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"She hates me! She hates me! She'll always hate me!," Xelloss sobbed, punching his pillow over and over again.

~~~~~Flash Back~~~~~

"Look Filia," Lina wispered with a snicked. "Xelloss is standing under the mistletoe."

"No Way!! I'd NEVER KISS THAT NAMAGOMI MAZOKU!!!!" Filia screamed.

"Huh?" Xelloss exclaimed, looking up. He spotted the mistletoe. "Look, nobody asked you to," he shouted.

"Oh yeah," she growled, "well you wouldn't deserve it."

"No one deserves to have such horror as a kiss from an ugly and obnoxious dragon," he shouted back.

"I hate you!" she said menacingly.

Xelloss stormed up the inn stairs to his room.

~~~~~End Flash Back~~~~~

"Mr. Xelloss," Amelia said, "why don't you get Miss Filia a nice present for Christmas?"

"What the hell would I get her," he snapped. "It wouldn't change anything!" Amelia looked hurt by his anger. "I'm sorry, Amelia. It's just that all I want for Christmas is Filia."

"That's sooo romantic," Amelia cooed.

"I'll bet she wouldn't think so," Xelloss sighed.

"She might," Amelia reassured him.

Just then, Filia ran by the room's open door and slammed the door to her own. *Oh no,* Xel thought, *she heard me!*

*How dare HE fall in love with me!* Filia thought. *He can't really mean it. It must be some dirty Mazoku trick! So why don't I believe that? Could he really love me? Why do I feel good inside?*

"Filia?" Xelloss called.

"What do you want? Its the middle of the night."

"We need to talk."

"Now?!"

"Yes, now," he said. "Filia, I'm sorry for the mean things I've said to you. I wish we didn't fight so much. And I'm sorry about the past. I do not regret killing them. It was war. But I do wish that it had never happened. Maybe then you wouldn't hate me the way you do. I thought I should tell you. Good night, Filia-chan."

"Xelloss, wait," she said.

"Hmm . . . "

"I'm sorry, too, but I don't know if I can forgive you. I'm sorry," she said.

Xelloss apperated to his room, tears flowing freely down his face.

~~~~The Next Day: Christmas Eve~~~~~~

There was a dance at the inn to celebrate the season. Xelloss sat in the corner of the room. *This is torture,* he thought, watching couples together. *It only serves to remind me of what I'll never have. What I don't deserve to have.*

Then he looked up. Filia was standing over him, smiling shyly. She was holding a peice of mistletoe over his head. She leaned over and kissed his cheek. "I forgive you," she wispered. "Merry Christmas, Xelloss."

~~Fin~~

Author's note: Maybe I'll write a sequel to this one some day. I know its not Christmas and I know its awfully short but I wrote it as a Christmas gift for some very special friends of mine (Hi Kat and Stephieko) and just now got around to posting it. Please read and review. ^_~