[ Putting together a present for someone in secret is difficult, especially when you have to share a living space with the someone you’re trying to keep it from. Factor in how annoyingly perceptive Eren is and that Ophilia cannot lie to save her life, though, and suddenly what should only be difficult ends up becoming nigh impossible.

Somehow, Ophilia manages to do the impossible and sneak it in without him noticing—or at least without him asking. His present, along a note she’s tacked on top, wait for him underneath the villa’s crystal tree. ]

To my dear friend Eren,

I cannot express how grateful I am for all you’ve done—not in words, and certainly not with a simple gift.

I should like to think you’ve since cleaned it, but I hope you’ll accept this nonetheless. Perhaps they’ll help when next you make a mess of it.

May your holidays be blessed and merry.

Ophilia Clement

[ Hidden inside the box are bottles of polish and oil, accompanied by a brush meant to help with gun maintenance. ]