Stupid birthday.

Maki’s never liked it. The Zenin clan were never exactly the warm and fuzzy type so it wasn’t much of a celebration. She never got the birthday cake and the gifts and the streamers. She didn’t get anything and now without her sister, the day was even more bleak. She didn’t even tell anyone it was her birthday except Nobara.

She unlocks the door to her dorm. Damn it.

She knew telling her was a mistake. You must’ve heard from her or did some digging of your own, because why else would the dorm look like this? There’s balloons all over her bed and a pile of gifts in the middle, the desk is decorated with streamers and music plays from the stereo, and in the center of it all stands you with a cake, cone birthday hat, and a dopey smile on your face.

This is so annoying and it’ll be so much work to clean up and yet… Maki can’t help but feel a little bubble in her stomach at the thought of a real birthday. A real birthday celebrated with you.

“What… what is all this?”

She’s trying her best to sound annoyed.