"Alright everyone!" Wilbur announces to the group

We were currently standing at the mall. No one knew what we were doing except for Wilbur, Phil, and Clay. So, we were all eagerly waiting on what we would be doing for the day.

"We're gonna do a gift exchange!" He says with a bright smile

Ooooo gift exchange, I wonder who I'll get

"Now you're probably wondering who you're gonna get to give a gift to"

Can this man read minds-?

"However, you're not gonna have a specific person. Everyone is gonna get something for everyone else."

"Whattttt, we have to spend money?" Tommy whines, what a surprise

"Tommy, you literally have millions of dollars, shut up" I say with a blank stare

He keeps quiet until Wilbur finishes

"You can pair up with someone, but you can't tell them what present is for which person"

Me and Niki immediately look at each other, knowing that we'd hang out

"Have fun everyone and meet back at 1:15 for lunch!" He concludes and everyone disperses to find someone and go off

"Hey Nikiiiii, where off to first?" I ask as we begin walking to a board that has all of the shops

"Clothes store?" She suggests

"Sounds great"

And with that, we head off to the nearest clothing store. I got my phone and opened the notes app to make a list of all the people I needed to get a present for

"Alright, let's split up in the store. And make sure not to show what you've gotten!" I yell as I make my way towards the sweaters

I find a perfect bee sweater that I was totally getting for Tubbo and pick a size that would seem to fit him. I also find a red sweater that reminds me of Tommy

Maybe I can finally get this man a fashion taste

I go over to the collared shirt and get a white one to pair with the red sweater

Finally, I go over to the dresses and find a perfect dress for Niki. It had a cottagecore style, and fit her aesthetic perfectly.

I buy all of the clothes and hide them in a bag so Niki can't see

"Got what you needed?" She asks as we meet up at the entrance of the store

"I did!" I say as I pull out my phone to mark it down

We begin walking along the halls of the mall. We didn't have a specific store in mind, we were just gonna walk until someone caught our eye. We walk past a book store and I decide that I could possibly get something from there, so we go in

I looked through the book titles, looking for something interesting. My eyes skimmed over the title The Great Gastby

I had heard about the book before and I thought it'd be something that Techno would like. I grab it and go towards the cash register. However, something catches my eye

How to tell a boy I like him and How to tell if a boy likes me

"My god..." I murmur as I pick up the books

I get 3 if the first one, and 1 of the second one.

I giggle and bring the books to the register

"Havin boy problems, eh?" The cashier asks as they bag my books

"Oh, I'm doing a gift exchange" I say, slightly nervous

They give me a blank stare

"You're choice of presents is interesting.....I like it" They give me my bag

"What a lovely conversation, have a nice day!" I say as I turn around

"You too" I hear behind me with a slight laugh from the cashier

I walk over to the entrance to see Niki on her phone, waiting for me

"Hey! You all do-?" She says, cutting herself off "What in the world did you buy?"

"You'll see when I explain it at the gift exchange" I say as we walk out

We continue our journey. I think about things I could get for everyone. I only had 3 people left, but I wasn't sure what to get them. We suddenly pass a decor store. I look through a window and spot something. I stop abruptly,now having something to answer my question of what Phil's present would be.

"What? do you see something?" Niki asks, confused at the sudden stop

"I need to get something for Phil" I say as I walk in, Niki traveling behind

"Willow! You're not supposed to say who it's for"

"Eh, you'd guess who it'd be for anyways" I say as I grab the item and pay for it

We walk out the store, just another bag to add to my now large collection

And back to walking we go. It would be lunch time soon so we make our way to the food court. A good thing too, I was starving

"What up losers" I say as we arrive

"Sup, how's the shopping goin?" Ranboo asks

"Pretty good, only have like 2 more people" I say showing him all the bags, but not what's inside

"What'd you get from a decor store?" He asks

"Nope, I'm not allowed to tell you" I say, going to order my food

"C'monnnn, Niki probably knows" He whines, following me into the line

"I do!" Niki says with a giggle

"C'mon, if she can know then I can know" He crouches slightly to be a bit more in my face

"Nuh uh, I'm following the rules" I say with a smile and turning to order my food

*Time skip brought to you by Sapnap's hey mamas*

And off we were, back walking around the mall looking for stores

"Ooooo, this one!" Niki says, dragging me into a jewelry store

I look around, not expecting to get anything at this store. I know that Ranboo wears rings, which is really cool, but I didn't want to get something he didn't like.

Niki seemed to be interesting in something when I spotted a box. It was a bracket/necklace making set. It used beads and it seemed like something fun. I decided to get it, maybe it could be something that we'd do together..

I bought the set and went over to Niki, who was looking at rings. I looked at some of them too, just in case something caught my eye. And oh, something did

Matching frog rings. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen, and I was 100% buying it

I quickly grabbed them and bought them faster than any of Clay's speed runs

Niki bought her ring, determined to not show me what she got

That only left Wilbur. Maybe I could get him something music related? I should keep my eye out

We entered 2 more stores, that I didn't get anything at. We had left the last store and I saw music store and I immediately dragged Niki into it

I got him a pack of cool looking guitar picks and some guitar strings

That completed both me and Niki's list. We texted the group chat saying that we were ready, us being the 2nd last group finished. Hopefully the Dream Team would be done by the time we made it to the entrance. Thankfully, they did.

And off we went, I was super excited to do our gift exchange and to see everyone's reactions

I hope Jax likes his rings..

We finally got home and I speedran to my room to put the presents in gift bags and such. We had an hour to do so and get them all down. Me and Niki were on the ground next to our beds, listening to some music on my phone, and got the presents ready.

"You excited?" She asks

"Very! I can't wait to give my gifts- Oh! And get some too" I say, excitement filling my voice

She giggles and so do I

"Sorry, I just get excited about small things" I apologize, kinda self conscious of my over excitement

"It's fine! Everyone loves that about you, it's never a dull moment and that what makes you great to be around" She reassures

"Thanks, Niki. I'm so glad I have you" I say and I give her a quick hug

*Smol time skip brought to you by Dream's hugs*

We were in a somewhat circle in the living room. Each of us had our presents near us and ready to give them

"So how are we gonna do this?" Techno asks

"We could go in alphabetical order" Phil suggests

"Alright then that meansssssss.... Dream goes first" Wilbur says and Clay gets his presents ready

Clay gets me a button up shirt, knowing that I like them

George gets me a monster, how exciting, but I like it

Phil gets me a new microphone which I go insane about and thank him greatly for

Then it was Ranboo's turn. He made my present be last, which just made me even more eager to see it

"Alright, it's time for your present, Willow" He says, grabbing a small bag

"Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes!" I say happily and rip out the tissue paper

Inside is a small box and I open it to see a small white half of a Ying and Yang necklace

My mouth widens in shock of such an amazing gift

"Yoooo! This is epic!" I say as I take it out the box

I look up at him and see him holding his half

"That way, we have a piece of each other even across the state"

"Thank you so much Jaxon!! I love it so much" I stand up and give him a quick hug "Niki, can you help me put it on?"

I put on the necklace and look down at it in awe

It was then Sapnap's turn. He just got me a yellow hoodie. He seemed to just get a hoodie for everyone, in their favorite colors. Makes me wonder why they took the longest when their gifts are so simple-

He gives everyone their hoodie, which we all just kinda act incredibly thankful for. It was a good gift, yes, but compared to the other gifts? It wasn't top tier..

It was my turn to give gifts after Sapnap

"Finally! I'm so excited" I say as I grab my first present

"First for Niki!" I give her a bag with the cottagecore dress

She opens it and her face fills with happy shock

"Oh my gosh! This is so pretty, thank you Willow" She says and gives me a hug

"Tommy next" I grab the next bag

He opens it eagerly, but his smile falters when he sees what it is

"You got my clothes??" He says angrily "You're like my grandma or something"

"Maybe you'll actually develop a fashion taste" Wilbur jokes

"Yeah yeah, whatever, thanks I guess"

"You're welcome Tommy" I smile "Tubbo! You're turn"

"Yes! I'm so excited"

He opens to see his bee sweater

"SURELY NOT!" He yells "I GOT YOU THE SAME THING"

I burst out in laughter "FOR REAL?"

Everyone is laughing as he gives me the same exact present

"Great minds think alike, now we have matching bee sweaters!" He says happily

"Very pog. Who should I do next?" I ask

"Meeeee" Techno says and I grab his bag

"The Great Gatsby" he reads out the title of the book "I've been wanting to read this! Thanks, Eris"

"No problem, it seemed like something you'd like"

"Me next, me next" Sapnap says like a child

"You actually got 2 presents" I say with a grin

"Ha! I'm the favorite" He brags to George and Clay as I place the bag in his hand

He opens it like a child and when he reads the title he just stares at it, not saying anything

"It's to use on Quackity and Karl" I say, trying my best to hold out my laugh and snickering in between my words

"Wait wait, what's it say?" Tubbo asks and Sap slowly turns the book around for everyone to see the titles both saying How to tell a boy that I like him

Everyone bursts out in laughter once again

I try to contain myself

"W-wait there's- there's more" I say in between laughs, grabbing 2 more bags

I give one to George and one to Clay

"Oh gosh what is gonna be in these?" George asks, his and Clay's laughter stopping

"What? You just gave us all the same thing!" Clay yells angrily, but with a smile

"Not me.." George says, disappointed

He slowly turns his around, head in his hand with pure disappointment

At this point, I can barely breath and the house is filled with laughter

"This is why Drista is better than you" Clay says, shaking his head

"OH SHUT UP, YOU CAN LEARN FROM IT" I yell back at him

We finally somewhat calm down and I grab Phil's bag

"Philza Minecraft! Here is your present, dadza" I give the bag to him

"Yoo! This is really cool" He says as he pulls out the crow statue

"So thattttts what you got from that home decor store" Ranboo acknowledges

"Yup! I saw it through the window and I had to get it for you" I smile

"It's the best present I've gotten so far, thank you"

"HEY!" Dream, George, Sapnap, and Ranboo all yell angrily

"Sapnap, you got me a blue hoodie. That isn't even my favorite color-"

"How was I supposed to know your favorite color?" Sapnap mumbles and I giggle

"Wilby your turn!" I say, grabbing his bag

"Ah, saving Ranboo for last? Skyboo strikes again" He says with a laugh, grabbing the bag

"I'M STILL MAD YOU GOT THAT TRENDING ON TWITTER" Ranboo yells

"EVERYONE IS SHIPPING US" I whine

"Oh shut up, let me unwrap my present in peace" And he does so, taking out the picks and the strings "Aww, thanks! I can always use extra strings"

"Me, me, me, me" Ranboo chants, doing grabby hands

"If only Twitter saw you now" I say shaking my head and grabbing the last present left

He opens it and pulls out the bracelet making kit first

"I was hoping we could make bracelets or something" I suggest

"I did this all the time when I was little! The rainbow loom kid" He says with a smile

"There's something else in the bag.." I say, looking away

He pulls out the singular frog ring and looks at it in awe

"I guess we had the same idea in having matching things" I say with my hand up, showing the frog on my finger

"THIS IS AMAZING" He yells and puts it on his finger

He walks over and puts his hand out. I put my hand next to it, seeing the 2 together. Everyone crowds us, looking at the rings

"YOU SEE? AND YOU WONDER WHY WE SHIP YOU, YOU HAVE FUCKIN COUPLE RINGS" Wilbur yells

"IT'S NOT COUPLE RINGS IT'S FRIENDSHIP RINGS, DUMBASS" I yell back

"He kinda has a point-" Clay says, definitely calmer than us two

"OH SHUT UP AND GO FLIRT WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND, BARTY" I yell at Clay

"GIRLFRIEND, BARTY??!" Everyone asks

Apparently no one knew about Caoimhe, welp now he had to deal with that

"I'LL EXPLAIN LATER" He yells in defense "I have 2 extra presents"

We all sit back down, waiting to see the presents

"Alright, everyone close your eyes and put your hands out. You may or may not get something. Sap, George, c'mon let's go get them" He says as I close my eyes and put my hands out

Not long after, I hear them come over to me and feel fabric placed in my hand. I raise my eyebrows in confusion, but keeping my eyes closed.

"Alright everyone, open your eyes" He says, mischief evident in his voice

I look down at the thing behind me. My eyes widen and my mouth drops to the floor.

It was a fucking maid dress

"Oh my gosh Clay, I hate you.." I murmur out as everyone is laughing

"I am not wearing this" I hear Ranboo say

I shoot my head up, expecting to see Ranboo with a maid dress and then I was gonna burst out laughing. However, he had a pink suit in his hands.

"I will give you $200 each if you wear them!" Tubbo says in between laughs

"Me too!" Sapnap says

"I will as well!" Wilbur chimes in

$600...Screw it

I stand up with a sigh and head upstairs to my room

"Dream, I should've never planned this meetup. I have so, so many regrets" I hear as I walk up the stairs

"It's not like we haven't seen you in a pink suit before, I have to wear a maid dress!" I yell and go inside my room to change

I put the maid dress in my bed and just stare at it

It was the whole set, too.

The dress, the headpiece, gloves, IT EVEN HAD THIGH HIGHS

I was so incredibly disappointed. I heard a door close across the hall and guessed that Ranboo had agreed to wearing the suit as well.

Welp, here goes nothing

I still from my current clothes and into the maid dress. Putting on the accessories. I looked at myself in the mirror when I was done

Not gonna lie, I look kinda hot..

I flip myself off in the mirror, do some poses, hype myself up a lil

Y'know what? They're gonna try to embarrass me, but I'm gonna go in there and be completely confident

I text Ranboo, telling him to act confident instead of being embarrassed. That way, Clay wouldn't get what he wanted out of this

Rangoon agrees and we go out together

I walk into the hallway and see him. It wasn't like his pink suit he's worn on stream. This one had suspenders, and he was holding his jacket over his shoulder. Not going to lie, it was kinda attractive. Whatever

"You ready?" I ask

He takes a second to answer

"Y-yeah I'm ready, I guess" He mumbles slightly

Welp, here we go...

Words: 3109

Date: May 7th, 2021