Room to Spare

A Naruto oneshot

By

EvilFuzzy9

Rating: T

Genre: Humor

Characters/Pairings: Han, Gobi/Kokuo; [N/A]

Summary: Han feels the pinch of the holiday season, and Kokuo is into the spirit of things.

"Ugh... I hate Christmas shopping."

Han's groaned miserably, collapsing on the living room couch. He stared up listlessly at the ceiling, numbly counting the dimples and lumps in the plaster.

"I dunno, I think it's fun."

Kokuo's voice echoed in the armored man's head, the five-tailed dolphin horse sounding inscrutably cheery.

"You're not the one who has to turn his wallet inside out to pay for all these gifts," Han irritably replied.

He was alone in the living room. Snow could be seen falling outside the window, fluffy white flakes drifting and floating on chilly puffs of wind.

"You make more than enough money," Kokuo answered. "From your missions, that is. It ain't that much of a drain, right? Buying presents for the gang."

"It's the principle of the matter," Han sniped back, sounding peevish. "Do you have any idea how hard it is to think of good gifts for everyone? I barely know half of these people."

"Then don't buy them presents," Kokuo said simply, as if this were the most obvious thing in the world.

Han snorted.

"That would just be RUDE," he drawled. "Just because I don't know them doesn't mean I want them miffed with me over getting snubbed on Christmas morning."

"...what about Secret Santa?" the Five-Tails suggested. "That way you only have to buy one gift, and it'll be anonymous anyways."

"Then I'd be only getting one gift in return," was Han's retort. "But the more people you get presents for, the more people you can expect to get presents from. It's a give-and-take sort of thing."

"Not that I'm an expert on the subject, but ain't Christmas supposed to be the season of giving? As in, JUST giving?" Kokuo smarmily interjected.

"It is," Han insisted. "It's the season of giving unto others, and graciously accepting the things given unto YOU."

"Ah. How selfless," Kokuo drawled.

Han scoffed.

"Bite me," he grunted.

A/N: This is a really short one. Just wanted to get another chapter out for this, and couldn't think of anything that great.

Updated: 12-6-14

TTFN and R&R!

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