Another day in mid November came... His friends vaguely knew what the 11th of this month was but they didn't dare bring it up with him, knowing what events happened all those years ago.

You, however, were a newer friend of Kinich's, and after bribing Ajaw with some time to fight monsters with you, he told you the one thing that would get this man to slightly budge about his birthday...

You burst into the room with a sing song voice and placed a cupcake with a candle on his desk, but his reaction wasn't what you expected

"Have it. I don't care for these yearly trivialities" he pushed the cake back to you. You tried to offer it again, telling him it was his favorite type of cake, but flinched when he scolded you to leave him alone before turning away.

Kinich sighed once he heard the door close and pressed his lips together in a rare concealing of his tears. Ajaw, of course, tried to humble him but got swatted to Celestia instead. One thought was bugging his mind

'should I let them try to make my birthday happy again..?'