Musebox of Things

Christmas is the time of year that should be celebrated with others. It's about family, enjoying the weather and the season, sending well wishes to friends...it's a good time of year. One that everyone enjoys.

Well. Normally.

Tsumiki Mikan has never really liked it much.

Sure, she enjoys the weather and loves the decorations. And she likes hearing "Happy Holidays" from clerks and store workers when she's out shopping but...for her it's a very lonely season. Her family is always too busy to spend it with her - she gets a call, telling her the same thing she hears every year. Enjoy the holidays, Mikan. Sorry they can't be there again. They'll send her some money to get a nice dinner - and while she does have a very...small...handful of people she could call her friends, they do have families to spend time with. Nobody's ever really had the time for her around this season.

Which...that's okay. She's used to it. It's been this way since she was little. It's no big deal.

Telling herself this doesn't help any as knocks on Hinata's door with a present for the boy in hand. He's the only person getting a gift from her this year.

That may or may not have anything to do with the fact that he's probably the only one who wouldn't tell her how shitty her gift is. Even if it's probably pretty shitty.