Tokyo, Thursday Morning

[withoutverona]

Veteran's Day wasn't a holiday in Japan -- and neither, despite his wishes to the contrary, was Romeo's 20th birthday. The result was that he had to sit through a dismal economic theory lecture, and a slightly less dismal hour discussing the history of Enlightenment philosophy

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[dojima_hime]

Well it was a holiday in the Montague-Dōjima household, that was for sure.

"Tanjoubi omedetou!" Yurika didn't cook. Romeo knew Yurika didn't cook. Which is why instead of a typical cake, she'd gone out and gotten BIRTHDAY CUPCAKES.

Three dozen Pina Colada cupcakes, to be exact, topped with Malibu rum buttercream and toasted coconut with bright umbrellas in Vernoa colors and balanced on a tray as she sauntered in.

[withoutverona]

"Thank you, love!" Romeo turned toward her, looking utterly delighted.

Possibly in part by the fact she hadn't tried to cook, but mostly buy the cupcakes. All the cupcakes. "Are those truly just for the two of us?" he asked.

He might have been turning 20, but in some ways Romeo was, and would ever remain, five.

[dojima_hime]

"Hai!" Yurika tossed off a cheerful salute. "All for you, aijin, unless you want to share them with someone! Like, oh, me!"

[withoutverona]

"Of course!" Romeo said indulgently. "I get two dozen, you get one dozen -- there's a fair bargain."

He might have been laughing a bit. Hard to tell, when he was intent on cramming the first of his two dozen into his mouth, scattering coconut shavings on the new suit.

[the_merriest]

Hark! Lo! Round about midday, there was a very excited knocking on the apartment door! With some very excited rustling of packages and possibly excited rustling of luggage, and some definitely excited whispers hinting that perhaps there were not one, but two people in the hallway!

Dojima had called the rest of the Posse, and the rest of the Posse was not going to disappoint. Not on Romeo's birthday.

Knock knock!!

[withoutverona]

Romeo finished his third cupcake and went to get the door. He tried to sweep Rikku into a hug before he'd even said anything. "Is there a greater holiday than my birthday, or do my eyes deceive me?"

[raspberryturk]

"Looks to me like your birthday's comin' in first place, yo," Reno noted, smirking a little from just behind Rikku. "Anyhow, I don't pay a hell of a lotta attention to the other shit. Birthdays? They make sense enough, zoto."

What was with those other Earth holidays, anyhow? Reno didn't get it.

[dojima_hime]

"Happy birthday, aijin." Oh yes, Yurika was laughing. "Why did you think I got us so many cupcakes? You aren't allowed to eat them all!"