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[ They smile when Lucifer expresses his love for his siblings because how could they not? The fact that he can say it out loud is a testament to how close he is to his brothers, whether they're here or not. Doubly so, now, they want him to be reunited with all of them...

would that be his birthday wish?

They really wish they could grant it, if so, and if not. ]

-—another day! Today's your day! It's your birthday and— and I didn't really know what to do about a present... so I thought of what I would want the most and what I would want is to spend time with you.

[ bwah--

Maybe he's joking, we don't know. ]

The leash won't- [ ... ] Never mind. What other ideas did you have? Cupcakes?

( joking... sure... )

It'd look cute on Senpai, I think. ( even if it didn't do anything?

anyway: )

... cupcakes are still only your idea, Rocchi. So innocent. ( there, she'll even pinch his cheek. so cute!! ) But no! I want something scandalous that'll bring in the money! Like a host club! Or a maid cafe!! Maybe a mix of the two, so we can put everyone to work!

[Naturally, he'd love to be reunited with his ~~gremlin~~ siblings. But he understands, and at the end of the day, not being here is probably better for literally everyone, because he doesn't doubt for a second that Mammon would steal people's PDAs and run an illegal snack gambling ring for money.

Anyway enough about that! This kid is killing him, he's actively perishing. How dare they be so precious in front of him?]

Ha! I definitely don't require a gift, but the sentiment is appreciated. Alright, what would you like to do, then? I have all day.

[ never mind the leash, Rika needs handcuffs ]

Cupcakes bring in money...

[ Cheap to make in batches and you can sell them for like $5 each ]

Either way, you'd better have dome good friends willing to do the legwork making that sort of stuff happen. All this for an old dorm when we could build a blanket fort in a classroom.

( hold her arms down yourself coward )

But it's boooooooooooooooring!! I want something that'll make my heart skip a beat! ( she huffs, stubbornly.

what is there to cupcakes... nothing. profit margin, maybe, but that's not nearly dramatic or exciting enough to make her interested. that kind of a practical idea should be taken to someone who cares about practicality in the first place. )

Don't worry, we're all pretty desperate. I mean... that's not a long term solution for our current living condition, but the dorms are.

Um! Uh...

[ They look a bit put on the spot, since it isn't their birthday but Lucifer's and this is like their wish being granted— but if Lucifer is willing, they are absolutely not going to turn him down, shuffling closer instead and looking up at him with bright eyes. ]

I want to hear more about you and your brothers! Your favorite stories! It'll be like they're right here with us!

[ Without all the danger of being here, but it'll still feel like they're there in this room sharing in celebrating Lucifer. ]

( Right, she's also just a girl. Not a very ordinary one, but a girl all the same.

Still though, doesn't he feel special — maybe a little, and he sighs as if this is truly the worst thing in the world. It isn't, but Wataru's dramatics have rubbed off on him in the past year. )

You're RIGHT, and I wouldn't want you to get in trouBLE. ( Or give her more reasons to distrust him... but it isn't like she completely distrusts him anyway, right? Natsume sets that aside to consider later. He's doing that a lot lately, not just with her. ) ...I'll think of someTHING.

( Lemon cookies. Perfume. Origami flowers. A bomb. A free punch. Acting like nothing happened. A folding fan, for the heat. )

Or maybe noTHING. ( Hmmmmm. Well. Quieter, not looking at Hiro but at the hope meat, he's going to pick it back up while he simply says: ) ...Thank YOU.

( For agreeing to try again? For talking to him? For the help? Thank you all the same. )

[she has reached an appropriate threshold of certainty that the action won't cause further murders, and has made a decision.

she's managed to figure out what class Nao is in, and she shows up at the end of the school day, waiting until the inevitable point that Nao notices her (people always notice her she is pink) and then waving her arm violently in what definitely is meant to be a friendly greeting.]

Hey! Hey, over here!

( help, i just realized i didn't even put a proper date, but you know what i want chiaki to have cake because this just means she's one of the demons... an imp.

but alright, he wastes no time with one more knock — )

Kudo-san?

( he closes the door behind him until he hears it click, and he takes a step forward close to her. is this a bad time that he's bothering her when she's eating? let's pray. )

Can I borrow about fifteen minutes of your time?

( nene just giggles, shaking her head. )

When it's fully grown, the pistil- the center part the petals grow around- is going to be larger and kind of like a dome? and the petals will wort of sloop downward, like a cone. It's still getting there, though- it was only planted a bit ago.

( also hey fun fact did you know purple coneflowers have been used for centuries as treatment for colds and cold symptoms? i just thought that was very interesting. )

I'm really excited to see how it grows!

[ God... He doesn't know what to do once he's alone --

Other than to pretend to make a phone call. Whether or not he can make it seem believable is another thing; Hajun pauses, imagining pulling his phone from his pocket and finding his father's contact information.

For a moment his stomach twists. Disgusting. ]

Hello, father? [ It feels so foreign to sound as if he's earnestly speaking to a parent. Disgusting. He wants to shed his skin for something new, feeling as if it's gathering grime somehow by pretending to be someone he's not -- and this doesn't usually happen at all. ] I was curious if I could spend time with a friend after school today? ... Mm, yes I -- [ He can actually hear his own father's voice in his head, bile building in the back of his throat. ] I'm not planning to skip out on my studies, I was only curious. If you're saying I can't go then it's not a problem.

[ He feels like he's going to throw up. He's going to lose it. Hajun might tear his hair out of his head...

He breathes deep, sighs out and opens the door. If Chiaki's there he's going to scream a little bit. ]

[It's not their birthday but Lucifer is too old to care about such things anyway. The things that he considers sentimental and special aren't based in age-old traditions, not anymore anyway.]

Alright, let's sit down. Let me think for a moment...

[Shoves a bite of tiramisu into his mouth, contemplates... what tales can he tell that are appropriate for teenagers? Nothing involving Asmodeus too heavily... oh, but there's—]

Back at our, er, other school, before I came here... there was once a time we had to put on a musical for a book series that Leviathan is particularly fond of and that was, rather ironically, also written by a friend of ours. This naturally required those of us with no musical experience to learn how to sing and dance, which was the majority of it.

Mammon, being the best dancer among us, had to grill us on dance routines... I'd never known him to be such a hardass about things until the moment he was given the freedom to instruct us all in dancing. I believe if I tried it now, I could still do the splits. It's been a while.

Halfway through the production, we had a cast member not from my immediate family leave the production, and the script had to be rewritten slightly. It could have been a disaster of untold proportions had those of us remaining not re-learnt all of our lines and roles practically overnight to prepare for further rehearsals. I had to get in a sword fight with Leviathan for one of our scenes, and Levi can be... I don't want to say a bit of a pushover, since he used to be a navy admiral, but he's not quite as physically strong as I am.

[Lucifer, casually: Yeah my brother was the admiral of Hell's Navy back in the day don't worry about it.]

I wasn't trying to make it into an actual fight, but I don't skimp for realism either. Oh, and... we had to do that entire thing while singing. I've been in sword fights before, but never while dancing and singing...

[ aflskjh I just accepted everybody is just here for Lucifer's birthday cake, I would also come to school on a weekend for birthday tiramisu. ]

Nope.

[ It can't even be said that he's bothering her, when she's just curled up by one of the windows with a half eaten cake on the plate on her lap, back against the windowpane as she licks her plastic fork clean in case she needs to stab with it. ]

[ It's impossible not to notice Steph, but it isn't impossible to ignore her, Nao turning away and staring at her empty desk as if she hadn't spent the last solid three seconds looking at Steph, mortified. ]

[mortified looks count as acknowledgement HAHA GOTTEM

thus acknowledged (???), she skips up to her desk and stands in front, rocking on her heels.]

I have a present for you! [c'mon everybody likes presents even very grumpy people she knows this well.]

...What is it?

[ With great reluctance, Nao looks up from her desk and at Stephanie, steeling herself like a hardened veteran with years of experience of little kids claiming to have presents and then shoving forth a handful of worms. ]

I found it in my locker when I got here. [which doesn't mean it's NOT worms.

she reaches into her school bag and takes out what appears to be a pile of notebook paper, all bunched up in a sort of rectangle shape. except also the paper has little flower drawings on it? she places it, gingerly, on the desk.]

He said it belonged to you. I thought you'd like it back.

[ Please give her a bomb--

Hiro settles back, leaning against his knees as he looks over at Natsume, meeting the thank you with silence and not quite a smile on his face but dipping his head in a nod. They're friends, or something like that, so of course he would help. ]

[ His idea was a good idea... They could do another gladiator death match? Sure to get hearts skipping.

Anyways, he looks like he's about to say something about the dorms, but he's not going to say something about the dorms. They're fine. ]

Good luck.

[ Really not his problem ]

[ All they know is that flowers are pretty and smell nice, any practical use is beyond them, let alone just how much variety there is in flowers. ]

Huh... Me too! I can't really envision it, so I wanna see it when it's all grown up! Will you let me know?

[ She's there. Right up against the doorway without the presence of mind to skitter back a little to give Hajun space. ]

You called me a friend.

[ There's no accusation in her voice; instead, she sound a little... happy? hopeful? bewildered. A friend instead of a classmate or a stranger. A friend.

Nobody tell her every word that came from Hajun's mouth was a lie. ]

( and he'd take part? absolutely not. )

Hmm... ? Rocchi, you don't seem very excited about the idea. ( she narrows her eyes up at him, pouting.

at least praise her for creativity... or say you want to see her in meido... dummy. )

[ What the heck? Yogen has gladiator battles but so what? this other school gets swordfight musicals and nothing could be cooler. There's amazement clear in their eyes but also... envy. Yearning. The want to be a part of something like that, that sounds so fantastical that it's hard to believe it's true if not for the fact that Lucifer is telling the story. ]

I wish I could see... Did you have a solo? Can you show us a dance? If you need a partner, I'm good with sticks and stuff!

Of course!! ( she's so excited? plants!!! flowers!!! ) Oh- right, you were interested in herbs, right? Most of them are super easy to grow, they're really good beginner plants... but if you want, I just need the supplies, and I can handle it.

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