At last, ladies and gentlemen, the moment you've all been waiting for... THE PURPLE ELEPHANT GIFT EXCHANGE!
*applause*
XD
"Ladies and gentlemen," Madoka announced, "it is now time for the first ever annual Purple Elephant gift exchange!"
The others clapped excitedly, excepting, of course, those who were too cool to do so. The whole group sat on the floor, except Madoka, who remained standing.
"Everyone will draw a number from this hat," she explained. "These numbers will determine the order in which we will receive our gifts. When your number is called, you will come up, take a gift, and open it. If someone else has already opened something that you want, however, you can steal their gift, forcing that person to pick a new gift."
"What?!" Gingka cried, mouth hanging open in surprise.
Madoka ignored him. "A gift can only be owned three times, though. So, if you're the second person to steal a certain gift, that gift in yours forever. It can't be stolen again. It's frozen. Finally, if you got number one, then, at the end of the game, you have the chance to trade your gift with anyone else in the room, as long as their gift isn't frozen. You following me?"
"Yep!" Gingka cheered. "Now, can we just get started?!"
Madoka sighed. "Okay. Pass this hat around and take a number."
They did as they were told, passing the hat around, each of them taking a small piece of paper in turn.
At last, the hat had finished its course, and Madoka took the last number. "Okay. Here we go. Number one!"
Tsubasa stood up, and all eyes fell on him as he made his way over to the tree.
"Oh," Madoka started. "I forgot to mention the take-what-you-touch rule. If you touch a present, even on accident, you take it."
Tsubasa looked at her, nodded once, then bent down to grab a gift. He picked up a good-sized, red and green gift bag, carrying it back to his spot. Everyone watched anxiously as he began to open the bag. "Seriously?" he groaned. "Who duct-taped this thing?"
Gingka giggled.
"Oh, boy..." he sighed, pulling out his pocket knife. He cut through the tape, then opened the bag. After shuffling through a bunch of tissue paper, he saw what was inside, then sighed again, pulling it out. It was a stuffed purple elephant. "Seriously?"
Gingka began laughing. "Yeah! Surprise!" He fell over onto his back, laughing at his own joke. A few of the boys laughed, but no one was anywhere near as amused as he was, but, of course, that's how it usually went.
"Okay," Madoka announced, bringing Gingka to silence. "Number two!"
"Yay!" Kenta cheered as he jumped to his feet. He went to the tree, then stopped, putting a finger on his chin. "Hmm..." He looked over the pile of presents, finally selecting a neatly wrapped square. He sat down to open it. "Oh, cool!" He held up three boxes of candy.
"What?!" Gingka stared in horrified shock. "That's not funny! I thought you were supposed to do something funny!"
Takashi shrugged. "There's gotta be something worth stealing, right?"
Gingka looked at him, then shrugged.
Number three was called, and Akira took his turn, ending up with a pair of Santa socks. "Hey, cool! They match my hat!"
Number four was Benkei, and he got a jar of homemade pepper jelly. "Okay..."
Madoka leaned over to Gingka. "It was a gift from my aunt. My dad wanted to get rid of it."
Gingka giggled.
Number five was Osamu, and he stole Kenta's gift.
Slightly disappointed, Kenta grabbed another gift from under the tree, ending up with a ceramic rabbit.
Hyoma was number six. He accidentally touched a small box with his foot, and had to take it. It wasn't so bad, though, seeing as he ended up with a $20 gift card for frozen yogurt.
Madoka would've taken the frozen yogurt, but didn't want to hurt Hyoma's feelings, so she tried her luck at the pile under the tree. She got a weird documentary about the role of cows in the zombie apocalypse.
Number eight was called, and Hikaru got up to take a gift. Naturally, she stole Hyoma's gift, then sat back down.
Hyoma, not really that disappointed-he didn't live anywhere near the frozen yogurt place anyway-took another gift. He got an ugly sweater.
Next was Kyoya. He stood, slowly circled the tree, then strode over to Hikaru, holding out his hand. "Give it up."
Hikaru scoffed, slapping the card into his palm. "Like I care."
Kyoya went back and sat down, casting a sharp glance at Gingka, who, of course, had started giggling again.
Takashi leaned over to Akira. "Is it just me, or is Kyoya flirting with Hikaru?"
Akira chuckled. "It's not just you."
Hikaru took a new gift, and got a poster of a boy band. Her cheeks turned a little red, but she tried to hide it.
Number ten was Gingka, and he rushed over to the tree. "Finally!" He scooped up a big box, tore it open, and pulled out a teddy bear in a cap and gown. "Cool!"
Madoka chuckled. "I'm glad you think so."
Number eleven was called, and Takashi stood to take the last gift, ending up with an army of origami llamas. "Okay?"
"Well," Madoka announced, "I think that's everyone. Tsubasa, you get to go again. Anything you wanna trade for?"
He shrugged. "I don't know. What could possibly be better than a purple elephant?"
Gingka completely lost it, falling back in laughter.
"Well," Madoka sighed, "I guess that's over. What now?"
"Food!" Benkei cried.
Gingka and Benkei were at the table in seconds.
Madoka sighed again. "Okay. Everyone get in line."
Before long, everyone was back in the circle, full plates in their hands.
"This is so good!" Gingka exclaimed, his mouth full.
"Yeah," Kenta smiled. "Thanks, Madoka."
"No problem," she winked. "Now, what do you guys wanna play next?"
"Video games!" Akira chimed.
"Spin the Bottle?" Osamu joked.
"Ooh!" Takashi cried. "I've got it! Truth or Dare!"
Well, that was less exciting than it might've potentially been, but hey! Truth or dare is next! XD
Thanks for reading! I hope you liked it! (Again, sorry it's so late. XD)
God bless!
-LittleBrotherSocket