(JP) Birthday Gifts
Write about a gift someone's given you.
April 3rd, 2044
“You keep staring at that thing as if it's a bomb,” Deena said, obvious amusement sparking her gray eyes. “It's not ticking, is it?”
“Deenie, babe, you don't get it.” Her boyfriend Zach stretched out on her couch and laid his head in her lap. “It's from his cousin.”
“Zachary, babe, I've got two little brothers and I've met Marcus. Of course I get it.” She ruffled his blond hair before returning her attention to the brown-wrapped box sitting on her coffee table and the brown-haired boy sitting in the armchair opposite. “But staring at the box isn't going to change whatever's inside. How bad could it be? It's a birthday present, for crying out loud.”
Liam slouched in the armchair, narrowed eyes focused on Marcus' gift as if he might somehow develop x-ray vision that would let him divine the contents. “Believe you me, Deena, if Marcus sends me a box, it is flat guaranteed to have something embarrassing in it. The Spaz sent me a Fleshlight once, and he wasn't even legal to buy the thing at the time.”
“... a what?”
“Never mind. But I hid this box over here at your place till my birthday for a reason.”
“I thought the book of Japanese erotic art prints was borderline tasteful,” Zach said cheerfully, rolling to his side. “Sort of.”
“Oh God,” Liam groaned. “At least I managed to get that out of sight before Mam took a good look at what was going on in those drawings. And she didn't have a clue as to what the Ben Wa balls were. I'm pretty sure Da did though.”
Deena launched into gales of laughter, leaving Liam to ponder a girl who knew about Ben Wa balls but had apparently never heard of a Fleshlight. To put off the inevitable for a little while longer, he picked up the more artistically wrapped gift that had arrived the same day. “I think I'll open Chuck's first.”
Elbowing Zach for his disappointed awwwww, Deena leaned over to watch as he popped open the paper. “Chuck's his little blond buddy, right? The girl you two have known practically forever?”
“Since I was five, anyway. Oh hey.” Liam smiled as he revealed what was inside of the box, a smile that softened as he read the note in her card. I wish you were here too, Pixie Girl. He'd give her a thank-you call that evening. The fish key chain he dangled from his fingers, letting it catch the light before pulling out his keys and attaching it.
A cute little knickknack, however, was not enough to interest Zach. “Moment of truth, buddy,” he said, sitting up and tapping Marcus' present. “You've stalled long enough.”
Liam sighed and started unwrapping the plain brown paper. “Drum roll, please.”
His friends obligingly provided the requested sound effect until he had the box open and was sorting through the contents. Questionable birthday card, check. A much smaller box to be investigated shortly, check. And something folded up at the bottom ... “Oh Jesus.”
“What?” Deena and Zach asked in stereo, then broke down into equally stereo hooting and guffawing when he unfolded the inflatable sex doll, brassy blond and wearing trashy nylon skimpies in Marcus' favorite pink. 'Of all the--”
“Wait a minute!” Deena gasped between snickers. “I've got a pump we can use to blow her up!” As she stood, she gave Liam an exaggerated eyebrow waggle. “Unless you want to do that yourself, stud. I'd hate to come between you and your new girlfriend.” Liam threw said new girlfriend at her; she batted it onto her boyfriend. “We'll call her Zelda!” she called over her shoulder as she went for the pump.
Zach was still laughing when she came back. “Don't worry, buddy,” he got out at last. “You know that we'll find someone else to embarrass with this thing. Surely there's a frat ape worthy of such a piece of loveliness.”
Liam's initial groans had given way to wry chuckles. “Oh surely.” Looking inside the smaller box produced a sigh of relief from the young man. “Thank God. He gave me a backup present. I don't have to make something up for Mam.”
“Ooooo, nice!” Deena voiced her approval of the silver earrings he pulled out, never pausing in her inflation of Zelda. “You gonna try them on?”
Liam rolled his eyes. “These go nowhere near my ears until I find out what the kanji means. Probably it's something completely harmless--” He tucked the jewelry back in its box. “--but if anyone could find earrings with the symbol for 'penis' on them? It would be Marcus.”
Muse: Liam MacEibhir
Fandom: OC, some background from The Grey Horse by R.A. MacAvoy
Word count: 815
April 3rd, 2044
“You keep staring at that thing as if it's a bomb,” Deena said, obvious amusement sparking her gray eyes. “It's not ticking, is it?”
“Deenie, babe, you don't get it.” Her boyfriend Zach stretched out on her couch and laid his head in her lap. “It's from his cousin.”
“Zachary, babe, I've got two little brothers and I've met Marcus. Of course I get it.” She ruffled his blond hair before returning her attention to the brown-wrapped box sitting on her coffee table and the brown-haired boy sitting in the armchair opposite. “But staring at the box isn't going to change whatever's inside. How bad could it be? It's a birthday present, for crying out loud.”
Liam slouched in the armchair, narrowed eyes focused on Marcus' gift as if he might somehow develop x-ray vision that would let him divine the contents. “Believe you me, Deena, if Marcus sends me a box, it is flat guaranteed to have something embarrassing in it. The Spaz sent me a Fleshlight once, and he wasn't even legal to buy the thing at the time.”
“... a what?”
“Never mind. But I hid this box over here at your place till my birthday for a reason.”
“I thought the book of Japanese erotic art prints was borderline tasteful,” Zach said cheerfully, rolling to his side. “Sort of.”
“Oh God,” Liam groaned. “At least I managed to get that out of sight before Mam took a good look at what was going on in those drawings. And she didn't have a clue as to what the Ben Wa balls were. I'm pretty sure Da did though.”
Deena launched into gales of laughter, leaving Liam to ponder a girl who knew about Ben Wa balls but had apparently never heard of a Fleshlight. To put off the inevitable for a little while longer, he picked up the more artistically wrapped gift that had arrived the same day. “I think I'll open Chuck's first.”
Elbowing Zach for his disappointed awwwww, Deena leaned over to watch as he popped open the paper. “Chuck's his little blond buddy, right? The girl you two have known practically forever?”
“Since I was five, anyway. Oh hey.” Liam smiled as he revealed what was inside of the box, a smile that softened as he read the note in her card. I wish you were here too, Pixie Girl. He'd give her a thank-you call that evening. The fish key chain he dangled from his fingers, letting it catch the light before pulling out his keys and attaching it.
A cute little knickknack, however, was not enough to interest Zach. “Moment of truth, buddy,” he said, sitting up and tapping Marcus' present. “You've stalled long enough.”
Liam sighed and started unwrapping the plain brown paper. “Drum roll, please.”
His friends obligingly provided the requested sound effect until he had the box open and was sorting through the contents. Questionable birthday card, check. A much smaller box to be investigated shortly, check. And something folded up at the bottom ... “Oh Jesus.”
“What?” Deena and Zach asked in stereo, then broke down into equally stereo hooting and guffawing when he unfolded the inflatable sex doll, brassy blond and wearing trashy nylon skimpies in Marcus' favorite pink. 'Of all the--”
“Wait a minute!” Deena gasped between snickers. “I've got a pump we can use to blow her up!” As she stood, she gave Liam an exaggerated eyebrow waggle. “Unless you want to do that yourself, stud. I'd hate to come between you and your new girlfriend.” Liam threw said new girlfriend at her; she batted it onto her boyfriend. “We'll call her Zelda!” she called over her shoulder as she went for the pump.
Zach was still laughing when she came back. “Don't worry, buddy,” he got out at last. “You know that we'll find someone else to embarrass with this thing. Surely there's a frat ape worthy of such a piece of loveliness.”
Liam's initial groans had given way to wry chuckles. “Oh surely.” Looking inside the smaller box produced a sigh of relief from the young man. “Thank God. He gave me a backup present. I don't have to make something up for Mam.”
“Ooooo, nice!” Deena voiced her approval of the silver earrings he pulled out, never pausing in her inflation of Zelda. “You gonna try them on?”
Liam rolled his eyes. “These go nowhere near my ears until I find out what the kanji means. Probably it's something completely harmless--” He tucked the jewelry back in its box. “--but if anyone could find earrings with the symbol for 'penis' on them? It would be Marcus.”
Muse: Liam MacEibhir
Fandom: OC, some background from The Grey Horse by R.A. MacAvoy
Word count: 815