Dean had a long and tiring day, after working an intense night shift at a local store. His work wasn't necessarily tiring all the time, just around the holiday seasons he would have a heavy load of work since Christmas was approaching in a week, he had been busy working hard. He skipped his dinner and straight away went to bed due to the exhaustion. He took out his phone and decided to go through it until he fell asleep.
Two hours later ...
It was around 2 at night and Dean had suddenly woken up, he had no idea when he fell asleep but all that mattered was the shuffling sound that he heard downstairs. He slowly got up from his bed without making any sound and took the baseball bat that he had near his bed. It wasn't the first time he heard noise in the middle of the night, the area he lived in was notoriously known for burglary.
He tiptoed his way to the living room and looked around in the pitch dark room. The room was slightly lit by the moonlight which perfectly reflected a silhouette in the dark. Dean sighed and held his baseball bat tightly and walked towards the kitchen. At an instance the kitchen light was turned on and Dean closed his eyes and threw his baseball bat at the shadowy figure which now groaned.
Dean opened his eyes and as he did his gaze met with a tall, built man with rugged face who weirdly had two dog-like ears on the top of his head. "Who are you?!" Dean screamed. The man rubbed his head and spoke " I'm Karl from the planet Ophelius " Dean narrowed his brows " Planet Ophelius? What nonsense? " but even before Dean could say anything mor.
Karl stretched his hand and as he did, the baseball bat from before was turned to ash. Dean froze in shock, he now believed the man or the thing in front of him was an alien " What do you want ?" Dean asked, shivering from the thought of an alien in front of him and afraid what might happen next "I've been sent on a mission to write a report on Earthiens, depending on how you behave I will decide whether to exterminate you humans or not" he said.
Dean felt a chill down his spine "Why...why me?" he asked, not really sure why the alien had picked him to test. " My radar fell through as I passed here, I decided it would be best if I stay here and test the humans from this house " Dean gulped.
The next day ...
Dean couldn't sleep a wink after what happened last night. He thought all that happened last night was a dream but his thoughts were interrupted when he saw the Alien outside on his lawn. He sighed accepting his fate yet he couldn't adjust to the thought process of being test subject to such an important mission. He wasn't exactly the right kind of human to be tested, he knew if one mistake by his side and the entire human race was in jeopardy.
He went to the lawn where the alien was sitting " So...umm... Karl, is there something you want me to do ?" Dean asked. Karl shrugged " Just do your regular things, I'm here to observe you humans " Dean sighed sitting beside him " So... why exterminate us ?" Karl closed his book and looked at Dean " We simply want another planet to be jn our control and you humans are an obstacle " Dean gulped once again.
" By the way, what's with the lights and stars in front of everyone's house ?" Karl asked. Dean Looked around and smiled, for a minute he forgot he was talking to an alien " Oh Christmas is coming soon and we decorate our houses for that" Karl nodded, taking note of what Dean said. Suddenly it occurred to Dean that he didn't necessarily have to mess up, he can show how much better humans are than some mere aliens.
Dean smiled and coughed, catching the attention of the alien " I'm Dean by the way and I'll show you how we humans are no less than you aliens" with a proud smile Dean left closing the door behind. Meanwhile Karl blinked, he felt a loud series of thumping sounds in his chest, he was shocked to hear the sound which sounded entirely new to him " What's this ? Am I sick ?" he asked, placing his hand on his chest still feeling the thumping sound.
Later in the evening...
Dean took Karl to his work place since he didn't think it would be a better idea to leave an alien in his house. Dean Arranged the boxes neatly while Karl just sat and watched him. " Hey they least you could do is help me" Dean said to which Karl shrugged " Why should I ?" he asked in a nonchalant tone. Dean sighed and placed the box that he held of the top shelf. He bent down to pick on the box that was on the floor, the box was unsealed and Dean noticed a can of snow spray inside it. He took out a can and walked over to Karl " Hey Karl, you said you wanted to observe humans right? Observe this" Dean said to which Karl waited eagerly.
As Karl looked at him curiously, Dean began spraying the snow over Karl. Dean began laughing and stepped back to look at the masterpiece he had created. Karl, who was still shocked and confused about what was going on, snapped back to reality as soon as Dean spoke " You look like Santa Claus " Dean laughed. Even though Karl was angry, his anger was replaced with another feeling which arose from Dean 's laugh.
Karl took another can of spray and chased Dean around the store. The two were spraying cans of snow at each other while laughing at what they had done. " Us humans aren't bad, right? We are lovable " Karl narrowed his brows " Lovable ? What's that ?" Dean laughed to the fact that Karl had no idea what lovable meant " Means someone who deserve love and affection " Karl was still confused " Then what's love ?"
" Having positive feelings for someone, having a warm feeling that makes you want to be with them for a long time, ummm…. Someone who feels like holiday, exciting and fun and happy " Dean said looking at Karl to which he nodded " What do you humans do for Christmas? " Karl asked, to which Dean shrugged, " Spend time with family and loved ones and exchange gifts". Karl nodded once again.
Christmas eve …
It had almost been a week since Karl came, he wasn't as intimidating and dangerous like he initially potrayed. Dean and Karl ended up having a lot of fun. Somehow knowing that Karl would be waiting for him at house made Dean happy since he liked being around with Karl. He made everything look exciting and Dean was happy to spend his time with Karl.
Dean was back as usual, after finishing his night shift at the store. He opened the door but Karl didn't come to the door as usual. Dean pouted and went inside removing his overcoat " Karl ?" He called for his name, tgere was no response " Karl ?" He called once again as he walked towards the living room " Oh my god, it looks beautiful " Dean said as he noticed a Christmas tree had been decorated in the middle of the living room.
Karl looked at him and smiled but Dean noticed a change in Karl's smile " What happened? " Karl shook his head " Nothing, come here" he said, gesturing to Dean to sit beside him " Merry Christmas " Karl said, giving him the present. Dean looked at it and smiled " Wow thanks, I'm sorry I didn't have time to prepare one for you" Dean apologized to which Karl shook his head " Don't be….umm… I have yo say something, I'm leaving tonight "
Dean was shocked " What ? You are joking right?" Karl shook his head " Please don't make this hard for me" Dean pushed Karl "Hard? It's hard for me as well!" Karl smiled as a drop of tear fell on his cheeks " When you said humans are lovable, I felt you were the most lovable of all, I wanted to give you all the love even before I knew what love was, you said love was like holiday and I get it, just like you are my Christmas " Dean began crying as well " Please don't go " Karl bit his bottom lip and patted Dean's head " Can you not forget this alien ?" He asked to which Dean shook his head " Never" .
"DEAN! DEAN! Dean, wake up!" Dean woke up to the sound of someone calling his name. He ruffled in his bed and blinked his eyes open " What happened babe? Why were you crying ?" Dean smiled at the sight of the man who lay beside him " I had a weird dream Karl".
" What was it about ?" Karl asked to which Dean laughed " You were an alien werewolf who was planning to overtake the earth" Karl laughed as well " Was I hot ?" Dean smiled kissing him " As always " Karl smiled kissing him back " Anyways Merry Christmas " Dean smiled " Merry Christmas babe"
The End!
(A/N: Hope you guys liked it )
