Chapter 37: It's a "retarded" gift
"Okay, that's it! I'm screwed! I still can't hide this anywhere!" X panicked.
What was he suppose to do? Alia wouldn't be anywhere surprised if she just found out. He yelped.
"Maybe I can assist you." A voice said from nowhere.
"What? Who are you?" X wondered.
The doors and windows in his room were all closed. And all of a sudden, a 14 year old boy with black hair and eyes appeared.
"Who… are you?" X wondered.
"Who? Me? I'm the author! I'm HeroOfDarkness2005!" The boy introduced.
"Huh? What do you mean autho-"
"Look, just give me those Christmas Presents you intended to give Alia. I'll hide them for you at my home." The author offered rather generously, yet eagerly.
"Erm- okay."
X gave all those presents at the hands of the author.
"Oh boy, I just hope my parents don't notice these… or my friends…" The author gasped as he carried them, "Well, I'll give it to you at Christmas Eve. Boy… what are these things you bought for her?"
The author disappeared in a flash.
All the doors and windows in X's room were now unlocked.
'Is it just me, or is it that I'm just imagining things? Nah, he took away the gifts, this is real… but can I trust him? Gah… I'll just buy something extra for her…. diamonds will do perfectly.' X thought.
He quickly stepped out and went outside again to the Jewelery store. But it seemed to be closed.
"Well, I'll just buy one tommorow… we still have two days left." X decided as he went back.
And he began to sleep...
And began to dream…
BEGIN DREAM
Author: Yo X, wake up.
X: ugh… what? Where am I?
Author: You're in my room. No one's home. Now listen, I'm NOT gonna be a thief and take these away from you. I'm not a bad boy.
X: How can I trust you?
Author: I'M THE AUTHOR, FOR GOD'S SAKE! And second, if I weren't your fan, I'd be here taking all these presents for Alia, and burn them all.
X: Oh… well, thanks… wait a minute! This is only a…
Author: Dream. Yes. But I'm the author, and I won't repeat. I'm pretty much the one making the story, so I make the dream. But this is real. In Christmas Eve, I'll give it back to you ASAP.
X: Well, okay…
Author: Alright. Goody.
END DREAM.
X continued sleeping and was still unconscious; just the dream that ended and everything was all black.
That was the next day. Trusting the author's words, X decided to have a free day off like everyone else did.
That was when Zero and Axl were helping Layer and Pallette bringing in the Christmas tree.
"Hey X… a little help?" Zero asked.
X accepted. Of course he'll accept; he is X.
The tree was placed in the entrance of the HQ. It looked perfect, and X stood there all day looking at the beauty of the tree. He thought of the…
STOP THINKING ABOUT ME, X!
He went back to his room, and the bad thing was, it completely messed up. No one would like a room that was messed up, would they?
He cleaned up the entire mess and the room was just as good as normal, when Alia came in.
"Hey X. I have a Christmas gift for you." She said with a smile.
X got somewhat excited.
"Really?"
He contained his excitement, and saw that it was wrapped.
"Did you buy one for… me?"
"Huh? Oh yeah. It's just that I hid it somewhere and will give it to you on Christmas." X replied.
Alia looked somewhat suspicious at X as it seemed that she thought he didn't have any for her.
"Honest!" X added.
She gave him a funny look, and walked away.
'Whew… that was close. Imagine that if today was Christmas day…' X thought of relief.
X looked outside and saw many people around buying Christmas gifts for others. It seemed to be a happy time of the year for everyone…
But was it for our Blue Bomber?
To be continued…