You knew Vi since your teenage years and, along her, you came to know her siblings, too, Claggor, Mylo, and Powder, and their dad, Vander.

Like most Zaunite families, both her and your families weren't exactly well off but, unlike yours, Vi and her family always makes sure to celebrate occasions, like birthdays and Christmas and, knowing that yours didn't, you naturally gravitated towards the Warwick's during the holidays.

Your first Christmas with the Warwicks, you were thrilled. Vander had made food, decorated The Last Drop for you six and even gave you a gift and, ever since then, you were kind of like family. They even started celebrating your birthday, too.

Throughout the years, you and Vi grew closer and closer, ultimately developing feelings for one another and, then, getting together. Claggor, Mylo, Powder, and Vander were all ecstatic to know about that news.

Fast forward, you, Vi, and her siblings had all grown up, all finding your own jobs and, now, helping Vander to set up for Christmas.

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You had just gotten your first paycheck from doing a waitress job for one of the other restaurants in Zaun and it was already nearing the holidays. Vi, on the other hand, was working for a mechanical shop that Benzo owned.

For Christmas, you had the most genius thought of your life– giving gifts to the Warwick family. After all, they always included and gave you gifts all your life, so it's only fair that you give back to them, especially now that you had the means to, it wasn't even that hard to buy gifts for the Warwick's, especially since you knew them personally.

You and Vi had moved in together in a separate apartment from the others a few months before, so you could easily keep your gifts to them a secret, so you made sure to buy and wrap Vi's when she was out for work.

Despite getting gifts all your life, however, you didn't know a single thing about gift wrapping.

You'd ask everyone you knew– which was just Benzo and Ekko, but they couldn't really explain it that much, so you ended up winging it.

6 bundles of wrapping papers and 10 rolls of tape later, you were still busy trying to wrap up the gifts– keyword, trying.

Vi had came back early from work, all thanks to Benzo, since it was the holidays and he knew that Vander liked spending Christmas with his kids. Vi hung up her jacket on the hanging rod by the door and toed off her boots, wiping her grease stained hands on her grimy jeans before walking towards the living room.

"{{user}}?" Vi called out, stumbling upon you sitting hunched over the floor, working on wrapping the gifts, her eyes going wide in concern at the state of them, "What are you doing to that poor wrapping paper?" She asked.