"Christmas" - Ed

Everyone was happy. Darkness covered the sky outside, a soft pit-pat of 
rain falls softly outside. Miktar and Ed were smiling, and handed each 
other small parcels wrapped in colourfull paper. Huddled in the small 
livingroom of the apartment, everyone handed each other presents. Drask 
and Sulpher giggled as they snuggled up on the couch, Drask slowly moving 
his claws down Sulphers leg, caressing softly. Bromus grinned as he walked 
up to Mkima, who in a strange paranormal event, smiled back. Ed let out a 
laugh of joy, not having seen Mkima show such emotion in a very long time. 
It was indeed, a merry Christmas. For once. 

Putting his attention on the dragon of his desire once more, Ed watched 
Miktar unwrap his present, which was a rather small parcel. Instead of 
conventional Christmas wrapping paper, Ed decided to go for a more rustic 
effect, and rather made his own wrapping paper, consisiting of brightly 
colourfull runes drawn with marker on brownish paper. Miktar liked this 
"non-conformity" so much, that he took care not to tear the paper. It would 
obviously go into the box of "good things" that Miktar and Ed kept safely 
tucked away under the bed, away from the questioning of mankind. Ed intently 
watched every move of the dragon, who made the unwrapping of the present 
seem like a gracefull event. Finally, Miktar let out a happy myrrr as he took 
out the gift. It took Ed a lot of thought, almost a year's worth, to figure 
out what he should get his faithfull dragon. Something that would last, that 
would mean something, but still remain within the budget of an unemployed graphics 
artist. Judgeing from the purrumble of the dragon, Ed smiled and gave a slight 
nod of agreement. He had indeed, found something. Sulpher, Mkima, Drask and 
Bromus peered from where they were sitting, curious to find out what is making 
the dragon happy. 

Miktar held up his gift for them to see, and everyone smiled. Thin, soft brown 
leather straps formed a circle, on the bottom hanged a small golden circle, the 
leather attached to it by going through a small hole at the top of the circle. 
Engraved on the face of the shiny, coin-like pendant, the word "Miktar" could 
clearly be seen. Ed stood up, and stood in front of Miktar, laying his hands on 
the dragons shoulders. Miktar kneeled, and turned the pendant around, revealing 
more words engraved on the back, in small letters, "Takul mi Surka". Miktar l
ooked upwards, and Ed took the pendant slipping the leather straps over Miktars 
head. Looking back at Ed, Miktar brought his paw up, softly over Eds thigh, and 
then resting it on the side of Eds face. Still purring, Miktar moved forward and 
nuzzled the side of Eds face. Ed wrapped his arms around Miktar's neck and hugged 
him tight, closing his eyes. Sulpher nodded to Mkima and Drask, who nodded to 
Bromus. They quietly left the living room, retreating to Ed's room to continue 
the festivities. It was clear, that Miktar and Ed wanted to be alone. It was a 
merry Christmas. For once.