Late December catch-all!

[hoboagogo]

WHO: Shinjiro Aragaki, and others!
WHERE: Quite a few places!
WHEN: Mid to late December
WHAT: Just a quick catch-all log for the end of December!
WARNINGS: None foreseeable. Will update should that get changed.

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[dormition]

[Gosh. Senpai sure is taking this seriously. Minato puts a decent amount of thought into his gifts, sure, but he does it by rote, automatically, without torturing himself about it or thinking about any grander meaning to any of them.

In short, he's effortless. Just like usual.]

Really? Did you want to say something in particular with your gift? Ken-kun isn't hard to shop for.

[That one will be easy for Minato to help with, at least.]

[hoboagogo]

[It's unclear if him taking it seriously is a good or a bad thing- The positive aspect is that it's at least showing that he's making an attempt- trying to consider the others, and things they'd appreciate or need. But then there's the overthinking and mentally going in circles and getting frustrated because everyone in their group is used to making do with what they have, and not wanting very much on top of it.

Shoulders hunched, his fingertips slide into his pockets slightly as he thinks.]

...To say something?

[Ah, shit. He'd not even thought that deeply about it.] I figured it was just... you're supposed to get people things they'll want or whatever.

[A sigh out, and it carries a tinge of exasperation with it, his eyes closing as he thinks for a second. Eventually he suggests, a tad self-deprecatingly:] I dunno. 'Thanks for not hating me so much.'

[dormition]

[It's testament to the sort of easy relationship they have, based on silent, mutual understanding, that Minato snorts at this.]

I think getting him anything would say that, senpai. Don't worry. It doesn't have to say anything in particular for that to come across.

[There's an interruption as it's Minato's turn at the counter. He places his order for two cinnamon rolls, receives them, and walks off while handing the second to Shinjiro as they leave the little storefront.]

Here. If you need ideas, he probably needs new shoes for soccer. Or cleats. Since he's a kid, he goes through things fast.