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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
[Visitors to the Velvet Room are in for an unusual sight.
Gorb balloons. Streamers. Banners that not only read, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GORO AKECHI! but also...
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FRIENDSHIP!
This particular banner has cutesy illustrations of a normal Akechi and Falcon. Yes, really.
There are multiple, multi-layered cakes. One is an angel food cake, decorated to resemble Robin Hood. Then there's another cake, fashioned after Loki, with lovingly decorated dazzle camouflage frosting. Inside is a heavenly red velvet.
Lastly, there's a purely chocolate delight, patterned after Hereward.
There are even little Gorb cupcakes, designed to look like the myriad Akechis resident in the Velvet Room. Fresh brewed coffee and Jazz Jin mocktails await those who seek a beverage, and there's even some curry. How thoughtful!
So... care to mingle?]
Gorb balloons. Streamers. Banners that not only read, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GORO AKECHI! but also...
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FRIENDSHIP!
This particular banner has cutesy illustrations of a normal Akechi and Falcon. Yes, really.
There are multiple, multi-layered cakes. One is an angel food cake, decorated to resemble Robin Hood. Then there's another cake, fashioned after Loki, with lovingly decorated dazzle camouflage frosting. Inside is a heavenly red velvet.
Lastly, there's a purely chocolate delight, patterned after Hereward.
There are even little Gorb cupcakes, designed to look like the myriad Akechis resident in the Velvet Room. Fresh brewed coffee and Jazz Jin mocktails await those who seek a beverage, and there's even some curry. How thoughtful!
So... care to mingle?]
back at home
As soon as Goro and Crow are out the door of their house, Ren closes it. Dramatically. With a bang.
"What do you MEAN," he gasps, sliding to the floor, mind racing a million miles an hour. "What do you MEAN today is his birthday?!?"
His older self, the dumb fartbreath, just chuckles. "It's June 2nd. Goro's birthday...according to this world, anyway."
"No shiz!!" Ren grasps at the door. "That still means it's his birday!! And you didn't tell me!!"
Oh god. Oh god. His voice cracks. It cracks so bad it hurts.
Joker, freaking JOKER, thinks it's ok to crouch down next to him!
"We celebrate it later, little guy." Why is he so smug?? Why does he know EVERYTHING?? I'll kill you with my eyes. I can!! "You can take a breath."
Joker reaches out and-- and-- just SCREW HIM!! RARGH!!
Ren's foot flashes out and he nails stupid freaking JOKER. Nails him where it hurts on guys like them.
With a yelp, Joker crumples, faceplanting on the floor. It's what you deserve, you stupid dumb fricking frick!!!
"Hah-- ow--"
"Do I really grow up into such an idiot?" He's gotta roll his eyes and sigh.
"Listen. Dude," Joker wheezes, between gasps and little wiggles. Ren tucks his foot back by his side. "I do try to give you. Priva- privacy."
"Oh, really?"
"Yes. Yes, really."
A beat.
"Ow..." Joker rolls over on his side. "God...you have a strong kick."
Ren flicks the top of Joker's head, unimpressed. "Better than you."
"Gah." Joker can't even manage a flinch, curled in on himself. It's better when he hurts too much to be a smartalecky teen. "Ok. Lesson learned...tell you birthdays."
"Tell me our BOYFRIENDS' birthdays," Ren corrects. "I don't give a rotten husk 'bout anyone else's."
"Ain't that right, little gu--" Ren interrupts him with another flick. "Not little guy. Ok...me."
"Bout time you stopped with that nickname anyways," Ren grumbles.
Grump, grump, grump. Arms crossed in pouting position.
"Y...y'ain't chosen one fer yerself, kiddo."
"I don' need one, seein' as yer a stupid sonofacow."
"Ego don't make good fertilizer, dude," Joker points out, grimacing. "It ain't make no good crops, either."
"My ego don't make good fertilizer... wise words, Cropfucius."
"Yer jus mad 'cause the clouds bring rain," Joker huffs.
"And my boyfriend's birthday!"
Joker lets out a long sigh. "And our boyfriends' birthday."
Another moment passes. Ren's heart beats slower, but it still thumps loudly in his chest. He can even count the beats.
Several heartbeats later, Joker groans again, into the silence.
"Old man."
"Young whippersnapper." Cringing something mighty, Joker rolls over, delicately protecting his...delicate bits, wincing as he sits up. "We can't just lie here forever."
Immediately, Ren digs in deeper. "Maybe you can't--"
"You really wanna force Raven and Crow and Hiro and Shiro to crawl in through the window?" Joker deadpans. "On their birthday?"
Frick. He's gotta point.
"Listen." Even in his compromised state, Joker holds out a hand. "I'm sorry, ok? We really don't celebrate it now. It's in a few more months...me and Crow and Hiro didn't even have much planned for today. But. We can...still do something. And that starts with you getting off the floor."
Reluctantly, Ren takes Joker's hand. He doesn't even pull him down to the floor when he uses it to help himself up.
"See? That wasn't...so bad."
Hmm. "I'm taller than you right now."
Joker gives him a strained smile. "What I was trying to say is...I'm...happy to help with whatever I can, ok?"
Grumble, grump. "Ok."
"Why don't I go get some painkillers and you think over your master plan for today, little...me." Joker pats Ren's head.
Ren freezes. "Uhh." My master plan. Right.
"Just get thinkin'." Joker straightens up as much as he can, leaning on the wall for support. "You'll have a good one in no time..."
Yikes. Joker's shuffle is so awkward...a twinge of pity plucks at Ren's heart, and...yeah, he grabs Joker's arm and slings it over his shoulder. "Not without you, old man. So I think first..."