HIYA EVERYONE!

Sorry for the long delay, but I'm sure you all know what the holidays are like.

Mystic, I truly apologize for this your belated Christmas present, I really did try to write it on Chirstmas, but then I was tackled by my cousins and pulled into a Nerf Gun war, and let's just say… I never got back to it LOL.

ENJOY!

"Alright," North grunted as he dug in his pocket and began to hand out various credit cards "we each split up and find something nice for Pitch's room, yah? Here are phones so you can send a picture of the thing to Pitch for approval before buying, not after. Deal?"

"Yup!" Jack laughed with a salute before running off.

Bunny shook his head in tolerant amusement "I'll watch over brain freeze, keep 'im outta trouble."

"Oh, we're going in pairs?" Tooth asked.

"Well," the older man replied slowly, his meaty hands spreading apart as he pieced his words together "We…could."

"Ok!" Tooth chirped, grabbing Pitch's arm and practically dragging him away.

"Hmm…" Santa hummed softly, one white eyebrow reaching for the ceiling while one finger slowly wagged in their direction "and they think…that we do not notice."

Sandy merely smiled and shrugged, then walked in the other direction, with North following behind him, blue eyes still watching the fairy and Boogeyman's retreating backs.

"So," Tooth grinned "where do you want to go first? Furniture? The art gallery?"

"I was thinking," Pitch mused his cheeks glowing hot as he felt a pleasant buzz through his arm where she was touching him "the bookstore."

"The bookstore?" Tooth asked incredulously before laughing happily "Sounds like a great idea. Never knew you read before."

"Neither did you know that I enjoy musicals and operas my dear lady," Pitch smirked with a wry grin "but here we are."

"Touché my good sir," Tooth giggled "then it is off to the bookstore!"

Suddenly Pitch's phone tweeted, causing the man to shuffle in his pocket for a moment before drawing it out and looking at the text message "…Dear God…"

…

"Pitch would not like that," Bunny muttered as Jack anxiously waited for the thumbs up of whether or not to buy the lamp.

"Come on," Jack whined rolling his eyes "it's a black marble lamp carved to look like two dragons fighting in midair, who wouldn't like it?!"

"I admit that it's cool lookin' an' all," Bunny replied "but I just get the feelin' that Pitch isn't quite a dragons kind of guy."

"Never know until you ask," Jack said sticking his tongue out petulantly.

"Fine, fine," the Aussie sighed "but I bet ya he's gonna say no."

Jack gave a huff of annoyance while Aster wandered over to the side, casually lining up a shot of an elegant chaise lounge made out of black leather and sent it to Pitch. Both their phones tweeted at the same time, and the two looked down and then up at each other.

"So," Jack asked with a stony face "what he say?"

Aster grinned and held up his phone "He says 'will be a good addition for the book shelf'."

Jack nodded and Bunny skipped over a mischievous smile on his face "How about you?"

The winter child pouted, and Aster bolted forward fast enough to snatch the phone from pale fingers and flipped it open to read "Thanks for the thought, but not quite my thing, aim for a more neo modern look, and that is what I like." The Easter burst out laughing and patted Jack on the shoulder consolingly.

"Don't worry snowflake," he grinned "I'm sure we both give ya an A fer effort."

Jack merely shrugged "I guess that just means we look at the neo modern stuff."

"Maybe," Bunny shrugged "or we could raid the candy store across the way."

A large grin split Jack face "Last one there buys?"

"Yer on!"

….

Sandy wandered around, once again shaking his head in fond amusement that they had been so easily sidetracked by a toy store. Of course North cast pleading eyes on Sandy, claiming that it would be invaluable research material to see what children liked these days, and of course like the softy he was, Sandy waved his permission sending Santa Claus running for the store giggling like a crazed child.

"Look, LOOK Sandy!" North exclaimed as he played with a helicopter that flew around the store "I can make it go anywhere I want!"

"Yes, it's just the thing any child would want!" The sales associate chirped happily at the potential easy sale.

"Really?" guileless blue eyes beaming with innocence turned to the salesperson "This toy is something every child would want? How are you sure?"

"Well all you have to do is look at our website," the man continued his hands rubbing together as he thought of the commission coming for selling the featured item of the month "we have well over a million sold, and that's just online!"

"Wait…" North stopped as he stared in wonder at a nearby computer "I could order toys…online!"

"YES!"

"A-and, you would make them for me?" North asked excitedly bouncing up and down.

"And we deliver right to your home!" The salesman practically cheered.

Sandy grimaced, seeing where this was going, and hurriedly dragged the older man out of the store, turning a deaf ear to the shouted complaints for the rough treatment forcing him out of the store.

"No Sandy," North cried with a pleading voice "it could save the yetis so much time and effort, please you must let me go! For the CHILDREN!"

"It might save you time," Sandy thought with a huff "but it wouldn't save you money."

…..

"Hmmm…." Pitch was currently standing in a brand name store, feeling perfectly at home with the brightly lit shelves, leather furniture, and expensive clothes.

"What's wrong?" Tooth laughed from the dressing room.

"I can't decide which ones I like," Pitch sighed "both pairs of sunglasses are perfectly devilish, but I can't decide between Versace or the Louis Vuitton."

"Let me see when I come out." The fairy called as she tugged a skirt over her hips.

Pitch turned around when he heard the door open and felt his breath catch in his throat, to put it simply, Tooth looked stunning. Black Gucci heels accented slim ankles, while a black pencil skirt ending at her knees made her legs look a mile long. Her shirt was silk, and dyed to look like a tiger, and black pearl engraved with gold graced her lithe neck. Placing delicate fists on her hips, Tooth felt a flutter of happiness in her stomach at the Boogeyman's dumbfounded expression.

"So which ones are the top two?" she asked breathlessly.

"Th-The…" Pitch floundered helplessly struggling to reel his brain back into his head "The t-top…two?"

"Sunglasses?" Tooth helped with a smirk.

The Boogeyman suddenly sprang back into life as he almost dropped the separate cases in his hands "Oh right!" he chuckled nervously putting a pair on "These, or these?" he asked switching to the other pair.

"Hmmm…" Tooth hummed drumming her fingers on her pursed bottom lip before snapping her Arabian silk gaze back up to the man "Definitely go with the Versace!"

"And you my dear," Pitch chuckled breathlessly licking very dry lips "absolutely must buy that outfit."

"Oh don't worry," Tooth purred playfully "I plan on it."

….

"I can't believe ya beat me," Bunny groused.

"Aw come on," Jack guffawed "consider it karma for beating me in who chose better furniture for Pitch."

Aster rolled his eyes, stopping in front of his adopted sibling, so to place his hands on his hips and cock them to one side. Giving Jack a smooth smile Bunny chuckled deep in his chest "Then I'm sure that the revenge you'll get once we get home will be the karma for my karma."

"You can't have karma for karma!" Jack protested.

"Sure ya can," Aster shrugged swaggering away from his younger brother "karma is a never ending cycle, thus karma for karma can occur when someone commits and act requiring of karma to recompense."

"So basically your fragile ego demands revenge." The boy snickered.

"That's not what I said." Bunny growled pinning Jack with a moody look of displeasure.

"Suuuure," Jack giggled running past the Easter spirit "but that's how it sounded to me!"

"Get back here ya bloody show pony!"

"Excuse me!"

The Pooka turned human swiveled to see a woman chasing after him, her grey eyes looking him over imploringly "Can you follow me?"

"Fer what?" Bunny growled "Don't ya see I got a little brother ta teach a lesson to about respectin' his elders?"

"I think you'll find this more interesting," The lady gushed grabbing Aster by the hand and dragging him away.

"Hey Bunny, wait up!"

…..

"Well this was fun," Pitch sighed as he and Tooth met back up with North and Sandy "I found everything I needed and they even agreed to place the items in the back alley where we can pick them up."

"Yes!" North nodded enthusiastically "I have learned so much here at this mall, it would be shame not to do it again sometime."

"I agree," Tooth grinned her lavender eyes flashing impishly behind Prada sunglasses.

Sandy waved his arms, garnering their attention, before making a show of counting the group. Pitch grimaced "Sandy's right, where are those two hellions?"

Almost on cue, North's phone tweeted and the group looked down in interest to see a frantic text written by Jack "Bunny kidnapped…By Macy's…NEED BACKUP!"

The team shared worried glances of panic and ran in the direction of the store, but they did not expect to find the scene that greeted them.

"Hurry," Jack cried practically in tears "these people are crazy! I thought it was funny at first, but they won't let him go, they're making him their prisoner!"

Looking past Jack was a stage constructed of smooth steel pipe, and a long catwalk lined with lights and cameras. On a big sign, they read the words 'Model and Talent Search!', and the poor rabbit now human was on the catwalk being asked to strut down it shirtless wearing a black leather vest, black tie, faded jeans, and black shoes.

"No!" Aster cried in a strangled yelp giving the camera men his meanest glare "I don't wanna! I feel ridiculous!"

"That's it," one of the cameramen cooed curling his fingers to look like claws and growling playfully "look fierce!"

"Come on," on lady said snapping a dozen photos per second as Aster looked her way "God gave ya that body, so strut it!"

Aster whined in his throat searching for an exit before spotting his friends "Guys! Ya gotta help me! These people just dragged me here and practically stripped me in public ta put me in these daks, I don't know what ta do!"

The group lay silent, unsure of what to do, but Pitch merely smiled "The answer to your plight is simple,"

"WHAT?!"

Pearly teeth smirked as the Boogeyman answered "Smile for the camera."

"NOOOO!"

"That's it, FIERCE! WORK IT BABY!"

….

The Guardians plopped down in the living room at the Pole, a relieved sigh escaping each of their lips, Bunny however was sulking in the corner "Bloody traitors," he muttered unhappily "the whole lot of ya."

"Cheer up Bunny," Tooth giggled "who knows, maybe you'll become famous?"

"Wait…" The rabbit perked up as his eyes went wide with horror "ya mean that…everyone is gonna see those?!"

"Most likely," Pitch sneered with a smirk one hand bracing his chin thoughtfully "judging by the way those photographers were drooling over you, for all you know you might end up becoming the next GQ man of the month."

"But that's not what I want!" the rabbit practically sobbed "Maybe if the pictures were of me as the Easter Bunny, but I don't wanna become famous as a human!"

Jack shook his head and exchanged a wink with Sandy "Well, at least there is a silver lining."

"Oh yeah," Bunny grumped "and what's that?"

"They could have tried to take pictures of you naked."

Bunny paused as the idea hit his brain, and then promptly fainted when the steam from his blush overheated his skull, one foot twitched as he moaned about evil photographers in his sleep, making Jack laugh while Sandy wagged an unhappy finger at the boy.

"Pointless to say," North sighed happily "it was fun day."

"The correct term would be needless," Pitch corrected from his spot on the couch.

"Bah," North exclaimed with a wave of his hand "is same thing."

Well I don't know about you guys, but I'm actually pretty proud of how this one turned out!

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