As soon as I regained consciousness, there was a heavy weight on my chest. "NOONA WAKE UP ITS CHRISTMAS!!"

I giggled at Jeongin's excitement, ruffling his hair and pushed him off of me. I sat up and saw him grin at me with eyes full of excitement. I got up out of my bed, throwing my hair up into a messy bun and stepped into the hallway with Jeongin.

As we neared the living room, I noticed Jisung and Felix talking on the couch while Minho and Changbin were organizing gifts under the tree. I heard 3 voices come from the kitchen as Innie walked over to go help Changbin and Minho.

When I entered the kitchen, I saw Chris desperately trying to teach Hyunjin how to cut an onion properly, whilst Seungmin was recording the whole thing. I laughed before going over to help. I took the knife from Hyunjin's hand, chopping the onion with ease. Hyunjin pouted, then left with Seungmin to go sit with the others. Chan thanked me then got back to his cooking.

In a blur of spontaneity, I decided to do something a little bold. When he turned back to the stove I moved behind him, tapping him on his right shoulder. When he turned to the right, I moved to his left side. When he turned to the left, I gently cupped his face with my hands and kissed him, right on the lips, causing him to drop his stirring spoon in the soup.

It was, to say the least, pure bliss. I let go of his face, separating from the kiss & head back into the living room.

I walked back out, a light blush caressing my cheeks as I joined the rest of the guys in the living room. Felix and Jisung were playing a kind of hand game on the floor whilst everyone else was watching, waiting their turns. I sat on the floor next to Jisung, watching as he kept messing up the pattern.

I giggled as he got frustrated. "Honestly, Hannie, are you sure you can get it?" Jisung gave me a side-eye as Felix laughed.

Changbin came and sat down behind Felix, resting his forehead in between his shoulder blades as he scrolled through his phone. I eyed Changbin, giving him a wink, resulting in an eye roll from the aforementioned dwaekki. The boys played a few more rounds of the hand game before we started smelling the sensational aroma of freshly baked cookies and ran to the kitchen. Upon entering, after pushing my way through the crowd of hungry boys, I saw Chan pull out two trays of fresh baked cookies.

I laughed to myself as I watched them all try (and fail) to get Chris to give them a cookie. They tried pouting, asking nicely, and gave him their best puppy eyes, all to no avail. Then, I had gotten an idea. I walked over to Chris innocently, gently tugging at the hem of his loose, grey sweatshirt. After he turned around, I gave him my best puppy dog eyes, and with the most alluring voice I could pull off, I asked him. "Please, Channie oppa? For me?"

He looked at me, partially smirking and partially in shock before handing me two cookies. I grinned evilly at the boys as they cleared the way for me to get out of the kitchen. "I swear she is pure evil. Respect the effort, though." Minho scoffed.

I walked back out into the living room and noticed Jeongin on the couch a couple inches away, eyeing the uneaten cookie. Happily, I gave it to him. "OH SO SHE'LL SHARE WITH HIM?!"

"SHUT UP HAN. NOW ALL OF YOU GET OUT OF MY KITCHEN!"

I laughed incessantly at the exchange in the kitchen as I finished the last bite of my cookie, Jeongin quickly finishing his before the rest of the boys walked over. Eventually, Chan finished prepping our supper and left everything to rest, lids on, while we took care of presents.

Seungmin organized the presents per person, and I noticed that my stack seemed to be much larger than the rest of their's did. I didn't want them spending all of their money on someone like me. And on top of that, I had only drawn them each something, what if they thought of me as some cheap scapegoat?

We all played rock paper scissors, and Jeongin won. Watching his eyes light up made every person in that room smile. As he opened the glasses Hyunjin had gotten, that smile only grew bigger. He put them on and he looked so cute, I just wanted to poke his lil cheeks.

Seungmin went next and Chan had made him an intricately woven leather bracelet with Day6 carved into it, along with the hoodie Hyunjin got him. When he slid it on, I noticed his sweater paws at the same time Hyunjin did, causing Hyunjin to blush slightly and I had to stifle a laugh.

When everyone had opened theirs, they all turned to me and pushed my stack towards me gently. I got a variety of new plushies, Chris got me a grey hoodie that matched his with a patch of his little wolf figure over the heart. When I finished opening everything, Changbin piped up.

"There's one more thing! It's from all of us."

Chan went down the hallway and I heard him open a door, but he came back empty handed. Behind him came the tiny, rampant pitter patter of paws, and a beautiful golden retriever puppy came barreling down the hallway. I squealed and the pup came straight towards me.

I giggled as he wiggled around in my lap, unable to contain his energy. (The dog, of course.)

Unbeknownst to me, the other members were staring fondly at the puppy and myself.

Chan's POV

I never knew it would be this easy to fall for someone this quickly. I want this moment to last forever.

Y/N's POV

I looked up and made eye contact with Chris, and he smiled. That warm, slightly crooked smile that made me melt like butter. I cuddled the puppy in my arms and then remembered that I hadn't given the boys their drawings yet. Gently, I handed Jeongin the puppy and rushed to my room to grab the stack of papers and charm bracelets then rushed back into the living room.

Once I had finished handing everyone their respective portraits, the compliments began flooding out of their mouths.

As soon as I sat back down, the puppy bounded over to me, and I began cuddling with it once more.

"It's a boy," Minho piped up. "You should come up with a name for him." I smiled back at Minho.

"You're right!" I stared at the now-content face of the little floppy eared baby in my lap.

"Benji." I finally decided. "Because he'll be my little baby, my partner in crime." Chris nodded his head and went back to the kitchen while I let Benji walk around, giggling as he gave each of the boys a puppy kiss on the cheek.

Eventually, we were all called to the dining room. Chan was setting the table as we all crowded in, taking our seats. We sat at the table and filled our plates with the delicious food Chris had prepared. We ate and talked, and I felt like I was home.

Not long after, Minho caught Seungmin secretly trying to feed some of his food to Benji under the table and he scolded him.
"Seungmin eat your food, Chan took his time to prepare this for us."

"But Moooooommmm." Seungmin pouted like a baby. Minho sent him a glare before smiling and ruffling his hair. Once we had all finished eating, Hyunjin took the dishes. Seungmin and Jeongin went to play games upstairs and the rest of the boys cuddled up to watch a movie in the living room, "The Santa Clauses".

Chan and I were playing with Benji for a little bit before the curious young pup wandered off. We both looked up and Chan smirked. I blushed as I began to recall the events of the night before, the almost kiss.

When Chris scooted a bit closer, I did not shy away as he cupped my cheek. He slowly leaned in and closed the gap between our lips.

I placed a hand on his shoulder and kissed him back, a feeling of pure bliss taking over me. It was soft and sweet, like the most pure vanilla ice cream I've ever tasted. When the kiss broke and he smiled at me, I blushed so hard, my face turned tomato red and I looked at my hands in my lap.

He pulled me in between his legs and Benji walked in and barked happily, clearly the puppy knew something had just happened. Chan smiled at me and nuzzled his face in my neck as Benji jumped onto my lap playfully.
I giggled at the silly dog's antics and kissed him on the nose.

"Mmmm, I want a kiss too." I turned my head to see Chris pouting at me. I pecked him on the lips quickly and stood up. I walked back towards the living room and sat down next to Jisung.

"Oh! I forgot to give this to you. Merry Christmas, Y/N!" He said as he handed me back my phone. I looked at him and smiled.
"I did have to block anything that puts you in contact with the outside world, but you should have access to call and text us when needed. You can also listen to music, and take pictures."

I nodded my head in understanding and slipped the phone into my back pocket. Eventually, I retired to my room to change out of the clothes from the day when I noticed a green sweater and an Olaf phone case on my bed.

You picked up the note next to it.

Forgot to put this under the tree for you
~ Lix

I picked up the sweater and put the new phone case on my unprotected phone. Then, I went into the bathroom and threw on some black comfy shorts and the sweater Felix gifted me.  I put my phone on the nightstand and walked back into the living room.

Upon noticing my return, Chan opened his arms. I walked over and sat between his legs on the floor and he hugged my waist. I leaned my head back against his chest, listening to the quiet yet steady thrum of his heart as the two of us zoned in to the movie.

"Ahhhh my parents are so cute!" Hyunjin squealed, his cheeks squished from smiling at Chris and I. I hid my face in my hands and Chan laughed at me. He grabbed my hands and gently moved them away from my face.

Felix came over and patted the both of us on the back. "I'm so happy for the both of you. You deserve it."

"I only did it because I wanna see your face baby.." He whispered in my ear.

"CHRISTOPHER!" I slapped his chest and he laughed. I maneuvered my way out of his warm embrace and walked over to where Felix was standing, looking over his shoulder as he watched some silly thing on his phone. I laughed loudly with him at the rather silly video of Changbin and I watched the way Felix looked at him.

Something about the way his eyes were different, I could tell there was something going on. I also knew for a fact that Changbin felt the same way and thus I made it my goal to make something happen between the two of them.

I felt a pair of arms snake around my waist and I tried (and failed, miserably) to make a run for it. Chan picked me up carried me over his shoulder. "CHRISTOPHER BANG! PUT ME DOWN, NOW!"

I playfully hit his back and he just chuckled, my hits having no affect on him. When I looked at Jisung with pleading eyes, he was about to get up and help me but Minho grabbed Jisung and pulled him on his lap. Minho smirked at me.

"Oh come on Minho, I'll get you back for this. Just you wait!" I shouted at him.

"I swear to god that Min-hoe really trying me." I huffed as Chris laughed at me. Finally, he set me down in the kitchen. I glared at him and he squished my cheeks.

"You're so cute, baby." I pushed his hand away and picked up my puppy, holding Benji close to my chest. "I swear Y/N if you give the dog more attention than me." He pouted. I laughed at his antics and kissed his cheek.

"Don't worry, Christopher, I won't." He smiled at me sweetly.

"I just wanted a cookie, ya nasties." You looked over and saw Minho standing in the doorway trying to look annoyed but you saw a small smirk. You rolled your eyes.

"You don't get cookies. You wouldn't let
Jisung help me." I crossed my arms and he just shrugged at me. "He looked cuddly so I cuddled him. You just happened to need help at the time. It's not my fault, really."

I huffed and turned back to Chan who now had
an amused look on his face. "It's not funny, Channie." He kissed my forehead sweetly. "It is a little bit, though."

I playfully hit his shoulder before going & saying goodnight to everyone. After I got back to my room, I sat on my bed and scrolled through old pictures of me with Emma and some of the other girls from work.

I hoped they hadn't tried calling the police. I knew that Emma knew, or at least hoped that I was doing okay. Maybe I should ask Jisung to somehow make a fake email to her saying that I had made it out of state or something. I headed to the bathroom to brush my teeth. When I finished, I applied some moisturizer and put my hair up.

As I snuggled up under my covers, Benji curled up at the foot of the bed. In that moment, I knew. I was home.