Charlotte Sugar (Cracker X Reader)

"Am I fired?"

That was the first thing that came to your mind and therefore, the first thing you said. Peros and Katakuri stood in your doorway, looking about as confused as you felt. They'd never come to your house before and you hadn't invited them over. They just kinda showed up and seeing them outside of the workplace threw you in enough of a loop to make you blurt out stupid things.

"Why...would we fire you?" Peros asked slowly, the first to recover from your strange question.

You opened your mouth and closed it a couple times, trying to formulate a response before you finally shook your head. "It's been a crazy few days and I've been kinda out of it lately. Can we ignore that?"

"Sure." Katakuri grunted. You could hear the hint of amusement in his voice.

"Oh! Why don't you guys come in?" You stepped to the side so they could shoulder through the doorway that was almost too small for them.

It was snowing heavily outside and you didn't want them staying out in the cold like that. At least now that you knew your job was still secure. You were silently thanking yourself for having the forethought to clean the apartment on your day off and replace all the fall decor for Christmas themed stuff instead. After Thanksgiving, you were always pretty quick on keeping up with the changing seasons and holidays.

The house was bright with lights lining all the spots you had strings of leaves not long ago, snowman themed kitchenware were all over the kitchen, fall blankets were replaced with ones covered in snowy scenes and reindeer. Your favorite part was the modestly sized tree in the corner of your living room, covered in an array of colorful lights and decorations.

"Our mother would love your taste in decor." Peros noted as he made himself comfortable in your couch.

Katakuri did the same, taking up the opposite end while nodding in agreement with his brother. You took your usual spot, refusing to be sandwiched between the two giants. When you'd managed to tuck your legs under you and face them, the air seemed to turn a little more serious. Of course they'd come to talk about something important. As much as Cracker's brothers liked you, they never visited for the sake of socializing. Or at all for that matter.

"Soooo......" You trailed off uncomfortably, waiting for one of them to get the hint and bring up why they were here.

Peros looked to Katakuri, raising an eyebrow and motioning towards you. It was nice to see you weren't the only one unsure on how things were supposed to go. Katakuri cleared his throat loudly and glared at his brother before fixing his eyes on you, returning to his usual neutral expression quickly.

"You and Cracker have been....off lately." He noted.

"Um, yeah. We had an argument and it didn't turn out well. But we're figuring it out."

"Are you getting along?"

"Of course. We don't always agree, on a lot of stuff actually, but that doesn't mean we don't get along."

"So will we be seeing you for Christmas?"

You paused, unsure about it yourself. Cracker had started coming over again and things were back to normal, but the holidays hadn't been mentioned yet.

"We haven't actually talked about that yet but if you guys are still cool with me after that big, uh, mess, then I'd like to spend it with you guys."

After you ran out on Cracker, he'd informed you that his family really lit into him, assuming he'd done something wrong to make you so upset. In a way, he did but it wasn't like the damage was intentional. You couldn't bring yourself to stay angry with him over something he was completely ignorant about. He'd bothered you on more than one occasion the past couple days about what exactly he'd done and you had yet to tell him the truth. You were hoping you'd gather the courage for that soon.