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"Happy Birthday!" Shouted everyone in the room.
"Thanks everyone" Said sniper looking embarrassed.
"But really is this necessary?"
"Of course it is and its you birthday so enjoy it!" Yuri said with annoyance in her voice.
"Anyways! Now it is time for cake and presents!" She continued.
"Yeah, you just want the cake that you have been eyeballing since I made it this morning" Rika said while cutting the cake.
Yuri and Rika started a semi-argument and sniper sighed in his chair.
Kuon smiled at the Honjo siblings and their dynamics.
She always wonder what it would be like to have siblings but she was born an only child and seeing Yuri and Rika, even Yuuka's family relationship seemed tiring.
"So are you going to give him the gift that you got" Mayuko said.
"Yes I will"
"What about that other gift?" She stressed the last part.
Kuon almost tripped over herself while standing still.
"W-what?! Kuon stuttered.
"I-I don't k-know..."
"Shush! Please!!" She said as she looked around the room, making sure that no one heard them.
"I mean- I wouldn't know if he even would want to"
"And well... it's embarrassing to say it outloud, so please keep your voice down" She continued to say with a red color blooming on her face.
"Well, you wouldn't know unless you tried"
"I know but-"
Mayuko grabbed Kuon's arm and walked away from the party to a spare bedroom, were Mayuko threw Kuon in.
"Stay there, I'll go get him" The blonde one said as she closed the door and walked away.
"Mayuko-san please!" She begged but the other one was gone.
Kuon sat on the empty bed both mad and terrified of what might happen.
The door opened again and sniper was pushed inside.
Kuon and sniper stared at each other for a second before Kuon deciding to treat him to the same amount of kindness he had given her over the time of them being partners.
"Uh hey, Kuon" Sniper said.
"Hey mister mask"
"I told you that it was okay to call me by my given name"
"Oh, uh right, I'm sorry old habits" She said.
"W-well mist-uh Yuu...I had a-a gift that I wanted to give you and m-maybe more"
He waited for her, even with the confused look on his face.
She grabbed the wrapped package and handed it to him.
He looked at her then unwrapped the gift. He smiled as he pulled out a book of different types of rare animals, a book she knew he had been looking at.
"Oh cool! Thanks Kuon" He continued to smile, happy with his gift.
"Do like it? I wasn't sure if you would like it.."
"I love it. I actually had been looking for this one"
"Really? I'm glad that you like it" She said happily.
"We-well I was wondering if... you would l-like another gift... but its okay if you say no!" She stressed.
Yuuka furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.
"I-I was wondering if you wo-would... if I could k-kiss you" She stated as she looked down covering her face to avoid his face, worried if he would be mad.
"Okay"
She peeked up from her fingers.
"W-what?"
"I said okay" Sniper said with a blush.
The two stared at each other with them both blushing hard.
"O-okay" Kuon said.
The two laughed at their nervousness.
Yuuka walked by Kuon and sat down on the bed, patting the spot next to him.
Kuon decided to climb up onto the man's lap in both stupidity and bravery.
His eyes widened in surprise and gasped at her movement.
"Are you sure with this?" Kuon asked meekly.
"You are asking me this now?" Yuuka asked with humor in his voice.
"Especially with you already sitting on me"
Kuon blushes harder and lowers her head.
"I'm... sorry"
Yuuka smiled and placed his hands on Kuon's back, lightly pressing her closer to him.
Kuon leaned closer, their lips almost touching.
She was scared, afraid of making him uncomfortable and possibly angry. She never wished to hurt the one cared about, the one she loved, she really wanted him to notice her feelings.
It was selfish and she knew it but she didn't really care.
Kuon pressed her lips against the former sniper mask's lips.
It was nothing more than a couple of seconds as Kuon lightly kissed the man that she loved.
She pulled back and averted her eyes from the the Sniper's watchful gaze.
"I'm sorry" She said so quitely.
She felt embarrassed, like a fool, knowing that he would never reciprocate her feelings.
In the end it was just a silly crush and she was a silly girl.
Kuon quickly got off of snipers lap and walked towards the door, pausing to look at the man still sitting on the bed but avoided his eyes.
"H-happy birthday Yuu, I hope you enjoy the gifts that you got" She said while trying to avoid talking about the kiss.
She walked out feeling guilty.