digimon christmas drabble thinger

Not like Ken noticed. There could be a parade with fireworks and Mimi singing in a hot air balloon with banners and confetti and people dancing and banging on drums the size of hot tubs, and Ken wouldn't blink a single one of his dark eyes.

I slid my phone back into my pocket, the email to him unsent. It was too cold to keep holding it in my hands; I had to blow on them and then jam then into my armpits to unfreeze them. Jun said that it was supposed to snow, but it hadn't yet, even though it'd been cloudy for days. I watched my breath get sucked up into the sky and felt like an idiot when for a second I imagined I was a dragon.

A couple went by, giggling at each other. He put his arm around her, she tilted her head up. I watched them out of the corner of my eye and reached for my phone again. The email was still on the screen, half finished but all stupid. I erased it, deleting each character until the screen was blank. It was stupid waiting out in the cold, especially for someone who didn't even know he was supposed to show up. I looked up at the sky again and wished I had my goggles.

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