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[The Day Of Kita’s Birthday]
[Hitori waited for Kita at the school entrance where they agreed to meet. They had not seen each other at all since the morning walk to school, no thanks to Hitori needing to catch up with some assignments during lunch period. Hitori quadruple-checked her backpack to make sure she had everything she needed for the upcoming birthday date, and it was all set as expected. Phase 3 was about to begin!]
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[Kita exits the school and sees Hitori at the entrance]
Kita: Hitori-chan!
Hitori: Hey dear! [hugs kita] Happy Birthday m-my love!
Kita: [returns the hug] I missed you so much today, my baby girl.
Hitori: Me too, b-but it doesn’t matter! [She picks Kita up, and carries her by the waist] because now we have each other all to ourselves! [She starts spinning Kita, creating a romantic sight]
[Kita is too stunned to say anything, but she lovingly laughs as Hitori intimately carries her. Their lips press each other, which started to attract some unwanted attention from their nosey classmates]
Kita: People are onto us, wanna get out of here?
[Hitori nods, and they both escape the school premises with their lives]
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[Hitori and Kita arrive at the entrance of the Birthday girl’s house. Kita notices Hitori starting to tense up a bit]
Kita: [Holds Hitori’s hand] Are you okay?
Hitori: Yes! I’m n-nervous, but I’m not gonna let my anxiety ruin your b-birthday.
Kita: Thanks, Boo Boo! [pecks Hitori’s cheek] Let’s go inside shall we?
Hitori: [Thinking] Please let this go well, please let this go well, I can’t afford to mess this up
[They both walk through the front door, and Hitori is immediately stunned from what laid in front of her eyes]
Kita’s Mom: Oh hi, my birthday girl! I see you brought the beautiful Hitori-chan with you!
Hitori: [Thinking] Holy shit. She’s literally a milf Kita.
[Hitori’s stress levels almost completely drop to zero]
Hitori: H-hello ma’am! Glad to meet you!
Kita’s Mom: Glad to meet you as well! Sit down! I prepared a really good dinner before you girls go out!
Ryo: We’re here too!
[Ryo and Nijika pop out of the living room couches]
Kita: Senpai! [Hugs both the drummer and bassist at the same time]
Ryo: Happy Birthday, Ikuyo
Nijika: Happy Birthday!
Kita: Thank you guys! Come on, let’s go eat! We’re starving!
[Ryo approaches Bocchi as they’re walking, getting her face a little too close to Hitori’s]
Ryo: [whispering] We came here in case things got bad.
Hitori: [Nods] T-thanks.
[The band sits down at the dinner table, with 4 delicious plates of yakitori ready to be eaten by each of them]
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[The girls have all finished their plates, and Kita’s mom joins the table to engage in a little conversation]
Kita’s Mom: So, how’s the band thing going? Ikuyo seems to be having fun with it.
Nijika: It’s going well! Practices are going smoothly, and we’ve been getting live shows more often! Couldn’t ask for anything better!
Ryo: Yeah. These 2 basically kill it on the guitar together.
Kita’s Mom: That’s really good! How did you two love birds meet? Ikuyo always tells me how amazing her Hitori-chan is!
Hitori: I w-was playing guitar in my hiding spot, and I-Ikuyo heard me playing, and was amazed how well I was playing. Things led to a-another, and now we’re dating! [holds Kita’s hand]
Kita: She’s really good at teaching me guitar chords as well! I basically almost couldn’t have done it without her!
Hitori: I m-may have taught you, but your talent also comes from your dedication, your m-mastering with playing and singing, a-and your ability to lighten everyone around you up. K-Kessoku band couldn’t ask for a better l-lead guitarist, and vocalist!
[Hitori through her stay felt like she was playing the dangerous “first impression” ball game against the most skilled players in the world. And she won. Kita was speechless at the ethereal proclamation. Hitori was always the first to inspire Kita with her introverted vocabulary, but this was something else.]
Kita: You’re the sweetest, Hitori-chan!
[She wipes a small tear that almost escaped her eyelids then hugged Hitori tightly]
Hitori: [Thinking] Holy shit, I won over the mom! YES! Wait, but wheres the-
[Kita’s dad enters the house, he almost immediately sees her daughter lightly tearing up against an awkward looking girl. He immediately thinks of a way to mess with what looked to be her daughter’s partner.]
[He tries to look as intimidating as he could and approached the introvert]
Kita’s Dad: Making my daughter cry, huh?
[Kita, and the other 2 band members immediately perk up in horror]
Kita: [Thinking] No! What the hell is he doing?
Hitori: [Thinking] Shit, what do I say, what do i say, what do I-
Hitori: O-Only tears of joy, s-sir!
[Kita, and the others were so shocked at the thing that happened right in front of them. They didn’t know wether to be shocked at Kita’s dad poor attempt at intimidation or Hitori cracking a well landed joke, and surviving the banter]
Kita’s Dad: Haha, I like you. [Turns to Kita] I brought you the cake, sweetheart!
Kita: Thanks, daddy!
Kita’s Dad: I’ll be right back, let me get the candles!
[All 4 bandmates took a deep relieved breath.]
Hitori: I t-thought he was being genuine at first. [thinking] Just what the hell was that, I almost broke down into tears!
Nijika: Im happy you took whatever that was well!
Ryo: Not gonna lie, I thought you were gonna break down or something
Kita: He’s very jokey, but he really pushed it this time!
Hitori: Y-yeah! But It was k-kinda funny. [Thinking] A middle aged twink really tried to intimidate me, and I didn’t give in to my fear. Bocchi 1, Anxiety 0.
[Kita’s dad came back with the candles and lighter, and neatly places the candles on the cake.]
Kita’s Mom: Alright, girls! Lets sing for the birthday girl in 3, 2, 1-
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[After a sweet birthday chant, and tasty slices of cake, the pair of pairs part ways. Kita and Hitori leave the Kita household to head to Solomochi mall. Hitori’s previous anxieties seemingly withered away after successfully meeting her parents. It was just her and Kita for the rest of the evening with nothing standing in her way.]
[Kita and Hitori enter the mall, and they were both in awe at how beautiful it looked at night]
Hitori: W-we’re here! Where would you like to go first?
Kita: There’s an arcade here, right? Let’s play some games in there!
Hitori: Sure thing!
[They enter the arcade, buy themselves the game cards, and see many games to play. Hitori notices Kita briefly beaming at a big penguin plush in the token shop.]
Hitori: [thinking] So, the plushie costs… 1000 tickets? I guess I can convince her to play-
Kita: Hitori-chan! Lets go play Mario Kart!
[Kita pulls Hitori’s hand and b-lines it to the game. Hitori was unusually good at the game whenever she played with Ryo, so she made sure to choose the character with the worst stats and purposely held her skills back to let Kita win.]
Hitori: Congratulations! Y-you won!
Kita: Seriously? You definitely went easy on me.
Hitori: Oops, I-I guess I did, hehe.
[Kita stood up, and got a little too close to Hitori’s face]
Kita: Come on, Guitarhero! I want you to give it your best shot!
Hitori: [Thinking] Oh it’s on, baby girl.
[They play another round of Mario Kart, and Hitori held nothing back. She stayed in first place for almost the entire race up to that point. She was nearing the finish line.]
Kita: [Thinking] Little does she know I’ve been keeping this the entire game!
Hitori: [Thinking] She just witnessed Guitarhero’s wrath. Sorry Kita-
Kita: Surprise surprise, Hitori-Chan!
Hitori: Huh?
[Hitori sees Kita’s blue shell hitting her, costing her noble victory over her girlfriend]
Hitori: Hehe, well played. I p-promise I didn’t hold back.
Kita: Thanks! Well then, lets go play the other games!
[They play almost every game at the arcade. Kita just plays by the fun of it, while Hitori does whatever she can to win her as much tickets as possible. Between every game they played, she caught Kita beaming at the penguin plush.]
Hitori: Y-you really want that one, d-don’t you?
Kita: Yeah, but we probably don’t have enough tickets to get it. No biggie, though!
Hitori: [Thinking] Come on Bocchi! Prove your girl wrong! Get some damn tickets.
[After another hour of playing games, they turn their cards in to the overworked prize shop clerk.]
Kita: I’d like to turn mine in, please.
Overworked Clerk: [Yawns] Alrighty then, you have 200 tickets to spend
Kita: [Thinking] Sorry, Pingu. Guess I couldn’t afford you.
Hitori: H-hey! I’d like to m-merge my tickets with hers!
Kita: Are you sure? You don’t want anything in here?
Hitori: I’m sure! I’m here to spoil my birthday g-girl for the night after all!
[Kita pecks Hitori’s cheeks, not knowing that the overworked clerk had already merged the tickets, and was trying to get their attention]
Overworked Clerk: Ladies! I said that you both have 1000 tickets
Kita: [Beams] I want the big cute penguin please!
[The tired clerk gave Kita the penguin, and she lovingly snuggled with the stuffed creatures. Hitori was glad to get enough tickets for it]
Hitori: D-do you like it?
Kita: I love it! He’s our child, and his name is Pingu!
Hitori: H-hi Pingu. Nice to be your… m-mom?
[Kita giggled at the awkward mother-child interaction]
Hitori: W-wanna keep playing?
Kita: Not really to be honest. I mean we already played everything, hehe.
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[Kita and Hitori walk out of the arcade to see that the mall was somehow still open]
Hitori: Want to g-go around and buy stuff?
Kita: You know I do! There’s a new clothing catalog in Buddy Hollistar that I’ve been so wanting to get!
Hitori: L-lets go then! Oh, and I can p-pay for you! [shows her one of her debit cards] It has 40,000 yen in it
Kita: Are you sure? I really don’t want to spend all of your money.
Hitori: Oh, d-don’t worry! This is my Oh Tube money! I have my personal funds elsewhere! Now c-come on before someone else b-buys the catalog!
[Hitori spoils her girlfriend for the rest of the afternoon, with little to no setbacks. Operation Birthday was almost a massive success. Almost. Hitori had one final thing to do before considering the operation finished]
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[Kita and Hitori rode the train back home. As proud as Hitori was of herself, it wore her out by the end and got very drowsy. She really wasn’t used to going out for that long. The big fluffy penguin didn’t help the drowsiness either.]
Kita: Hey! Thank you so much for everything today!
[Hitori woke up a little hearing her girlfriend speak to her]
Hitori: Eh, it’s n-no problem! Aren’t birthday dates u-usually?
Kita: Babe, eating with my family, and spoiling me at one of the most beautiful malls in the country? You did something amazing today! Oh, and who could forget you giving us our child hehe [pinches Pingu’s stuffed cheeks tightly]
Hitori: Hehe, I’m v-very glad you enjoyed it! I w-was so nervous earlier t-this month about me not knowing what to do for you. I really w-wanted to make you h-happy on your special day, and I c-can say with confidence that I seemed to have!
Kita: You really make me feel special!
[Hitori finds this to be the right time to finish operation birthday with none other than the gift. She pulls it out of a pocket from the outfit she was wearing]
Hitori: [Perks up] Hey babe. Happy birthday!
[hands her the gift]
Hitori: [Thinking] I hope this gift still means something, even though I bought her so many things today
[Kita pulls the gift from the birthday bag. She beams at the beautiful necklace her girlfriend has given her. The silver 3 stranded necklace covered in stars. A constellation.]
Kita: I love it, Hitori-chan! Thank you so so much! It’s so pretty! Constellation really is our song, isn’t it?
Hitori: It sure is! I’m really g-glad you love it! Such a m-mesmerizing necklace deserves to be on such a beautiful girl!
[Kita starts swooning as if she hasn’t been all day]
Kita: I love you, Hitori Gotoh.
[And just like that Operation Birthday ended successfully, and Hitori went home with a very happy girlfriend]