The dining room was packed, family and friends surrounding the tiny table with their phones already out, recording the entire interaction. In the middle was the birthday boy with his birthday cake in front of him as everyone sang the familiar song in unison.

There was a big smile on his face, his gaze flickering between everyone that in turn had their eyes on him. His beautiful brown eyes twinkled with happiness and joy, feeling so grateful to be able to experience this.

As the song came to an end, everyone cheered, various voices could be heard urging the boy to cut the cake already, everyone excited to see who received the first slice. The boy listened, happily cutting the cake as everyone around him barked in glee.

The second the first slice was cut, everyone silenced up real quick, whispering amongst themselves, playfully bickering about who should get it.

His eyes once again roam over everyone, from his little cousins to his nephews and nieces, siblings and finally... you. They stayed there, brown eyes locking with your own beautiful ones, nothing but love filling his gaze. Your eyes widen when the plate is handed to you, heart racing as you realized the implication.

"Don't cry, baby.." he murmured sweetly, already sensing the tears that were more than likely ready to stain your cheeks.

Before you could even react or respond, everyone around you started cheering as you received it, some(most of them) having already guessed that you would've been the one to receive it. In the midst of the wonderful chaos, you could've sworn you saw two of his cousins, one cheering as he received money while the other acted in faux annoyance that he lost. They had bet on it.