happy birthday, suzuha 🎉

[bowtiedbones]

Who: Kai-un and you!
When: Sept 28
Where: a FESTIVE classroom
What: it's a birthday party and you're invited!
Warnings: idk how hard are you going to party

[ Maybe you saw the invite slipped under your dorm door or maybe you followed the trail of confetti leading down the hall, but one way or another..! Welcome to Hanabi's birthday party! ]

[ Kai-un has taken over an empty classroom and decked it out in full party style! Balloons, streamers, the works! The desks have been shoved to the side of the room to clear space for mingling and dancing, and the teacher's desk has been turned into a snack buffet. It looks like there's even party favors...!

So grab a drink, get some cake, and have fun! ]

Comments

[brokenlance]

Ah, so you're a year older than me. And now, right at the threshold of twenty.

[the strawberry does look lovely. shame he can't taste it.

so he's going to lie through his teeth when he takes a bite]

It's delicious - did you bake this yourself?

[parttimesoldier]

Nah, it was more of a... group effort.

[This girl does NOT know how to bake.]

Glad it came out good!

[brokenlance]

Well, you all did an excellent job. I'm quite looking forward to the next birthday Kai'un hosts! Your house went to such lengths to celebrate you.

[again: he can't taste the cake at all so he's just lying with a smile on his face]

[parttimesoldier]

[She won't even suspect because she knows in her heart that the cake being delicious is true!!]

Think we really lucked out with the timing... Crazy how much stuff we can pull out of those fundraising boxes, party supplies included.

[brokenlance]

I suppose in the future, such decorations would have to be made by hand, with supplies from the art classroom... still doable, thankfully.

Now, I'm told that tradition dictates a birthday song as well.

[parttimesoldier]

[Smile is turning somewhat sheepish at that.]

Yeah, so I've heard. Kinda forgot about that part.

[brokenlance]

I confess that I do not know this song. I was only learned upon arriving. But will there be a group serenade later?

[because like. maybe he can disguise his bad singing and not-knowing-the-song if it's in a group]

[parttimesoldier]

I'm kinda banking on it being a group thing. Think I'd die of embarrassment if everyone tried to sing to me individually.

[you're in luck, dimitri.]

[brokenlance]

[good because normally he only sings at church]

We will simply have to purge all your musical embarrassment in one go.

[parttimesoldier]

Guess I should brace myself, then.

[She laughs.]

Hard to complain about it anyway, with everyone being so nice to show up and celebrate with me.

[brokenlance]

These are all fortunes to be counted. Our circumstances might be dire, but we have not yet lost hope, nor a sense of joy.

That you have survived to be nineteen, and are a part of my life, is something I am imminently grateful for.

[parttimesoldier]

Aw man, you're gonna make me blush.

[She may in fact already be doing so, just a little!]

You're totally right, though. Being stuck here is rough, but I'm likewise glad it at least gave us the chance to meet.