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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 31, 2010 18:05:53 GMT -5
"You don't need to."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Jul 31, 2010 18:07:17 GMT -5
"Christmas is coming up in just a few weeks!"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 31, 2010 18:10:39 GMT -5
"And for the first time I'll have someone other than the cat to share it with."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Jul 31, 2010 18:13:50 GMT -5
"Is it so much to ask to just be able to get you a gift," said Adrien as he put all the cookies into Tupperware defeatedly.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 31, 2010 18:21:31 GMT -5
"Having you here is already enough to make this significantly better than any Christmas I've had before."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Jul 31, 2010 18:22:44 GMT -5
"But it doesn't really feel like Christmas if I can't get you anything."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 31, 2010 18:32:30 GMT -5
"Whatever you get me will be fine."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Jul 31, 2010 18:35:24 GMT -5
"There's nothing to get you that you don't already have," he said, biting his lip.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 31, 2010 18:43:28 GMT -5
"Then whatever you do get me will become much dearer than whatever I already own- Adrien, really, I'm fine."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Jul 31, 2010 18:45:59 GMT -5
"I'm not," he said sadly.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 31, 2010 18:49:37 GMT -5
Adrian glanced at the platter of cookies for a moment, swallowed, and forced himself to pick one up and take a bite. He looked back at Adrien, perhaps a little desperately, and smiled as though being told to do so at gunpoint.
"...buttery."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Jul 31, 2010 18:53:30 GMT -5
He beamed and drifted over to him as though being pulled by a thread and snuggled into his arms, forgetting that he was covered in flour.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 31, 2010 19:01:01 GMT -5
Good, he was distracted. Adrian set the rest of the cookie down and held him.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Jul 31, 2010 19:08:39 GMT -5
He put his arms around him and hugged him tightly, a wide smile on his mouth.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 31, 2010 19:19:54 GMT -5
"Is this better?"
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