she heard a voice.

"I'll go with you!" 

She turned around to see Launchpad peeking his head into the room.

"It might take a while, and I could keep you company, so you don't get lonely!" he smiled.

"That's not really necess-" she started to refuse, but Scrooge cut her off.

"I think you should take him with you, just in case something happens." he said, not looking up from his newspaper. Della sighed.

"Fine, but I'm piloting." 

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Soon, they had made the trip to a forest that was scattered with pine trees. They grabbed their equipment, then stepped out of the plane. They both started their search for the perfect tree. They both had very different ideas on what the perfect tree looked like.

"Look at that one!" Launchpad said, pointing to a tall thin tree.

"Eh..." Della pointed to another tree, "I like this one better."

As they searched for a tree, they began talking.

"...And that's why you should never steal a walrus' pizza." Launchpad finished a story he had been telling.

'He's so cute when he's telling stories...' Della thought, 'What?! No! What are you talking about, Della? You can't possibly be falling for him.' she glanced over at him, as he continued talking, 'Okay, so maybe I might like him...'

Eventually they had decided on a tree. They cut it down and started on the journey back to the plane, talking on the way. When they were nearly there, the ground gave out from under Della, and her foot got stuck in a freezing cold puddle. Apparently she had stepped on a deep hole of water that had frozen over.  Della grunted as she tried to pull her leg out of the icy water. Launchpad set down the tree and rushed to aid her. He pulled her leg out, and started to set her down, but Della yelped in pain.

"Maybe I should carry you back to the plane," Launchpad suggested.

"No I got- OW!" she yelped once more as she tried to stand on her foot again, "Okay, I guess you should..."

Launchpad picked her up and carried her plane.

"I'll go get the tree," Launchpad said, then went back out of the plane, got the tree, and returned to the plane.

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"So, it's just sprained?" Della asked.

Scrooge nodded, "You should be fine to walk around in a week or so, but still take caution with it, Lass."

A little over a week later, Della was standing near the tree that was now decorated for Christmas, looking at the beautiful lights and decorations. 

"Beautiful, isn't it?" Launchpad said, walking over to stand beside her.

"Yeah..."

"How's your leg doing?"

"I'm able to walk on it carefully now, as you can see," she thought for a moment, "I forgot to say thanks."

"For what?"

"For everything. For going with me, and helping me out of that ice..." she said, smiling up at him, "You know, when you were carrying me back to the plane you looked really cool and heroic, and I admit, I really wanted to kiss you..." she said without thinking. She clapped her hands over her beak in embarrassment, "Wait that's not wh..." she started, but was caught off-guard by Launchpad kissing her sweetly on the cheek. She turned and kissed him on the beak, both of their faces heating up.

Meanwhile, the triplets, Webby, Scrooge, and Donald stood in the doorway, eyes wide as they watched the scene play out.

"Um, kids...let's just...go..." Donald whispered, shooing the kids out of the room, and following behind with Scrooge.

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