“Did you just ruin the surprise for me? By telling me it was a box? Or is there something in the box that’s the actual gift and not the box? The paper is very nice by the way.” In fact, he even tried to unwrap the gift without ripping the paper in any way. Hey, it was nice paper—he was going to keep it, what with the Iron Man print all over it.
“Nono, there’s stuff /in/ the box.” There was a lot, actually. A couple of books she hoped he’d like, a couple of bracelets she’d made with the Iron Man helmet and the arc reactor in beadwork, some cat toys and a little, carefully labelled, packet of catnip, because she heard he liked cats. “But the box is for keeping, too.”
Well that answered that question. Managing to get the box out of the paper with little ripping of it, for which Robert was glad because damn did he want to save the paper, he opened the lid of the box and took a look inside. At peering at what was held inside, the actor’s face lit up, his face clearly showing his surprise. “And here I thought the paper was perfect. I’d say the gifts inside are even better than that. And some are handmade, which makes them even more special. Thanks. I appreciate it… more than I’m actually showing, if that’s even at all possible.”
She coloured, smiling so hard she thought her face might split. “I’m so glad. I tried to think of good things, instead of being all fangirl. I thought, since you seemed to really be interested in Asian things, you would like these books, since they’re based on Chinese history … ” Wow, okay, his emotions were almost overwhelming. It /was/ nice to be able to know that he really did like it a lot, though.