Naiki folded his arms as he wandered around the streets. He'd been in and out of several shops trying to find his gifts. He didn't have a long list like his housemates, but he had no idea what to get anyone. The only person he really wanted to get something special for was Mix, but he knew he'd need to actually think about this since he knew others would get him gifts too.
He sighed as he looked at another shop. Mix and Xiren were the easiest to get gifts for, but the others he had no idea what to do. Starting at the shop window and not really seeing what was in the shop he decided to just pick one person to start with and analyze the best options for a gift. Naiki decided to start with one of his least liked housemates, Kouta. Leaning against the wall Naiki looked down as he thought about the seductive dog.
Kouta loved anything to do with sex and pain and he knew every woman or man he ever slept with would give him something to do with sex or pain. He figured given Kouta's life style many of them probably knew about his chocolate addiction and quite possible were getting him boxes of chocolates. Everyone knew he was a voodoo priest and that he knew lots of crazy spiritual stuff. Naiki knew next to nothing about the spiritual side of things in life even though his fiancé was a demon himself. His cheeks warmed as he thought of his lover and he shook his head. He had to focus.
Thinking back to his housemate he'd ruled out the most common ideas and now he needed to focus on the little habits that would make his gift unique and useful. Since he didn't know enough about voodoo to get the priest acceptable tools he dismissed the dog's religion from his mind. That left his daily routine. Kouta kept very normal sleeping habits as far as sleeping times and regular body patterns so things to help him sleep or maintain his routine were out. Elegance and gentlemanly things were another facade of Kouta's being.
That gave him a starting point. Ruling out the base habits and commonalities of Kouta's life style, Naiki had something to work with. Now he just needed to piece together the things that would accommodate both Kouta's ability to pick up men and woman and maintain his air of elegance. He had plenty of suits and elegant clothes as well as various hygiene products to make him look graceful and gentlemanly. He sighed and looked up as a teacher and her student passed by him and the idea came. The student looked at his watch and Naiki knew what to get.
Pulling out his phone the fox the typed a search for the nearest jewelry shops into the navigation system. Once the phone gave him directions he put the device back into his pocket and quickly headed down the street. Several students and teachers tried to approach him as usual, but he ignored them. He'd become famous for his various potions that made 'miracles' happen, but the scientist was particular about who he gave his potions too. He only sold his wares to those that would not use them for stupid things like trying to get their student to love them instead of someone else, or to make themselves look better for someone, and so on. That was Kouta's department.
After a little bit of walk through the cold he came to a jewelry shop. With a resigned sigh he opened the door and looked around the shop. He ignored the well dressed woman who came up to him with her generic welcome to the store. Waving her off he spotted what he was looking for. A case of pocket watches were on display and he walked over to the low set display case.
Naiki examined each one until he found what he was looking for. Nestled on the bottom shelf was a gold pocket watch with purple amethysts set into the cover and several purple stones lining the hands and face of the clock. Deciding on his purchase he looked around and waved an employee over. The smartly dressed gentleman saw him and came over with a businesslike smile. "Did you decide on something?" He asked with a smile.
"Obviously, that." Naiki sighed at the man's stupidity for asking a question with an obvious answer and pointed to the pocket watch.
"Excellent choice. Amethyst is the perfect stone for love and desire…" The sales clerk began as he pulled the watch from the case, but Naiki interrupted him.
"It's merely silicon dioxide with irradiation giving it the purple color. Just box it up for me." He handed his card to the clerk who flushed at Naiki's words. The store worker took the watch over to a register and quietly rung up Naiki's purchase. Taking the bag and waving off the clerks attempt at a thank you, the young fox left the store to find his next gift. Kouta's gift out of the way he decided the next on to work on was Atraiyuu's gift.
Atraiyuu was a cutesy angelic man that loved stuffed toys. He didn't want to cop out like everyone else and get him some cute fluffy plush toy, plus he figured Mix's older brother would be getting the angel a big fluffy toy. Either way a toy store was a good place to start gift hunting for his newest housemate. Pulling out his phone again he typed a search for toy stores into the map application and was rewarded with a few nearby stores. Choosing one a block away, Naiki pulled his red jacked close and headed off.
A short walk brought Naiki to his destination and he arrived at a brightly light store front with a myriad of toys on display. Ignoring the displays he entered the store. Once again a shop worker came up to him and tried to greet him only to be waved off by the young fox. On his way to the store Naiki had remembered Atraiyuu liked to play games and the wolf often tried to play with others as much as he could. Few knew the man liked to play games and thus board games were a perfect gift.
With purpose to his stride the scientist walked to the back of the toy store where various games were sold. Board games were always in the back of the toy stores because they were some of the least purchased items. Naiki chalked the aversion of most people to board games was due to their lack of intelligence. Looking at the games he mentally marked off the ones he knew Atraiyuu had and systematically continued through the selection. Ideally he wanted a game for the angel to play with Jinx. That way the stupid wolf would stay out of his hair.
Naiki still held a grudge for Mix's older brother over the fact that Jinx and Mix were lovers at one point and he wanted something that would help further occupy the sex crazed wolf's small mind. Obviously if the demonic wolf were to play with the angelic wolf the game needed to be something less cute and fluffy than say Candy Land, but less complicated than say Go. Looking through the games two popped out at him; Taboo and Dirty Minds. A smile crossed his lips as he read the descriptions of the games.
Taboo was a game that made everyday words forbidden and saying them evoked a punishment. Dirty Minds gave three clues to a word, but those clues had double meanings. One meaning sounded dirty represented sexual innuendos and the other meaning perfectly innocent. The perfect game for an angel to play with a demon. Smiling with his innocent smile he pulled the two games from the shelf and headed to a register. On his way to check out, he passed through the small book section the store had.
Naiki stopped for a moment as a few things caught his eye and smirked ever so slightly. On a shelf was a simple book titled 'The Cat' featuring a red headed cat resembling Sasori and with a quick thought he pulled the book from the shelf and added it to his growing pile of gifts. Mix was his lover and fiancé and though Naiki wasn't too fond of his brothers, it'd be rude to not get them some form of gift. After all they were going to become his brothers too; a thought that made him shake his head.
Deciding to get gifts for his future brothers in law, he looked through the other books to see if there was something else. A simple book that played sounds when buttons were pressed seemed to be about Shinx's speed so with a smile he pulled that one from the shelf and flipped through it. The book was the story Little Red Riding Hood only the wolf in the story was a good guy instead of a bad guy. A simple story with easy language and sound effects should be something the idiot oldest brother of Mix's could handle.
He debated for a moment on not getting Jinx a preset, but the man was already unstable and Atraiyuu would be upset if he didn't get Mix's once lover a gift and if Atraiyuu was upset there was a chance Xiren would say something. Sighing he looked through the shelves and picked up a coloring book with images of teachers taking students on field trips. Grabbing a pack of crayons to go with it he figured the coloring book was right up his ally and didn't require any brain power. A good thing since that wolf had none. What the angel saw in the man was beyond Naiki, but he had plenty of gifts and was ready to go.
Arms loaded with toys and jewelry bag hanging from his wrists the fox headed to the counter and set his purchases down. The rabbit at the teller smiled at him and tried to make conversation, but Naiki ignored him and told him to just ring up everything and bag it for him. The rabbit teared up a little at the dismissive behavior and quietly handed Naiki his card back along with his new purchases. A quick nod to the teller and he left with more presents than he intended to buy.
Once again walking through the cold air Naiki decided to call the limo and deposit his gifts before continuing his shopping. Pulling out his phone he dialed their driver and gave his location. Before long the limo approached and the driver helped the fox load his gifts. Naiki noticed he wasn't the first one to deposit his presents. There was a nice pile building in the partitioned trunk. Waving the driver off he walked to a nearby café to take a break and think about his last three gifts.
Xiren was going to be an easy one in one way since he and his other housemates already decided on the gifts they were giving her. Ryu was going to take a bit more thought, but as he ordered a cup of hot chocolate he decided he'd get Mix's gift next. Mix had already requested to 'unwrap' the fox for Christmas, but Naiki wanted to make things a little more fun. As the café worker brought his chocolate to him the scientist lost himself in his thoughts.
Mix loved sweet things, but Naiki didn't want to just get him sweets because he wanted something more special. He thought about taking his lover to Lover's Café for his preset, but that didn't seem like enough for the most special being in his world. A potion seemed obsolete for the demon wolf since Mix had his own powers and rarely had use for any of his potions. He figured his idiot brothers knew enough to get him lab supplies and if they didn't their teacher seemed intelligent enough to get new lab equipment for him.
Drinking his hot chocolate with cheeks blushing slightly as he thought about his lover king and the present he wanted. He had an idea, but he didn't know where to find the gift. Naiki knew Mix liked chewy sweets like taffy and he thought a taffy maker would be a good gift since the wolf was also a really good cook, but there was still something missing. A personal touch was needed for this gift. As he thought further an idea came to him. He could get a taffy machine and display the taffy for Mix in a tempting fashion.
The only problem left was how to acquire what he wanted. The fox had no reason to visit erotic shops before and he had no clue which one would provide what he needed. He pulled out his phone and hesitated before clicking on a contact. Two choices for help with erotic purchases lay before him. On one hand he could call Jinx the sex crazed idiot brother of Mix's or Kouta the equally sex crazed housemate of his. The idea of calling his fiancé's ex-lover didn't appeal to him in the least. Especially since the idiot ex would tease him forever for calling him for tips about pleasing Mix. Kouta wasn't his favorite person in the world, but in this case he was the lesser of two evils.
Pressing Kouta's contact he called the voodoo priest. A few rings later the seductive voice of his housemate came over the phone. "Ah my cute Naiki, how can I help you? Relieve your sexual tensions perhaps?" Kouta endlessly tried flirting with the fox to get petty revenge for missing out on the scientist's virginity.
"I need to know where to get erotic food items. Specifically taffy and a taffy machine." Naiki ignored Kotua's flirtations and heard silence come from the other end of the phone.
"Looking for something to please your lover? Are you having a falling out? I'm always here if you need." The flirtations continued and Naiki ignored them. Silence followed for a moment and Kouta finally gave up the information the fox was looking for. Entering the information into the note application on his phone he thanked Kouta and hung up.
Finishing his cocoa Naiki threw out his cup and headed once again into the cold. Following the directions from his phone he ignored the crowds along the streets and headed to the seedy district of the city. The store he was looking for had several mannequins in the window with various treats displayed on them. Studying the displays for a moment the fox decided this was definitely the store. Mustering up his courage he opened the door and stepped in.
"Can I help you young sir?" A dog student came up to him with wagging tail and brilliant green eyes.
"Umm…yeah I need a taffy machine." Naiki voiced his needs to the employee who laughed lightly.
"I see you are new to this. No matter let me show you around for a moment and you can decide what you want for your…" The man looked Naiki over for a moment before smiling. "Boyfriend." The dog put a hand lightly on Naiki's shoulder and guided him through the store. Naiki looked around the shop with a light blush as he pictured him and Mix using the things in the shop. "We sell food items that you can put on your body or your lover's body to eat off of you. We also sell cook books for edible art and some machines to help make some of our specialties. So what is your lover's favorite thing to eat?"
"Sweets like taffy." Naiki said distractedly as he looked at some more items in the shop.
"Oh I see now. Follow me. I have the perfect idea." The dog student led Naiki into a back room with several mannequins. There were both male and female mannequins in the room and they didn't have any clothing on them. "These are our tutorial figures. You'll understand in a moment." The store worker assured the fox.
Walking to the back of the shop Naiki saw what he came for. A taffy machine was slowly producing the chewy sweet candy that his lover liked. Watching in fascination the young scientist examined the machine. This was perfect machine for his lover to make all of the delicious candy he wanted.
"The machine suits your initial needs yes?" The dog asked Naiki who nodded. "Good, then let me show you what you can do with the taffy to help please your lover." He glanced at Niaki once again to evaluate him as he took some of the taffy in his hands. The worker led the fox to one of the mannequins and started dressing the figure with the taffy. "This is the best way to present your gift. If you'd like you can use the dolls here or, as I'm sure would be more suitable, we have private dressing rooms you can practice in. This way you'll be able to efficiently put the taffy on yourself to let your lover unwrap you."
"I got it. Show me how to use the machine." Naiki dismissed the need for the mannequins and was confident he'd be able to wrap himself in a taffy bow for Mix to remove. He tried to keep his thoughts on the machine instead of on the present he had planned. After the fox was confident he could use the machine and make a good batch of candy from it he gave the clerk his card and the address to deliver it to. With his most important gift done Naiki felt better about the shopping ahead. He only needed two more gifts.
His heart warm with thoughts of his lover the fox pulled out his phone to look for the next shop. He needed a gift for Ryu and he didn't want to get the wolf who was like a big brother to him the same things everyone else would get him. Ryu loved peanut butter and destructive things so everyone would be getting him weapons ore peanut butter related things. Few knew about Ryu's collection though. The wolf loved money and the way coins shone so he had a very valuable collection of coins.
Punching in a map search for the nearest coin shop the young scientist shivered and pulled his coat closer. When the phone pulled up the desired information he studied the directions and put the device back in his pocket. Wrapping his arms around himself to ward off the chill he headed down the street. Leaving the seedy district of town he headed to the higher class section where the expensive oddities were sold. Some of his potions and Kouta's spells were actually sold in shops around here.
Aphrodisiacs and anything that could create affection or love were always in high demand so his stuff along with Kouta's had a high demand. Moving through crowds of people he finally came to the shop he wanted. A set of gilded doors shone at the entrance and with a good tug Naiki entered the glittery shop. After a few moments a shop assistant moved over to hm.
"Good afternoon sir how may I help you?" An elegant cat student asked him. The man had black hair and red eyes like most cat students.
"I need the rarest coins you have Sebastain." Naiki tried not to smirk as he took a guess at the man's name. The fox was rewarded with a startled look from the man before he regained his composure and led the fox to a locked case.
"These coins are the rarest we have and come from all around the world." Sebastian began his sales pitch explanation and Naiki ignored him while he examined the coins. He wished Mix was with him so he could determine the age of the coins and their authenticity. Since his lover wasn't with him to assist in his endeavor he decided he would have to settle for using his instincts.
The coins on display were of varying origins and made from varying metals. After some thought he figured the best thing to do was to get the most expensive ones for the wolf and hope he didn't have them. "Just give me your most expensive three coins." The cat stopped his speech and opened the glass case.
"These three sir?" Sebastian pulled the three coins with the highest price tags and Naiki nodded. Without further conversation the man rung up the fox's purchase and handed him a small bag with the coins. "By the way sir, how did you know my name?"
"Every cat with black hair and red eyes is named Sebastian." Naiki said as he took the small bag and folded it into his jacket pocket for safe keeping. Not bothering to see the man's expression he left the shop and pulled out his phone to get directions for his next shop. The only person left for him to get was one for Xiren. The item he was supposed to get for her was a pair of shoes. Each of his housemates was assigned a different part of an outfit for the fashion designer. He had no clue what to get for shoes for his teacher, but he would head to the best shoe shop in town and see what they had to offer.
Getting directions from his phone again he headed a few blocks down the street to an extravagant shoe shop. His housemates undoubtedly found the most expensive items for their part in the gift as they could so he might as well go all out too. Entering the store he glanced around and saw a glittering pair of red heels on a pedestal. Moving over to him an employee came and greeted him.
"Can I help you find something?" The dark haired woman asked him.
"I want those shoes." He pointed to the brilliant red heels on the pedestal. Naiki had no idea what type of shoes to get for his fashionista teacher, but red was a signature color so he might as well go with it.
"An excellent choice they'll make a perfect gift for your…teacher." The woman hesitated a moment before saying 'teacher'. She looked the fox over appraisingly before leading him to the shoes. "I see red is a favorite color for you. You are also dressed quite well, you wouldn't happen to be Kouta's housemate Naiki would you?" The woman seemed strangely interested in the fox.
"Yes and I have a fiancé." Naiki said a little shortly.
"Oh I meant no offense Mr. Naiki. I was just hoping you could pass a message to Kouta…"
"He'll sleep with you anytime you ask. Just call him." Naiki cut the woman off. He hated when people asked him about the dog. Catching Naiki's coldness the woman stopped her chatter and pulled down the shoes for him to examine. The fox looked closely at the shoes and saw they were red based with red stones set in them. Probably rhinestones since precious gems were impractical on foot ware.
"I'll take these." He handed the shoe back to the woman who smiled and brought the shoes to the register. The woman rang up the purchase and handed the bag to the fox with another smile. Naiki took the bag and turned to leave the store. Tired of walking in the cold he pulled out his phone and called the limo. It didn't take long for the limo to arrive and Naiki put the shoe bag in the trunk before climbing into the back. Ryu and Kouta were already warming up in the back.
"Get everything?" Ryu asked as he handed the fox a glass of wine to warm up. Naiki nodded to the wolf and gratefully took the glass of wine.
"Did you find the shop I mentioned?" Kouta asked with seductive eye as he sipped his own glass.
"Yes." Naiki answered shortly and taking another sip from his glass as the limo drove off.