"Mmm?" There was a question in Kai's cheery hum as he gingerly pulled away a bit. Not far enough that Shinji would be able to miss that cock of Kai's brow though. After everything else, was this still a question he felt like he needed to ask?
Of course he was gonna go for it, but! He likes giving Kai a heads up before just dropping information on him!!
"I wasn't going to tell anyone because it's really not a big deal, but, it's actually my birthday today."
He says it with a sheepish little smile, like he's really hoping this won't blow anything out of proportion - he just wants to let Kai know, that's all! "So all of this feels extra nice, you know?"
A birthday. Today! A birthday! Up went those brows again as Kai blinked, breathing out a simple, "Ohh." No wonder Shinji had been asking if this venture had been for any particular reason! Because it had secretly been. A birthday.
Well this sure was serendipitous. Kai wouldn't have actually known what to do (or even if he was even like... supposed to do anything) for this had he known beforehand. Likewise, he still didn't have any idea what this meant going forward but. Hm. "Hah! Guess the cake really worked out."
A today birthday! For however much longer today's planning on lasting!
Really, he hadn't been expecting much, or anything at all for that matter. It's not... a secret, exactly, but boy oh boy did he seriously not like the idea of having a party, or even getting that kind of spotlight directed his way, which means not bringing it up is really the ideal way to go about it. It's not an important thing, and the number of extra months getting robot-kidnapped injected into his calendar kind of made it all a moot-point anyway. Just a completely meaningless date, no matter how you slice it! At the same time, it doesn't feel all that uncomfortable to be telling Kai, and especially not after they've already done some birthday-adjacent things completely by coincidence.
This... yeah. This is good. Really good.
"Thank you," any traces of embarrassment fade away at that, leaving a soft sincerity to his smile. Any one piece of this evening would have been more than enough on its own, putting it all together makes it a real delight. "Getting to spend it like this has honestly been amazing."
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"Yeah?" Of course, geez. "Shoot."
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"I wasn't going to tell anyone because it's really not a big deal, but, it's actually my birthday today."
He says it with a sheepish little smile, like he's really hoping this won't blow anything out of proportion - he just wants to let Kai know, that's all! "So all of this feels extra nice, you know?"
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Well this sure was serendipitous. Kai wouldn't have actually known what to do (or even if he was even like... supposed to do anything) for this had he known beforehand. Likewise, he still didn't have any idea what this meant going forward but. Hm. "Hah! Guess the cake really worked out."
Geez. Kai smiled.
"Happy birthday, Shinji."
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Really, he hadn't been expecting much, or anything at all for that matter. It's not... a secret, exactly, but boy oh boy did he seriously not like the idea of having a party, or even getting that kind of spotlight directed his way, which means not bringing it up is really the ideal way to go about it. It's not an important thing, and the number of extra months getting robot-kidnapped injected into his calendar kind of made it all a moot-point anyway. Just a completely meaningless date, no matter how you slice it! At the same time, it doesn't feel all that uncomfortable to be telling Kai, and especially not after they've already done some birthday-adjacent things completely by coincidence.
This... yeah. This is good. Really good.
"Thank you," any traces of embarrassment fade away at that, leaving a soft sincerity to his smile. Any one piece of this evening would have been more than enough on its own, putting it all together makes it a real delight. "Getting to spend it like this has honestly been amazing."