A/N: Damn title took forever, and I'm not a fan of it. And I know it's early, but this is going to be a bit long and I want it done by Valentines Day. The rant isn't all of my thoughts, but I felt that this was a much better beginning than my first draft. Trust me, IT WAS BAD!

What Would be the Perfect Gift?

Prologue

Valentines Day. Its origin lies in the pagan celebration of the Feast of Lubercus, which was taken by priests of the Catholic Church and renamed St. Valentines Day in an attempt to "replace old heathen practices" (Origins n.p.). But how does this tie into all of the cards and over-priced candies that appear every year? Nothing! Valentines Day has been taken over by our greedy card companies! Yes, Hallmark and all of its buddies have taken this celebration of love and turned it into a dieter's nightmare, what with all of the delicious candy and needn't we forget chocolate! They have also warped society's mind into thinking that if you do not receive a gift on this day, you are unloved. You also get an ear full from your "steady" if you don't give them something. And in other cases, you have friends just dieing to play match-maker for you when all the guys in your school are the biggest idiots you have ever had the misfortune of seeing! Excuse me, I went off there.

I will say, however, that Valentines Day does have a sweet side. The image of lovers holding hands in a park or receiving roses is always a good one, and its message of true love is quite beautiful. It's also the perfect day for secret admirers to fess up, as we see in the following story, where we find a young man staring at an even younger boy…

Chapter 1 The Day has Arrived… Oh Boy.

Hisoka looked up at Tsuzuki who had been staring at him for the past five minutes. Figuring Tsuzuki would soon get bored and leave, he had ignored him. But when you have someone looking at you with a goofy grin on their face, it's pretty hard. Finally, Hisoka asked, "What?"

"Nothing," Tsuzuki answered. Hisoka's eyebrow twitched at the world's most annoying response, and that Tsuzuki was still staring at him. After an entire minute, Tsuzuki added, "Hisoka, do you know what day it is?"

Glancing at a nearby calendar, Hisoka said, "February fourteenth."

The two words made Tsuzuki perk up and smile even wider than he had been. "Yep! It's Valentine's Day! A day for lovers to exchange gifts! Sooooo, whatdya' get me?"

"Nothing." The cold answer felt so much like an invisible fist giving Tsuzuki an upper cut that the poor man fell backwards and was sprawled out on the floor muttering, "But!" over and over again.

That is, of course, until Hisoka cut him off with a quirked eyebrow and explanation for his actions. "I wasn't aware we were supposed to exchange gifts."

Peeking over his desk in "puppy mode", Tsuzuki whined, "But we're partners!"

"Yes. And you said not two minutes ago that this is a day for lovers to give each other gifts."

"Well, uh, about that…"

"What? Did you get me a present or something?"

If ever there was a more prolonged silence, this one came pretty close. "Uhhhh…. Well, no, but-!"

"Tsuzuki! There you are!" Watari exclaimed while grabbing Tsuzuki's shoulder. "Come on, we have to hurry if we want to get those free doughnuts!"

"But I thought we were…. Wait a minute, FREE DOUGHNUTS?"

Watari nodded. "Wakaba's waiting for us so we have to go NOW! Say buh-bye!"

"O-okay! Bye, Hisoka! I'll bring you back a plain doughnut!" And then they were gone.

Hisoka let out a sigh of relief for the silence. It still amazed him how fast a room could get once Tsuzuki was gone. He also wondered what Tsuzuki was about to say before Watari came to steal him, but he let it go and focused on his work.

A/N: Ehhhh, shoooort! But it's part of a prologue!

Right, so if I get positive reviews I'll continue, but I honestly don't mind criticism! In fact, it's encouraged so I can improve my writing. I think that it's an American trait to not be too proud of your work, but I don't know about this one. But if I do continue, I promise to do my best to get it done by Valentines Day! Can I do it? Well, that depends on you guys! ...But more so me… But please review and many thanks!

Oh, and any better ideas for a title would be much appreciated.