G is for Gifts. [OPEN]

[alastinglight]

Characters: Takasugi, all the people he's giving gifts to, and whoever wants in!
Location: All over the place. Feel free to choose where Takasugi meets you - I'll have him drop in on you. :3
Rating: G for now!
Time: December 24, during the day down to early evening or so
Description: He doesn't celebrate Christmas, but he knows it's important for

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[Around afternoon| At his place]

[novelvision]

Katsura wasn't busy for once, and being not busy usually meant being outside. That wasn't the case today however as the man decided that if he was going to brood he could at least do it inside where he wouldn't freeze.

Even as it was, staying inside was part of the promise he had made to Takasugi to not overwork himself for a day. But already he was having trouble adhering to it, preoccupied with thoughts of what he'd do once the day was over while he ate a cup of noodles.

[alastinglight]

Takasugi happened to be coming around at that moment. He figured that he ought to drop in and loaf around a bit, just to make sure Katsura really wasn't working and maybe to keep the man company.

(He needed the company too, but nobody had to know that.)

The boy knocked on the door as soon as he got there.

"Katsura?"

[novelvision]

Katsura was up the moment he heard Takasugi's voice, trying hard not to think about how he had been hoping for some company since he was completely alone and he had run out of the money he allocated for his dramas.

"Oh, Takasugi!" He said as he opened the door. "Come on in. I'll make us some tea."

[alastinglight]

"Okay."

Takasugi balanced what he had been carrying in order to open the door with his free hand, and then he nudged it shut once he was inside. He immediately sought Katsura out, and smiled the moment he saw the other.

"Hi."

[novelvision]

"Hello." Katsura still had problems getting used to using that word instead of saying good afternoon, but he supposed that it did sound more friendly while still being polite.

Speaking of being polite, there was the matter of what Takasugi was carrying. It was probably rude to pry, but he was curious about it.

[alastinglight]

Good thing he was curious too. Takasugi only smiled more when he noticed the look.

"Yes, it for you."

[novelvision]

"But it's not Christmas yet." Katsura thought that simple denial would be enough to make him seem polite, but whatever it was that Takasugi was carrying was moving and moving boxes made for one of two things: 1) A pet 2) Something that he should back away from.

...it was only five moments later that he realized that he had been staring anyway. So much for manners.

"What's in it?" He ventured, now trying to figure out the identity of the mysterious creature.

[alastinglight]

"Something that I'm not sure you'll like, given what you have back in your world but... it was the best I could think of. Sorry."

With that, he's carefully handing the box over to you.

[novelvision]

Katsura took the box carefully, noting that it had holes in it and that there was a sound like the flapping of wings inside. A bird...? He opened the box slowly so as to not scare the creature within it but he just couldn't conceal his surprise when he saw the fluffy duckling nestling inside.

"A duckling? But Takasugi, that means...you knew?"

[alastinglight]

"I asked Gintoki." A slight smile: he's a little embarrassed. "I hope this is okay."

Maybe it'd make Katsura feel a little less lonely...?

[novelvision]

"Ah? Of course it is. Why wouldn't it be?"

Actions definitely spoke louder than words; already, Katsura was cooing softly at the now awake duckling and looking at it in awe. So fluffy...

[alastinglight]

"Well, I just... wanted to be sure."

Still, he was watching Katsura fuss over the thing with undisguised relief. At least he was doing SOMETHING right, for once.

[novelvision]

More than right; it was probably one of the few things that could completely occupy Katsura's attention.

"I'd appreciate anything that you gave to me. Now...shall I call you Elizabeth?" Evidently, if Takasugi had any more to say he had better do it before the other man got any more distracted than he already was.

[alastinglight]

Well, given the way Katsura looked at that point... there wasn't much else that he had to say, really.

"Elizabeth is a good name."

[novelvision]

"I'm sure she'll think so too. ...The other Elizabeth, that is." Takasugi might have been able to catch the fondness in Katsura's voice as he murmured those words while he stroked the little duckling.

[alastinglight]

"Mind telling me more about Elizabeth?"

He was honestly curious. The only thing he knew was that it was a strange alien thing that Katsura was ridiculously fond of.