An Awkward Gift
@radioxdust
For a moment it seemed all would be normal within the hotel for this particular holiday.
A moment.
But soon enough a set of eyes that had been carefully watching for a few hours closed. The demon they belonged to took a breath, steeling himself, claws gently tapping along the object they held. Nothing raised his hackles more than not knowing something, this was one of those things.
He hadn’t exactly participated in the holiday before, he had been offered a time or two while kicking...but not this. Straightening his back, the red coated demon moved around the corner and slipped the little pink box into a hand as he walked by, opening his mouth to say something but nothing came out.
A mild embarrassment kicked in, and he started to move pass again. Barely meeting the spider’s eyes for a second. He felt a bit...messy. Especially considering his experiences with this sort of thing.
Inside the pink box was a small bundle of fudge like candies, golden brown with small pecan pieces in them, some sugar coated pecans filled in the blank spaces of the box...but a single strawberry coated in dark chocolate sat on the very top, wrapped in a frankly cheesy note. In his day making someone laugh with a valentine’s present was a good thing, popular.
‘You make me feel warm and a bit nutty, so have some pralines and a Valentine’s date maybe?’










