[ Yes!! Mafuyu pumps both her fists into the air at being the "best friend right now," then unceremoniously tosses her present into the neatly stacked pile all other other teams had been helping out with. ]
And you're the best friend right now too! Best partner! Best gift wrapper! Best toy maker! I can count on you too, right?
[ To... basically make sure the rest of their tasks go alright, because Hinata's the sort of person who goes along with her and amplifies every fantastical idea she has, but she needs people on the other end too, to bring her down and ground her. ]
Don't just toss them! [ a slight whine... ahh, honestly. Hopefully it's still okay... It didn't sound like anything broke so— um, she asked him a question.
...honestly his shout there probably answered it for her but anyway. She uses "best" so frivolously, but he still can't help but feel a little happy hearing it. ] Um... Of course you can. I'll do my best, Mafuyu.
[ It's fine, whatever was in the box now gets the added enjoyment of being "some assembly required." ]
I know. You seem like that sort of person who always does his best. So, what toy are you going to make? Just this last one and we'll be done and we can go sledding!
[ The day isn't complete unless they go sledding ]
I was thinking we'd make it ourselves and have that count as a toy, but then we don't get to keep it and we can't go sledding together... How 'bout this— you buy one and we make another and then we can race?
[ Because she wants to race and therefore doesn't everybody? ]
We can make people race and then bet on the winners like horses! I dunno how to make one, but it can't be hard, right? We just get like... a huge cookie tin and decorate it! [ let her eat the cookies!! ] It just has to be flat and smooth and it'll slide just fine!
[ SHRUGS!!! she starts pulling him towards whatever nearest cookie shop there is, because they could stand here and wonder forever, or they can go see and answer their question directly. ]
It's Christmastime! There'll be tins that hold hundreds of cookies! Like those large sewing kit tins!
Those are really small cookies! [ he's arguing but he's still going with her SO?? ] We can't eat them all by ourselves either, we'll get sick. They wouldn't be that fun to eat anyway...
I ate fifty tater tots for a bet. I can eat a hundred cookies.
[ Ahh, but that was also back when tater tots were wonderful and delicious, and this month has been pretty terrible in that it took away one of the things she really really enjoyed. ]
But we need that tin, so how 'bout we split the cookies into little bags and give them out?
[ As a show of goodwill, even though they'll go directly into the trash and everybody knows it. ]
But Mafuyu isn't one to spoil Christmas, she just ruins the holiday by continuing on as she always does and terrorize little children as a mall santa or something. There's a very little small part of her that believes in the spirit of the holiday, but it's largely overshadowed by the idea that behaving herself in the two weeks leading up to Christmas counts as being a good kid all year and deserving of presents. ]
[ Is that "could you please pay for it" or "are you able to pay for it please" because those are very different questions and... well, she has the same answer for the both of those, because she doesn't carry around a wallet so much as she carries around a change purse, because any reasonable person would rather carry several pounds of quarters on them instead of figuring out credit cards. ]
Let's see... [ She turns out her pockets and lets everything drop out onto the snow: there's a key ring without any keys on it, some bubblegum wrappers, a cigarette lighter, and thirty-some quarters. ]
Tsukasa looks down and stares for a moment. Why... Why, Mafuyu. ]
I think they're usually a little closer to twenty or thirty dollars, so... [ ...why have a key ring with no keys?? He's stuck on this. Why. ] Count up your quarters and we'll split the difference, I guess?
[ She doesn't need keys when she's got a bedroom window on the second floor with a broken latch, and in the case of dire emergencies, Hinata has a spare key. ]
Alright, hold out your hand.
[ While she picks up the quarters one by one and passes them over to him. ]
—Four. Hmm? It's 'cause I like how they sound when they jingle— like this!
[ She pauses her counting and cups her hands underneath Tsukasa's jostling them a little so that the coins clink against each other, but not hard enough that they spill out and fall out of their hands. ]
Besides, when I get my allowance, I use them at the arcade, so it has to be quarters.
[ There might be better use for her money, but whatever. She turns back to counting... What number was she on? Hmm. ]
Wait, Mafuyu— it's my fault for distracting you in the first place, so sorry, but... There isn't enough here [ a soft jingle of his hands ] to be sixteen? There's six.
[ He should just call her a dumbass and be over with it, so she doesn't stare up at him blankly and ask in all earnest: ]
Where'd the other ten go? ...Whatever. You'll cover them for me, okay?
[ And she goes right back to counting, one hand moving the coins and the other hand with her palm out in front of his face so he can't say anything that will distract her from this task that requires all of her focus. ]
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And you're the best friend right now too! Best partner! Best gift wrapper! Best toy maker! I can count on you too, right?
[ To... basically make sure the rest of their tasks go alright, because Hinata's the sort of person who goes along with her and amplifies every fantastical idea she has, but she needs people on the other end too, to bring her down and ground her. ]
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Don't just toss them! [ a slight whine... ahh, honestly. Hopefully it's still okay... It didn't sound like anything broke so— um, she asked him a question.
...honestly his shout there probably answered it for her but anyway. She uses "best" so frivolously, but he still can't help but feel a little happy hearing it. ] Um... Of course you can. I'll do my best, Mafuyu.
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I know. You seem like that sort of person who always does his best. So, what toy are you going to make? Just this last one and we'll be done and we can go sledding!
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Are we going to buy an actual sled while we're here?
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I was thinking we'd make it ourselves and have that count as a toy, but then we don't get to keep it and we can't go sledding together... How 'bout this— you buy one and we make another and then we can race?
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...And just what happened to offering sled rides for money? No, never mind, this is preferable... [ um... ] Okay, sounds good to me.
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Do you know how to make one?
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We can make people race and then bet on the winners like horses! I dunno how to make one, but it can't be hard, right? We just get like... a huge cookie tin and decorate it! [ let her eat the cookies!! ] It just has to be flat and smooth and it'll slide just fine!
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[ please... ]
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[ just how big do they get. ]
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It's Christmastime! There'll be tins that hold hundreds of cookies! Like those large sewing kit tins!
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[ rip taste and etc ]
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[ Ahh, but that was also back when tater tots were wonderful and delicious, and this month has been pretty terrible in that it took away one of the things she really really enjoyed. ]
But we need that tin, so how 'bout we split the cookies into little bags and give them out?
[ As a show of goodwill, even though they'll go directly into the trash and everybody knows it. ]
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That's actually not a bad idea. Santa would be proud of our goodwill, too.
[ his parents let him have one thing for christmas tradition and it's "believing in santa claus" don't take this from him. ]
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But Mafuyu isn't one to spoil Christmas, she just ruins the holiday by continuing on as she always does and terrorize little children as a mall santa or something. There's a very little small part of her that believes in the spirit of the holiday, but it's largely overshadowed by the idea that behaving herself in the two weeks leading up to Christmas counts as being a good kid all year and deserving of presents. ]
Then it's cookie time!
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I'll— [ ...uh. ] ...Mafuyu, could you pay for it? I'm, er... trying to be a little more frugal lately...
I'll— <small>[ ...uh. ]</small> ...Mafuyu, could you pay for it? I'm, er... trying to be a little more frugal lately...
<small[ because he keeps going "hey let me treat you" at all his friends. ]</small>
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Let's see... [ She turns out her pockets and lets everything drop out onto the snow: there's a key ring without any keys on it, some bubblegum wrappers, a cigarette lighter, and thirty-some quarters. ]
How much d'you think it'll cost? Is this enough?
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Tsukasa looks down and stares for a moment. Why... Why, Mafuyu. ]
I think they're usually a little closer to twenty or thirty dollars, so... [ ...why have a key ring with no keys?? He's stuck on this. Why. ] Count up your quarters and we'll split the difference, I guess?
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Alright, hold out your hand.
[ While she picks up the quarters one by one and passes them over to him. ]
One... Two... Three...
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He's going to end up using both hands too, he's sure, so he'll just preemptively make a nice little bowl out of them. ]
Why do you carry so much change? You can exchange these for bills, you know.
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[ She pauses her counting and cups her hands underneath Tsukasa's jostling them a little so that the coins clink against each other, but not hard enough that they spill out and fall out of their hands. ]
Besides, when I get my allowance, I use them at the arcade, so it has to be quarters.
[ There might be better use for her money, but whatever. She turns back to counting... What number was she on? Hmm. ]
...Fourteen... Fifteen. Sixteen...
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Wait, Mafuyu— it's my fault for distracting you in the first place, so sorry, but... There isn't enough here [ a soft jingle of his hands ] to be sixteen? There's six.
[ He's here to help... ]
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Where'd the other ten go? ...Whatever. You'll cover them for me, okay?
[ And she goes right back to counting, one hand moving the coins and the other hand with her palm out in front of his face so he can't say anything that will distract her from this task that requires all of her focus. ]
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