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Who: bokuwadoctaaa, needzmoarcrew, threesword, creative_lies, baratiesbest, embracethewaves, dontcallmegol, paincuresall, though open to anyone who wants to celebrate this happy occasion. /o/
Where: St. Andrew's Hospital
When: August 28th, a little later after Chopper wakes up
Rating: idk PG-13 just to be safe.
Summary: What's the best way to celebrate the return of a formerly dead crewmate and friend? Throw them a freakin' awesome party of course

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[bokuwadoctaaa]

And there it was. Another cake. And it even had a reindeer on it! Chopper just stared down at the contents of the box with a wide smile, sparkles surrounding him.

Until they disappeared for a second.

"Y-you made this just for me?"

And there went the sparkles again, but not without a happy stream of tears.

"THANK YOU UMI~!"

It was almost hard to believe that just a few days ago, Chopper had been a sick wreck atop of a hospital bed. That just a hours ago, he had woken up after dying. He didn't ever think he'd be able to overcome such a thing as death. The minute he had woken up, he had felt so lost and confused... and terrified. He had no idea what to do from there. He knew that moving on and conquering such a thing would be difficult, especially for him. As a doctor, he knew that even though he had another chance of life, in any other place or circumstances, he should still.... be dead. That thought tore him up inside and kept him in that hospital bed, silent but scared beyond words after he had woken up. He had even begun to wonder if he even was alive at that moment.

Until he heard everyone's voices. And he saw their faces. And now he could see them all here laughing and smiling and enjoying themselves. And he could too.

It still bothered him. The fact that he had actually died; it would probably always bother him. But this celebration was for his living at that exact moment. Death and sadness had no part in anything at the moment.

But cake did.

He stared down at the cake again in awed wonder. "Woow, I got two cakes today. It kind of feels like my birthday."

[embracethewaves]

"I definitely did!"

She'd had a funny conversation once, with Fuu, explaining why she loved to bake even though she didn't like sweets. What it boiled down to was two things: one, it was a lot of fun, of course. And two, seeing someone that happy about something she had made.

Needless to say, she wouldn't have been able to stop smiling at that response if her life depended on it.

He was back. He was doing a lot better than she might have been. The city had, aside from that (and those stupid papers, but even that was over already), been blissfully uneventful, Hikaru was doing better, and...everything else seemed a little more okay. Weird, but okay.

"Two, huh? Just don't make yourself sick from the sugar!" She couldn't say she was surprised. Seeing him be anything less than happy seemed like a crime. Like...like kicking a puppy, or something equally unspeakable. She was glad to help.

"Come to think of it, when is your birthday, anyway?"

i kinda made that up about his birthday but IT MAKES SENSE

[bokuwadoctaaa]

Of course, Chopper is young. And he loves sweets. That young age and love of sweets doesn't exactly add up to being patient, so as soon as he feels that the time is right, he begins to scarf down as much of the cake as he can. He knows he's probably being a little messy, and he can hear Umi saying something about too much sugar and he remembers 'oh yeah, I'm a doctor. Something like this probably wouldn't be very good for my health'

But he really could care less at the moment, and he just keeps eating. A little slower this time though. Until Umi brings up that question, and he stops eating.

"Mm urfd'y?" He mumbles out, then realizes that it would probably be easier to talk without a mouthful of food, so he gulps down that last bite of cake. "Um, my birthday? Oh..." Chopper stares down at the cake, or at least what's left of it. If he wanted to be technical, he really didn't know what his birthday was. Reindeers didn't exactly need to know when they were born, let alone celebrate it in the form of a birthday, so he never really had one.

And then he remembered. It was a bit of a boring day back on Drum Island so many years ago, and he and the doctor were just toying around with that project of his that he was always going on about and telling Chopper of, when he had brought that same question up. Chopper of course, had told him that he didn't know what his birthday was.

So, he guessed it was only fair that the doctor give him one. To just have a name and a hat but no birthday didn't seem to fit. And ever since then, Chopper had stuck with it. And the explanation as to why he had given the reindeer that specific date... it was like the doctor said. 'It suits you.' He tilted his head back up to face Umi.

"It's December 24th!"