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Carla had always been an early bird. Always the one to wake up full of energy, despite it usually being just turned six in the morning. Always the one to wake up Daniela, the woman who hated mornings, in just the right way.
Today was different. It was Dani’s birthday so Carla let her sleep. She woke up at about seven and got up a half-hour later to make a special birthday breakfast for Daniela. They usually both skip breakfast and grab something from the bodega during their work break but today...pancakes!
She was as quiet as she could be getting the frying pan from the kitchen cupboard and within thirty minutes, after several tries, she finally makes a perfect round of pancakes for her wife.
It had just turned 8:15 when Carla had finished preparing breakfast, placed it on a tray and cleared space for it on her bedside table. She gently climbed back into bed and gently played with Daniela’s rich, wavy hair; waiting for her to wake up.
Another half-hour passed when the older of the two awoke. Dani knew that something was going on when she woke up without her wife cocooned around her. She turned over onto her side to see Carla there, with the widest smile on her face, holding a tray of breakfast.
“Happy Birthday Mi Amor” she leans down to kiss Dani’s head, almost spilling the entire contents of the tray onto their bed.
“You made me breakfast?” Dani slowly, as not to unbalance Carla, sits up in bed, surprised at Carla’s efforts.
She nods. “Though you might want to eat it now, I made it as soon as I woke up so it's getting kinda cold” Carla passes the tray to Dani.
“Thank you Cariño.” Dani sets the tray on her lap, picks up a fork and starts eating her pancakes. “These are actually really nice!”
“Hey! Don’t be so surprised!” They both laugh.
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Still in bed, the two manage to finish the breakfast. Carla didn’t realise how many pancakes she actually had made so she helped Dani out. Afterwards, Carla puts the empty tray back onto her bedside table where she had cleared space.
“So what do you want to do today?” Carla asks.
Daniela scooches closer to Carla and lies down so that her head is resting on Carla’s chest. “I want to stay like this all day.”
“Well I might’ve planned a few things for you”
“I thought you said we weren’t going to do anything for my birthday anymore, you know after last years events”
“It wasn’t that bad”
“Carla, there was a blackout, all of the others got stuck at the club and we ended up being starving and getting horribly drunk here”
“We still had fun! Remember? We were dancing to the Hamilton soundtrack”
“I couldn’t even remember my name when I woke up”
Carla sat up and climbed over her wife. Her hair fell into her face so Daniela held it aside and smiled.
“Let me give you a good birthday, please Dani” she leans down to kiss her.
“Fine” she sighs.
“Great! Let’s get ready then!”
“Now? Carla I’ve been awake for like ten minutes, don’t I get a lie in on my birthday”
“Not when I’ve planned your birthday you don’t” Carla jumps off the bed and tries to pull Daniela with her. She fails and is pulled back, falling into Daniela.
“You know I’m stronger than you” Dani smiles down at her. “You’re going to come back to bed for half an hour”
“Or what?”
“Or I won’t stop complaining about my birthday all day”
“Okay fine but I get cuddles” Carla leaps back into bed and lies practically on top of Daniela.