"Huh, it's my birthday today..."
Rui remembered this not when he woke up, but more like in the middle of the day when he was in the middle of working on one of his inventions. Oops. It's not liked he really cared, anyway...
Ah... maybe I'll just buy myself a treat for today. It's not like I've done much in other years-
DZZT!
He picked up his phone.
Mizuki: Rui
Mizuki: Rui come to the Wonderstage
Rui: ??? Why
Rui: I thought we didn't have rehearsals today
Mizuki: just come anyway
Mizuki: there's
Mizuki: there's some costumes I want you to try
Hm, strange. Wouldn't they have let him know a few days beforehand in their excitement..?
Sighing, he stood up and pulled on a jacket. Might as well go anyway. He was pretty bored.
When he arrived at the Wonderstage, it was oddly quiet and empty.
...I thought Mizuki wanted me to come over?
He walked up to the stage. Maybe they're backstage..?
As he clambered up the stage, a realization hit him.
...OH!
Aw, he didn't want to ruin their surprise! He would just have to pretend, he supposed...
"SURPRISE!"
"Aw, you guys..!"
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RUI!"
He laughed, albeit slightly awkwardly, scratching the back of his neck.
(He had figured out their surprise on the way in, after all.)
Strung from the walls was a banner with "HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUI" written on it in rainbow marker and almost illegible handwriting. Around the room were balloons haphazardly thrown around in ugly shapes, as if the person who tried to shape them didn't actually know how to and just winged it.
(He appreciated the effort, though.)
"Rui, look!" Mizuki gestured to the table. "We even tried baking some things, take your pick! There's cookies, cupcakes..."
Saki interrupted them. "Onii-chan and I even made a cake! It's purple, to match your hair."
Rui took a closer look. The cake had purple and cyan icing on it, another happy birthday greeting written in icing on the top.
"We also invited Tsukasa and An here," Kohane said, as the two waved from behing her.
"We also got your friend childhood friend Nene!" Mizuki exclaimed, "see, look at all the guests we brought! You know, it was really hard to convince Saki to let her bring-"
"Sh, shh! He doesn't need to know that!"
While his friends bickered, Rui let himself smile.
He didn't have to spend this year's birthday alone.
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𝓞𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓤𝓹𝓸𝓷 𝓪 𝓦𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻
Fanfiction《"𝓦𝓮'𝓻𝓮 𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓪 𝓯𝓪𝓲𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓮, 𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓷'𝓽 𝔀𝓮?"》- Small bits and pieces of my prsk swap au, starring Once Upon a Wonder ♡♡ Edit 5/8/22: note that some of these snippets may not be entirely canon to the au anymore bcs the lore...
