( * & . the sense of giving gifts had never really carried a meaningful weight in raewon's life. she did not particularly hate the idea of receiving gifts or giving them, she simply did not find anything worthy behind the actions. perhaps, as a child she was different. perhaps, she believed in santa and the gifts he left under christmas tree to bring a soft smile to the children's lips ─ no, not really. who was she kidding? those were just the lies she learnt by rote to tell in front of her relatives. she always found the story of santa horrible and the old man quite creepy. he was a tad bit different than thieves, went into a home without an invitation, checked someone else's socks to leave his own packages in it. the story of santa could easily pass as a horror genre if anyone asked raewon.
those were her excuses to avoid gifts ─ because once someone dear gave her the greatest gift, a box full of darkness and ever since she hated them.
yet, when she went through her bags and took notice of a box her mother asked her to deliver to jaehee, raewon could only let out a deep sigh. one, because it was a gift and two, because she had to deliver it to its owner around three years ago, when she was supposed to visit her grandparents at yunhwa for winter break. it was a miracle that the box managed to survive in her bag for years, which only made raewon believe she had to deliver it to her acquaintance sooner or later.
that being her reason, she decided to visit madam micha's ─ to get herself a fashionable jacket and to also deliver jaehee her long delayed gift.
❝ jaehee, do you have a second? ❞ raewon asked once she walked into the shop, the box on her hand. ❝ i have something for you. ❞