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Iwaizumi saw it sitting alone in a box, it was almost too perfect, and obviously unwanted. He smirked as he walked towards it and grabbed it out of the bin, the expression never leaving his face. It was stupid, almost, how much it fit for his boyfriend and best friend. The alien print just made sense, he walked up to the counter and the lady checking him out looked at him in surprise.
“I didn’t think anyone would buy this. It’s a little, umm…” She stumbled to a stop wondering if she’d offend him.
“Gaudy? Awful? Absolutely ridiculous?” He laughed quietly at her puzzled look. “It’s a joke for someone who loves everything to do with aliens.” He explained after a moment. She smiled fondly at him at the explanation and finished ringing him out. He started to head towards the exit when she called to him.
“I hope your friend likes it!” She called as he walked away, he waved over his shoulder and walked out, a small smile on his face. He got home and realized Oikawa wasn’t back yet so he hid the special paper. He knew exactly what present he was going to wrap in the new paper, and he knew Oikawa would love it. But it really was ridiculous, it had a blue background and the stupid green cartoon alien heads on it. But, he knew Oikawa would love it and probably adore him for it. He heard the door open and stepped out of the room and hugged his boyfriend, pecking him on the cheek.
“How was your day?” Oikawa asked him after he had let go.
“It was good, got some more shopping done. How was yours?”
“It was nice Iwa-chan!” He rolled his eyes at his boyfriend’s antics.
A few days later:
He tried to sneak the present under the tree without Oikawa noticing, placing it in the corner next to the wall behind the tree. But, when he heard a loud squeal and an excited ‘Iwa-chan I love you so much’ he knew Oikawa had seen it. He sighed and moved into their main living room with the tree.
“I was kind of hoping I could keep it from you longer.” He said as he leaned against the doorway.
“Iwa-chan I want to open it now!”
“It’s a Christmas present you can’t open it now.” He felt his eyebrows wrinkle as he looked at Oikawa, but he knew he’d never be able to stop the brunette as the other gave him the patented Oikawa pleading gaze. He tried for a solid 5 seconds to keep his cool, and then he broke. “Fine I guess you can open it.” He could have sworn the brunette was going to kill him with the tackle (hug?) that Oikawa just put him through. Then the other was off and grabbing the present out from underneath the tree.
It was almost adorable how much care Oikawa took to keep from ripping the paper as he took a solid 10 minutes to unwrap it. But he was overjoyed at the obvious glee on his boyfriend’s face as he saw what was in the box. He held up the limited addition Nasa shirt with such pride it was almost impossible not to be happy he had decided to buy it. But, that wasn’t even the best part of the present, and Oikawa had obviously missed the other part.
“Keep going dumbass, there’s something else.” He saw the other’s eyes light up as he looked into the box, he pulled out the two thick pieces of paper and frowned.
“What are these Iwa-chan?” He smiled as he waited for a moment, giving into his want for suspense. “Iwa-chan don’t tease me!” He heard Oikawa whine.
“They’re tickets into the Nasa astronaut training facility. You’ll get to see everything the astronauts do to train and try some of them out yourself.” He thought he was ready for the tackle hug this time, but apparently he wasn’t as he fell flat on his butt onto the kitchen floor. The exuberant yelling and bone crushing hug made it obvious how happy Oikawa was for this present. He smiled broadly as Oikawa let go enough for him to breathe again.