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Planning a birthday surprise for Tommi was never easy.
He wasn't as up for partying as the rest of them, he was sharp and caught onto plans quickly, and god knew that touring, even locally, made it that much harder to plot.
But damn it, Joonas was determined to plot.
They were flying back from Amsterdam, Aleksi and Niko on either side of him, Joel and Olli sitting by Tommi. After the plane was in the air and cruising, Olli and Joel snuck over to their seats, Tommi leaning against the wall and sleeping, headphones on.
"Ok what are we doing for him?" Joel asked, voice low.
"Birthday shots?" Aleksi suggested.
The rest shook their heads, "we have never been able to get him to do it." Niko told him.
"True." Aleksi sighed.
"Plus we have a gig the day after," Olli said with a frown, "he won't want to go to hard."
Aleksi just stared at him, "I've literally seen him with a beer on stage."
Joonas had only been half listening to the conversation, "ok," he said, "we know how much he does for us... And we're in the middle of our summer schedule so he won't want anything extravagant. Let's just pamper him for a day."
Olli laughed a bit, "think he'll let us?" He asked, looking back at their sleeping drummer.
"We're not giving him the choice." Joonas said firmly.
...
Tommi wasn't sure what had gotten into his boyfriends today.
They had gotten home late from the airport, all of them exhausted, but instead of the normal way they slept (not that they had assigned spots, but he and Joel generally took the outside, being the biggest and tallest) Olli had dragged him to the middle of their bed, promptly falling asleep with his arms around him, trapping him there.
Even if he hadn't, the others quickly wrapped around them and he had no hope of escaping.
The next morning he found himself still trapped, but Joonas and Aleksi gone, the warm smell of coffee in the air.
When he had finally been able to disentangle himself and get up, the rest following him with little laughs, he found a spread of all his favorite breakfast items awaiting him.
"You guys didn't have to do this," he mumbled as he was directed to sit at the table, touched by the display, even if he was confused as to why.
"Of course we did." Aleksi told him, taking advantage of the fact he was taller at that moment and kissing the top of Tommi's head.
Suddenly all five of his soulmates were raining kisses on him, quick little hugs and soft "happy birthdays" mixed in.
Oh.
They had been so busy with shows he hadn't even realized today was the 23rd...
His birthday always landed in the middle of festival season though and as the band got bigger he didn't worry about it as much as he used to, preferring to make sure they were all doing well than let the attention be on him.
Tommi smiled at all of them, a birthday breakfast was a nice treat before they headed to their next destination.
He checked his phone while they ate, seeing several birthday posts about him, Joonas calling them the backbone of the band made him blush slightly, Niko posting throw back photos of him made him groan just a little at how young they all looked when they had formed the band.
But he choked when he got to Aleksi's post.
"Happy birthday to the hottest drummer on the planet ❤️🔥Our lovely @tompza 🎂" the caption read, along with a very flattering photo of him in black and white.
Aleksi just grinned at him and shrugged when he saw what Tommi had reacted to. "What? It's true."
Little menace.
After breakfast they pulled him over to the couch, putting on his favorite movie and snuggling in next to him, again squished in the middle, Niko shamelessly sitting on his lap.
When the first movie finished and Joel went over to put another in, Tommi thought it was time to protest.
"Guys," he said, "I appreciate the morning but we have a gig tomorrow, we need to-"
"We don't need to do anything," Olli told him firmly, "but celebrate you today."
"We already know when we have to leave, arrangements are already made." Joel added as he rejoined the group.
Niko leaned over and kissed him, "the crew will meet us when it's time to go, there's nothing else to do."
A thought struck Tommi, "but my drum head-"
"I've already replaced it." Aleksi pipped up, muffled slightly from how he was laying against Joonas.
Tommi just shook his head slightly. Of course he had, Aleksi was the only one allow to mess with his set up and had been next to him when he was examining the broken item the previous day after the charity show. Not that he didn't trust the others, but their youngest soulmate had the most experience with drums outside of himself.
He sighed in mock defeat, "you guys aren't letting me leave the house today, are you?"
"Oh sure we will," Joel smiled, "we've got plans."
Tommi just chuckled and let himself melt into the couch, it was five against one after all, how was he supposed to win?
Around mid-day Niko and Olli ran to the bedroom, giggling, the sound of opening and closing drawers concerning him slightly before they came back with a couple of full backpacks.
Tommi had not counted on a trip to the beach, but they had somehow found a private section away from other people, and he allowed himself to relax on the warm sand. Joonas and Joel had insisted on putting his sunscreen on for him, perhaps with a bit more care and pressure then what was strictly needed, Niko laying by him as the others jumped into the water, their soulmarks catching the sun.
"Not getting in?" Tommi asked softly.
He shrugged.
"Don't want to get your hair wet?" He teased.
Niko stuck his tongue out, "maybe I just want to be by you."
Tommi laughed a bit, reaching over to grab Niko's hand as he closed his eyes.
Eventually they did get in the water, Tommi throwing a squealing Niko over his shoulder to do so.
After the beach they went to dinner, a private room in their favorite place, drinks and food flowing, although Tommi refused to do the shots, leave that for the Terror Twin's or Aleksi's birthdays.
When the night was finally drawing to a close, all six of them spent and tangled up in bed, Tommi couldn't help but smile through his blissed out mind.
Even in the middle of touring, they had taken an entire day to make him feel special.
Truly, he couldn't be luckier with his soulmates.
"I love you." He said to the room, knowing they would know it was directed at all of them.
They answered in kind, pulling each other closer, cuddling up to any available limb.
Joonas was practically laying on top of him and sighed contently.
"Happy Birthday Tommi-bear."