Title: It Pays To Have The Hat
Author:
doumeki Fandom: Bleach
Rating: PG
Genre: Humor
Characters: Ichigo, Yumichika, Ikkaku, Urahara, mentions of others
Wordcount: 350
Disclaimer: Not mine. Tite Kubo owns all.
Author's Notes: Day 024 of my holiday advent calendar. Today's prompt is brought to you by Secret Santa.
It’s a bad idea. They all know it, but Inoue is insisting, and once she has something in her head, it’s kind of hard to get it out, which is why they are all gathered at Urahara’s shop. He’s grinning at them from under his hat, and Ichigo kind of just wants to sock him in the face, because somehow Urahara knows who they all have, and Ichigo figures Urahara probably rigged it.
Inoue and Rukia are whispering to each other in the corner, and Ikkaku and Yumichika are staring in horror at their slips of paper. Chad and Ishida don’t seem fazed, but then, Chad is always cool, and Ishida only cares if something rips his precious cape.
Renji and Matsumoto are cackling together, and Ichigo thinks that maybe one of them got him, and god would that suck? Well, he thinks, maybe not. He’d probably get booze.
Which he couldn’t drink.
Because he’s underage.
Nope, he decides. It would still suck.
Ururu is trying to hand Hitsugaya his slip, but Hitsugaya is telling her that he is not playing, thanks, and Ichigo wishes it was only that simple.
“So,” Urarhara says, clapping his hands. “Good luck!”
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They meet back a week later. Ichigo is pretty sure that the gift he got for his Secret Santa is satisfactory, because if it isn’t, well, then Urahara is just going to have to deal.
Everyone is sitting next to each other, gifts in hand. Ichigo joins the line, flopping down on the floor.
“So, who wants to go first?” Inoue asks excitedly.
Ichigo stands and walks over to Urahara, dropping the gift in the older guy’s lap. “Happy Holidays.”
“Oi,” Ikkaku says, standing. “What do you think you’re doing, Ichigo? I have Urahara-san.”
Yumichika stands and frowns. “No, I do.”
Everyone else chimes in, claiming that, no, they have Urahara.
“What the hell?” Ichigo says. “Are you sayin’ we all have Hat and Sandals?”
Everyone nods.
Urahara is grinning madly. “Would you look at that,” he says. “Everyone got me a present!”
Everyone glares, and Urahara starts opening his presents.