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She just needs hugs.\n\nThis is just a short story that I wrote yesterday! Started on it at 2:01 PM on Dec 17, 2022 and had it finished later that day, but only took like an hour or hour and half or so. I was sitting and waiting for my grandfather at one of his doctor appointments and had this idea pop in my head after looking at some Christmas decorations they had up.\n\nAnyway, hope you enjoy it? Feel sad? I don't know what to say on this one. lol\n\nFor those that saw the update notification it was because I forgot to change the filename removing the \"incomplete\" bit. If you've downloaded the file, delete the old one and download this new version (anything after Dec 17 2022 doesn't have to be redownloaded.)", "description_bbcode_parsed": "Aww, poor Hiroko. She just needs hugs.

This is just a short story that I wrote yesterday! Started on it at 2:01 PM on Dec 17, 2022 and had it finished later that day, but only took like an hour or hour and half or so. I was sitting and waiting for my grandfather at one of his doctor appointments and had this idea pop in my head after looking at some Christmas decorations they had up.

Anyway, hope you enjoy it? Feel sad? I don't know what to say on this one. lol

For those that saw the update notification it was because I forgot to change the filename removing the "incomplete" bit. If you've downloaded the file, delete the old one and download this new version (anything after Dec 17 2022 doesn't have to be redownloaded.)", "writing": "Thursday, December 25, 2031 \n\n\tIt was Christmas morning when Onai woke up. He looked over to an empty bed. He assumed that Hiroko had wondered downstairs already. He pulled the covers back and left the bed and headed to their bathroom. The door was shut which was unusual, so he assumed that Hiroko was in there, he was correct. But it was different, he heard soft sobs coming from within. He tried to open the door but it was locked, something that he asked Hiroko to not do. He knocked on the door a few times without any reply. He called out to Hiroko asking if she was okay. He started panicking and tried to find the key, but it was missing from its usual place, on top of the tall dresser wardrobe. He panicked more until he came to his senses and remembered the secret passages. He made his way into them, through their closet, and entered their bathroom. He rushed out and looked around. He saw Hiroko sitting on the shower bench with her knees pulled against her body.\n\n\tHe walked in and asked if she was okay. She looked up at him. She had been crying. “What’s wrong princess?” He asked sitting down next to her. The shower was off and hadn’t been on since last night, it was dry.\n\n\t“S-Santa’s n-n-not real,” she said then burst out crying harder.\n\t“Whaaat? Of course he is,” he asked, “why would you think that he’s not?”\n\t“I. I. I. I went to g-get m-milk this m-m-morning and, and, a-and, and s-s-saw Vapor and F-Fang putting out the gifts and e-eating the c-cookies and drinking the milk,:” she explained through her cries.\n\t“O-oh,”\n\t“O-Onai... I-is Santa real?” She asked looking up at him. Tears rolled down her face. Her eyes were bloodshot from crying for the past couple of hours.\n\n\tHe looked at her heartbroken for her. She had so much taken away from her already. How could he tell her the truth. He couldn’t, but...\n\t“Do you him to be real?” He asked.\n\t“I want the truth. The. The real t-truth,”\n\t“Okay. Umm... He’s real if you believe in him,” he said trying to not lie but also not destroy her Christmas innocence.\n\t“The truth Onai. P-Please,”\n\t“He's real if you believe in him Hiroko,”\n\t“D-do you?” She asked and looked up at home again, tears still flowing heavily down her face. Her knees and leg fur was completely soaked.\n\n\tThat question honestly took him by surprise. He inadvertently turned his head away for just a couple of seconds but it told Hiroko all she needed to know. Hiroko already knew some of his ticks about him trying to figure out how to tell the truth and not lie but make it so it doesn’t hurt her feelings. She moved into his lap latched onto him and cried into his chest.\n\n\tHe sat there holding her, trying his best to comfort her the best that he could. Fifteen minutes, twenty, half an hour passed while she calmed down and her crying turned back into sobs.\n\n\t“Why do people say that Santa is real and lie about it?” Hiroko asked.\n\t“Hiroko...” he said sounding unsure if he should say anything.\n\t“It’s okay. I WANT to know,”\n\t“Are… Are you sure?” He asked. She nodded.\n\t“It’s so that cubs and kits can have fun and enjoy a special and magical time of the year,” he said then exhaled. “Christmas isn’t just about Santa and getting gifts from him or others. Its about being with family and friends. Its bringing joy, happiness and love to those that you love and those that love you. It’s a time for family and friends to get together and have fun. Many parents find it fun and warming while watching their kids become happy seeing what Santa brought them. It’s the joy that cubs and kits get during that day. The happiness and eagerness of waiting for Christmas morning,” he explained.\n\n\t“When did you find out Santa wasn’t real”\n\t“I was nine. I couldn’t sleep and wanted to see Santa do his thing. He never came. I too saw my parents put out gifts like you did. I was hidden in one of the kitchen cabinets and peeking out, he explained. “I was devastated. I didn’t tell Luna or Laika though. They believed in him for at least a few more years. Laika still might believe in him, I’m not sure though.”\n\n\t“How did you feel? Did you cry?”\n\t“I was sad and yeah, I did cry,”\n\t“Okay,” she replied then hugged him. He caressed her head and kissed her.\n\t“Hiroko, listen to me. This is VERY important. You MUST NOT tell anyone else that Santa is not real. Lots of cubs and kits still believe that he’s real, even some teenagers do. It’s not your place to tell others that he’s make believe. Okay? If I hear that you told anyone, and I mean ANYONE, you will be punished by losing all Christmas gifts for that year. You can tell my parents and Willow, but make sure no one else is around. Okay?”\n\t“Okay Onai,” she agreed and nodded.\n\n\tHe stood her up in front of him and removed her clothes off. She was unsure what he was doing but let him continue. All she had on was pajamas's, a shirt and panties. After he finished with her, he pulled his clothes off and sat them all out of the shower. He turned around and turned the shower on. She smiled as she figured it out, just a shower for them. He grabbed the towels and fursoap then headed over and sat back down. He had turned three of the five shower heads that sat over the bench. He took her into his lap and gave her a squeeze hug before starting to wipe her fur with the rag. He washed her entire body from neck down. He left her head for later. He handed her the rag and asked if she wanted to wash him off. Of course, she said to him with a smile. She wiped his body down as best as she could. After finishing they stood up and washed the soap away. He grabbed one of the taller stools and moved it over. He helped her up onto it and sat her down. He sat on the bench and carefully washed her face, especially under her eyes where her fur was heavily matted from all the salty tears. He told her to close her eyes tightly and as soon as she did he sprayed the soap away. He washed her hair then washed the inside of her ears out while being careful to not push debris further in. After that, he moved her back onto his lap and washed her hair really well. Her hair was getting pretty long now, being almost 14 inches long. After finishing lathering the shampoo he washed it out while scrubbing at her scalp to make sure everything was gone. Once finished he turned her around to face him. They smiled at each other.\n\n\t“Hey, Hiroko,” he said.\n\t“Yes?”\n\t“Merry Christmas,” he said.\n\t“I… Merry Christmas Onai,” she replied.\n\n\tHe gave her a hug and kissed her lips, making her smile after they pulled away from each other.\n\n\t“Onai… How should I do the gifts? I… I don’t know what to do or say or anything,”\n\t“You’re still excited for gifts right?”\n\t“Yeah, I guess,”\n\t“Then be excited. It doesn’t matter if my mom and dad bought the gifts. Yell out thanks Santa for the toys and stuff,”\n\t“Are you sure?”\n\t“I’m sure,”\n\t“O-okay,”\n\t“We’ll talk to my parents later okay? We’ll do it together,”\n\t“Okay Onai,” she replied.\n\n\tThey soaked in the shower for a little longer then got out, dried off and headed out to get dressed.\n\n\tHours later, after Christmas lunch/dinner, Onai waved his parents over to the office on the first floor. Fang and Vapor looked at each other a bit worried and headed over. Inside Hiroko sat in one of the chairs. Her hands where pushed between her legs, clearly uncomfortable or embarrassed about something. Fang shut the door behind them.\n\n\tOnai explained what had happened that morning and what he and Hiroko talked about. Fang and Vapor were both devastated to hear that they spoiled Santa for Hiroko. She looked up at them and shook her head. She said it was okay and that Onai explained everything. She said she didn’t blame them. Onai told them what he had told her, about not telling other cubs and kits that Santa wasn’t real. Fang and Vapor talked a bit more and explained stuff a bit better than Onai.\n\n\tBefore leaving the office, Fang and Vapor hugged Hiroko and apologized to her for not paying better attention. They also told that Onai was right, that if you believe that Santa is real, then he is. Hiroko smiled but shook her head.\n\t“I’m okay knowing that he’s not real. I like knowing that it’s you all that got me the gifts. Thank you,” she said before hugging Onai, whose lap she had sat in the entire time.\n\n***\n\n\tEven though Santa was spoiled for Hiroko, she enjoyed the day and had fun unwrapping gifts. She loudly thanked Santa for the dolls and toys that sat out unwrapped. She did her best to make sure that she didn’t spoil it for anyone else. She watched as Shayla cheered loudly and happily for her toys that Santa had brought. Hiroko then understood what Onai had told her, that it wasn’t just about the gifts but was for the fun and for the love of those who you love and who love you.\n\n\tThat night in bed, she wiggled into his arms and cried for a minute. He asked what was wrong but she remained silent, only crying for another couple of minutes. She wiped her tears and stared up at him.\n\t“Will Tsuki and Nova be that excited for Santa like Shayla and Bella was? Will they be happy about what we get them? Will I get good gifts for them from Santa? What if I get a gift that they don’t like? Will they think Santa isn’t real? I want Tsuki and Nova to be happy and believe in Santa until they’re really, really old. Older than you Onai. Older than Fang and Vapor. Older than Willow,” she said as tears welled in her eyes.\n\n\tHe nodded and pulled her tightly against his chest and hugged her, “I’m sure they will. And we’ll figure it all out, together, Princess,” he said then kissed the top of her head. He kept hugging her until she had silently fallen asleep in his arms. \n\n", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "Thursday, December 25, 2031

\tIt was Christmas morning when Onai woke up. He looked over to an empty bed. He assumed that Hiroko had wondered downstairs already. He pulled the covers back and left the bed and headed to their bathroom. The door was shut which was unusual, so he assumed that Hiroko was in there, he was correct. But it was different, he heard soft sobs coming from within. He tried to open the door but it was locked, something that he asked Hiroko to not do. He knocked on the door a few times without any reply. He called out to Hiroko asking if she was okay. He started panicking and tried to find the key, but it was missing from its usual place, on top of the tall dresser wardrobe. He panicked more until he came to his senses and remembered the secret passages. He made his way into them, through their closet, and entered their bathroom. He rushed out and looked around. He saw Hiroko sitting on the shower bench with her knees pulled against her body.

\tHe walked in and asked if she was okay. She looked up at him. She had been crying. “What’s wrong princess?” He asked sitting down next to her. The shower was off and hadn’t been on since last night, it was dry.

\t“S-Santa’s n-n-not real,” she said then burst out crying harder.
\t“Whaaat? Of course he is,” he asked, “why would you think that he’s not?”
\t“I. I. I. I went to g-get m-milk this m-m-morning and, and, a-and, and s-s-saw Vapor and F-Fang putting out the gifts and e-eating the c-cookies and drinking the milk,:” she explained through her cries.
\t“O-oh,”
\t“O-Onai... I-is Santa real?” She asked looking up at him. Tears rolled down her face. Her eyes were bloodshot from crying for the past couple of hours.

\tHe looked at her heartbroken for her. She had so much taken away from her already. How could he tell her the truth. He couldn’t, but...
\t“Do you him to be real?” He asked.
\t“I want the truth. The. The real t-truth,”
\t“Okay. Umm... He’s real if you believe in him,” he said trying to not lie but also not destroy her Christmas innocence.
\t“The truth Onai. P-Please,”
\t“He's real if you believe in him Hiroko,”
\t“D-do you?” She asked and looked up at home again, tears still flowing heavily down her face. Her knees and leg fur was completely soaked.

\tThat question honestly took him by surprise. He inadvertently turned his head away for just a couple of seconds but it told Hiroko all she needed to know. Hiroko already knew some of his ticks about him trying to figure out how to tell the truth and not lie but make it so it doesn’t hurt her feelings. She moved into his lap latched onto him and cried into his chest.

\tHe sat there holding her, trying his best to comfort her the best that he could. Fifteen minutes, twenty, half an hour passed while she calmed down and her crying turned back into sobs.

\t“Why do people say that Santa is real and lie about it?” Hiroko asked.
\t“Hiroko...” he said sounding unsure if he should say anything.
\t“It’s okay. I WANT to know,”
\t“Are… Are you sure?” He asked. She nodded.
\t“It’s so that cubs and kits can have fun and enjoy a special and magical time of the year,” he said then exhaled. “Christmas isn’t just about Santa and getting gifts from him or others. Its about being with family and friends. Its bringing joy, happiness and love to those that you love and those that love you. It’s a time for family and friends to get together and have fun. Many parents find it fun and warming while watching their kids become happy seeing what Santa brought them. It’s the joy that cubs and kits get during that day. The happiness and eagerness of waiting for Christmas morning,” he explained.

\t“When did you find out Santa wasn’t real”
\t“I was nine. I couldn’t sleep and wanted to see Santa do his thing. He never came. I too saw my parents put out gifts like you did. I was hidden in one of the kitchen cabinets and peeking out, he explained. “I was devastated. I didn’t tell Luna or Laika though. They believed in him for at least a few more years. Laika still might believe in him, I’m not sure though.”

\t“How did you feel? Did you cry?”
\t“I was sad and yeah, I did cry,”
\t“Okay,” she replied then hugged him. He caressed her head and kissed her.
\t“Hiroko, listen to me. This is VERY important. You MUST NOT tell anyone else that Santa is not real. Lots of cubs and kits still believe that he’s real, even some teenagers do. It’s not your place to tell others that he’s make believe. Okay? If I hear that you told anyone, and I mean ANYONE, you will be punished by losing all Christmas gifts for that year. You can tell my parents and Willow, but make sure no one else is around. Okay?”
\t“Okay Onai,” she agreed and nodded.

\tHe stood her up in front of him and removed her clothes off. She was unsure what he was doing but let him continue. All she had on was pajamas's, a shirt and panties. After he finished with her, he pulled his clothes off and sat them all out of the shower. He turned around and turned the shower on. She smiled as she figured it out, just a shower for them. He grabbed the towels and fursoap then headed over and sat back down. He had turned three of the five shower heads that sat over the bench. He took her into his lap and gave her a squeeze hug before starting to wipe her fur with the rag. He washed her entire body from neck down. He left her head for later. He handed her the rag and asked if she wanted to wash him off. Of course, she said to him with a smile. She wiped his body down as best as she could. After finishing they stood up and washed the soap away. He grabbed one of the taller stools and moved it over. He helped her up onto it and sat her down. He sat on the bench and carefully washed her face, especially under her eyes where her fur was heavily matted from all the salty tears. He told her to close her eyes tightly and as soon as she did he sprayed the soap away. He washed her hair then washed the inside of her ears out while being careful to not push debris further in. After that, he moved her back onto his lap and washed her hair really well. Her hair was getting pretty long now, being almost 14 inches long. After finishing lathering the shampoo he washed it out while scrubbing at her scalp to make sure everything was gone. Once finished he turned her around to face him. They smiled at each other.

\t“Hey, Hiroko,” he said.
\t“Yes?”
\t“Merry Christmas,” he said.
\t“I… Merry Christmas Onai,” she replied.

\tHe gave her a hug and kissed her lips, making her smile after they pulled away from each other.

\t“Onai… How should I do the gifts? I… I don’t know what to do or say or anything,”
\t“You’re still excited for gifts right?”
\t“Yeah, I guess,”
\t“Then be excited. It doesn’t matter if my mom and dad bought the gifts. Yell out thanks Santa for the toys and stuff,”
\t“Are you sure?”
\t“I’m sure,”
\t“O-okay,”
\t“We’ll talk to my parents later okay? We’ll do it together,”
\t“Okay Onai,” she replied.

\tThey soaked in the shower for a little longer then got out, dried off and headed out to get dressed.

\tHours later, after Christmas lunch/dinner, Onai waved his parents over to the office on the first floor. Fang and Vapor looked at each other a bit worried and headed over. Inside Hiroko sat in one of the chairs. Her hands where pushed between her legs, clearly uncomfortable or embarrassed about something. Fang shut the door behind them.

\tOnai explained what had happened that morning and what he and Hiroko talked about. Fang and Vapor were both devastated to hear that they spoiled Santa for Hiroko. She looked up at them and shook her head. She said it was okay and that Onai explained everything. She said she didn’t blame them. Onai told them what he had told her, about not telling other cubs and kits that Santa wasn’t real. Fang and Vapor talked a bit more and explained stuff a bit better than Onai.

\tBefore leaving the office, Fang and Vapor hugged Hiroko and apologized to her for not paying better attention. They also told that Onai was right, that if you believe that Santa is real, then he is. Hiroko smiled but shook her head.
\t“I’m okay knowing that he’s not real. I like knowing that it’s you all that got me the gifts. Thank you,” she said before hugging Onai, whose lap she had sat in the entire time.

***

\tEven though Santa was spoiled for Hiroko, she enjoyed the day and had fun unwrapping gifts. She loudly thanked Santa for the dolls and toys that sat out unwrapped. She did her best to make sure that she didn’t spoil it for anyone else. She watched as Shayla cheered loudly and happily for her toys that Santa had brought. Hiroko then understood what Onai had told her, that it wasn’t just about the gifts but was for the fun and for the love of those who you love and who love you.

\tThat night in bed, she wiggled into his arms and cried for a minute. He asked what was wrong but she remained silent, only crying for another couple of minutes. She wiped her tears and stared up at him.
\t“Will Tsuki and Nova be that excited for Santa like Shayla and Bella was? Will they be happy about what we get them? Will I get good gifts for them from Santa? What if I get a gift that they don’t like? Will they think Santa isn’t real? I want Tsuki and Nova to be happy and believe in Santa until they’re really, really old. Older than you Onai. Older than Fang and Vapor. Older than Willow,” she said as tears welled in her eyes.

\tHe nodded and pulled her tightly against his chest and hugged her, “I’m sure they will. And we’ll figure it all out, together, Princess,” he said then kissed the top of her head. He kept hugging her until she had silently fallen asleep in his arms.

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