decided he's going to be Santa Haraboji and deliver presents! He's finishing off labeling and putting bows on the ones he has, though.
taps on his shoulder.
looks over his shoulder. "Hmm? Can I help you?"
caught a glimpse of his face. "...you are not Santa after all."
shakes his head. "No, I'm not! I don't think I have a present for you, sorry!"
Hong Kong
was
not looking for presents from not Santa. "Okay... I guess? I go bai bai then."
stares, then jumps up. "Wait! I know who you are!"
watches him then tilts her head. "Me too." What did he get excited about.
nods. "Yes, Soo Yeon showed me a picture of you!"
blinks. So Korea was showing picture of her. Pictures that should not exist. "Ah. Did she? Did she have a camera with her?"
shakes his head. "No, no, on her phone!"
nods once. "I see. What did this cellphone look like. In case she has more than one."
shrugs. "I dunno. Just like a normal phone!"
again she nods. "I see. Well thank you for this information."
stands up and looks at the packages. "You're Hong Kong, right? Here!" He pulls out a box, and offers it to her.
takes the package. "But Mr. Not Santa person." She looks at the package in her hands. "You do not have to."
shrugs. "But I want to give you it!"
holds the package close in her arms. She was embarrassed, she looked nonchalant. "Very well. I will accept this then."
grins. "Well, I hope you like it!"
keeps it close to herself. "I am sure I will. This is a big surprise after all." She shuffles her feet a bit as she hesitates to speak once
more. "You said I was Hong Kong, and you know Korea. You must be her friend."
grins a bit. "Actually, I am Korea, too!"
stays quiet looking at him. "I had a feeling..." She looks down at the package. "There is nothing strange in here right?"
shakes his head. "No, there's nothing weird in there!"
Hong Kong
is
not sure if to trust him. She holds the package close to her ear. "I suppose I will have to open it to find out."
grins. "Then open it!"
hides her face behind the package then peers at him after a moment. "You can't look."
laughs, then covers his eyes. "Okay, go on now!"
turns around but looks over her shoulder to make sure he is not looking. She behinds to unwrap the package carefully so as not to tear the
wrapping paper.
waits for her to open it impatiently.
after a little longer she has the package open.
peeks. "Do you like it? Put it on!" He'd bought a panda hat for her.
Hong Kong
was
admiring it. She turns to look at him. "You looked before I told you to look."
covers his eyes again. "Oops!"
takes the hat out of the package and puts it on. "Now you can look."
looks, and grins. "There! It's perfect!"
reaches up to adjust the hat. "It is a very nice gift I am grateful for it... but I did not think to find something for you." That is
because she just met him.
shrugs. "That's okay! Santa Haraboji doesn't need presents!" Even if they're nice.
crosses her arms. "But you said you were Korea not Santa."
nods. "I am Korea! But today, I'm gonna be Santa!"
|"You are going to leave Finland without a job?" She asks tilting her head.
shakes his head. "No, no! I'm gonna be Santa for my own presents!"
blinks. "I see. But won't Finland think you are copying her?"
shrugs. "Him, you mean? No! I'm just having fun!"
shakes her head. "No. I did mean her but I think I understand what you are doing. That is why you will do me a favor."
grins. "Yeah? What favor?"
makes a pinching motion. "It is a very small one."
nods. "Alright! What is it?"
folds her hands together. "Since you say you are Korea, can you take a gift I have to her?"
nods. "Yes, I can!"
Hong Kong
is
glad to hear that. "Then let me bring it to you. I don't happen to have it on me at the moment."
nods. "Sure, sure!" He remembers something. "Oh, are you sure you don't want to give it to her yourself?"
holds her hands lightly over her chest. "I am terribly against being touched inappropriately so you should understand."
raises an eyebrow. "What do you mean, touched?"
meant having breasts felt on. She raises her hands as if to grab Korea's breasts. "Nothing."
nods, and rests a hand over her breast. "Like that?"
Hong Kong
feels
her face go red and she just stands there like an idiot. No man had touched her breasts. She was more embarrassed that he could probably
tell she had a lot of tissue paper in her bra.
can feel that, and laughs. "Ahaha!"
looks at his face and raises her fist. She was threatening him with violence.
covers his mouth. "I guess she was right...yours are pretty small!"
Hong Kong
will
punish Soo Yeon for talking about her chest. For now she had to deal with this Korea. She presses her fist against his cheek.
rubs his cheek. "Hey!"
did not punch him. She merely pressed her tightly closed fist against his cheek to make it hurt. "What are we never going to talk about?"
pouts a bit. "Okay, okay!"
takes a step back away from him. She still gives him a suspicious look.
rubs his cheek again. "You really are Hong Kong, huh?"
Hong Kong
will
keep her distance. "Well yes. You are not doubting that now?"
shakes his head. "I didn't before, but you act like him!"
glances away. "I believe you mean to say he acts like I do."
shakes his head. "No, no! You act like him! Because I knew him first!"
raises an eyebrow at him. "Okay... but he is still the one that acts like I do."
shakes his head. "Fine, fine!"
Hong Kong
was
just being contrary and she thought it was funny. "Okay. I win."
nods. "Is this all you want me to give her?"
nods once. "It is just one thing. It is a digital photoframe... there are some pictures she may like already... ah well let me go get it."
Yong Soo
wants
to see these pictures! "Are there pictures of your sisters? I want to see them!"
nods once. "Mostly teacher's. She does like teacher more than one should... and no you may not look. They are for her. Of course if she
shows them to you I will not know."
looks a bit pouty at that. "But her and I are kinda the same, right? So if I look, it's kinda like her looking!"
tilts her head. "Shagua. It is not the same thing~" She ventures to take a step close to him and pat his head. "If you look she does not see
right? But... Do you have a picture of the boy me?"
nods. "Yeah, I think! Umm.." He looks through his phone, then grins. "This is you!"
nods once looking at the picture. "So it is true he too has... facial hair problems." She sighs. "Let me see teacher too."
laughs a bit. "Facial hair problems...?" He switches pictures and shows her China. "Is this him?"
nods once. "Yes. Like that Ase xiansheng. I wanted to ask him about it but he may not like." She now peers at the picture of China. "..Him?"
nods. "Him! You mean China, right?"
did mean China. "That is a man?"
nods again. "Yes! He's very pretty, but trust me, he's a man!"
Hong Kong
is
not sure how to feel about what Korea just said. "I am not going to ask how you are so sure so yes. I will simply trust you... Ah what about
Taiwan and... Japan."
looks through his phone, and finds a picture of himself and Taiwan. He shows her that. "This is sorta old, but it's Taiwan!"
nods once at the picture. She then looks at Korea. "She is about this tall?" She shows him with her hand, she got that from looking at the
picture.
smiles. "Yeah! She's tall, huh?"
tilts her head. "I am taller. Do you think it is better for a girl to be tall or short?"
Yong Soo
thinks
about it for a moment, then shrugs. "I don't know...short girls are very cute!"
lowers her gaze. "I see. Ah will you show me a picture of Japan now. I am only looking for research."
looks for one of Japan...and eventually finds one. "Here he is!"
looks at it then nods. "Thank you. This will help me on my new project. Now in return I will show you the pictures but I must retrieve them
first."
smiles. "Project?"
Hong Kong
will
be working on something she plans to keep for herself. "Yes, but it is not important."
Yong Soo
is
very curious now. "I wanna know what it is!"
can tell. "I will tell you what it is... in one hundred years."
shakes his head. "No, sooner!"
nods her head once. "Then in ninety-nine years."
sighs. "Even sooner than that!"
|"Ah I see. In that case, ninety-eight years." She waves her hand in front of his face. "Let me go get her gift."
huffs but nods. "Alright, alright, go get it!"
tilts her head trying to look cute. "I will hurry. Will you be here or do I look for you somewhere else?"
shrugs. "I'll be here!"
|"Then I will hurry." She gives him a small wave before running off.
waits for her, checking his phone in the meantime.
Hong Kong
has
a bit of a way to go but about thirty minutes later she is back with a gift bag. She is walking back only because she was tired of running
from before.
Yong Soo
is
sitting in a chair now, playing a game on his phone. He looks up and smiles as she approaches.
Hong Kong
is
a little breathless. She rubs her face with the back of her hand as she holds the bag out with the other.
takes the bag and peers inside. "IS this all?"
nods slowly. "I-is it bad?"
shakes his head. "Nope! She'd love it!"
Hong Kong
was
hoping to hear that. "I am glad then. These were not all easy to get."
stands up. "What's the other present?"
blinks confused and gets closer to look in the bag. "I thought I had everything in there."
looks in it. "Ah...so this is all! Well, I'll deliver it!"
Hong Kong
wonders
if she should have given her something more. "Do you think I should add something else?"
shakes his head. "No! This looks great!"
lowers her gaze. "It sounded like you thought it was not enough before. If it were you what else would you want?"
shrugs. "I dunno...I'd like candy or something cute..if I were a girl!"
reaches into her skirt pockets and gets all her candies out and drops them into the bag. "There."
grins. "She'll definitely like this!"
|"Oh good. Then you will deliver it?"
nods. "Yup! I will!"
Hong Kong
gives
him a slight bow. "Then I am grateful to you."
griiiins. "I think you owe me a favor now!"
glances away. "That would be true if we had made such a deal. This was being done on your part for free... but I am willing to hear you
out."
Yong Soo
thinks
about it for a moment, then shakes his head. "I want to be able to call on a favor some other time!"
tilts her head. "Would not that be two favors? That is if you want me to do what you ask?"
shakes his head. "No, it's one favor! But I don't need you to do one for me now, so I'm going to save it for later!"
Hong Kong
is
sure that is more than one. One being allowing him to save the favor and then actually doing the favor for him. "Well... I suppose it could
not hurt."
grins. "Good!"
pinches his nose. "It better not be anything strange."
shakes his head. "No, it won't be!"
lets his nose go when he starts to shake his head. "Then I will remember."
grins. "Great!"
reaches up to pat his head. "Now be a good guy and get that present to her."
grins and gets up. "I will!"
takes a step back when he stands up. "Again thank you and we will be seeing each other again."
waves. "Yup! Now, Santa Haraboji will deliver the present!"
waves back. "Good luck then Santa xiansheng."
waves and runs off!
watches him run off until he is no longer in sight and then she is off on her way to her current home.