"Can't challenge me to enjoy a ravishing kiss with Jade and expect me to lose," he commented. "Now stop mopping and come open your gifts."
Zion had to drag his poor brother to his gift while Zeus was chuckling and ripping apart his box in seconds.
They waited for Zion and Zackery to do the same before the four of them opened the lids at once to view the contents.
"Oh?" they said in unison before pulling out matching onesies.
"Score!" Zackery cheered. "I always wanted a onesie from Jade!"
"Don't these make peeing difficult?" Zion pondered as if he were trying to calculate the probability of him getting his cock stuck in the zipper or some such catastrophe.
"This will definitely accentuate my muscles." Zeus smirked in approval. "Perfect to seduce Jade with."
"This is going to make masturbating rather tricky. But then again, imagine Jade entering the washroom by accident to see me naked on the toilet, since you have to strip down the entire thing to get a shot of cum out of ya," he said to himself as if he was determining all the factors involved with the new attire.
"You guys ask the stupidest questions," Calvin pointed out as he shook his head. "I don't even have an explanation for you guys."
"This is awesome," they finally said in unison as they stared at the black onesies with the words “TROUBLE 4” duplicated all over the print in red. There were various outlined designs of objects in white, like basketballs, videogame controllers, weights, and opened porn magazines that sat on top of a tissue box.
The print was individualized to fit all the things they enjoyed, and it only made me a little prouder that I was able to get it done on time due to the time constraint.
"Onesie Pajama Party," Zackery encouraged.
"Sounds tempting," Zion commented.
"Cool with me," Zeus went along with it.
"As long as we're out of them by the end of it." Zeke winked my way and I rolled my eyes.
"Sex is always on your mind," I pointed out.
"That's the truth," he agreed. "Who's next?"
"Calvin," I encouraged, and we all looked over at him.
"You got me something?" he asked in shock.
"Duh!" all four of the Maxwells stated. "You thought you weren't going to get anything?"
"I..." he paused then continued, "don't really get gifts."
"Not on Christmas?" Lisette asked.
"Or your birthday?" I offered.
He just stared around at us blankly before he shook his head. "Nope. I’ve never received anything. Obviously, nothing from my dad...and well, everyone else simply assumes someone else is getting me something so I just don't celebrate."
That left us all speechless before he tried to make it sound less dreadful. "I mean, you guys get me stuff once in a while. Like...offer to get me equipment from another room or use stuff like pens and all that."
"Calvin," I began. "It has to be something you're not entitled to give back."
"Oh," he replied. "Well...you guys gift me with friendship?"
"That's..." I couldn't even think of how to finish this sentence as we stared at him.
He shyly looked to the floor and muttered, "Shadow Jade's recent unicorn was pretty nice. That counts as a gift, right?"
He looked up and continued, "I know friendship doesn't seem like a gift, but seeing as I've lived the majority of my life without friends, I think it's a gift to be grateful for. You haven't gotten tired of me yet and don't mind my random personality switches and obsession with technology and Queen Jade, so...I guess that's something I'm happy about. Gifts are meant to make you happy whenever you see them. So...when I get to see you and spend time with you guys, it makes me happy, even if it's for work."
"Damn, Calvin," Zeus whispered. "You're legit triggering tears over here."
Zion pulled his glasses off and blinked his eyes. "Waterworks."
"The sting in my eyes hurts as deeply as my heart from this confession," Zeke admitted.
"Fuck, Calvin! Why you gotta be so damn honest with them feels." Zackery had tears streaming down his cheeks. "I didn't buy a ticket for the feels train."
I walked up to Calvin and pulled him into a hug, and Lisette seemed to have the same idea as she hugged him from behind.
"Calvin," I whispered. "You're a special gift to us too," I whispered.
"Ya, Calvin," Lisette agreed. "You're unique in this world and it's about time you remember that. From now you'll always receive gifts from us."
"You guys are too nice," he quietly commented, but we all could hear the emotion in his voice. "Thanks, everyone," he added.
"Don't thank us until after you open your gifts," Zeus encouraged. "And yes, we meant to use the plural."
I pulled back to see his shock and without hesitation, slipped my hand in his. Once Lisette pulled away, I led him over to the tree and easily helped get his multiple presents.
"I actually have more than one," he whispered.
"Well, one of them is from the four of us," Zion admitted.
"And the other batches are from Jade and me. We were going to put it all together but decided not to," Lisette explained. "You know. Fragile stuff."
He looked at us all once before he decided to open his first gift, which was the one from the quads. His eyes grew wide before he lowered the item in his lap just to rub at his eyes. He soon retrieved his glasses to inspect the box closely.
"How? T-This...there's no way this is the real thing," he stuttered and looked at the Maxwells as they grinned in pride.
"It's real all right," Zeke chimed as he crossed his arms over his chest. "Took a hell lot of phone calls and a few pulls of strings to get it, but we did."
"Twenty-five in the whole world," Zeus complimented.
"State-of-the-art with magic integration so you can mentally connect your mind to it in case you have to jot down thoughts that just come to you out of the blue," Zion explained.
"And we got it customized in metallic orange. Plus, your name is engraved in the interior with fingerprint identification and retina scan capabilities. It's also life-proof at all levels so you don't need to worry, and it can't be stolen or hacked into."
"What is it?" Lisette whispered to me.
"I’ve got no clue," I replied.
They all looked at me before Calvin quietly laughed.
"It's a rare laptop with hologram capabilities," he revealed. "It's basically made for those who need multiple screens or, in my case, laptops, to retrieve information from multiple sources. Most laptops can't handle holographic components because they’re compact and the function makes the hard drive overheat real fast. A really well-known billion-dollar company created these just for a limited time since their motto is about quality and not being a company that duplicates the same thing again and again. Due to the unique rareness of this item, it was extremely expensive."
He looked back at the quads. "How could you even afford this?"
"You realize our family owns our department and a few chained agencies, right?" Zeus reminded.