As J moves closer, sitting beside S and the tree, he can't quite take his eyes off S. He's so soft at a time like this, recently awoken, quietly eager to give J his present, and J really can't get enough. It's exciting for it to be Christmas morning with presents under a tree, when there have been plenty of years a tree was a luxury too many and presents were small and few. Mostly, though, without having opened a thing, he's utterly content.
He would pick up something for S to open, too, but he sees the way S looks now, the shyness folded in with the excitement; S wants to see, so there's no point passing him something yet. "Ah, what is this?" he murmurs, pleased in turn, as he looks at the wrapped gift — a box of some kind. He only glances at it for a moment before he starts to tear the paper away. The size and shape of it aren't likely to tell him anything, after all, especially when he really doesn't know what to expect this year.
If he'd tried to make a guess, though, he wouldn't have thought of this, his eyes going wide as he peels the paper off to reveal the box itself. He would almost think it was a joke, his real present tucked inside this camera box, but he doesn't know where S would have gotten even the box. These things are expensive, or they were back before Darrow and this time. It hadn't even occurred to him to wonder if they're more affordable now. And this one, even before he opens the box, is obviously much nicer than anything he could have gotten in his own time even if he'd had the money, technology they didn't yet have. Carefully prying open the box, he blinks in wonder as he reaches in, the styrofoam squeaking and making him huff out a laugh as he slides it free. "A camera? Ah, really? Omo. I've never used one like this."
He's not even sure how, but there's a surprisingly thick instruction booklet that comes halfway out with the rest of the contents as J starts to peel away the plastic the camera's wrapped in. He's only ever used disposable cameras and his phone. As much as he's found he likes taking pictures now that he has an inexpensive way to do so, he's never thought about trying a real camera, but it's somehow both solid and delicate in his hands and he finds himself excited to try. "Sihyun-ah, this is... ah, isn't this too much? It's so nice."
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He would pick up something for S to open, too, but he sees the way S looks now, the shyness folded in with the excitement; S wants to see, so there's no point passing him something yet. "Ah, what is this?" he murmurs, pleased in turn, as he looks at the wrapped gift — a box of some kind. He only glances at it for a moment before he starts to tear the paper away. The size and shape of it aren't likely to tell him anything, after all, especially when he really doesn't know what to expect this year.
If he'd tried to make a guess, though, he wouldn't have thought of this, his eyes going wide as he peels the paper off to reveal the box itself. He would almost think it was a joke, his real present tucked inside this camera box, but he doesn't know where S would have gotten even the box. These things are expensive, or they were back before Darrow and this time. It hadn't even occurred to him to wonder if they're more affordable now. And this one, even before he opens the box, is obviously much nicer than anything he could have gotten in his own time even if he'd had the money, technology they didn't yet have. Carefully prying open the box, he blinks in wonder as he reaches in, the styrofoam squeaking and making him huff out a laugh as he slides it free. "A camera? Ah, really? Omo. I've never used one like this."
He's not even sure how, but there's a surprisingly thick instruction booklet that comes halfway out with the rest of the contents as J starts to peel away the plastic the camera's wrapped in. He's only ever used disposable cameras and his phone. As much as he's found he likes taking pictures now that he has an inexpensive way to do so, he's never thought about trying a real camera, but it's somehow both solid and delicate in his hands and he finds himself excited to try. "Sihyun-ah, this is... ah, isn't this too much? It's so nice."