Author: Zodiax
Rating: PG13 - R
Pairing: W/T
Disclaimer: I don’t own Buffy. Will contain mild sex scenes in later chapters. Set in Sunnydale.
Spoilers: Hints from seasons 4 and 5
Feedback: Yes Please
Summary: Valentine’s Day is drawing near. Gift shopping anyone?
Note: First W/T Fanfic (:
Tara Maclay stared at the empty calendar. It was washboard white, except for the shiny little heart-shaped sticker on the 14th February Square. She sighed. Despite the fact that the two of them have been together for two years, it wasn’t any easier to get a gift she thought was worthy for her darling Willow. She picked up a notepad and a pencil from the bedside table and started scribbling gift ideas. Chocolate? No, Willow always gets sick when she eats too many chocolates. Flowers? Too generic. Stuffed Toys? Maybe… She pondered silently.
“ Meeoowww.”
She felt Miss Kitty’s furry paw brush gently across the top of her hand.
“ Oh. You must be hungry.”
Tara pushed herself up from the bed,swiftly picked Miss Kitty up and walked down into the kitchen.
“ Hey Tara.” She heard Buffy’s voice.
“Hey Buffy. Hey Dawnie.”
Dawn smiled at her and gave Miss Kitty a scratch behind the ears.
“Wanna see her eat? It’s very cute.”
Dawn’s eyes sparkled.
“Yes please!”
Tara pointed to where the tinned cat food was and handed Dawn the food bowl.
“So, how come you’re here and Willows not?” Buffy asked, grabbing a carrot stick and a can of Coke from the fridge.
“I think she’s at the library. Psychology exam if I’m not wrong.” Tara replied.“ Do you need her for anything? I can give her a call.”
Buffy chewed on her carrot. “ Nope. Just wondering where she was.”
Tara nodded. Buffy hopped up onto a high chair and started nibbling a chocolate chip cookie from the cookie jar.
“ So, Valentine’s Day is coming up. Have you got anything in mind for Willow?”
Tara sighed. “Not a clue. I don’t know what she would want.”
Buffy took a sip of coke and took a huge bite out of her cookie. “I saw this cute sweater at Bloomies.”
Tara chuckled. “ But you want it?” Buffy nodded.
“ I have a sudden urge to attempt to cook again. Omelettes?” Dawn asked the two of them.
They nodded. Miss Kitty hopped up onto Tara’s lap and curled up comfortably. Buffy took another swig of her coke.
“ Valentine’s Day is such a pain.”
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“Valentine’s Day is SUCH a pain.” Willow cursed under her breath.
She, Xander and Anya had been roaming around Sunnydale Mall for a good long hour now.
Anya gave a displeased grunt. “ Why do we have to partake in this strange ritual of shopping for all things red and heart-shaped? I mean if you want to show love, there’s always sex.”
Xander smiled. “ It’s a day where you show people how much you love them Ahn. You’ll never guess what I got you.”
Anya’s eyes lit up “Oh Xander you didn’t have to go through that just to have sex with me. You can just ask!”
Willow rolled her eyes. She needed to get a respectable present for Tara. She would get her something Wicca related but she figured she already had all she wanted on her birthday. They walked to a bookstore, looking for anything Tara would like. Anya picked up a peculiar looking book, full of colour photos of goddesses and mystical hoo-ha.
“ This will do. It looks witchy enough.” She dropped the book into Willow’s hands.
Willow's eyes grew wide.
“Are you nuts Anya? I’m not going give her the dummies guide to tantric sex for Valentine’s Day!” The red head gave her a exasperated expression.
“ Why not? It’s better than spending all your cash on a heart-shaped box of chocolate that costs seventy dollars! That’s daylight robbery! And what’s more the prices drop by 80% once this stupid festival or whatever it’s called is over.” Anya fumed.
Willow sighed in defeat. “ Yes Anya you have a good, valid, logical point. But I don't think Tara will be interested in The Art of Tantric sex.”
Anya took the book from Willow’s hands and placed it back on the shelf. They walked out of the bookstore and headed towards the water fountain.
“Then what does Tara like?” Xander chirped up.
“ She likes Wiccan stuff, school and Cats. I think…”
Willow sat down on the edge of the fountain and tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ears. Xander shoved her hands into his jacket pockets while Anya shifted uncomfortably in her seat.
“ Ah this is hopeless. I’ll continue another day. Do you know it never gets any easier? Year by year, I always get stumped on what to get her.” Willow buried her head in her hands.
“ But you don’t always have to get her something Will. You can always do something for her. Like a candlelight dinner with flowers and those little entrees that never make you full but look romantic anyway.” Xander helpfully suggested.
“ Ooh Ooh! Then you can have sex near the candles! Can we do something like that honey?” Anya looked pleadingly at Xander. He smiled and nodded his head.
Willow stroked her chin.
“ Hmm. Doing something? That’s a pretty good idea actually." She smiled at them and stood up.
"Thanks for tagging along. I need to go do research on gifts. I’ll see you at the magic box for our Scooby meeting tomorrow.”
Willow gave Xander a hug, waved to Anya and made her way back to the Summers house.
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Hope you all enjoyed it (: I will try to post the whole thing by Valentine's Day. Thanks for reading!
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