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Shinji Matou

this is shinji, if you send me anything inappropriate i'm telling my parents and then the police

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[standalonehuman]

There are a few Dad Presents in there, some science fiction books, and something that is very obviously a baseball glove. But also the requested New Pogglemon, and the new Smush game, Togusa being unknowing of the chaos that waves through friend groups in the wake of that game.

Lastly, there is one small awkwardly wrapped present with far too much tape on it. "That one's mine!" the Tachikoma proudly points.

Apparently the presence of the Tachikoma in Santa's Workshop inspired the elves, and they created a wind-up toy version of the Tachikoma, cheap and small like you'd find in a Happy Meal Toy.

[spirithacker]

There is a shocking amount of stuff in here. Shinji pulls out item after item with increasingly wide eyes.

"...You remembered what I wanted?"

Shinji hadn't expected Togusa to actually get him anything, much less remember his specific holiday wishes. Togusa's not his family or anybody with an obligation to get him a present.

[standalonehuman]

To be fair, there was only one other person Togusa had been planning to spoil for Christmas, and that guy abruptly changed age categories on him.

Togusa practically beams at Shinji's reaction. "Well. Yeah. It was important to you so it was important to me. There's enough other things going wrong, you know? Christmas."

"Christmas should go right."

[spirithacker]

If there's one thing that should go right, it's Christmas. Shinji can't argue with that even if he wanted to.

"...Thanks." It's a little awkward, but no less genuine for that.

"Not right now 'cause it's late, but if you want to come over and play Smush sometime, that'd be okay."

[standalonehuman]

Togusa keeps the smile on his face. He won't shake off Shuji's attempt to make it back up to him, even though the kid owes him nothing. "I'd like that."

Give him two weeks and he'll turn into an Ice Clambers main

"I'll get out of your way before I wake anybody else up. But. Merry Christmas." There's a little extra meaning on the words this year.

[spirithacker]

You could call Shuji a kid and he would probably just accept that.

"Merry Christmas." Shinji smiles a bright smile. "You too, Tachikoma."

Even if the robot only has a limited idea of what Christmas is, it still gets holiday goodwill.