A Very Yakushi Hearth's Warming

Tiny hands push on Nar's arm until he begins to rouse. His eyes begin to open, and his ears pick up a voice, but his brain doesn't quite process the words being said. The bed shakes slightly, and Nar finally turns to see who keeps pushing his arm. There, the excited face of Cookie bounces up, and down, just barely peeking above the bed. "Papa! Santa! Santa!" Instantly, Nar is wide awake. He begins to shuffle out of bed, only for Cookie to take off out of the room. Nar slips his slippers on, and follows after her, calling out for her to wait before she goes down the stairs. He supervises to make sure she descends them properly, following right behind her. When the father and daughter exit the stairs, they turn right to look into the living room. The rest of the family has already gathered, and oh my! Presents galore! There isn't an empty space of floor within 3 feet of the Hearth's Warming tree! Cookie hurries over to the tree to sort through the gifts, while Nar plops down on the couch next to Asuka. He looks at the coffee cup in her hand, and scratches his chin. "Third cup." Asuka rolls her eyes, with a stupid smile on her face. "Shove off." He guessed correctly. Kisho helps his Granddaughter pile all of her gifts from Santa into one pile. By the time they're done, the pile is taller than she is. Beside Nar, Asuka leans in to whisper. "You spoil her." Nar simply smiles, and nods. For the next 20 minutes, the family watches as Cookie opens her gifts from Santa. LOADS of toys, a fancy pink toy chest to put them in, and a fluffy pajama onesie that she DEMANDS her papa help her put on right away. One visit to the bathroom later, and Cookie emerges, twice as fluffy as she was before. After Cookie finishes opening all of her presents from Santa, the family shares a breakfast. As Kisho takes a seat at the table, he places a carton of eggnog in front of Nar. "This time, it's not expired. I checked." He lets out a little chuckle, as Nar unscrews the cap. "C'mon! It was only 2 days out of date that one time!" Asuka shakes her head. "And yet you spent half of that Hearth's Warming in the bathroom." Betty quickly shuts her children down. "Let's not talk about this at breakfast." After breakfast, the family reconvenes in the living room to exchange gifts. They're a little sad Hiari couldn't be home for Hearth's Warming this year, but she did send them a letter! Cookie gets even MORE toys, Juno gets Asuka a deluxe coffee maker, and Kisho gets Nar, Asuka, and Juno matching lounge pants. The three stand together for a picture, only for Asuka's smile to fade to a grouchy frown afterwards. "What's with the face?" Asks Juno. "She's just jealous I look better in these than she does." Answers Nar. The room shares a laugh. Afterwards, Asuka finally speaks up. "The tag is stabbing my behind. It's REALLY uncomfortable." After all of the presents have been opened, Nar announces that he has one last gift for his father. He then uses his phone to display a picture on the living room's TV. There, it displays the front window of Shifty Sai's showing the cardboard cutouts of Attack on Mango with a new addition. Now, between Asuka, and Nar, stands a cutout of Kisho, decked out in his Mango Merch. Below him, a sign points upwards stating "Our #1 Fan." With breakfast over, and presents gifted, the family cleans up, and prepares for the usual holiday tradition. It was time to open up the restaurant, and give the needy, and lonely a family to celebrate Hearth's Warming with!