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“Alright—alright. I’ll open it.”
Ky was a little hesitant. Mainly because she was hesitant to open gifts in general. Especially surprise ones. Though spinel seemed absolutely ecstatic about this…so clearly it would be rude to deny such a gift. Plus the fusion would be a flat out liar if she claimed she WASN’T curious. Even then, her pride would definitely make it impossible for her to resist.
Slowly she takes the box in her hands, glancing a couple time once again from the box to spinel and then back again. Manicured nails gently pull the cardboard back from where it was fastened to peer into box. Eyebrows quirked in a pleasant surprise at the sweets inside. It was a LOT of them too. Wow. It wasn’t something she expected. At least not to have THAT much given to her.
“ Oh wow.” She exclaims. “ These look delicious.” She admits. Honestly there was no way these would last long. Ky would have to hide them too otherwise her entire household would have them gone in a flat minute.
Carefully she closes the box, and looks back up at the pink gem with a soft smile. It was genuine and grateful.
“Thanks spinel.” She says finally. “ Is there a particular reason you wanted to give me all of these or…did you simply feel like being generous?”
A rush of relief overcame the Gem at the sight of Ky’s smile - her smile ! - It took just about everything she had, everything, to keep from openly exhaling. “Nervous”?? NO!! No, she hadn’t been- NERVOUS! Of COURSE not! Who do you think you’re TALKING to, here?!
She’s a SPINEL! A natural gift-giver! Spinel: Gift-Giver Extraordinaire, to be exact! She knew exactly what her friends wanted at ALL times! It’s what made her such a great friend, in turn! The absolute rush of joy, pure dopamine, she got from a simple action sent her hypothetical heart aflutter. Spinel had to brush it all off, of course; she couldn’t make a big DEAL out of it!
Eyes quickly darting down to the box of treats, she offered Kyanite a toothy grin, just a little too wide, as she bashfully tapped a squeaky shoe to the ground.
— “Ah well- shucks! What’re friends FOR?!” was her jovial response- just a touch incredulous.
It really WAS what she was made for, wasn’t it? To spread joy to others? To make people happy? Why WOULDN’T she make a comeback with some sort of gift or something?
— “I just wanted a way to show ‘ya how much I appreciate ‘ya, is all! Now, I KNOW I haven’t been around, all that much, sooooooo… I just didn’t want ‘ya thinkin’ that we suddenly weren’t PALS, anymore! What better way to do that than to pay ‘ya a visit?? Give you a lil’ somethin’-somethin’~?”
— “Plus! I just like bein’ generous! I’m SO glad ‘ya like it!!!”
Diverting her attention from the box - FINALLY - Spinel glanced back up at Ky, tried to appear… “normal” by evening her stance out; relaxing her shoulders. Just… look….. “normal”… …. Whatever THAT means.
— “I, uh- trust you’ve been doin’ WELL, then? While I was busy with Official Diamond Business and all that junk, I mean.”
