Well, I don't have bromide photos of Sasaki Nao nor am I going to put a blonde-haired Hondo Kaede considering I can't even think of how to justify her hair change (maybe present day meetup since flashback?), but yeah, I'll just settle with this. *giggles*

Okay okay hear me out: I did decide for the second half of the season and its stories already, so having this as ANOTHER birthday is merely a coincidence, apart from the TWO (2) other stories which I just did for the almost-week long special. This is going to be different, I promise you, because it has been somewhat peaceful(?) in this season of fanfics so far, so I thought so spice it up, it's someone's birthday next week anyways. *dabs*

Don't know who it is who would bring such chaos? Look no further then our friend met at the bar!! This one not as friendly as her friend is, but that doesn't stop her!!




Touyama Nao in a colorful dress holding a red balloon with one hand and putting her other hand to her lips
Aizawa Saya and I celebrated the birthday of our friend Touyama Nao at a VIP room provided by the bar owner. We told her to drop by in the evening while we secretly prepared during the day.

As Touyama-san stepped into the room as directed by the owner, we bombarded her with poppers and balloons, taking her by surprise. She thanked us for the gifts and birthday cake, and we sung the birthday song. She closed her eyes, made a wish, and blew out the candles.

I asked what she wished for as Saya-chan started cutting the cake. She took a balloon while pointing to her lip.

"I only have one wish!"

She described a person with a tall build, is especially nice to her, and who looks like they need a certain someone to take care of for the rest of their life. This caught Saya-chan's attention, who almost dropped the cake. She elaborated that she wants to hang out more with us as a lovely elder sister. I heaved a sigh of relief.

I hope Saya-chan told her that I am only available as a friend.




Yeah, natural to think that this is just "the grown-up group" even though you probably forgot Naobou here is older than both of us. *giggles* To be fair, I guess I didn't say that but Saya-chan probably calls her "Naobou-neesan", but I won't. Nao-san would've been good though, we are hitting the character limit real quick for this story. *laughs*

And yes, I totally intended the description of what Naobou wants to sound like she is referring to me, but if you have forgotten that Saya-chan is also rather tall (which would be *chef's kiss* for me as gf-) and is likely nicer to her than I ever would (lol), but yeah no, I will take care of Saya-chan for the rest of her life, if you don't mind. *dabs*

Unrelated, Naobou likely put a hiatus on her solo music artist career because of us. *laughs* Ah hey, we ain't got time to hang out if she is releasing new songs and rehearsing for a Budokan live, dude. *giggles* She needs more chill time which to be honest is also reflective of her real life, like, she should just hang out more with her friends like for example, look at what Nagae Rika is doing just that and not finding a soulmate. *laughs* Of course, I intend the story to sway into the romance direction, which will make you wonder why Saya-chan just panicked about what her dear friend just said. *wink*

P.S. I may not (or never) be able to buy anything from the Japanese Suruga-ya online store anymore, but I can still use the photos uploaded from them to- IS THAT MORE MAIMAI??!! I've got a brainwave from her first photobook, give me a sec season to make it happen. *dabs*