First off, let me apologize, since this one is short... Well, here we are! The very last chapter for this fic... I was saving this pair for last, since they are my favorite. This one's for Goku & Goten!
Oh, one more thing... If you requested a chapter, or just want to read more of these, then be on the lookout for my next little drabble collection. It's the exact same thing as this, but it's not a challenge, the same pairs will be used more than once, and I will continue it for as long as I can. ^^
Disclaimer: Still don't own it.
Goten tossed and turned in his bed almost non-stop that night. Not feeling the least bit sleepy, he groaned and kicked around, wondering why it was taking so long for the sun to come up.
"Stop squirming!" Gohan elbowed him in the side. "You're waking me up..."
"But I can't sleep!" Goten complained.
Gohan rolled over and faced the wall, ignoring his brother. Goten sighed and rolled the opposite way and frowned. The next ten or fifteen minutes felt like countless hours; it was almost pure torture for him. He sat straight up on his bed and grabbed a pillow, then hopped down to the floor and tip-toed quietly to the door.
From it's little corner, the Christmas tree greeted the young boy as he entered the living room from the kitchen. His eyes lit up and a smile broke out on his adorable face upon viewing all the lovely presents underneath it's piny branches. He got on his knees and crawled beside the rim of the tree's skirt and set his pillow down and rested his head on it. He just couldn't wait for morning to come, and for everyone to wake up. The sheer excitement left him wide awake.
"The tree looks better if you turn on the lights," a voice caught Goten by surprise.
The boy sprang up and looked beside him. "Dad?" he said. "What are you doing down here?"
"Shouldn't I be asking you that?" Goku returned the question, while sitting beside him.
"I can't sleep, and bro kept getting mad at me because I kept waking him up," Goten laughed. "Are you here because you can't sleep?"
Goku chuckled. "Nah, I don't have that kind of trouble on Christmas."
Goten's eyes widened. "Really? How come?"
"Because, I'm ooold..." Goku hummed as he laid back.
"Darn," Goten said. "That won't help me now..."
Goku laughed at what his seven-year-old just said, not realizing he had sounded just like him from his younger days, so precocious yet childish.
"What did you do when you couldn't sleep?" Goten asked.
"Actually," Goku replied. "I never celebrated a holiday 'til Gohan was born."
"Really?" Goten was surprised again.
"That's right," Goku said. "I didn't even know what a holiday was."
Goten started to giggle. "That's funny!"
Goku grabbed ahold of his arm and pulled him down, then gave him a noogie. "Are you making fun of your old man?"
Goten tried his hardest not to burst out into laughter, for fear of waking everyone else in the house. It caused his eyes to water and his face to hurt from smiling too largely. "Stop it! Stop dad!" he laughed. Goku let him go.
Goten regained his breath and let out a yawn, then laid back on his pillow, while Goku stood up and grabbed a blanket off the couch.
"Here ya go," Goku covered Goten with the blanket. "Good night! I'll see you in the morning."
"Wait, dad," Goten said. "Can you stay here too?"
Goku thought about it for a moment, then headed toward the stairs. "Sure thing, squirt. Let me grab my sleeping stuff."
I can't believe it... I finished my first multi-chapter! Well, many many thanks to everyone that read, reviewed, and faved! I appreciate you all. And I hope to you all come back for the next one! (Which I will try to get out ASAP.) C-ya!