DUN DUN DUNN! THAT'S RIGHT, I'M BACK. :D LET THE HELL BEGIN!

I've been gone for like EVAR and it's because of school. Every time I thought it would clear up, it came back all the more confuzzling and scary.

Random announcer: What's your opinion on drama, blahblahturtle?

Me: It's bad... O3O

Announcer: SUPER!

NOW LET'S START THIS THING!

Disclaimer: The characters and the show do NOT belong to me! If it did... I would have enough money to pay to get into a different highschool.

Warnings: Fluff and shonen-ai (boyxboy)!

Enough of my ranting~ LET'S GO!

Time- 11:45 PM.

The night air was cool and he could sense that the snow was about to fall. He turned to his partner in crime, whispering "Is it ready...?"

"Yeah, just a-" She began to say as she was tying up the wires. Suddenly, one of them snapped, making the square's lights dim. "DAMNIT!" She shouted, but was hushed by Japan. Hungary could be really loud sometimes...

"What? What happened, Hungary-san?" He asked, deeply concerned over the issue.

"I blew a fuse! You don't happen to have a flashlight, do you Japan?"

Chocolate eyes widening, he shook his head. Why now, just a few minutes before the romancing was to begin? Germany and Italy's perfect night of love -and yaoi!, Japan thought- was ruined! Buying a new wire wasn't an option, since the stores were closed, and now the lights wouldn't light. All of their hard work and hours of preparation were in vain.

"Japan?"

"Yes?"

"You do have a plan 'B', right?...Right?" Hungary squeaked, reminding herself to keep her voice low. Her expression looked panicked and disappointed like a boy who got a pair of underwear instead of the awesome new race car that he wanted. "A-Ano... I-I thought you had one..."

"WE'RE SCREWED!" Hungary wailed, falling to the ground in defeat. She was going to loose the bet she made with Prussia.

A Week Before...

"Yo, Hungary!" Prussia called out, using a pillow from Austria's couch as a shield. Wielding her frying pan, she cautiously stepped forward. "What do you want now, idiot?"

"Would you mind making a bet with me?"

Hungary appeared unamused.

"It involves yaoi, which I know you love-"

"Y-YAOI?" She squealed, dropping her weapon with a loud bang. The passionate wildfire began to burn in her eyes, hungry for male love.

"Yeah. If you can get me an awesome shot of West and Ita kissing, I won't say I'm awesome for a week! But I'd still be awesome~" Prussia snickered.

"YEA- Wait, what's the catch?" She asked, raising an eyebrow. There was always some sort of catch when Prussia came up with his silly bets.

"You know how when you take pictures on your camera how they have a date and stuff? You have to get it on Christmas at EXACTLY midnight." Prussia explained.

"What do I have to do if I loose?" Hungary asked.

"Hm... I don't know, but I'll come up with something AWESOME, kesesese~" Prussia cackled.

With a huff, the Hungarian nodded. It's Prussia, so it would probably be something lame anyway. If she had the right help, this shot would be easy.

Present tense

Yeah, I'm screwed, Hungary thought. She groaned and smacked her fists into the earth. "Now I'm gonna have to deal with that idiot!"

"A-Ano.. I think we can think of something." Japan said calmly. Suddenly, he turned around and pumped a fist into the air, the world set ablaze by his fiery determination. "We will get that picture, no matter what! Don't give up, Hungary-san! Soon, the perfect couple will be MADE!" He roared.

"Should we call and tell him what happened?" Hungary asked.

"Y-Yeah.. he won't be too happy about it, though..." Japan sighed, beginning to dial Germany's number.

Time- 11:53 PM

The brunette's head twitched, ears listening for another yell. "Wh-What was that?" He squeaked, beginning to panic. His heart began to pound in fear. Were they being watched? "Is it just me, or did someone turn all the lights off?"

"There's probably a couple of idiots screwing around." Germany muttered, emphasizing the idiots part. Suddenly, the German National Anthem begin to play. In one motion, he slid the phone out of his pocket and answered it. "What is it now?"

Italy couldn't hear the other line very well, but it sounded like a man with a panicked voice. Germany's face twisted into a mixed expression of being upset and anger. "Well what do you mean she blew a fuse? That's just perfect. All the stores are closed now, idiots! What are we going to do?" He paused, letting the other end of the line respond. He wondered why Germany had been yelling. Was there a big problem going on at his house? Breaking the silence, he sighed and turned around, rubbing his blond head. "I can't help you out, there. Think of something, soon." With that, he clicked the button and cut off the call.

"Ve~? What's wrong, Germany?" Italy asked, feeling concerned.

"I-It's just something at work, that's all." Germany said. Everything has gone up in smoke. All I wanted to do was just tell him how I feel...

And that was when Finland heard the call.

-x-x-x-x-x-

Time 11:57 PM

The two were standing now, being risen from the sudden outbursts and the extinguishing of the lights. It was silent, the world becoming mute yet again. Italy's soft breath came out in puffs of grayish white, cheeks turning pink with the cold and the closeness. Germany was so close to him. How the situation made his heart race was becoming uncomfortable. But somehow, he felt that he wanted to come closer and close any gap in between them, like a magnet. Suddenly, a thought came to mind that he was surprised he hadn't thought of.

"What am I to Germany?" Italy blurted out, then covered his mouth as quick as he could with his hands. His face flushed after he realized what he had just done.

"What are you...to me..?" Germany repeated, the blush virus coming back to haunt him. Now's your chance! Be the soldier you were trained to be! "U-Um... Well.. I.."

Just come out and say it, Germany. Come on.. It's only three words!

With an inhale, he huffed "H-Hey... what would you say..." he began, cupping Italy's cheek with a hand, "...If I told you that I wanted to be more than allies?"

Italy jumped and his heart throbbed, nearly launching out of his chest. So many emotions exploded in just a single gesture inside his heart: Glee, joy, attraction, flirtation, excitement, romance. Fear snuck in there too, but something told Italy not to worry. He dismissed the feeling and put a hand on Germany's. "Y-Your hand is cold..." Italy whispered, a slight chill going up his back.

(A/N: I can't really describe what Germany's face looks like in words, so I'm just gonna say it in this emoticon- O_O'')

"N-No! That's not what I would say!" He protested against the odd face Germany made, "Aren't we already? Since we're.. uh... great friends.. right?" Italy looked down shyly.

[Germany's view on Italy's cuteness went up 10 points! (A/N: * SHOT *)]

Blue orbs lowered, face closing in on the nation in front of him. "But.. what about more than just friends, Feliciano?" The name flooded his ears like the sweetest poison money could buy. Feliciano... Now he really got Italy's attention. His face turned cherry red and he caught eyes with the taller of the two, muddy brown eyes finally opening after being closed for so long.

"Y-You... want to...?" Italy stuttered, still dazed by the use of his human name. Not many people knew, and it was such a rarity to hear it. Germany nodded, slightly leaning in, face darkened by the lack of lighting...

-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-

"Dammit, dammit, dammit, dammit!" Hungary whispered, agitated. Thank God that her frying pan was sitting at home.

"What's wrong, Hungary-san?" Japan whispered back in response.

"It's too dark for the camera! Why did I have to blow the fuse?" She wailed softly.

He sighed, looking to the sky and seeing nothing but stars. Then he saw an airplane drift by. What was weird was that it only had one red light, and the rest was a long, black blur. What is that? He wondered, eyes locked with the object. As it neared, he could see it form a familiar figure.

A sleigh.

Inside was Finland, smiling as always, holding the whip for his reindeer team in one hand, the reigns in the other. Passing them aside to another man in the vehicle -if one would call a sleigh a vehicle- he dug his gloved hand into a small sack and thrust-ed it outward over the plaza.

A light snow began to fall. But that wasn't all Santa had done.

-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-

"Ludwig...?" Italy used his name. The human name. A name that is free from the constant nagging of a crazy boss. A name that doesn't have to deal with a thousand papers per day. The name that was himself. The side of him that not many people knew or would never know.

"I love you, Feliciano" Ludwig whispered to him, filling the gap between their lips. As soon as they touched, a light snow began to fall.

Time- 12:00AM

Then the lights warmed up into a faint glow.

It grew into a fabulous beam of colors. Slowly, their lips parted -both wanting to reunite again- to observe what had happened. The square was laced in lights of many colors from red to pink and green and blue. Next to them was a tree that blew took Italy's breath away.

The tree before them was twice as tall as them, maybe more, with every square centimeter trimmed in white lights that reminded Italy of angels. What astounded him was the star at the top, which beamed like hope taking form of a decoration.

"It's beautiful..." Italy gasped, "... did you plan this, Ludwig?" There was the name again.

He responded with another kiss on the Italian's lips, soft as the snow falling around them. He could feel Italy smile against them, and he leaned back slightly, letting out a single gasp before kissing the man before him again, "I love you too, Ludwig."

-x-x-x-x-

The light was so bright, the camera didn't need to flash. "Got it! A perfect, beautiful shot! Isn't it amazing, Japan?" She sighed, lovestruck just by watching the moment.

"They are just the perfect couple, aren't they?" Japan sighed as well, his yaoi fanboy side of him melting. He felt his fellow nation jump up when she looked at her digital treasure.

"D-Dammit!"

"What is it?"

"Th-The time..." Hungary squeaked glaring at the shot.

It was a perfect photograph, the two in a very romantic pose with the Christmas tree behind them, illuminating the shot flawlessly. The only problem was the date in the corner.

12/25/10

12:01 AM

Japan felt pity, but chuckled. This was a very splendid Christmas. Maybe he should celebrate it more often.

-x-x-x-x-x-x-

"You know what, Ludwig?" Feliciano smirked innocently when they came up for air.

"Hm?"

"Merry Christmas." He said and wrapped his arms around his lover's neck, pulling him into a deep kiss.

Out of all Christmases that Italy had celebrated, this was the only one where he had Ludwig holding him this close.

This was his favorite Christmas.

The End~

(*sigh*) Hooray! I'm finally finished! Maybe I'll make a small Omake oneshot of Hungary's bet. Any suggestions? :3

I'm so happy I finally finished~ This was a fic I didn't think would be so long~ But oh well. It was fun!

Reviews and such would be very much be appreciated! :D

Blahblahturtle OUT!