[ cute dumb children ]

[hasaringonit]

[ Someone--not naming any names because it could've been staff or rich boys or maybe even a very tiny lady--has stuffed a giant and super classy tree strung with fairy lights and little bits of tinsel right smack in the middle of some big giant room in Casa de Kureshima.

Another someone--this one absolutely a very tiny lady--is trotting around its base carefully arranging perfectly wrapped gifts beneath it. A little bell in her hair jingles every time she moves, and overall she seems to be getting into the holiday spirit extremely well.

If anyone should need her, that's where they might find her. ]

Comments

[grapesofyan]

Peppermint perhaps.

[hasaringonit]

Mm.

[ surely there is a place to sit him down somewhere in here while she goes to bustle about the kitchen getting things together--this electric kettle probably exists so she can give people warm things without burning their mouths off ]

[grapesofyan]

*Yes to all of these things but he's going to try to help her by getting the tea tray together. He feels weird enough about her helping him as much as she does*

[hasaringonit]

[ It makes her happy, so just roll with it.

Soon enough the tea will be steeping and she'll take a seat opposite him ]

Three minutes should do it.

[grapesofyan]

Thank you. *He helps himself to a gingersnap cookie*

[hasaringonit]

[ Time to pour the tea and she'll set it neatly in front of him ]

What was it like before? This holiday, I mean.

[grapesofyan]

What do you mean? What was Christmas like here?

[hasaringonit]

Yes, that is correct. You had said it was different.

[grapesofyan]

It would be just quiet. The staff would have the holiday off while Niisan and I are by ourselves. It's rare for him to take a day-off so that's how it's special for us.

[hasaringonit]

[ making a slight face ]

Kureshima-oniisan needs more rest, as well.

[grapesofyan]

That's always been the case with him.

[hasaringonit]

A proper vacation, perhaps.

[grapesofyan]

It would take a lot of convincing for him to do that.

[hasaringonit]

There are many things he will do, with the proper motivation.

[grapesofyan]

Pulling either of us away from Yggdrasil, especially for him, will be difficult.

[hasaringonit]

While improbable, it is not impossible.

[grapesofyan]

True. Are you taking on a new project then? *He sips his tea*

[hasaringonit]

It is a thought. If not now, then perhaps in the future.

[grapesofyan]

It won't be easy but it could be worth it.

[hasaringonit]

The rest would do him well.

[grapesofyan]

He needs it.

[hasaringonit]

As do you.

[grapesofyan]

Eh?

[hasaringonit]

The both of you.

[grapesofyan]

Why?