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25 Days of Christmas Challenge 

Prompt: Day 7 - Spending time with your Family

Authors note - sorry this one is extra late! I had a lot of writers block with it. But hey, I think it’s the longest so far :) 

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The obnoxious sound of my 4am alarm pulled me from my sleep, initially cursing Taehyung for booking such early flights. However, that feeling disappeared instantly when it sunk in that we were flying back to Y/Country to visit my family for a week. This would be the third time in our relationship that Taehyung has been with my family; including the first time he met my parents, followed by our first Christmas together. Taehyung’s busy schedule made it hard for him to see his own family, let alone travel overseas to see mine.

We were thankful to our past selves, having our suitcases packed the night before, our clothes for the plane laid out on top. Taehyung and I decided we would use the waiting time at the airport to grab something to eat, so all we needed to do this morning was to freshen up before our pre-booked car arrived to take us to Incehon Airport. 

After checking in our luggage, we found a nice little cafe not far from our gate to finally get something to eat. I was keen to get some caffeine in me, so opted for an eggnog latte, while Taehyung ordered a peppermint hot chocolate. We managed to find a small table near the cafe’s open fireplace to enjoy a meal, perfect for this time of year.

“Are you excited to be going home” Taehyung asked once we sat down.

“Of course” I smiled, “I’ve missed my family a lot since moving to Seoul.”

He looked down at his hands “I’m sorry we can’t visit them more..”

I grabbed a hold of his hands, holding them between my own “Tae, I wouldn’t change a single thing. Yes, I’m thousands of miles from my family. But you’re my home now” I smiled. “Please don’t apologise.”

He brought my hands up to his lips, kissing them softly. 

Hours had passed and we were finally ready to board. Taehyung always insisted on flying business class, and while I knew how expensive it was, I wasn’t one to object (the extra leg room really made all the difference!) 

We were about halfway through the long haul flight. I turned towards Taehyung, grabbing his attention from scrolling through a photography feed on instagram. “You definitely feel more chill this time around” I laughed. 

The first time we flew home to visit my parents Taehyung was a nervous wreck, eager to impress my family. Of course he had nothing to worry about. My family had immediately fallen in love with him, and not only thought he was charming, but that he was very easy to talk to. The second time we flew over for Christmas, he was excited to see my parents again, but nervous about meeting my extended family, as was I. But as soon as I saw Taehyung playing with my younger cousins, my nerves were quickly put at ease - although my maternal hormones did make him more attractive..

Taehyung smiled “I think it’s going to feel more like home this time around. You’re parents feel like family now.” I was thankful for facetime, allowing the relationship between my parents and my boyfriend to continue.

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I was happy to finally step off that plane after hours of being confined in the air with a bunch of strangers. Taehyung held me close to his side while we stood at baggage claim, his protective side always appearing when we were in large crowds. 

My phone vibrated in my pocket, revealing a message from my mother.

Hope you both had a good flight. We are outside customs, near the glass doors. See you soon, love you xx

I smiled as I texted her back, telling her we shouldn’t be much longer and that I would text her once we were through customs.

Thankfully it was only half an hour later when Taehyung and I made our way out into arrivals. I anxiously scanned the crowd of faces waiting for their own loved ones to arrive home safely, trying to spot my parents. Being much taller than me, Taehyung clearly had more luck.

“Y/N, there they are” he announced cheerfully, before we both walked as quickly as we could, wheeling our suitcases.

My mum pulled me into a tight hug, telling me how much she had missed me, while Taehyung and my dad shook hands, saying how good it was to see each other again. I then moved over to hug my dad tightly, while my mum pulled Taehyung into a big hug. 

“You both must be so tired from the long flight” my mum asked.

“Yeah” I nodded “I didn’t really sleep much. Can’t say the same about this one though” laughing as I nudged Taehyung.

“Yeah.. I’ve learnt how to sleep anywhere now” he laughed.

“Well how about we go grab some dinner, then head home” my mum suggested, and we began walking to their car.

Later that night

Taehyung and I placed our suitcases in the corner of the spare room upstairs, once my childhood bedroom. I was about to unzip my bag to change into my pyjamas when I felt a strong pair of arms suddenly snake around my waist, Taehyung resting his head in the crook of my neck as he hummed.

“Is it bad that I want you right now” he whispered.

“Tae!” I turned around to face him “I told you last time it’s a small house, we’ll be heard!” I giggled.

“We can be quiet” he smirked, causing me to raise my eyebrows at him.

He pulled me back to sit on the double bed I slept in as a teenager, crashing his lips on my own. His hands rested on my hips, as mine found their way to his waist and the back of his head. I loved when he grew his hair out, as it meant there was more for me to grab a hold of in heated moments like this. It wasn’t long before he gently pushed his weight against me, naturally causing me to lie back as Taehyung hovered his body over mine, one hand grabbing a hold of my thigh while the other held him up. He pulled away, blinking slowly as he looked at me.

“I love you, Y/N” he smiled.

“I love you too, Taehyung” I replied, placing my hands on either sides of his cheeks, pulling him close, his lips once again pressed against my own.

The next day

The four of us decided to have a make-shift Christmas Day, including present exchange and a wonderful home cooked Christmas meal. So that morning we were all sat around the beautiful smelling Christmas Tree in our pyjamas (Taehyung’s and mine still matching ones of course) to open presents.

“These are from Tae and I” I said passing my mum and dad each a box wrapped in brown paper and ribbon, decorated with mini baubles and a lovely gift tag. Mum opened hers to reveal a pair of Tiffanny and Co earings and Chanel perfume, while my dad unwrapped a Rolex watch. Both of them gasped.

“Oh this is way too much, you two!”

“It’s not” Taehyung smiled, as I added “You deserve it.”

“It’s also a thank you for letting me into your family” Taehyung said, placing his hand on my thigh.

Both my parents smiled. “And we’re so happy to have you a part of it” my mum said, followed by thank you hugs from both of them.

My mum then pulled a present from under the tree, handing it to myself and Taehyung. We tore off the wrapping paper to reveal a beautiful grey book with the words Our Story written across the cover. I opened the first page to a picture of Taehyung and I, taken back in the first few months of our relationship.

“We left all the dates blank for you two to write about where each one was taken, but it’s a collection of some of your photos together so far, with some really nice quotes about love through out” my mum explained

“This is beautiful..” I said, almost speechless.

“And there’s still plenty of room to add more” my dad added.

“Thank you so much” Taehyung said softly, as we flipped through the memories of the past few years, unable to take our eyes off the gift.

“Thank you, I.. well we, absolutely love it” I said, smiling at Taehyung, before thanking my parents through hug. They also gifted me with a beautiful necklace from Pandora, and lovely skin care kit for Taehyung (after seeking out some ideas from me!)

“We have one more gift for you” Taehyung said, handing my parents an envelope.

“You’ve already given us enough” my mum replied, taking the envelope from him and holding it between herself as my dad. Taehyung and I grinned at each other, unable to contain our excitement as they opened it.

“What..” my mum said, as they both looked at us, shocked, as they held pieces of paper in their hands, including plane tickets to Seoul.

Taehyung looked at me, grabbing a hold of my hand “Y/N mentioned how you really need time away from everything. And you can come visit us during your holiday.”

“Do you like it” I asked, beaming. “It’s all booked for next year. Flights, hotels, even some spending money.”

Tears filled both my mother and fathers eyes, as they pulled Taehyung and I into a hug.

“Thank you” my mother sniffed through tears, although I had a feeling it was directed more towards Taehyung than me.

                                                       We enjoyed spending the rest of the week in Y/Country with my parents, taking Taehyung sightseeing and having family nights playing board games or watching Christmas films (and some home videos at my expense!) However my favourite part was when we just sat around and talked about each others lives, finally having all my loved ones in one place.

Hello lovelies! An update to say I’ve finally finished the 25 Days of Christmas Challenge (yes.. it’s March 😳)

I was a little behind during December, but it’s taken me awhile to get this last piece out 😂

Thank you to everyone who’s read and responded to my first collection of work on here, it truly means a lot.

And thank you to @writerofbts for creating and tagging me in this challenge.

You can read my challenge, ‘Christmas with Taehyung’ here 😊💜

25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE

Christmas is exactly a month away, and what better way to celebrate then to write some festive stories! To celebrate Christmas, I’ve decided to create something fun, a little advent calendar in the build up to the big day.

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I don’t know how well this is going to go, but it’s worth a try!

Every day in the month of December leading up to Christmas there’s going to be a prompt based around the holidays to write about.

And I’d love for you guys to take part!

You don’t have to be the best writer, you might not have ever written before, but I’d encourage you all to have a go and get those creative juices going.

At the end of the month, I will create a big masterlist of everyone’s works so that we can check them all out and support each other.

If you want to take part, please like this post, or send me a message so that I can share your works from your blog and get things going! If no one is interested, then I will bring this to a speedy end.

If you miss a day, then it’s alright, you can go back and post two in one day. It doesn’t matter!

Things to note:

Who you want to write about is completely up to you

There is no word count on imagines

You can write angst, fluff or smut about the prompts

The Prompts:

1: Opening The First Door Of The Advent Calendar

2: Going Shopping For Presents Together

3: Deciding Where You’ll Spend Christmas

4: The Last BTS Show Before Christmas

5: Christmas Argument

6: Christmas Baking Together

7: Spending Time With Your Family

8: Spending The Day At A Christmas Market

9: Decorating The Tree

10: Attending A Christmas Lights Switch On

11: Cosy Nights By The Fire

12: Watching A Pantomime

13: Writing Christmas Cards Together

14: Watching Christmas Movies

15: Building A Snowman

16: Wrapping Presents

17: Messing Around In The Snow Together

18: Singing Christmas Songs

19: Walking Around Town To See The Christmas Lights

20: Visiting A Grotto

21: Prepping Food For Christmas Day

22: Exchanging Presents With The Boys

23: Driving Home For Christmas

24: Going To Bed Christmas Eve

25: Waking Up Christmas Morning

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Remember! If you want to participate, like this post or send me a message! On the 30th I’ll post a list of those taking part <3

Any questions, feel free to ask!

The Perfect Tree

25 Days of Christmas Challenge 

Prompt: Day 9 - Decorating the Tree

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“Let’s get this one jagi!” Taehyung shouted over to me, pointing at a ginormous Christmas tree.

“That’s too big, Tae!” I laughed back at him, walking over.

Taehyung leaned closer so that only I could hear him. “You weren’t complaining about that last night” he smirked winking at me, only for me to gasp and hit him on the arm.

“Shut up, Taehyung!” The blood rushing straight to my cheeks, in hopes that no one heard him.

He laughed loudly, apparently amused by my embarrassment. “But seriously, it’s so big and Christmassy, we need this tree!”

It was the day before December 1st, and Taehyung and I had driven out to a Christmas tree farm, wanting our apartment to smell of the real thing this year.

“It’s lovely, but you know it won’t fit in our living room babe. I’m sure we can find another one just as Chrismassy” I smiled, pulling him away from the new apparent love of his life.

We walked through rows and rows of pine trees, the smell absolutely heavenly. Some trees, to Taehyung’s sadness, were too big, others we agreed were too small. Some were lopsided, or weren’t full enough. It took us a good half an hour until were came across the perfect tree. 

“Tae, look at this one!” I announced, inspecting the possible contender. It was around 6.5 ft tall, with it’s branches flourished, and was almost symmetrical all around.

Taehyung placed his fingers to his chin, squinting his eyes “Hmmm..” he said, as he walked around the tree, causing me to giggle. “Looks pretty good to me” he flashed his boxy smile. 

“We’ll take this one please” Taehyung spoke to the worker walking by.

We watched as they sawed down our new tree, and I kept smiling up at Taehyung in excitement. Once it was done, and we handed over the money, Taehyung huffed as he picked the tree up and swung it over his shoulder. His arm and back muscles contracting as he did. God he was hot.

“Come on Y/N” he called out as he walked to the car, breaking me from my daydream.

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“Turn it back the other way again..” I was sitting cross-legged on the couch in front of the tree, while Taehyung laid on the floor, rotating it until we found the perfect placement.

“Stop. Okay, just slightly to the left..”

“I swear we just had it this way” Taehyung groaned.

“Little more..” I said, ignoring him. “Stop! I think it’s perfect, come see!”

Taehyung stood up, brushing pine needles from his shirt as I stood up next to him. “Happy?” I asked him, brushing more needles from his hair.

“I think it looked better before” he said bluntly. I turned to him about to protest “I’m kidding” he laughed, nudging me. “Now all it needs is decorations!”

We opened up our box of decorations, taking out the warm coloured fairylights. Taehyung and I stood on either side of the tree, passing the lights around to each other until they covered the whole tree, me standing on my tippy toes trying to help with the ones closest to the top. 

Taehyung then bought over the box containing the rest of the decorations. We had opted for a classy looking tree, going for clear glass baubles with items such as pine, feathers or fake snow inside, as well as some rustic woodland decorations such as little deer or foxes. We put a Christmas playlist through the tv, and both sang along while we chose were to place each ornament. Taehyung was just as picky as me, making sure that everything was evenly spaced.

“I thought I would save this one for last” I said, picking up the final ornament from the coffee table, holding it up by it’s red ribbon string. It was a white, marble plaque with the words Our First Christmas - 2018 inscribed. We had bought it while Christmas shopping last year, not even knowing whether we’d still be together, but Taehyung insisted that it would ensure we would stay together for many Christmas’ to come, which I thought was the sweetest thing.

We placed our ornament front and centre of our tree, and I turned to place a kiss on Taehyung’s parted lips, lingering against his soft mouth for just a moment. 

“I’m glad we bought that decoration” I smiled at him.

“Me too, jagi”

“Now all that’s left is the star” I said, grabbing it from the bottom of the box. When I turned back around, Taehyung was kneeling on the ground.

“What the hell are you doing?” I asked, laughing.

“Sit on my shoulders so you can reach” he said, evidently. 

“Are you sure?” I hesitated.

“It’s fine, I’ve got you” he replied.

I stepped over Taehyung’s shoulders, the star in one hand, balancing my other on his head. He held tightly onto my calves as he stood up, and I squealed as he wobbled while shifting his weight. We laughed as I tried to balance the star perfectly on top our tree. “Done” I announced, resting both hands against his fluffy black hair.

Taehyung stood back, me still sitting on his shoulders, as we admired our beautiful tree.

“It’s perfect” he stated.

“Best tree I’ve ever seen” I agreed, kissing the top of his head. 

The Festival of Fairylights

25 Days of Christmas Challenge 

Prompt: Day 10 - Attending a Christmas Light Switch On Day 19 - Walking around Town to see the Christmas Lights

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“You are not going out in this cold without covering up” my boyfriend firmly spoke, pulling a knitted scarf off the hook and wrapping it around my neck.

“Fine, but I would still like to breath” I muffled, as Taehyung teasingly covered the scarf over my face.

“Aw, but I think you look cute. Like a little eskimo” he giggled.

I shook my head, fixing my scarf “we need to leave now or we’ll be late.”

Taehyung grabbed his keys from the hall, locking our front door behind him.

The sun was almost fully set as I slid into the passenger seat of Taehyung’s car, anxiously waiting for him to start the engine so I could turn on the heater. 

“Have you got the address?” Taehyung asked.

“Yep” I replied, typing the location to his navigator. We were driving to the    Pocheon Herb Island Illuminating Festival. Christmas lights being one of my favourite things about the festive season!

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“Taehyung!” I yelled, causing my poor boyfriend to jump, muttering a Korean swear word under his breath.

“Oops.. sorry babe!” I laughed, causing him to do the same. “But look at that house!” 

We were already getting a taste of the pretty lights, as Taehyung slowing down to a stop so we could observe the house covered in coloured flashing lights and a lit up Christmas scene across their front lawn.

“Wow..” I gawked over the extravagant house out the window “Imagine how this will look when it’s dark!” I turned to Taehyung to see his reaction, and my eyes immediately met his, as he softly smiled at me.

“What?” I laughed.

“I just love seeing you so excited” he said, the flashing lights reflecting in his eyes “It makes my heart happy.”

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Taehyung pulled his car into the secure lot and shut off the engine. We were both fully rugged up to face the cold weather, Taehyung wearing a mask and beanie to avoid any extra attention. He ensured his car was locked, and then intertwined our glove-covered fingers together as we began to walk through Pocheon Herb Island to the main event. 

The place was already swarming with people attending the Illuminating Festival, causing me to hold on to my boyfriends hand a little tighter, which he squeezed back in reassurance. We weaved through the crowds until Taehyung pointed to a small bench tucked away behind a tree. As it wasn’t up in front many guests were choosing not to sit there, but it was perfect for us - away from the crowd and still a great view of the lights. 

As we sat down, Taehyung pulled his backpack off his shoulder handing me a thermos and keeping one for himself.

“We surely can’t watch a Christmas light show without some hot chocolate” he winked.

“Boyfriend of the year” I smiled up at him.

“Definitely the best award I’ve won” he said, wrapping his arm around me, pulling me closer. 

The Christmas music playing over the speakers faded out and was replaced with a cheerful female voice over.

“Ladies and gentlemen, we are ready to begin the countdown for Pocheon Herb Island’s Illuminating Festive 2019!”

The crowed cheered in anticipation, and the surrounding lights flickered off in preparation as a countdown began to ring out over the speakers.

15.

14.

13.

I patted Taehyung’s thigh in excitement, causing him to chuckle and squeeze his arm around me.

12.

11.

10.

I turned to Taehyung, watching as his lips followed the countdown. 

8.

7.

6.

He turned back and smiled his wide boxy smile, excitement written across his face.

5.

4.

3.

We both turned and looked over the moat towards the darkened display.

2.

1.

A single star illuminated in the centre, slowly followed by the flickering of random lights around it, looking like a starry night sky coming to life. A row of fairy lights lit up the buildings like a domino effect, reflecting against the moat that separated the lights from the transfixed crowd. My mouth was ajar, amazed by the beautiful show in front of me. 

I turned to Taehyung, once again his eyes already transfixed on me. I could feel my cheeks turning a darker shade of pink then they already were from the frosty air. Taehyung’s face softened as pressed his forehead to my own, the bright lights causing his dark eyes to radiate different shades of brown. 

“I am so in love with you, Kim Taehyung” I muttered from under the noise surrounding us.

“And I, you, Y/F/N Y/L/N” he beamed back. I wanted to kiss him hard, right there, but I new if I started I wouldn’t be able to get enough of him. So I rested my head on his shoulder, pressed against his warm body as we watched the rest of the light show in front of us. Taehyung’s arm was softly draper over my waist as he hand traced up and down my outer thigh. 

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Before heading back to the car, we decided to walk around the area for a bit and look at all the Christmas lights decorating people’s homes. We wandered, hand in hand, down a small residential lane that was completely lit up with the festive flashing of warm, cool and colourful fairy lights. 

I pulled my phone out to try and capture the beautiful image in front of me, continuing to adjust where I was standing. I turned around to catch Taehyung holding up his own phone, smiling.

“Are you taking a photo” I laughed, giving him a cheesy grin.

“I’m not” he smiled, turning his phone around so both of us were in the video, our silhouettes contrasting against the warm glow of the street around us. 

I wrapped my arms around his chest from behind, placing a quick kiss on his cheek as he showed his boxy smile. Before I could move away his free arm pulled me in beside him, allowing him to press his lips softly against my own, the two of us smiling into the sweet kiss. 

“And now I have that captured forever” he said as he pulled away.

“Come on” I giggled, grabbing onto his hands “let’s go look at more Christmas lights.”

25 Days of Christmas Challenge - Update!

Firstly I just wanted to thank everyone who has read my work so far! I know it’s not perfect, and some have been better than others - but this is the first I’ve gotten back into writing after many years, so I do hope you have enjoyed my Christmas stories with Taehyung 😊

I know I have been behind on the days, and I’ve been doing my best to do at least write something each day. I also decided to combine some days as some of the prompts are very similar and I felt I could write one scenario with them, rather than similar stories. It also makes it easier to get more days out 😂

Finally, it’s a couple of days before Christmas and I still have a few prompts to write. I’m not sure how many I will get out before the 25th, as I’m organising a lot for Christmas, plus I may not be able to do much after. However, all the prompts should *hopefully* be out not long after!! So I will still be finishing the challenge (I’m determined!), it just might be a little late.

Thank you for welcoming me into the BTS writing community, for following this new blog, and for @writerofbts including me in this challenge!

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas/Holiday/December 🥰💜🎄