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ungkook’s car let out a low hum before stilling to a silent halt as he turned the ignition off in the driveway of his home. The little LED clock in his dash read half an hour past five. He had made good time today despite the after work rush. The roads always seemed to get so clogged and making it home seemed more like a dream than anything else. 

His shoulders were still tense from the stressful drive home. He could just imagine getting inside and into the warm shower. The water raining softly against his flesh and through his hair in soft veins. 

He sighed and opened the car door, his skin being greeted by the freezing temperatures around him. He shut the door and pulled his coat closer to his body as he headed for his door. Jungkook walked through the slurpy coating of snow on the ground towards little landing area by his door. A soft brown cardboard box sat on the welcome mat as the brunette climbed the steps. He hadn’t ordered anything, or at least he didn’t think he had. 

It was another case of the pear tree. Had to be. Please don’t let there be a half frozen bird in this one. He shook the box lightly, hearing something light sliding around in there, before shoving it under his arm and turning his house key in the lock. The houses artificial heat hit him square in the face and his pink flesh grinned happily against it. Jungkook closed the door and set the package down on the hall table before slinging his satchel down by the coat rack where the coat on his back would wind up in a swift motion. 

“Jeongsan! I’m home!” Jungkook got a small chirp in response and he smiled warmly, “I’ll be with you in a while, baby.”

He stretched lightly as he made his way for the stairs, his cold and tense muscles finally warming and relaxing. He unbuttoned his work shirt on the way up and pulled off the undershirt as he made his way through the bathroom’s threshold. Jungkook smiled warmly as he turned the shower faucet on and hot water poured out of the shower head. He had been looking forward to this all day and he wasn’t going to put it off just for a mysterious package he’d found on his door step. It could wait.

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And it did. Jungkook approached the box on the hall table about an hour and some after he had abandoned it there. He was wearing a white tank top and a pair of blue striped pajama bottoms with a towel strung around his neck, his hair still wet from the shower. He rubbed his hair softly with a corner of the towel as he sat down on the living room couch with the package on the coffee table in front of him, already sliced open per an adventure through the kitchen.

“Alright, so what exactly are you?” Jungkook murmured quietly to himself as he opened the flaps on the box. 

Nine prim white envelopes all labeled with numbers one through nine. He cautiously picked up the first one and began opening it. The envelope was quite lumpy and whatever was inside was moldable and soft. 

He tilted the thing on its side and a little colorful something fell out and hit the coffee table without so much a thump. Jungkook picked it up, it was a girl, about the size of his finger, but a girl nonetheless. She had blond hair that was braided in two and she was wearing a little German style dress. Where her dress ended though, she had no feet and there was a hole. A finger puppet, that’s what she is, a finger puppet. 

He stuck her on his pointer finger and wiggled her gently, a soft smile forming on the boy’s lips. He set her back down on the table and began to tear open the rest of the envelopes. 

All the little puppets that fell against the oak surface of the table were different in color scheme and hair. There was a little ginger girl with wavy hair and a light blue dress, a ravenette with curly short hair and a pink dress, a brunette with long straight hair and a green dress and so forth. They were all very nice and Jungkook couldn’t help but admire their beauty. Whoever made them put a lot of time and effort into them and the brunette couldn’t be more grateful. 

He picked up the final envelope with a sort of kid like excitement and wonder. A beautiful puppet fell from the package with the sequins that were sewed uniquely into only her dress gleaming brightly as she fell. She had a little purple flower tucked behind her ear to match the dress she was wearing and had a big pink lip stick covered smile across her tanned face. Next to her sat a folded up letter which was coming apart as the seconds passed. Jungkook picked it up and unfolded it tenderly.

“On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me nine ladies dancing, eight maids a milking, seven swans a swimming, six geese a laying, five golden rings, four calling birds, three french hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree.

I don’t know if you like finger puppets or not, but they’re as close as I could get to nine ladies dancing. You see, if you put them on your finger and wiggle them about, they dance for you. They’re quite cute, I must admit. I thought that such a cute person might want a cute gift. I hope that I got that right. Until next time, beautiful boy :)”

Jungkook smiled and placed the ninth puppet on his finger and wiggled her around gently. She really did dance for him. They were very cute, so very cute. The brunette didn’t know what he’d do with them, but he knew they were cute and he was definitely keeping them. So far, this mysterious admirer was doing a great job with the gifts. He couldn’t wait to finally meet him.

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I apologize for the lack of consistency. I get distracted very easily and have been suffering from lack of motivation, so I'm finding it hard to do anything anymore. I'll try and work on that though. Thank you all for staying faithful to me :)
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