Christmas For Two

The half jinn stood in front of the door, occasionally glancing at the bag in his hands and back to it. Being raised Muslim he'd never celebrated Christmas, now he didn't see how giving a few gifts was sacrilegious, but he'd follow any god now so it really didn't matter.

Looking into the bag he'd check the gifts, he'd wrapped them to throw best of his abilities and done an ok job. He couldn't remember the last time he'd gotten someone a gift, or really celebrated a holiday. This was new, a series of new events all coming from this odd vampire girl.

As he stood there trying to figure out what he'd say he'd realize something, he was nervous. Being nervous over this mildly annoyed him, he'd fought people and not been nervous, flew through hostile lands and not been nervous. Yet here was, nervous about giving an attractive girl a few simple gifts. Taking a small breath he'd knock on the dorm door and waited.

"Hey you," he'd say, returning her small smile with one of his own. "Snow is still being fucking stupid outside, so didn't want to fly to your window," he'd say half joking, the snow was indeed still coming down pretty heavily. "Don't know how you people deal with the stuff."

"So..yeah..," he'd hold up the bag, the two wrapped Christmas gifts inside, "never celebrated before, but yeah I got you a few things." He was trying to hide the fact that he was nervous, he was a grumpy bad-ass jinn, he didn't get nervous, yet he was.

He'd clear his throat, "just a few things I thought you might like," he hoped she liked them. "So.....merry Christmas?" he'd say with a tiny nervous smirk, yes this was again a very new experience for him.

He'd snort and chuckle, stepping inside and glancing around a bit. "Should try the desert in summer, scorpions and snakes...and annoying bitting camels," he'd say, joking, well partly, all those were all things he'd encountered.

Kadir would return the smirk, "and I'd refuse if you tried to give them back." He'd missed their banter, not that it'd been a long time since they'd hung out or anything. "Isn't it bad luck to turn a gift down? Or something like that?" he'd say, following her further into the dorm.

"Coffee sounds good," he'd tilt his head, surprised that he was getting a gift, "and yeah, the present." He'd clear his throat, "thank you, do we...open them now..or Christmas morning?...or evening? People have told me both."

Kadir accepted the gift and the coffee, taking a seat at the table, he couldn't remember the last time he'd been given a gift.

"You're better at wrapping," he'd say with a snort and a chuckle. Picking up his coffee he'd go ahead and drink a good amount, he was actually pretty cold from the snow, he was very much not used to it. "So, how about we open at the same time?" he hoped she liked hers.

Picking his gift up, he'd glance up at her, and then he'd open it. Both gifts surprised him, the brush and the genie cup. He'd laugh at them both, a happy laugh, they were funny, and he'd use them both.

"Thank you Agnes," he'd say, giving her a genuine smile.

"Oh definitely," he'd say, flashing a smirk at her, "somehow we didn't do a horror marathon for Halloween, so we gotta make up for it." Most would find a horror movie marathon at Christmas time odd, but they were an odd pair anyways and it wasn't like he had any Christmas traditions.

He watched her reaction to the thermos. It was the gift he was most worried about, it seemed like something she could use, but at the same time he worried because he got the sense she wasn't born a vampire.