You Are Heineken

You appreciate a good beer, but you're not a snob about it. You like your beer mild and easy to drink, so you can concentrate on being drunk. Overall, you're a friendly drunk who's likely to buy a whole round for your friends... many times. Sometimes you can be a bit boring when you drink. You may be prone to go on about topics no one cares about.

It is hard to maintain a brave face when faced by a man whose hands are covered with his mother's blood.

He hears the sound of bells - many little bells. They don't sound like the big cathedral bells he has heard a few times in New York. As he watches, a horse, his harness covered with small bells, trots by, pulling a cab full of laughing tourists snuggling under blankets. However, even after they've turned the corner, Hiro can still hear small bells. A Salvation Army Santa rings his bell, calling to the people to help the poor. A woman wears a hat with a bell that bobs up and down as she strides down the sidewalk. Even music filtering from the stores ring.

Hiro doesn't know why he's in New York, except that maybe he wants to see how Americans celebrate Christmas. In Tokyo it's about gifts and lights and Santa hats and it doesn't look so different here. People scurry around, desperately trying to finish their shopping or triumphantly taking the last of their gifts home. The windows of stores are brightly decorated with lights and Christmas displays, trying to entice the consumers.

And over all of the cars and people, he can still hear the cheerful jingling of bells. It's such a joyous sound that he can't help but watch the chaos around him with a smile on his face.

...even though it's Boxing Day! (Bendy time is Hiro's friend) This is for everyone outside of the Choices universe. Knowing that everyone in that group is running late, I figure that I'll do them during the week while I deal with everyone else now.

For hardlyalegend - the key to the Nakamura house on Maui which includes a map of how to get to it and the security codes to get in.

For charlie_andrews - a promise that he will rescue her and that he will take her to Otsu as soon as she is freed

For humanatpeace - a very nice Japanese incense set.

For presidingangel - a nice handcuff set

For visionsandvodka - 3 bottles of Jewel of Russia vodka

For captain_flyboy - some chocolate body paint

For dalek_bugnut - the 12 month Republic of Tea Citizens Favorites

For xthegrimreaper - an Oribe tea set

For didnt_take - an Italian basket

For spongetastic - an Italian gift basket

For hana_ippai - the 12 monthRepublic of Tea Green Teas

For snarky_blonde - sexy blue nightgown

For speedster_girl - a replication of every Olympic gold medal in the 100 meter dash for the modern era.

For star_core - a very nice Japanese incense set

The hopeful attitude of the Christmas season makes Hiro smile more than anything even if he still prefers Shogatsu as a holiday.

Hiro feels a bit sorry for Peter who has to celebrate his birthday only a couple of days before Christmas.

After having heard that a blizzard was on the way to New York, Hiro waited patiently for the snow to begin falling so he could discover if American snowflakes tasted different from Tokyo ones.

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Hiro was used to getting New Year's cards at home, not Christmas cards, and certainly not so many!

He never meant to leave Ando behind, but he could not risk losing his best friend as his future self had.