( birthday post )

[zio]

[ so, turns out that there's a special 3rd party postal service running from tokyo to inaba. you can get whatever the hell you want delivered within three hours, as long as you pay the (rather hefty) price associated with it!

so, around 12:30pm, right after class has been let out for lunch, a courier with a big white box slides open the door to the classroom, looking rather harried. it's not every day that he's asked to make deliveries to a high school.

after yosuke signs for the package, and after he rips off the brown paper packaging to reveal a plain cardboard box within --

he'll find a slightly lopsided cake within. orange frosting. there's a doodled cat in the middle, and the message atop the frosting is drizzled in chocolate -- happy birthday, partner.

yes. it's a homemade cake.

wrapped in plastic and taped to the outside of box is a thick manila envelope. on the front, souji's clear, blocky script reads wait until you're home to open this.

souji gets a notification when the package is delivered, of course. ]

Happy birthday. Don't eat it all at once, you'll get a stomachache.

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[throwdowns]

[It's not everyday that people remember his birthday. Partly because it's not his birthday everyday, and partly because people tend to think of Yosuke as uh, well, Yosuke. It's forgetfulness too -- everyone's busy, especially nowadays. He's older now, and he hasn't mentioned the big day to a single person. Pity-sentiments are worse than nothing at all, he's found.

Today's lunch consists of a bento, probably with an added treat courtesy his mother, and a dash of nothing in particular. His only complaint is the fact that he's gotta be at school; it comes out as a groan directed at open air.

...meant to be open air, anyway. What is this parcel about? He's not questioning a thing; it's his birthday and he's so surprised, signing his life away comes too naturally; tearing the packaging apart? Also natural.

The fact that he very nearly bursts out into tears? Natural. There's a sharp inhale, a glare directed at the wallclock and his heart very nearly leaps from his chest as his hip vibrates -- feedback from receiving that text.

Let him put that cake down before responding...too much work went into that feline for it to end up all over the floor in Hanamura-fashion.]

DUDE U REMBRD THE HOLE TIME???

[zio]

[ In all honesty, he'd been a little... embarrassed about the whole thing. People have always flocked to him, but he's never had reason to keep in contact after his many shifts from school to school -- Inaba had been the exception in terms of the depth of relationships he'd cultivated.

He'd gone ahead with it because, well. Yosuke is Yosuke. He's never shrugged off Souji's attention, regardless of the form it comes in. Maybe it's a poor reflection of his own motivations to admit as such, but Souji does like to be needed. It's still a novelty, even after months of it. ]

Yeah. You're 18. You can finally buy porn legally. It deserved a celebration.

[ Wow, he sounds like a robot. Nervous? Souji? Of course not. He's actually sitting in the middle of class, trying not to smile too obviously at his phone. Wishing he was sitting in the desk behind Yosuke, watching the tips of his ears turn red. ]

[throwdowns]

[Yosuke is the champ of wanting to be needed, despite how cool he may act with his stupid headphones and dumb bike. Having Souji around all the time changed him a bit -- helped motivate him, helped with that whole depression thing. Now that he's been rendered inaccessible for the most part...

It's not like he's reverted, but having him around was much better. Unfortunately, life doesn't revolve around his own wants and desires, much as he'd like it to. And hey, if Souji's still thinking of him like this -- sure, they text and make vague, future plans every now and then (keynotes feat 'vacation' or 'summertime') but it's nothing substantial, nothing like this.]

WSNT EVEN THINKING ABT THAT

[Yes, that merits full caps. His face is turning fifty shades of red. It feels like he's throbbing all the way out to his ears.]

duz that mean ur visiting aftr school? U can stay @ my place!1!!

[Wishful thinking and running with the meaning of 'celebration', like this isn't enough..]