[Action + Texts] A little nudge in the right direction
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Whomever the "Love Doctor" was, he/she probably did not anticipate that their gift was going to be found by an animal. Luckily, Anubis was better trained than most and knew just what to do with it. Tail held high and eager for praise, the black jackal nudged the box into the apartment and pushed it up to sofa, where Gupta was currently studying. The Egyptian was curled up in a soft cocoon of blanket and didn't really want to move, but when Anubis stood on his hind legs and pawed at him, the boy raised his gaze and looked down --far down.
"Good boy," he praised absently in Arabic as he reached down and pulled the box into his lap. There was no return address, but Gupta wasn't well-versed in how American mail worked so he didn't find that particularly odd. He carefully pulled open the flaps of the box and found a small but thick book inside which landed in his lap with a nice 'thump'. Anubis immediately brought his nose down and sniffed all over it, and Gupta laughed, pushing him away. "It's not food!"
Flipping the book over, the Egyptian squinted at the title in confusion. "Mass-age Techniques," he pronounced slowly. People wrote books on these things? He carefully flipped open the book to a middle page and visibly gawked. Oh.. I see. Blushing, he quickly shut the book and looked around in case his mother happened to step into the living room, but he only found Anubis sitting by the sofa and blinking curiously at him. Swallowing (and a little bit excited about this strange 'gift', the boy tucked the book under his body and went back to studying. Or... attempted to, anyways.
[Text to Nefretiri, 5:49 pm]
Mama, will you be home for dinner? I... I want to talk to you.
Whomever the "Love Doctor" was, he/she probably did not anticipate that their gift was going to be found by an animal. Luckily, Anubis was better trained than most and knew just what to do with it. Tail held high and eager for praise, the black jackal nudged the box into the apartment and pushed it up to sofa, where Gupta was currently studying. The Egyptian was curled up in a soft cocoon of blanket and didn't really want to move, but when Anubis stood on his hind legs and pawed at him, the boy raised his gaze and looked down --far down.
"Good boy," he praised absently in Arabic as he reached down and pulled the box into his lap. There was no return address, but Gupta wasn't well-versed in how American mail worked so he didn't find that particularly odd. He carefully pulled open the flaps of the box and found a small but thick book inside which landed in his lap with a nice 'thump'. Anubis immediately brought his nose down and sniffed all over it, and Gupta laughed, pushing him away. "It's not food!"
Flipping the book over, the Egyptian squinted at the title in confusion. "Mass-age Techniques," he pronounced slowly. People wrote books on these things? He carefully flipped open the book to a middle page and visibly gawked. Oh.. I see. Blushing, he quickly shut the book and looked around in case his mother happened to step into the living room, but he only found Anubis sitting by the sofa and blinking curiously at him. Swallowing (and a little bit excited about this strange 'gift', the boy tucked the book under his body and went back to studying. Or... attempted to, anyways.
[Text to Nefretiri, 5:49 pm]
Mama, will you be home for dinner? I... I want to talk to you.