[Sure, he doesn't exactly plan on being in De Chima over Christmas- but he's got the day free, and there's still a box shoved in a crawlspace full of random cheap decorations. The Hamadas will likely be in Heropa with Cass, he and Akihiko will be going out of town through Christmas and New Years…
But he needs an excuse to hang out with Ken and Koromaru before he leaves- and neither of them are particularly good at just sitting around and talking. As much progress as they've made over the year, it's still easier to have a distraction, or something else to focus on when it's just the two of them. Be it making dog treats for Koromaru or cutting Ken's hair, or making a lame attempt to justify the time spent by decorating the house that no one will be around to enjoy.
(Except maybe Jacob. Who knew, with that guy.)
But he's attempting to try and make more progress with Ken Amada and their burgeoning sort-of-friendship. It's so easy to stagnate and claim that it's good enough that Ken doesn't hate him, that they can talk and cooperate… but that won't exactly make progress, will it? And it wouldn't be fair to Ken, who had clearly put forth effort of his own.
So he pulls a length of scratchy, green-plastic garland from the box, nose wrinkling at the dust kicked up by it, and moves to offer it out to his younger teammate.]
I think we got this for the stair rail? I don't really remember...
Decorating with the kid and the dog!
But he needs an excuse to hang out with Ken and Koromaru before he leaves- and neither of them are particularly good at just sitting around and talking. As much progress as they've made over the year, it's still easier to have a distraction, or something else to focus on when it's just the two of them. Be it making dog treats for Koromaru or cutting Ken's hair, or making a lame attempt to justify the time spent by decorating the house that no one will be around to enjoy.
(Except maybe Jacob. Who knew, with that guy.)
But he's attempting to try and make more progress with Ken Amada and their burgeoning sort-of-friendship. It's so easy to stagnate and claim that it's good enough that Ken doesn't hate him, that they can talk and cooperate… but that won't exactly make progress, will it? And it wouldn't be fair to Ken, who had clearly put forth effort of his own.
So he pulls a length of scratchy, green-plastic garland from the box, nose wrinkling at the dust kicked up by it, and moves to offer it out to his younger teammate.]
I think we got this for the stair rail? I don't really remember...