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[tempredmental]

who: Keith tempredmental, Shiro lionunchained, party guests (and robot lions)
what: Shiro's birthday (mingle!)
when: March 1st
where: Keith and Shiro's house
warnings: None at the moment? I'll edit if it looks like something might come up.
notes: Keith would have invited all of Shiro's positive CR. Party crashers are cool. If you're not sure if your character would have had an invite, you can check with either me duches77 or 9_in_japanese. Keith might have also asked for some help gathering snacks and other things when he invited people. He definitely got the cake on his own, though.

[Keith had made a bunch of calls leading up to this. And now everything was set. It was sort of surprise in that he hadn't told Shiro that there was going to be a party, but he also didn't have everyone arriving before him to jump out. Jumping out would likely be bad, so he set it up so that it would be just him and the Lions when Shiro got back to a decorated house, and then people would start arriving after that.

Once the party got going, there would be music and snacks and cake and presents and games. For someone who doesn't like to be social, Keith actually managed to pull off a half-decent party when he had the right motivation. It wasn't a huge affair, though, kind of low-key and chill. People could relax and do whatever.

Afterwards, Keith wouldn't ask for help cleaning up, but he wouldn't turn it down, either, if someone wanted to be nice and pitch in.]

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Closed to Shiro - Pre-Party

[tempredmental]

[Keith was actually a little nervous, and kind of excited. He had Shiro's present ready and wanted to give it to him while no one else was around. He also was really hoping Shiro wasn't going to kill him for this...

Black had attempted to reassure Keith that this was okay, and that Shiro would be surprised, but appreciate the effort put into it. Keith hoped so...

He paced a little as he waited for Shiro to get in.]

[lionunchained]

[Shiro had gone out for a bit earlier in the day. He had pretty much ignored (or forgotten) today was supposed to be his birthday so when he arrived home, he wasn't suspecting a thing.

And of course when he walked in the first thing he saw was Keith pacing]

Hey, Keith. Everything alright?

[tempredmental]

Yeah, yeah... it's fine.

[He smiled a bit, looking a little nervous.]

I uh... Well, happy birthday.

[See? The main living space was decorated! And no six-year-old jokes! Red nudged Shiro's hand, wearing the party hat again.]

I wanted to do something of a surprise party, but I figured that might be a little too much, so it's sort of a surprise. Everyone's coming by later.

[lionunchained]

[Shiro looked around at the living space, noticing the decorations and smiled. It meant a lot to him that Keith had done something like this. And he was really happy there were no "Shiro is six" jokes. He was used to those and they got old very quickly]

I really appreciate that. Thank you. Yeah, surprise wouldn't have been good.

[He looked at Red with the party hat]

And thank you too. Not going to wear one, Black?

[Black grumbled at him. No not really]

[tempredmental]

[Red bumped her shoulder against Black's with a clang and then wandered off. Keith walked over and handed Shiro a wrapped box.]

Here... happy birthday.

[lionunchained]

[Clang. The sound the lions make...

Shiro smiled as Keith walked away only to come back with a box]

Thanks. Should I open it now or wait?

[tempredmental]

Up to you.

[Keith shrugged.]

I was honestly surprised to find it, but I thought it would be cool.

[When Shiro opened it, he would find a diorama of the first moon landing of NASA's Apollo program.]

Open - During and After Party

[tempredmental]

[Keith was actually in pretty good spirits. He was proud of setting this up for Shiro, and it was important to him that people have fun. In a way, it was his way of paying Shiro back for the nice party he had put together back in October for Keith, and he wanted to make sure it went well. He made the rounds, trying to be a good host and making sure things were going well.

Red once again had a party hat on, having insisted to Keith that she needed one again because she had one last time and that's what people did at these things. Black had declined when Keith originally asked.

Afterwards, Keith insisted that he was okay handling the clean up, and didn't outright ask for any help, but, if someone wanted to help, they wouldn't be turned away. Well, unless that person was Shiro. Then Keith made sure he wasn't helping clean up after a party for him.]

after

[bunnyhopped]

[ Hana had no idea that Shiro's birthday was coming up so fast. Much less that his birthday was on leap day - there were a million jokes about his age already brewing in her head. The short notice, however, gave her little time to prepare much, especially as his new girlfriend, so she was actually quite thankful that Keith was already planning something. Once the party was over, Hana politely stayed behind, one because she still needed to give Shiro his present - and second so she could help with the clean-up.

And by helping with the clean-up, she really meant idly snack on the chips and dip that hadn't yet been eaten while Keith takes on the actual cleaning-related tasks. ]

Hey, [ she said between chewing, ] this all went really well! Thanks for organizing it.

[tempredmental]

[Keith shrugged a little.]

It was important to me, too. He deserves it.

[He loaded a few things into the dishwasher.]

He did something for me, and, well, he's like my brother, so... I wanted to do something good for him. We don't get a lot of opportunities like this back home.

[Who was he kidding? They hadn't had any like this. He wasn't even sure of the date.]

[bunnyhopped]

[ Hana gave a few slow blinks at Keith as she continued chewing on chips and dip. After which she tilted her head and asked, ]

Why not? I know you guys were out in space being all heroic and stuff, but...

[tempredmental]

Well, even before I went over to the Blade of Marmora full time, we were just really busy. The last few months I was there was just attack after attack as we were being tracked by Zarkon and we had to keep running every time he caught up.

[He frowned a little.]

But, we kind of lost time. Like, between all the planet hopping, and then figuring out how Alteans track time on the Castle compared to what we use on Earth, it's been hard to remember what day it is. We might have had our first birthdays since leaving Earth here or our second... I'm not really sure.

[He could be 19 or 20... Shiro could be 26 or 27... it was hard to tell.]

[bunnyhopped]

[ Dang, Keith, chill on the plot summaries will you? Still, she was smiling because Keith really could get talkative, despite her initial impressions of him from months ago. She continued to snack on leftovers as he spoke, leaning onto the counter a bit more. ]

I guess that makes sense. I've never left Earth [ until coming to the Quarantine, obviously ] so I have no idea how time passing out in space works at all. That's pretty crazy.

I get the feeling he really liked getting to celebrate his birthday, though, so GG! Mission accomplished, yeah?

hana | mostly ota

[bunnyhopped]

[ Hana is already present as the rest of the guests filter in after Keith's initial reveal for Shiro, having been with the birthday boy when he returned to the house to find the surprise. It's only natural, of course, given that the two of them are now dating. It's still a fairly new affair, meaning that they are very much in that honeymoon phase - which is evident in the way that, even as they mingle with different people throughout the party, Hana keeps looking back to wherever Shiro may be and smiling. (Please send help.)

There are other times, possibly only perceptible to those who are particularly observant or those who know her better, that Hana looks a bit - nervous. Which isn't a usual look on the normally endlessly confident young woman. But she might appear to be a little distracted as she's snacking on chips or sipping on a drink.

For the most part, though, she's as sunny and chipper as she usually is, playing games and probably beating people at games, even getting pumped and dancing along to the music, in between talking to Shiro (and giving him, like, lots of hugs). ]

closed to shiro
[ Some time after the other guests have cleared up and things have been mostly squared away, Hana will pull Shiro aside to where she'd stashed her stuff when they arrived and smile up at him. ]

So! That was a good party, but are you ready for the best part? My present to you!

[ She pulls out a lovingly wrapped present for him; black wrapping paper with a star pattern, gold-colored ribbons. Inside the box is a moon lamp to go with the constellation blanket she'd gotten him for Christmas. ]

Closed to this guy

[lionunchained]

[Shiro had been really surprised and pleased that people had come to his party, even if it technically wasn't that day. Thank goodness for lack of "Shiro is six" jokes.

But Hana had been with him when the party had started and had stayed for the whole thing. It was definitely honeymoon phase of dating since like her, he had kept looking over at her when they were apart. When they were together, he had looped an arm around her waist. A sign of affection. Seriously, when had he ever had this recently.

But at the end of the party, he followed her over to where she had hidden the present, taking it carefully from her]

You didn't have to.

[Then he unwrapped it. The smile on his face was probably worth it all. It was likely she could tell exactly what his thought was]

I love it. Thank you so much.

[bunnyhopped]

[ She quirked a brow at him, folding her arms across her chest after he took the present from her. ]

Of course I had to - you're my boyfriend? Anyway I wanted to, so!

[ - then fell silent as she watched him unwrap it. She'd only had short notice of Shiro's birthday coming up, so she kicked herself into overdrive thinking about what the best birthday present to him would be. When she came across the moon lamp - modeled after Earth's moon, to boot - she realized it was perfect.

The look on his face when he realized what it was told her that he thought it was perfect, too. Definitely worth it all. She couldn't suppress her smile. ]

You're welcome, Takashi. I knew you'd like it!

[lionunchained]

Well, of course if you wanted to.

[Shiro didn't really want her to feel like she had to do something just because they were dating. Especially when it was only a few days after they had agreed to be a couple. But if she wanted to, that was different]

I do. I really do. It goes perfectly with the constellation blanket.

[Which is on his bed up in his room! Now he has a light to go with it!]

[bunnyhopped]

Right?

[ She chuckled, proud of herself for having chosen such a perfect gift! Hana bit down on her lip a bit, though, as she considered what the natural next step was. ]

Do you... want to go set it up in your room and see how it looks?

[lionunchained]

[Well yes that was the natural next step, but still surprised Shiro a bit. Whoa... girl asking to see his room]

Sure. Let's go.

He lead the way up the stairs to his room at the end of the hall. The master bedroom since at the time, Black had needed the balcony to get to the second floor. Now he didn't, but there was no reason to change rooms.

As Shiro opened the door, Youta's head popped up from where he had been sleeping on Shiro's bed, confined for the duration of the party to keep from causing problems. But now the door was opened and FREEDOM! Youta bounced up and raced out the door, heading for the stairs to go find his lion friends.

Shiro just chuckled]

Well, here we are.

[And said constellation blanket is currently on Shiro's bed right now...]

OTA

[threatenwithcuteness]

Wallflower

Once Lola set out some snacks she'd made and brought over she... vanished off to the corner to read. Her hair drifted to a much less vibrant navy blue as she tried desperately to understand all the words about business ownership she was reading. You'd think, after a month of this, Lola would give up. But no, no Lola was a stubborn little thing.

And she hadn't planned for more time not doing her studies. So here she is, studying at a party. Lola's gotten a little weird being here so long.

Lola's in the Kitchen

Eventually she's frustrated enough to try and destroy her book, so she'll just move into the kitchen and re-up the snacks with some nachos, popcorn, other things that are party-friendly, but warm and delish. This Lola's gone back to her electric blue locks and a peppier upbeat attitude a lot more friendly than the weird bookworm she was before.

She's humming and dancing around the kitchen as she works, so it should be safe to approach.

kitchen

[tempredmental]

Keith found Lola busy in the kitchen. He'd noted the look of severe concentration on her face when she'd been reading earlier, so he'd smartly stayed away, but now that she seemed to be looking less for isolation, he decided to make sure she was okay.

He watched her for a moment, somewhat amused, and then headed closer.

"Hey..." He reached out and took her hand. "Everything okay?"

[threatenwithcuteness]

"Huh?" Lola looked confused at the question, mostly because anything that wasn't a problem right now wasn't a problem worth mentioning, and it isn't like she needed help right at this moment. "No? Is something wrong?"

She looks around to make sure nothing is on fire but she's pretty sure she'd have noticed that.

[tempredmental]

"Oh, uh, no. Not here." Keith shook his head. "Just... earlier. You seemed really intent on reading that book. If you were busy or something, you didn't have to come, you know. I would have understood. Shiro would have understood."

[threatenwithcuteness]

"Oh! No, I'm fine. Just..." It wasn't that she was busy, exactly. If she had other things to do she would be doing them. Just she wanted to get this down and it just wasn't clicking, "there's kinda a lot to figure out about running a business? I thought I'd know what to do already."

Lola...

[tempredmental]

"That restaurant place, right?" He considered that. "I have no idea, honestly. I wouldn't be much help in that respect, sorry..." Keith put his arms around Lola's waist. "Do you know anyone who does know how to run a restaurant? Like... you know... all the business parts of it? And you could like, work together or something."