Prompt #4

Dec 17th - Around the World

Leo, looking for something in April's apartment, grabbed a book, looking at it in confusion. "April, what's this?" he asked, holding it up.

"Oh, that's something a friend of mine gave me a few years ago. It's about holidays other than Christmas that are around this time," April explained, grabbing the book from him.

Leo's non-existent eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "There are other holidays right now?" he asked.

"Yeah! You didn't know?"

Leo stared at her flatly, and April blushed, remembering their upbringing. "Right. But you don't know about… Hanukkah? Kwanzaa?"

Leo shook his head, but he obviously wanted to learn, if his curious eyes were anything to go by.

"Alright, I don't know a lot about Kwanzaa, but Hanukkah is pretty popular here, too. It's Jewish," April explained. She perked up after a second, a smile forming on her face. "I have a dreidel here somewhere! Let me find it, and we can play a quick round before getting back to the party!"

Leo nodded, utterly lost, as April handed him the book and left.

A few minutes later, she came back with a box of Cheerios and a weird toy. She handed it to Leo as she poured Cheerios on the floor in front of them.

Leo inspected the toy more closely. There were four sides, but it had a pointed bottom and a stick on the top, probably to spin it. There were symbols on each side, but he didn't know what language it was. Donnie probably would.

"I can't believe you don't know this game. You guys would love it" April chuckled. They each had 5 Cheerios in front of them, and there were 5 in the middle.

"You spin first, and I'll tell you what the symbol means, okay?" April asked, and Leo nodded, spinning the little top.

It landed on ג , and April's eyes widened, and she let out a laugh, pushing the Cheerios in the middle towards him, except for one, and then she put one of her own in the middle. "You got Gimel. It's Hebrew for great, and it means you get all the Cheerios in the pile. My turn."

April spun the top, and pouted as she landed on ש.

"Shin," she hissed, and Leo, having misheard her, stared at his girlfriend in confusion, as she never swore.

"No, I landed on Shin," she explained to him, seeing his expression as she put a Cheerio in the middle. "It means there in Hebrew, and it means you put one in."

Leo chuckled at her flustered expression, spinning the dreidel again. ה That was a strange sign.

"That means… Hey. It means happened. You basically get half the pile. Round up," April explained.

Leo took 2 Cheerios and gave her the dreidel. She spun, and then gave it back to him, muttered to herself.

"April? What's that mean?" he asked, although he had a good idea.

"It means Nun, which is nothing in Hebrew. Nothing happens. Man, I suck at this game."

Leo smirked, spinning the dreidel.