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Secret Santa! (Rei is bad at this)

[faithfulflame]

[Rei has approximately zero patience for most frivolous things, and the actual secret part of Secret Santa is definitely among those things she has no patience for. It seems absolutely silly, especially given the fact that she's met her assigned person at least once.

So, one afternoon sometime before Christmas whenever Archer's working at his stand, she just rides up on her bike with a large parcel tied onto the back.]

Good afternoon, Archer.

[swordboning]

Good afternoon.

[If it could be considered one. Hopefully. He's busy doing some cleaning but that's okay.]

[faithfulflame]

[She hops off her bike and settles it out of the way before untying the package.]

This is for you, Archer. It's that Secret Santa thing, I just don't think it's worth keeping something so trivial a secret. But I hope you enjoy.

[swordboning]

So you ended up with my name. Most of my list wasn't serious.

[Mostly because he wasn't in want of anything. But a gift was a gift.]

[faithfulflame]

I did. [A shrug.] Open it, though.

[It's big, and passed over. If he does, inside will be a nice set of kitchen knives, and a decent sized collection of ceramic cookware. Nothing fancy, but serviceable restaurant quality.]

[swordboning]

Now? You're not going to force me to wait until Christmas and have me keep it under a tree until then.

[faithfulflame]

Frankly, if you'd rather do that, then I don't care. It's entirely up to you, since it's your gift.

[swordboning]

I'll wait if you don't mind, then.

[Because he's terrible at showing gratitude and wouldn't be surprised if he caused hurt feelings. Thankfully, he's tactful enough to realize that.]

[faithfulflame]

Well alright then.

[Rei smiles pleasantly and sets down the box before turning back to her bike.]

I'll see you around, Archer.