Room 220, Thursday Afternoon (after classes)

[swerval_zero]

After some handwavey phone calls to her friends, Zero donned her elf costume once more, propped the door open, and prepared to play--not Santa. Gift-Giving Elf Zerbie. That was the ticket.

There was a pile of presents on one of the room's twin beds, and a plate of freshly-mailed cookies from Zero's dad next to a rosemary bush hung with colorful safety pins on the desk. The refrigerator was dispensing egg nog milkshakes and Fish was warbling Christmas carols in Cantonese. Come on in!

((If you think Zero would be giving you a gift, drop on by!))

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[swerval_zero]

Fish launched into "Feliz Navidad." Still in Cantonese, but it was recognizable.

"Hi, Chad!" Zero chirped. "There's cookies and milkshakes and hang on, I got you stuff." She grabbed a book-shaped package and a cd-shaped package from the pile o' presents and offered them to Chad as she said, "Happy Christmas!"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Fish's holiday serenade almost had a grin from Chad, but getting presents definately made it show up in the corner of his mouth. "Awesome, Zero, thanks," he said, inspecting the packages. "An' feliz Navi--...err, rather..." He did his best to say it in Cantonese like Fish had been singing.

"Want I should open these now? I got somethin' for you in the works, but it ain't finished yet."

[swerval_zero]

"Oh, don't worry about it," Zero said with a wave of her hand. "'Tis better to give than to receive. Go on, open them!" She bounced a little, then made a grab for her elf hat as it started to fall off her head.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Something told Chad that it wasn't, unfortunately, one of those cool hats. Not having to be told twice, he quickly unwrapped the presents.

"Very cool," he rumbled, admiring the notebook, nodding in approval as he glanced at the tracks on the CD. Promptly, one gift in each hand, he gave her a light hug. "Thanks, Zero."

[swerval_zero]

Zero didn't think Chad would want a hat. It was felt. Very itchy. She hugged him back and said, "You're welcome!"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"You goin' home for the holidays?"

[swerval_zero]

"Yeh. I'll be headin' out tomorrow mornin'. You?"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Nope; stayin' here." Mentally kicking himself for his laziness a bit. Late presents were still presents, but still also late.

[swerval_zero]

Zero nodded. "That's swerval. Mexico and Japan are both kinda far."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, don't really have the money to go back," or the people to go back to, as much, but he wouldn't mention any of that now. "I am savin' up to get back to Mexico again, though. Slowly, but surely."

[swerval_zero]

"Maybe we'll get that record contract, an' that'll help with the Mexico Fund," Zero said hopefully.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"That would probably help with the Mexico Fund a lot," Chad's eyes got a little wide behind his curtain of hair. "Hey, any word on that, really, yet?"

[swerval_zero]

"Not yet. Parker handles all that stuff," Zero said with a shrug. "She's got the nerves for it. I should ask her about that, actually."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad nodded, then seemed to almost sigh for a moment. "I really hope we get it."

[swerval_zero]

"I'll keep my fingers crossed," Zero promised.