Of Birthdays and Things (Future dated to the 27th)

[terrificmachoemperor]

Characters: Kanji and anyone else who wants to join up in the later threads / leave Naoto presents if they know her and/or want to talk with Kanji that day.
Setting: Naoto's Dorm
Format: Action but any is good
Summary: It's NAOTO'S BIRTHDAY. And this is Kanji.
Warnings: FLUFFY THINGS

[Well, it is April 27th somewhere. Kanji was the type of guy to have the entire team's birthdays noted down (even if he never said that publicly of course). If the tower didn't have the exact same dates, Kanji was pretending not to notice. The system seemed to be working out on a 24 hour system, and technically, today was someone's birthday.

Granted he would have gone overboard for any of the team's birthdays, especially here, especially now, but considering it was Naoto's and he had only seen her again for the past four giving him only three days, Kanji had worked with a surprising amount of zeal and fury despite his normal patrols of the floors.

If you were expecting the master of sneaking, Kanji certainly wasn't and so picked a time when no one was in the room to leave his presents before running out as fast as his legs could carry him. It wasn't that he didn't want to see her reaction, but a tiny part of him was afraid she might not like it or....you know it was better if she came to talk to him afterwards?

Perfect Kanji logic.

And thus, when Naoto opened her room, she would find a fluffy doll sitting on her bed, about twice the size of her hands. There as a bow attached to it, along with a small package of what looked like a small package of animal crackers (one of the last he had found in his trunk, truthfully). No note, no message.



But seriously, it wouldn't be hard to guess who this was from?
Happy Birthday, Naoto Shirogane.]

Comments

Backdated to the 26th like a baws.

[idkmybffsakuraiyuuto]

[So Deneb is all up in the kitchen, rooting around in the various cooking supplies and muttering to himself while he tries to figure out something that can be done with what they have that would be different than what's normally served.]

Such limiting ingredients...

[terrificmachoemperor]

[So Kanji asked Yu if he felt like making a cake for Naoto. If they could get some of the ingredients from the restaurant, they could at the very least attempt to make a cake. The problem was that 1)Chie should never, ever find out because Chie should not be in the kitchen considering they had no recipe book 2)Yosuke...could he even cook? Kanji didn't know. Regardless, it was just him and Yu, and it was an idea suggested during their tower patrolling together. Sorry guys. Besides, if they were two, it would go faster and he could go back to his sewing.

As he stepped inside, he did notice WATERMELON GUY there. Well if people could be here it was good news.]

Hey! Uh...I don't even think I got your name last time. You come here often?

[pitiedthefool]

[Yu agreed to it, obviously, both to the cake and he doubted it was a good idea to involve Chie since... yeah. He remembers the camping trip, the omelets and the fact that there is no recipe book. Also... he isn't really sure that Yosuke can cook, either. His bad, bro. So he's silently following for a moment, until Kanji notices someone who seems familiar to him.

He gives his underclassman a nod to go ahead and speak with him; he'll look for the ingredients they need while he does.]

[idkmybffsakuraiyuuto]

[Oh! It's that fellow who ruins watermelon he met at that party! And someone he does not know. Deneb turns, and bows slightly to both of them.]

I am Deneb, and yes - I prefer to prepare my own food rather than take what this place prepares for us. [A beat.] I know it seems a bit ungrateful, but nothing here has shown me any reason to show our keepers gratitude.

[terrificmachoemperor]

[Kanji shrugs back. ALSO THAT IS THE RIGHT WAY TO EAT A WATERMELON]

Considering all the shit that's happened? I feel the same way.

[He points at Yu.]

Name's Kanji Tatsumi by the way. That's Yu Narukami. We're here to see if we can get the ingredients to bake her a cake for her birthday. You seen any flour or honey around?

[pitiedthefool]

Nice to meet you, Deneb-san.

[YU WOULD BEG TO DIFFER BUT OH WELL, HE EATS ALMOST ANYTHING ANYWAY He nods slightly over to him in greeting, having found a few things they could use. Back to being quiet again...]

[princeofjunes]

[Yosuke certainly hadn't intended to see Kanji put his plan into action. It was probably only a matter of luck that he wasn't noticed in Kanji's nervous state as he went into Naoto's room with what was obviously some sort of gift. If anything, his suspicions were only confirmed when the boy in question came running out of the room like a bat out of hell. And honestly, it's a sweet gesture! Leaving a present for her, even in a place like this, with everything going on. There's even a pang of jealousy at Kanji's courage to go through with it]

[Of course in Yosuke's head, every good thought is accompanied by at least one terrible one. Today's order of business?]

[Tease Kanji Tatsumi]

[It's not hard to follow him - he's hardly inconspicuous - and a few minutes after Kanji's getaway, the young man with a death wish finds himself in the same room as the artist, with a grin on his face]

I'm starting to think no one on the team is really cut out for a stealth mission. You sure as hell didn't do any better than me.

1/3

[terrificmachoemperor]

[And Kanji hadn't noticed Yosuke walking behind him either, as he turns around in surprise that someone was there with an 'oh shit' caught with his hand in the cookie jay look plastered upon his face. ]

AHHHH!

...wait...SENPAI? What the hell are you doing here?!

[terrificmachoemperor]

[Wait a minute. Just let his brain catch up here...stealth mission? He didn't remember Yu ordering a stealth mission when he was with the team at all...unless....]

[terrificmachoemperor]

[SONOFABITCH he means that time they spied on him and Naoto ISN'T HE?

ISN'T HE?! Dude that's just...that's just...THAT WAS A STEALTH MISSION?!

MAN!!

YOU

ARE

SO

DEAD.

Kanji grabs the fellow student by the collar and looks like he's about to punch his stomach in with the pent up anger he never did get to release that day, today's emotional turmoil and Yosuke just being Yosuke.]

The hell you implying, exactly?

[You have three full seconds to explain yourself before Kanji begin your LESSON IN PAIN.]

Comment spam for a comment spam 1/?

[princeofjunes]

[Why is he here? For the joys of teasing you, Kanji! In fact he's just about to start when-]

[princeofjunes]

[-wait why are you grabbing the collar-]

[princeofjunes]

[-OH GOD WHY DOES HE LOOK LIKE I JUST KICKED HIS KITTEN-]

Done!

[princeofjunes]

[-OH SHIT WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!]

[He... he just meant that Kanji sucks at stealth! Is he really mad about that? Is he mad about something else? But he didn't start teasing yet! Oh god what is he mad about what do what do what do AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!]

I-I'm not implying anything! I'm just saying your tall and you stick out and running down the halls draws attention! Shit, I didn't even really tease you yet!

too beautiful

[terrificmachoemperor]

[WHAT'S GOING ON IS HELL YOSUKE. But at least Kanji loosens the grip so you aren't dangling at his mercy.]

Like hell you weren't! I still remember that shit you guys pulled spying on me.

[And all the shit you tend to pull on him anyway.]

I ain't in the mood for fooling around today, Yosuke.

[princeofjunes]

[... wait, so that's what the hell he was talking about?]

[Really?]

Wait, that? Dude, we thought you were going to be kidnapped! It was that or go up to you and say "Hey, you don't know us but we think you're going to get thrown into a weird TV world."

Tell me with a straight face we could have done that and your first thought wouldn't have been "These guys are on drugs."

[terrificmachoemperor]

[Yes it was.

Really.]

Like hell, you don't know what I would have said! I might have thought you were all insane, but at least it would have been nice if someone had explained something to me! Everyone in Inuba was just scared shitless of me and never bothered talking!

[Wow. That is...sorta sad.]

I'LL DO MY OTHER TAGS LATER

[cantstopme]

[Right now it's KANJI TIME

O-oh; you sure did run right past your little bro, Kanji - but don't worry, he's turning around and running after you to catch up.]

Kanji! What're you up to?

[Why you runnin' from someone's room like that bro 8|]

I ACCEPT THIS

[terrificmachoemperor]

[I just wish I had gotten a notif earlier

And of course, Kanji takes this the right, manly way.]

Ahhh! ...Geeze kid, you nearly scared the daylights out of me! I could have accidentally hit you!

[A pause while he repeats the second part in his head and blushes slightly.]

O-oh uh. It's a friend's birthday.

/CONTINUES WITH THIS TRAIN OF THOUGHT

[cantstopme]

[Awww, Kanji; that just gets a little giggle from the kid.]

Don't worry! I know you wouldn't have meant it, if you did.

[But oh - a birthday!!!]

Who's birthday is it? Are they gonna get lots of presents?
Should we make them a big pot of soup, like my grandma does on my birthday?

Oh - is there going to be a party? When there was a birthday back home, everyone on the island went out on the beach to celebrate!

/OMG WHY ARE YOU SO ADORABLE

[get_bent]

[He rubs the back of his head nervously as he walks AWAY FROM THAT DOOR as much as possible to give it some distance.]

Actually, i-it's Naoto's birthday . You remember her from the ones I named? She came back in the tower four days ago.

[And he gets a flashback from that and aergeth more flushing as he's pelted with more questions. Soup? He only got soup for his birthday?]

A-actually I made her a few of them and left it on her bed. W-we're making her a cake, me and Yu later this afternoon. Never served soup to someone for their birthday before...

...wait a party?!

[He hadn't really thought about this but...]

A-actually, Naoto's not the type of person who would like that much attention directed on her.

[He can only recall her comments about hating being in the limelight on television and the beauty contest---GDIT BODY STOP MAKING HIS FACE SO RED.]

... DO YOU MEAN ME OR LINK

[cantstopme]

[No not just soup!!! He also got his hero's tunic and his sister kidnapped. 8|]

So... she's gettin' lots of presents, and a cake, but no soup and no party?

My grandma always made soup on my birthday!

[You already said that, sweetie.]

But it's okay if she's not the kinda person who likes parties - I'm sure she'll like it all anyway, since they're from her friends!

Should I draw her a picture, you think?

[dragonspooker]

[Lina was on her way up to her own room when she passed by this particular floor - and saw a fellow bolting out of the third room.

Third room.

Girls' rooms are the odd-numbered ones.

SUSPICIOUS.

Lina struts up right in Kanji's path, and glares up at him with all the suspicion and defiance that she can muster - which despite being a shrimpy fifteen-year-old is a hell of a lot.]

HEY, WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA, RUNNING OUT OF A GIRLS' ROOM LIKE THAT?! WERE YOU PEEPING?!

[get_bent]

[!!! Who are you tiny lady.]

What the--HEY!

[He's already blushing, and also sticking his fist out angrily.]

--The hell?! I ain't peeping, I was giving a friend a birthday present!

[dragonspooker]

[YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE.]

[Thankfully Lina is not some other people from her series, so Kanji is spared innuendos about 'birthday presents'.]

Really? Never seen someone run away from giving a birthday present to someone...