tomo's birthday
twitter short story (2015)
A cute short story posted for Tomo's birthday in 2015! Of course, Nao manages to creep in as usual... ♥
Sakaki/Nao confirmed omg
happy birthday, tomo!
Yuki: Tomo, are you there?
Tomo: Hm? What is it?
Yuki: Happy birthday, Tomo!
Tomo: Oh, it's today....
Yuki: You forgot your own birthday again, didn't you? Oh well.
Yuki: We all had a birthday party for you in the game. So today, maybe we could have it be just the two of us... I was thinking. I brought a birthday cake; let's eat it together.
Tomo: You just went meta.
Tomo: Oh well. Did you get that cake from Sonoda-san?
Yuki: Yeah, he sold it to me at a budget price for helping wash pots. I watched him make it and it looks really delicious. Something or other cream with something or other liqueur, and you use something or other method...
Tomo: You don't have to explain, so hurry and take it out of the box.
Yuki: I'm opening it. Ta-daaaaa!!!!!!!!!
Tomo: ........................................
Tomo: Yuki? What are all these candles stuck on top of the cake? Rather than a birthday cake, this looks more like a tofu for Hari-Kuyo.
Yuki: Tomo, you said you'd never celebrated a birthday just for yourself, didn't you? So I thought I'd put on enough to make up for all the birthdays you haven't celebrated. I stuck in all the candles you would have had up until now.
Tomo: So that's why there's so many candles.... Thanks.
Tomo: But isn't Sonoda-san crying that you covered his special cake in candles?
(aside) Sonoda: I am crying...
Yuki: Yeah... since he decorated it so prettily, I did think it would be bad, so I put the candles on in my own room.
Yuki: In my mental image, I planned for it to become prettier when I stuck them in, but there were so many. It ended up like this.
Yuki: Then, let's light them.
Yuki: Uwaaah! That's an incredible fire! Tomo, hurry and blow them out!!
Tomo: No, I can't blow this out!!
Tomo: Go get something that can smother it!
Yuki: I brought a bucket!!
Yuki: Eih!
Tomo: Is it out?
Yuki: It's out... it looks like.
Tomo: The cake got completely burned black.
Yuki: I'll take off the candles, maybe we can eat the inside, or something....
Tomo: And it was the cake you brought me special. I guess I can eat it, imagining what it looked like before this happened. *munch*
Yuki: I'll eat it too! *munch*
Tomo: .............
Yuki: .............
Yuki: I'm sorry, Mr. Cake....
Tomo: No, it's okay. This much isn't inedible. I guess I could consider a char-grilled tasting cake something new...
Yuki: Tomo, you don't have to force yourself. I'll apologize to Sonoda-san and ask him to make another cake.
Tomo: If you want to, how about we go eat cake off the school island? Since today is Saturday.
Yuki: Then, how about we eat a strawberry cream danish at my house?
Tomo: Oh, that sounds delicious.
Yuki: Alright! It's decided! Let's spend the night at my house. I think my mom and dad would celebrate your birthday.
Tomo: Yeah. Thanks, Yuki. Then, I'll send notice that we're staying out.
Sakaki: Kasahara, are you going out now?
Tomo: Oh, yes. I'm going to Yuki's house. You too, Professor, what are you doing coming to the student dorm on your day off?
Sakaki: Yeah, I thought I would give this to you.
Tomo: A jar of konpeito...? Professor Sakaki, why are you giving me this?
Sakaki: To be exact, it's from your older brother. Before, when I tried to quit smoking, he gave them to me. Think of it as something like sharing a memento.
Tomo: But isn't it wrong to give me something that Brother gave you...?
Sakaki: Don't worry about it. I still have several others like it. And in the end, I didn't quit smoking.
Tomo: Thank you. I accept it gratefully.
Sakaki: Yeah.
Yuki: How nice, Tomo. You got something good.
Tomo: That's right, I never thought I would get something from Brother. Oh, that means this isn't something that Professor Sakaki bought. I wish I had asked for something expensive....