theboxandthehound | CHRISTMAS PSL POST

[He flips.

He lifts OUT of the box, as if levitated by the sheer sound, as his tail and ears and even hair all explode out as they all stand on end.

Then he flops back down into the box.]

[ But how does he even fit back in with all that fur?! ]

[ … is a question Lily will ask herself as soon as she can pick herself up from her laughing fit on the floor. Congratulations, Leo: she's even kicking up her stocking'd feet as she shrieks at your expense. ]

[He peeks his head over the rim of the box.]

T-t-t-that wasn't f-f-f-funny!

[He's still shaking a little, he wasn't prepared at all. His hair has not de-poofed yet.]

Oh, but that's―! Ha ha ha! … Th-That's where you're only technically right, my dear Leo! [ Lily sighs and wipes away a tear. ] Because it wasn't merely "funny..." It was hi... hi...

[ Yep. Can't even get out the word "hilarious" before she pitches over in a fit all over again. ]

H-hmph!

C-can't even appreciate, an excellent g-gift.

[He's adjusting the giant bow around his neck.]

Huh?

[ Lily's laughter dies down once more as she lifts her head, then shifts into a sitting position. She tilts her head, confused. ]

What, do you mean that... wasn't my gift? I was just about to thank you for it and everything.

I was the gift!

A cute cat in a box!

[ Lily has that "I'm about to break out into laughter again, but you look so serious that I'm trying not to" look on her face. ]

I... [ ahem ] I s... see. I'd... [ hum! ] gotten the wrong idea, it seems.

I am unsure why you would think I set up the perfect opportunity to be tormented.

Well you wanted to get me something I liked, didn't you?

[He opens his mouth.

Then closes is.

He has no response to this.]

...Touche.

[ Lily grins as Leo concedes and therefore proves that, once again, Lily is always right. The smile shifts into a smirk, though, as she gets to her knees and makes her way to the box not entirely unlike a child might on Christmas morning. ]

Though... [ She places her finger on the bow around his neck. ] I take it to mean you meant to give... yourself... to me?

That.. was the intent, yes...

[Maybe he should have thought this out better.]

[ Now she starts peering into the box, looking all around Leo, inspecting her real present. ]

Really? Because I'm seeing a definite lack of shibari here.

...Christmas Ribbon shibari?!

Why not? They make peppermint-flavored condoms, don't they?

Do they..?

[There's a faint jingling.

..He put a bell on his tail, too.]

Yes. They put them out as soon as pumpkin spice goes out of season.

[ She mumbles about half of that sentence as she realizes she had apparently missed something on her first pass. ]

Did you put bells on?

On my tail, yes.

Just on your tail?

I didn't tie a bell to THAT.

[ Lily makes a face like aw. ]

I suppose t'would impede progress.

You'd use it for foul purposes anyway.

I can just see you doing things to me, then taking the jingling of the bell as approval..

My. Do you really consider my curiosity to be "foul?"

I distinctly believe you would do such things I denied enjoying, just to listen for the bell.

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