Ch.96: Wrapping Paper
"Are you sure you don't want help?" Alfred asked uneasily, looking at the nine-year-old with a tinge of mistrust. He wasn't keen on leaving Danny in his room with wrapping paper, tape, bows, and scissors. The butler wouldn't be so paranoid if Danny hadn't taken the League hostage and tortured them with nothing but a few dozen glue bottles for a week.
Danny hummed a 'mm-hmm', batting his eyes innocently at Alfred. He had hidden whatever he was going to wrap under the bed. But there was no doubt it was just going to be re-gifting or homemade (which was always the best). The gesture was adorable though.
Alfred sighed before he walked over to the door. Before he left though, he paused in the frame. "I will check on you in ten minutes, alright?"
Danny nodded, showing no signs of caring that the butler was nervous about leaving him alone. In his nine-year-old mind, he understood it as he did tackle his father down the stairs the other day while running away from Cujo and Ace.
Alfred stepped away from the doorframe before shutting the door with a small click.
Danny cackled before dragging his re-gifts out from under the bed. Just as he set them to the side in a nice pile, Jazz appeared next to him. She was sitting in a lotus position, her chin propped on her elbow which was propped on her knee. The nine-year-old sensed his sister and turned to her.
"You have to leave when I wrap your present, ok?"
"Ok~!"
The two easily sparked a conversation while Danny wrapped. They agreed they were going to go play with the dogs in the backyard after the youngest Bat-Kid was done wrapping. It was a fairly interesting conversation, as they really wanted to ride the dogs like ponies.
Danny's wrapping was a little overdone. The wrapping paper was crinkled around the edges and ripped in some places. The nine-year-old had used an excessive amount of tape to the point nothing less than a light saber could possibly open it. And Danny also used at least a dozen bows on each present. In a weird way, it was adorable.
Jazz inspected Jason's present. "Hmm... Doesn't have enough bows."
"That's what I was thinking!" Danny said and slapped five more bows on the side of the ball. The two admired the work before setting it aside.
Danny was done with the Bat-Family's presents within six minutes and took another one to wrap Jazz's once she was gone. Then the two hid the gifts under the bed again.
While the two waited for Alfred to show back up, Danny looked over the tape.
"This stuff is cool!" Danny said, taking the end and yanking about a yard of the roll from the holder. Jazz laughed.
"Hey! I have an idea!"
Two Minutes Later
Danny giggled inside the cocoon of wrapping paper Jazz had taped him in. The bows scatted about his tiny body made him look like a lot like a Christmas colored cactus. One extra large one was on his head.
The two siblings heard Alfred walking down the hall and they both retreated behind the bed. Well... Jazz made it but Danny tripped and fell on his face. The orange haired girl had to stifle her giggles when Alfred walked and gasped.
Danny just laughed his butt off, like usual, and rolled around on the ground.
I'm being nice today and posting two chapters!
Kadzait: She's, more or less, guarenting she'll end with 100 chapters...
SHHHHHHHHH~! Anyways~! Hey Kad, wanna wrestle?
...
Kadzait: YES.
Twenty Minutes Later
Other Imaginary Friends: *tries to break Kad and I apart*
HAHAHA! I have almost defeated you!
Kadzait: You wish, fool!
Both: *begins beating the crap out of the other*
The idea above was for Kyrianae Narii!