christmas story pt 2

                                    

                                          
upon arriving at the med student's apartment, kurapika, gon and killua found it messy -per usual. though the trio were glad for a place of refugee amongst the freezing weather. as soon as they stepped foot inside, the trio stripped themselves of their winter garnements, flung their luggage behind them, and rushed to the pile of blankets leorio had on his couch. 
                          
"woah! make yourselves at home i guess," leorio mumbled, surprised by his friends' eagerness to get inside. "would anyone like hot chocolate?" he asked, stepping into the kitchen. he was met by silence. sighing at the lack of a response, leorio put the kettle on and dig around in his pantry for swiss miss. 
                          
the others were huddled under a blanket yet again, desperately trying to warm up. 
                          
leorio offered them warm cloths to borrow but they all decline, arguing that they were too big for all of them. leorio tried small talk, asking his guests various questions on how they were. no one answered. leorio asked if anyone wanted to watch a holiday movie, again this offer was rejected. 
                          
the scrawny man gave up trying to entertain his unamused guests, handing them their hot chocolates. "what do you want?" he groaned. 
                          
"christmas tree...?" gon let out carefully. 
                          
"christmas tree!" killua said more confidently. 
                          
"christmas tree," kurapika spoke in a cool voice, sending his host blatant looks of disdain and annoyance. 
                          
"but- expensive- i don't think i can-"
                          
"christmas tree." the three synchronized. 
                          
thus the broke college student found himself looking at over priced evergreens in a walgreens parking lot. while the two younger boys ran around the forest of green foliage and pine needles, with supervision from kurapika, leorio checked the price tags for what he thought were the scrawniest, cheapest looking ones he could find, hoping that they would suffice. 
                          
"1400 jenny... no..."
                          
"2080 jenny! hell no!"
                          
"9500? hmm..."
                          
he felt a hand on his shoulder and spun around to find his boyfriend looking up at him. "if this is too much we don't have to get one,"
                          
"no no, i want you three to be happy so the christmas tree is necessary. the only problem is that these are probably the cheapest in this burrow and i'm not up for driving anymore." leorio racked his brain, trying to come up with a solution for their dilemma. "there are always the trees in the park... "
                          
"oh my god leorio, could you be anymore stupid," kurapika threw his head back in exhaustion. "let's say theoretically we did want to steal the tree from the public park, where people are might i add. how would we get it home?"
                          
"we would only need the top... my buddy has an axe,"
                          
"-well... that's convenient...?"
                          
leorio was scrolling through his recent calls, tapping on zepiles name again. 


                          
"tell me where we're going again?" the albino drawled from the back of the car. 
                          
"i need to pick something up from a friends. and i needed to drop this car off anyway so we're killing two birds with one stone." leorio pulled into the underground parking lot beneath zepiles apartment complex. 
                          
killua crossed his arms and slide down in his seat against gons side, humming in an annoyed manor.
                          
gon was fascinated by the parking lot and an expression of pure joy and intrigue was all over his boyish face. "what is this place?"
                          
"a parking garage" the other occupants of the car answered simultaneously. kurapika and killua retained their annoyance for the scrawny man in the drivers seat, although they had let up a bit. however not enough to stop glaring at him. gon seemed to have forgotten the incident at the airport and was much more interested in the space he found similar to a bunker. 
                          
after pulling into a space that corresponded with zepiles' room number, leorio told the gang to wait outside while he ran up to grab something. he vigorously proceeded to snatch the car keys from ignition and bound out of the compact car. 
                          
he emerged from the building several minutes later wielding a heavy axe and a smug expression. 
                          
kurapika, killua, and gon looked at the proud man with a blank expression. they glanced up to his smirking face and down to the blade of what leorio was holding. 
                          
killua doubled over with laughter a couple moments later, tears forming in his eyes. 
"why..." he gasped, struggling to breath, "why do you have an axe," the albino had to place a hand in the wall beside him to stable himself. "what are we using it for?"
                          
leorios smile faltered, turning into a scowl. "to cut a tree down in the park,"
                          
"i knew you were an idiot but i didn't know you were that stupid," the boy was still on the verge of tears, "are we gonna lug that thing back to your place?"
                          
gon was oblivious to the peculiarity that was this situation. "i don't see a problem with it, if leorio can hold it i'm sure it's not too heavy,"
                          
"OI-"
                          
"Leorio, we're not gonna carry that thing with us in the middle of the day in a crowded city," kurapika piped up after surveying their state of affairs. 
                          
"well youuu don't have to! i'll carry it!" leorio poses like a lumberjack with the axe over his shoulder, receiving looks from the people passing by. 
                          
"go ahead paul bunyon, we'll see you at your place," the albino shrugged and slid his hands in his pockets as he strode away, "come on gon!" soon after they picked up the pace and were running leaving leorio with kurapika. leorio shot him a sheepish smile and followed the two boys who were already a block ahead of them. 

                          
a/n: the holidays are kinda over so i think i'm done with this storyline thing
so to wrap it up they go to the park under the darkness of nightfall, get the tree, decorate it and when the day comes they have a very wholesome and merry christmas. sorry for updating like a month later i've kinda run outta steam.