▸ a happy happy birthday

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Characters: Minako Arisato and Shinjiro Aragaki; open for others
Setting: Random place until Minako finds Shinji.
Format: Either or.
Summary: It's Shinji's birthday, and Minako wants to celebrate with him. Shinji is feeling the loss of Akihiko being gone. BACKDATED TO THE 11TH.
Warnings: Half fluff, half angst. It should stay PG13.

[Shinji's birthday is today, and boy does Minako have a lot of things planned for him. Her day had started after waking up at 5:30am, with cake baking at 6am, and present preparing at 8am. By the time 9 had rolled around, she was pretty tired.

Shinji wouldn't mind if she took a little time to eat breakfast. In fact, he'd probably demand that she do that, so Minako heads down to the the cafeteria to grab a bite to eat before she looks for him.]

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[She stands outside, rocking on her heels and thinking as she waits. This time last year (well, last year for her and him), Akihiko had probably visited Shinji for his birthday, huh...

Minako's thoughts linger to the rabbit doll that's in her room right now, and she closes her eyes. Even if it hadn't been their Akihiko, persay, she'd been hoping that he and Shinji would reconnect. For the two of them to have each other as pillars of support while they were here. So much for that.

She quickly opens her eyes and smiles at him when he comes out. She falls into step beside him as she leads them to the stairs.]

Okay, be honest with me...how many of those coats do you have in your trunk?

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[It wasn't the type of question he was expecting of her, so he stops walking for a few seconds before he honestly answers.]

...The coat's one-of-a-kind.

[He might have bought one and done a few modifications to it. Yes he cleans it when he can, but it's a coat, okay.]

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Darn. [She laughs and practically bounces down the stairs.] I wanted one for myself. Or maybe I could just make my own in the workshop.