[an; posting Sero and Mina's birthday specials in parts solely to help me update faster. y'all don't know how much thought I put into them so I'm sorry I just have to heheheh

IM NOT GONE I JUST BEEN A LITTLE TOO SAD LATELY. As y'all know I'm dealing with a divorce and a 2nd pregnancy so I am confused and just really anxious. and yes I'm late I'm sorry anyways Although I am writing the actual story behind closed doors these two specials are connected so I have the need to post them back-to-back before going back to the story

You don't have to read them...I feel bad for writing these sometimes

I tried making it short like Kiri's special but ultimately failed as I always do. These next few chapters will not follow the original plot of the story.

thank you for dealing with my crap I uwu you and I owe you all my attention and I promise u some good shit gonna happen in the real story so savor those happy moments you've been through so far. (Did I say happy? I meant embarrassing JK) X]

Sero's Birthday Special! (Part 1/2)

🌸[FRI. JUL 24TH]🌸

"Oh, hey girl-bro. What's up?" Eijiro greeted [____] at first when she stood in front of his doorstep with Katsuki. He asked for a high five from his best friend but didn't receive one. "How's it going, Blasty?"

"Out of my way."

"Hi Kiri!" [____] was happy that she had been part of Katsuki's friend group long enough to finally get invited to one of their weekly gaming kickbacks. She held on to a small pink box gleefully. "I brought cupcakes!"

"Nice! Did you buy these?"

"Actually, they're homemade!" She was proud to declare. [____] was determined to not end up like her father and his frightening cooking skills as she grew older, so she had been looking for many recipes online and followed them at her best to create the pretty-looking pastries.

Just in case, she taste-tested them earlier to make sure they were worthy of being consumed by anybody. Her friends, obviously included.

They were not.

So she ended up asking for Hideaki's help, and thanks to him, a fresh new batch that didn't taste like the gunk in between someone's toes was baked perfectly.

[____] also did a great job decorating them.

'I spent hours on my cupcakes and followed the recipe correctly; yet they didn't taste anything like his!! Life is unfair!!'

"[____], are you crying? Don't worry, we're starving so we'll eat these no matter what they taste like. Come on in, bro." Kirishima commented on the saddened look plastered all over the girl's face. She could be easy to read, at times. "Kaminari and Sero just got here, too. We're still waiting on Midoriya's response to see if he'll come over or not."

"Gross. You invited the nerd?!" Bakugo had taken off his shoes already, he seemed to be more comfortable walking into Kirishima's house than his own. [____] gave the blond guy the box to hold on to for a moment, while she followed after her crush's steps and removed her shoes as well. "If he shows up, I'm leaving."

"No you're not. You always say that." Eijiro smiled at [____]. "This guy. Am I right?"

"I really do think he'll leave..."

"Not as long as you stay, [____]. Blasty isn't going anywhere, so no worries." As Kirishima guided her towards his room (where the rest of their friends awaited for the long-arrival of a girl), [____] pulled out her cell phone to check if she had any messages from her family.

Zero.

She had let her dad know earlier about their indoor pool's pipes being clogged— Such a shame it happened during summer; [____] was really looking forward to finally tackle down some swimming lessons from Tsuyu in the comfort of her home but it looked like that was going to have to wait.

"Hey Bakudaddy, you brought us some cake? Do you love us that much?" Sero teased his team leader when he walked in the room holding onto the rose box. "You already got all the cake we could ever want with your fine ass."

"Don't make me throw this shit at your face!!" Not even five minutes near them, and Katsuki was already tired of his teammates' crap. "Anyway, Cheeks made this— Dunno why, none of you deserve to get treats after what happened last week!!"

"What happened last week?" [____] asked right after his claim, not intending on letting others know it was actually her butler who baked the cupcakes now that her crush told everyone else she made them.

Kaminari gladly answered her question, getting up from Kirishima's bed to stand as close as he possibly could next to [____] without getting killed by her overprotective team leader. "The sweetest snack brought us some snacks, awww! [____], Bakugo is just angry 'cause we lost a ranked match due to some misunderstandings—"

"'Misunderstandings'?! It was you who fucking didn't listen to my orders!! You don't get to play on my team because of that, this time! It's why I brought Cheeks here!!"

"You brought her over to take my place?! Bakugo, I'm hurt!! I'm gonna cry—"

"— DO IT OUTSIDE WHERE NO ONE CAN SEE YOU!"

"I don't understand...What am I supposed to do, again?" [____] had thought her crush invited her to spend some quality time with him and their friends. Of course, she wasn't thinking Bakugo had any ulterior motives but it wasn't unusual for him to have those. "I know how to play some video games...It's just that, it's been a while since I even held a remote..Are you sure I'll be much help, like this?"

"We'll do a practice match, first. So you don't gotta worry about being good at this or not, [____]. You'll be using the keyboard this time." Sero explained. "It's much easier, I fixed it up for you so the only keys you have to worry about pressing glow. Wanna take a look?"

[____] was immediately captivated by the bright purple and blue lights coming from the panel of keys. "Wow— It's so pretty!"

"I don't think she's ever seen a gaming pc, you guys." Hanta was amused by this, way greater than the rest. He pretended to pout and clutched on his shirt by the chest area. "Girls like her can be so cute."

"Girls like her are also out of your damn league, soy sauce." Katsuki was quick to dispose of whatever aura Hanta was trying to provide for the other loser in the room.

Kaminari was too busy peeking inside the box to care for his comment. "WHOA!! They're cupcakes! I'm gonna eat all of them!!"

The ash-blond walked closer to [____] and placed a heavy hand on her shoulder. "Cheeks, are you smart enough to understand this? With this button, you jump, this one you run— This one shoots and this one shields you for a moment. You move left and right with these two. The camera automatically follows you. Get it?"

"Got it!" The girl nodded a couple of times. She had played a few games thanks to her father, who as stated before was the kind of person to invest a great amount of money for his neet collection, during the time his wife was the only one who worked.

Although she had never used a keyboard for gaming, [____] was delighted to give it a try if it meant there's a chance she'll be good at it.

'Maybe Katsuki will praise me today if I help his team win...' With that mindset, [____] was more than ready to start gaming with her guy friends.

"Be careful, [____]—" Kirishima warned her as two of their friends set up their laptops to log into them. Eijiro had his TV screen loaded with the game screen for Bakugo already, while he was using his own phone to play. "Blasty gets real serious about this. So don't take anything he says personal, okay? He won't mean a thing."

"I've seen him play video games before, it's fine." She reassured him. "Thanks for letting me join you guys today! By the way, does Mina play with you all, sometimes, too?"

"Ashido only plays video games if there's a hot character she can pick— She doesn't join us often." Sero let her know.

"Other than that, she fucking sucks at everything except for MOBA." Her crush added.

[____] gave the guys a weak laugh. 'I don't know what that last part means...But the rest, that kind of sounds like Mina, all right...'

💥🌸and so..🌸💥

"I'm impressed— you guys haven't lost a single round!! You're even getting top 3 each time you win....Wow!" Kaminari wasn't playing the same video game as them; Bakugo was serious about replacing him with [____], so he was playing Minecraft on his own laptop until he got bored enough to call it quits and started eating the cupcakes [____] brought for them.

"[____], you're really good at this!!" He said with a mouthful of vanilla and chocolate pastries. "And these cupcakes are so effin' good! I ate five already— This is my sixth one!!"

"Leave some for us, bro. What the heck?!" Sero was too focused on his screen to notice that the guy sitting right next to him was practically finished with half of the sweets [____] brought. "Also, you're distracting us. Our team is about to win first place right now—"

"Soy sauce; I pinned the building I want you to go loot— Shitty hair, shield him. The last enemy team is nearby and you two have the most health." Bakugo ordered. "Cheeks, stay with me. I'll drop you more ammo—"

Internally, [____] was freaking out. It seemed like each time she was close to dying (and it was quite often), one of the guys would back her up and heal her. So she hadn't died yet, and that was out of pure luck if she was going to be honest with herself.

'I don't know how guys can enjoy this adrenaline...My heart is pounding out of my chest everytime I stumble upon an enemy! And this is all fake!'

"Crap—" Sero threw a small fit and dropped his remote on the ground when his character got shot down. "They got me!"

Eijiro did the mistake of turning over to see his friend in exasperation for one second; and that got him killed in the game as well. "My bad, Blasty. Looks like I'm down too."

"Can't blame you two idiots, of fucking course!!" Katsuki grit his teeth; "Cheeks we're going before we run out of time. Can you revive these fuckers while I shield you?"

[____] let her panicking thoughts run wild. "Whoa— wait! Which one of these buttons revives them?! I don't know! I feel like I'm going to die! Can't we just leave them behind and try to win by ourselves?!"

"Ooh, that's cold blooded." Kaminari was down to his 8th cupcake when he razzed at Sero. Kirishima had taken a small break and left his room when it was clear his character wasn't going to get revived, a second ago. "I'm sorry, princess. There's no way you two can win on your own, pfft—"

Katsuki grinned to himself. "Yeah? Cheeks...If you help me win this round then I'll owe you something back. Whatever it is you want, it's yours. Think you can handle it?"

[____] didn't even have to verbally agree; she said 'screw it' in her head and went after the enemies regardless of how minor her winning chances were. 'I'm gonna lose, but it's as expected of me, at least! This is my first time playing on a keyboard, so I hope Suki doesn't get too angry!'

"Shit, I'm—!! What the fuck?! There was another person behind us. Fuck, we're dead."

"I'm sorry!!" [____] was killed right after her crush; the black and red screen showing her character's death in slow motion was gore-y enough to make her get up and turn her back on the computer. "I got all anxious and excited at the same time and I just went straight at them— It's all my fault! Sorry, you guys all lost because of me. I'm not that good at this, I—"

Katsuki walked over to where she was standing, which really only took two or three steps. He placed a warm hand on her cheek without saying anything; [____] was caught off guard so she stopped talking and just held on to his wrist.

He used his thumb to gently stroke her cheekbone. When he spoke, his voice was low and measured. "..Good job."

'It's just like the game— Katsuki makes my heart beat faster without a warning...But I really don't mind this...'

"Get a room that's not mine, you two." Kirishima joked, interrupting their small moment to let his other guest walk in. "Midoriya is here."

"Hi guys!" The green haired guy was holding onto a paper bag full of snacks. "Sorry I'm late. Thanks for inviting me! I brought some food and drinks!"

"Nice, Midoriya! You're my best friend from now on, dude." Hanta took the stuff from Izuku's hands and pointed with his chin at the box [____] had brought. "Amachi got us cupcakes but Kaminari ate most of them by now, my guess is."

"Thanks, Amacchan! Kacchan...I bought you some spicy chips—"

"—Don't want them." As always, Katsuki was trying to ignore Deku's presence. It was just hard to do it when he seemed to be so invested in everybody's business.

"Oh...Is that so? Haha...That's okay, we can just leave those for another time..." Izuku kept his distance from the blond, he sat next to Sero and waved at the girl. "Amacchan, wanna share a double pop with me? It's cherry flavor!"

"Sure, Izucchan!" [____] gave her crush the tiniest reassuring smile before taking Deku's offer.

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Eijiro put a movie on his tv and turned on the fan in his room to cool his friends down as they relaxed. No one but him was actually paying attention to it, though. He stood in the front of his full-sized bedframe while the rest sat on each corner and Kaminari had his legs crossed in the middle of the bed.

"Any plans for the rest of summer break?" Hanta asked all of them before taking a sip of a refrigerated bottle of mugicha. "I feel like we need a beach day. It's getting real hot these last few days."

"Great idea!! Beach day! Let's invite the girls from class to watch them run around in their bathing suits!" Kaminari was super interested in that particular fantasy of his. "I'd kill to see Yaomomo wearing a two piece— And Uraraka would look super cute in a frilly top but with easily untie-able bottoms—"

[____] felt a little embarrassed to be sitting there, listening to their guy-talk unfold in front of her. 'Should I be hearing this?! What guys like Kami would wanna see girls wear— I shouldn't be here if this is where they're going with this conversation!!'

"Stop fucking spewing crap like that when cheeks is here, dunce face." Thankfully, Katsuki smacked the golden-haired guy hard on the back of his head. He put enough force to not make it look playful. "Don't be even more disgusting!"

"K-Kacchan is right!" Midoriya was also blushing when he agreed with his childhood friend's words. "W-We shouldn't talk about our f-f-fe— female classmates and friends like th-this..."

"Fuck; you have 'virgin' written all over your face and I hate it, nerd." Bakugo scrunched up his nose in disgust. "Can't even properly say the word 'female' without getting hard, I bet—"

"—Suki!" [____] covered her ears at this point, but his voice was still audible since he was the loudest.

"WHAT?! It's the truth..Look at his face. It's as red as my ass—!"

"Bro, hold on. Wayment, ohoho..." Sero had to interrupt. "Why is your ass red, my guy? Can we talk about this? Like...What sort of kinky punishment game do you and [____] play when we're not around?"

Kaminari snort-laughed at his question. "It's either Bakugo is getting spanked— or he sits on the toilet for too long, pfft—"

"I'll stick your face in the toilet if you don't shut up!"

[____] uncovered her ears to hear the guys laugh at Bakugo about something she didn't quite catch. "Wait, what did I miss?"

"Nothing important. Really." Eijiro was only half listening to his friends, he kept his eyes steady on the TV even as his hand reached behind him for some random snacks to munch on. He changed the conversation unapologetically. "Sero, what are you gonna do for your birthday, bro?"

[____] perked up after hearing this question.

Hanta shrugged the upcoming event off as if it was nothing special. "I don't think I'd like to do anything, rather than just stay at home...If I'm being honest, hahaha..."

The guys didn't seem to mind for that reply, it was the only girl in the room who questioned their lack of support. "Wait a sec!! You guys are seriously fine with what Sero just said!? Why don't we throw him a party, or something, anyway!?"

"No, but I really don't want any kind of celebration, [____]..."

"You heard the office supply." Katsuki followed Hanta's honesty with a small insult. "So just drop it, cheeks."

[____] knitted her eyebrows together in confusion. "But—?"

"Well, I mean, if my baby daddy says he doesn't want a party. Then who are we to force one onto him? Right, guys?" Denki asked the other two people who still hadn't input their opinions regarding the situation.

Kirishima and Midoriya responded. "I don't mind throwing you a party at my house if you change your mind, bro. Just say the word and I'll set everything up!" — "I- I also don't celebrate my birthday with huge parties...So I can understand wanting to just spend the day with your family, instead of friends..."

'If Mina was here...I feel like they'd go along with anything she would offer, though!' [____] wasn't quite satisfied with their vibes.

However, she couldn't come up with another thing to say. Eventually, she did as her crush first said and dropped the topic entirely by evening time.

🌸🌸🌸🌸

"So, no party, huh..." At around nine pm, after Katsuki walked her back home, [____] took a bath and got ready for bed before walking towards her kitchen and searched for a snack.

By now, she had been used to making great memories with all of her friends. Hanta not wanting to be a part of it during his birthday made little to no sense to her. "I guess that means no birthday present...Maybe I can even give it another go at baking cupcakes, instead?"

She asked herself if a guy like Sero would appreciate the thought, even though he didn't want to make his big day all about him. "Oh...But I can't make sure those would taste good! Unless I ask Hideaki if he could help me again...Then that would just make me feel lazy and totally fake, I didn't give him the credit he deserved, today!!"

She was in the middle of opening the lid of a hazelnut spread jar when her phone started vibrating viciously on the kitchen counter. She caught it just in time, before it would fall and drop on the sparkling clean floor. "Hello—?"

"WHAT IS THIS I HEAR ABOUT SERO NOT WANTING A BIRTHDAY PARTY!!??!! [____], DID YOU HEAR!?? WERE YOU THERE WITH THEM, TODAY!!!???"

[____] waited for her friend to catch her breath in order to reply. "...Yes. I was there today. He really did say he didn't want to do anything but stay home...Mina, how do you know?"

"Kami and I were snap chatting and he just mentioned it to me right now. Like, what kind of person is like that!? You know, I say we should throw him a party anyway and show him what a great time he'll have if he just gave us a chance!!"

"I was feeling guilty about not being able to come up with anything, over there...But, Mina, we shouldn't try to change his mind over this..." [____] struggled to keep the phone between her cheek and shoulder as she placed a slice of bread inside the pink-colored toaster her mother insisted on buying for their kitchen. "The rest of the guys seemed to be okay with it...So, shouldn't we respect his decision too?"

"Yeah, you're totally right..." For an amazing moment there, [____] thought she had finally reached Mina through the phone line. That was proven wrong very soon. "I AM GONNA STAY UP ALL NIGHT COMING UP WITH IDEAS TO MAKE HIM CHANGE HIS MIND!!! I WILL CALL YOU LATER, [____]-CHAN!! Sleep well, I love you!!"

She sent her a kiss and the girl couldn't react to it on time; Mina had hung up. All of a sudden, [____] wasn't feeling so hungry anymore. "This isn't what I had in mind, Mina..."

⚡️❤️💥[SAT. JUL 25th]💥❤️⚡️

"AH! I've read this book before it turned into a movie, you guys!!" Kaminari had tagged along with Bakugo and Kirishima at the mall on Saturday. The two blonds were accompanying Eijiro to buy a new pair of workout shoes, since he offered to pay for their bus fare and their meals.

Denki played the trailer of a new American romance movie on his phone and basically marked the screen in Katsuki's left cheek. "This guy is such a ladies man!! He plays around with girls a lot, but then he meets the love of his life at the beach one day and BAM!! Love changes everything! Doesn't that sound like a cool concept!? The actor is around our age too, imagine being that famous!!"

"Get your stinkin' phone out of my face, dumbass!!"

Eijiro finished tying up his choice of footwear and got up from the hard seat to move in them. "These are plain white. But don't they kinda look awesome, bros?"

"YESSIR!! Yessir! Yesssssir..." Kaminari complimented his style for the two of them. "Yusssuuuur!! Yusssurrr! Yesssir, yessir! Yessss—"

"—SHUT THE FUCK UP!! HE GETS IT!"

Kirishima calmed his best friend down by reminding him that he could easily dial up Amachi and let her know he's been acting 'naughty.' "Don't make her spank you again, Kacchan. Hahahahah!"

"You're still on with that shit!? I swear, I'll kill you the next time you think it's safe to sleep over at my house, shitty hair!!"

Eijiro laughed a few more times and even wiped a real tear away from his scarred eye. "Ahah...Ahahah...Alright, Blasty. I'll stop, for now...Eh? Where did Kaminari go?"

"Who cares? I'm glad that loser is gone." Katsuki crossed his arms and stated. "He has our numbers. He'll call us in case he gets lost. Anyway, you buying those or what?! I'm starving, let's go eat already."

💜💜💜💜

Hitoshi couldn't understand the transpose of his luck. There's times when he gets a good amount of hours for sleep. Then, that same day, he bumps into certain hero course students from his school.

"Please leave me alone."

On this particular period, Denki caught him walking by the popular-branded shoe outlet to get to the clothing store he was trying to visit. Of course, the golden-haired guy needed to rush out of wherever he was in and leave his two friends behind to say hi to the general studies student. So that is exactly what he did.

He also held on to the right cuff of his unbuttoned scotch plaid black and red shirt. The cotton fabric was actually quite soft and Kaminari enjoyed gripping on to it as if he was a toddler, sticking close to his parent in fear of getting lost. "Shincchan, where are you heading? Can I follow you, pwetty pweashe~?"

"Perhaps I wouldn't of cared, before. But now you made me change my mind. So, no. Let go of me."

"If I talk normally again, can I get another chance!? Come on! We are best bros!!"

"Since when..?" Shinso genuinely wanted someone to jog his memory and elaborate with his claim.

"Since the day we met! You can't tell me you didn't feel that spark when we had that one chat, that one time!"

The tired guy couldn't comprehend the giddy blond. Truth was, he constantly tried to forget about the strange conversation-starters Kaminari would put on their table. Most of them were pointless, eccentric and went absolutely nowhere. Most should be forgotten.

Shinso stopped walking and took in a short breath, as well as letting it out. "Listen...If you're gonna follow me around today, then you gotta promise you'll stay at least three feet away from me at all times. We have a deal?"

Kaminari made a noise that sounded just like a squeal and held in his breath. He was filled with excitement. The other guy just watched as he delivered his longest 'yeah boi' in response.

It lasted 35 seconds before he short circuited out of the blue.

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"I think Kaminari is calling me—" Minutes after getting in line at a ramen shop in the food court area; Kirishima pulled out his phone and let Bakugo know someone wanted to talk to him for a moment. "...Wait, it's Sero. I'm gonna answer, okay bro? Order for us when it's our turn. I'll be right over there..."

To not be rude with the other waiting customers, Eijiro moved aside from the line of people and said hi to Hanta. "What's up, bro?"

"Do you want to come over and hang out with me on Monday? I know I said I didn't wanna do anything on my birthday....but now I'm thinking that pulling an all nighter the day before with some of the guys could be fun."

"Oh? Sure, dude. Want me to invite Blasty and the rest?"

"Yeh." Hanta was glad to know his friends were chill enough to understand his request in such a short notice. "But don't invite any girls. It's gotta be a dude's night. Ashido is already hitting me up like crazy, trying to make birthday plans with me. I told her I just wanted to relax at home, but she claims that it's not good for my health, or something...Chicks, huh?"

"Maybe she just cares for you." Kirishima tried not to discount their friend's feelings. "But, okay...I'm sure the girls in our team understand why we are putting them aside for this. You can count on me, bro!"

"Really?! Sweet! I also invited Midoriya. If we're gonna play that group-shooter game, I'll need him on my team. He's a pretty awesome healer, just don't tell Kacchan any of this. Let it be a nice surprise, like it usually is."

"Anything for the birthday bro! I'll text you later."

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Hitoshi hated to sit down and wait for Denki to go back to his own self, but it was either do that or leave him out there on his own while he walked into the store he was looking forward on visiting.

He was leaning more towards the second option, but given that the strange guy was a friend of [____] and Midoriya's; he guided him towards a seating area in the middle of the mall and played a game on his phone until Kaminari snapped back into reality minutes later.

"Shincchan!? What happened?! Where are we?! Did I short-circuit?? Oh, man! How long was I out?!"

"Days, weeks, months..." The bored guy sarcastically replied at first. "...Ten minutes, give or take."

"Sorry you had to see me like that. Lately, I've been feeling kinda overheated from the weather. It's been happening a lot that I go malfunction-mode whenever I use my brain too much."

"You're saying it took a lot of brain power for you to do that 'yeah boy' for thirty-something seconds, then?"

"Yeah, booooooooiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii—"

Hitoshi used his hand to cover Denki's mouth, just five seconds in. "Don't do it again; for your sake. Understand?"

Denki nodded multiple times and that gave Shinso the idea it was safe to let him speak again. "Cool, let's get going."

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"So, can you tell me what you're shopping for, dude?! I can help! I'm great at fashion!! I'm always reading those super popular mags, I can totally change up your style and have you look like a model in no time!! What are you into, anyway—?! Are you trying to impress anybody special!?"

Hitoshi regretted his previous decision on letting the energetic blond say another word. He ignored most of his fast paced questions and unneeded opinions about things until Kaminari received a phone call that luckily put an end to all of it. "Hold on, Shincchan! Let me answer this—

Hello? Ah, Kirishima! No, yeah, I'm still at the mall. I bumped into Shincchan so I'm gonna hang with him until he gets tired of me—"

"— Already am." The guy with unkept hair replied to that part in particular without looking back to see the blond's face.

Kaminari assumed he was joking. "Don't worry about me, guys. I got my best bro to keep me company in the meantime! Huh? Sero is having a sleepover for his b-day? GUYS ONLY!? Man...That sucks! Who throws a sleepover with no ladies!? He's missing out on all the fun games!

Anyway... Is it cool if I bring a guest?! Can you ask him for me?! Thanks bro, you're the best! See ya." The moment he hung up, he gifted Shinso the brightest smile. "Hey, dude. Guess whaaaaaat...?"

'I won't be able to shake this guy off until he gets what he wants, I bet...'

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Later that night, Ashido hit up [____] through face time as the girl kept her eyes steady on one of the ovens in her kitchen, watching her fourth batch of cupcakes in that week bake to what she assumed was perfection. "Hi, Mina."

"Baby panties!! Tell me WHY I just heard from Kami again that Sero changed his mind about his birthday and is throwing a sleepover at his house on Monday?! Like, HUH?!!"

"Ah, really? That's great!" [____] took a second to look at Mina through her screen and say. "That's good news, isn't it? Why do you look so upset about it?"

She went back to sort of glaring at the oven again as Ashido complained. "Uhh, NO IT IS NOT! Why? Because he only wants to have a sausage fest around!!"

"Sausage fest..?" [____] took another second to glance at the pastry recipe book she had been carrying around her house like the holy bible lately. She re-read the part that explained how many minutes, exactly, she had to wait for the cupcakes to be fully baked.

45 minutes, and it's been only ten so far.

Mina caught her acting all distracted and she asked for her undivided attention. "[____]!! Hear me out, will you please!? Sero is being unfair! He totally kicked you and me out of his plans and I can't help but feel upset about it!! Wasn't that rude of him?! SHOULDN'T WE HATE HIM FROM NOW ON?!"

Her friend was actually a little surprise to hear about the turn of events. She closed her recipe book and turned away from the oven. "Hm...I mean, it sucks but I don't think I can hate him for it. It's his birthday, and his decision..."

"Yeah, I can't hate him either." Ashido suddenly laughed it off as if her previous whining was all a lie. "That's exactly why I called you. Let's have a GIRLS ONLY sleepover at my house on the same day to distract us, what do you think?!"

"Sounds like fun. Are you going to invite every girl in class?"

"Yes I am and hopefully they'll all come!! I'll ask Jiro to bring some movies, Momo can make all sorts of colorful nail polish so we can do each other's mani-pedis! Asui and Chako-chan can bring magazines and manga, and...[____]? Can you bring face masks and snacks, pwetty pweashe~?"

"Sure! I don't mind buying snacks for all of us; but...face masks?" [____] knew exactly what those were, her mother bought sheet ones in bulk to use two of them daily. She just never had the urge to try one before. "Like, what kind should I buy?"

"Any kind! Surprise us! So many stores sell them in their beauty section, they're easy to spot."

She felt a little more enthusiastic about it once she thought about asking her crush to go with her to the mall the next day to help her choose beauty products. 'It could be some sort of mini date! I can buy him a soft pretzel for coming with me, after!'

"I got it, Mina! You can rely on me, I'll do my best!!"

"Alright, but it's just face masks..." Ashido became sidetracked when she noticed smoke appearing from behind [____]'s head. "What is that...?"

"Huh?"

"Miss [____]!! Please leave the kitchen right now, before the smoke detector goes off and scares you!!" A maid entered the kitchen after smelling the fumes and urged her to step away from the oven.

"OH NO!! My cupcakes!! Mina, I'll have to text you instead! I'm sorry but I have to deal with this, bye!!"

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part two coming soon 🥺 sorry I'm trash. You're amazing though ily