Bakugou hates this fucking time of year. Mainly because of the cold and dreary weather, but also because of the holidays and the upcoming expectations of and from him. He’s a damn good gift giver—when he wants to be, and only because he listens, also when he wants to—but the part he hates the most about it?
Gift wrapping. It’s a damn obligation from hell. He’d rather go out and buy all the gift boxes and bags and bows and shit before he’d ever wrap a gift. Maybe he hates it because he’s not automatically good at it, maybe he hates it because it’s just fucking stupid and useless if you’re just gonna tear through the wrapping paper anyway!
But he does it, for you and only you. Only because you came home at the beginning of the month with armfuls of wrapping paper and bows and gift tags and tissue paper and—and too much red and green and white. You’re so excited, and he can’t deny how cute you look sticking your tongue out when you cut the wrapping paper around the gift you got for Mina.
He stares at the present he brought you months in advance, wonders what’s so hard about wrapping a tiny little velvet box? And discovers his hatred all over again for wrapping paper and tape and shear scissors and dumb sticky bows. But the face you make at him? When he hands you the hand wrapped gift hidden under the tree on a horrendously cold morning?
It makes him warmer inside than he cares to admit. You don’t make fun of his wrapping skills or how there’s too much tape and that one hole he made in it when he gripped it too hard. You only grin at him, tear into the gift with haste, whisper about how nice it is to get some hand wrapped from him knowing how much he hated it. But maybe—maybe he doesn’t hate it so much now. Not if it gets this reaction out of you every time.
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don't you love when you're like, okay now I'm going to leave this sorrow in the old year so I don't turn into a crotchety bitter person over it, and then you walk on feeling all refreshed and bright no longer carrying it on your shoulders, but then the sorrow wanders after you like a child who was lost in the supermarket weeping its eyes out and it says to you where did you GO I was lost! I was lost and I missed you!!! and you can only sigh and take it by its hand and say to it very well. here's your seat. I'm sorry I left you behind, I promise it was with the best of intentions, but I want to do my best by you, so let's sit together and try to figure out what you're saying to me.
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Happy birthday to Pyra :D!! Any thoughts on what gift(s) Sapphire would give her?
Aaah, thank you, friend!! I will be sure to pass on the well wishes!~
Hmmm.. I think Sapphire would probably help everyone else set up a big party to celebrate Pyra, and that would be a bit of a surprise present for her! (Sort of a mirror of how everyone else helped Pyra set the scene for when she proposed to Sapphire, hehe.) But, aside from that.. Pyra's favourite drink in the game, which is one of her favourite items overall, is Jenerossi Tea - which you get from Garfont Village, where Sapphire grew up. So, even if the party are in another region of Alrest on Pyra's birthday, Sapphire would definitely get in touch with some of the Garfont Mercenaries to get some Jenerossi Tea delivered to her in time, so that Pyra can have it freshly made on her birthday!
As well as that, I think Sapphire might get Pyra an item of clothing of some kind. She's shown to be somewhat self-conscious of her appearance - specifically, the fact she starts glowing at night due to her ether lines - so a coat or cloak of some kind, like a longer version of the one she was wearing to disguise herself in Torigoth, might be something she would like! Even though she naturally runs quite warm, being a fire-element Blade, I still think she might like something like that to be more covered up and whatnot if she's feeling self-conscious; I believe her ether lines glow over her default armour since that's sort of a part of her, so an extra item of clothing may be needed. After all, she's not just any Blade - she's an Aegis Blade of legend, so that might draw unwanted attention.
The final thing I can think of that Sapphire would get Pyra is a recipe book! She very much enjoys cooking and is very good at it, after all, so I think she would enjoy the opportunity to try out some new dishes!!
Thank you so much for asking me about this, friend!! It was really fun to think about ^-^
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