Chapter 126: Christmas surprises (High sugar content. Not recommended for diabetes patients)

Chapter 126: Christmas surprises (High sugar content. Not recommended for diabetes patients)

"I'm home!"

My family got a pleasant surprise when they saw me. Esme came running and jumped directly out of the window.

"Big brother!"

"Woah, Woah! Slow down, girl." I was surprised but hurriedly caught her making sure she isn't hurt. Esme laughed as she hugged me tightly and I realized how far she's come from the shy and reserved girl who wouldn't even meet my eyes.

I pinched her soft and chubby cheek. "It's only been a few days, Esme." With the Vanishing Cabinet in the chamber of secrets, I had just been communicating with them through the Diary and told them the cabinet was a bit broken. Esme then hugged Nyxie whose head was sticking out of my backpack. Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m

Mom came to the window and looked at me. "Can you ever use the door?" She asked exasperatedly as I climbed into the window along with Esme and gave mom also hugged me.

I ignored her remark and hugged Durant as well who had stood up.

"Give me food mom. Your son is hungry!" I sat down with Esme in my lap.

"Esme?"

"Hmm." turned her head around to look at me.

"I brought you something," I said, taking out a freshly made macrons which I bought from a popular shop on my way here.

"Mac-ons?! Thank u, brother!" I got a kiss on my cheek for this. I remember she likes these a lot.

"Mom, I brought your favorite coffee from the Arbringer Cafe," I said, producing a well-packed parcel from my pocket.

For Durant, I really don't know what he likes. So decided to bring him something else. "Dad, I brought this muggle drink for you," I said, bringing out a can of Cola. Everyone looked at the red can curiously.

... Alright, I admit. I didn't know what to bring him, so I'm just dishing out a can that was already lying around in my bag, but no one needs to know that, right?

Durant picked up the can and looked at it curiously.

"What's this?" He asked, as tried shaking it.

"NO! Don't shake, dad. It's a drink. You're supposed to open it like this." I said as I opened it.

*FIZZ* the characteristic noise came out and everyone looked at it curiously.

"Try it. You might not like it on the first try, it's really delicious once you get the hang of it."

Turns out, he actually likes it! After that Esme and Camille also wanted to try so I took out two more.

*Cough* *Cough* Esme coughed and didn't like it much.

"Can you remove the bubbles?" She asked.

"...." Girl, it's just sugared water without that. Mom liked it though.

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*General PoV:

Christmas was the next day and it was going to be the Martin family's first Christmas with Chris. Chris didn't hold back on presenting gifts for his family.

Esme woke up on Christmas morning groggily. Last night, she'd asked big bro to let her sleep with him but he'd rejected her with a smile that he used to make before making her happy so Esme reluctantly agreed.

Now as she rubbed her eyes and looked around, she suddenly got shocked. Presents! A lot of gifts lying around in her whole room! There were a lot of big and small cute stuffed toys moving around in her room! There were also her favorite candies as well.

For the whole day, he saw his mom and Esme looking at him expectantly, as if expecting him to behave differently or ask them about gifts, but Chris behaved no different than his original self making them feel bad instead.

That afternoon, the Delacours arrived as well. Chris hadn't met them over these months.

"Chris!" Gabrielle was of course, the most enthusiastic. She hung to Chris like a koala.

"Alright, alright, I missed you too Gabby. I see you're as enthusiastic as ever." Chris muttered as he said greeted the other Delacours over shoulder.

"Merry Christmas! Sebastian, Appoline, Fleur."

Appoline came closer and gave a hug him over Gabrielle.

"Merry Christmas to you too, Chris dear. You've grown up a lot!"

"Merry Christmas!" Sebastian was also the same. He also came and hugged Chris, reminding him of how he was always over enthusiastic even in the Canon.

Then Fleur came closer and gave him a kiss on both cheeks. "I can't thank you enough for helping me out with school, Chris. Merci beaucoup!" (Thanks a lot)

Chris felt that something was different, decided to ignore it.

"It's wasn't much trouble for me. And it reminded me a lot about my friend Dora, so I am glad to glad to be of help." Replied Chris smiling.

By now, Esme felt that Gabrielle had had enough of her big brother and pulled on her leg roughly to make her get off.

"It's Enough." she declared, looking a bit annoyed. Everyone laughed at her adorableness, making her pout.

Afterwards, everyone went to hang out in the living room. Fleur, Camille and Appoline talked about what gifts they'd given each other reminding him that he hadn't gotten any. They were trying to prank Chris at least once. They still hadn't forgotten the times when Chris had pranked them, especially when he had completely destroyed them in the water fight. That had made them SO wet!

Though it didn't seem to have any effect on Chris, as he behaved like it was completely normal that he didn't get any gifts. He even complemented on what they had given each other.

In the end, Camille didn't feel any good and directly told him, "Honey, you're going to get your presents tonight at dinner. So, look forward to it!" No one called her out on ruining the prank. It was destined to fail spectacularly anyways since they were trying to prank the master.

This was Mood Killer Reaction technique of Master prankstar Chris. If you're getting pranked, react in a way that would kill the mood, take the fun out of the prank, and instead make the prankstats feel sorry and guilty for even trying to do this prank.

When Camille told him about the presents, Chris looked surprised, "Oh, I get gifts too?!" The shook his head, "I'm satisfied enough just being able to live with my family. I don't need anything else mom. Just please let me stay with you guys.... that's enough for me." He said sincerely.

*crack* I*Shatter* *shatter*

This broke the heart of all the women trying to prank Chris. When they had received such great gifts from Chris today, they were already regretting the pranking plan. But they thought that they might as well just go on with it. Afterall, they still wanted to see Chris's surprised face. And it's not like their own gifts were bad. They had also put in a lot of thought when getting a present for Chris.

But when they finally see Chris's surprised face?...Why is this bringing tears into their eyes instead of any satisfaction?

*Sniff*

*Sob*

All the women stood up to give Chris a big hug.

"Woah..." muttered Chris from heaven.

And Gabrielle, who already knew that Chris already knew all about the prank since she'd told him personally, looked dumbfounded.

'And people say I'm the drama queen.' She murmured sourly. Though her eyes looking at Chris were that of a student learning from master.

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A.N.: I recommend a high dose of insulin after this. And pay your fees before leaving. That'll be 1 POWERSTONE. You can leave more if you feel like it.

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