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About 1 Year Later

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"H-Huh?!?!"

"What the hell?!"

Upon hearing loud banging noises, Xinrei and Xinya awoke with a fright.

Xinrei jumped out of bed and opened the their curtains to see what was happening outside, only to see a barrage of fireworks going off in town. Xinya got up to see the commotion as well, and saw a few balloons flying up into the air.

"What is going on out there..?"

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU TWO~~!!"

Nitro, Renjun, Suko came barging through their door, startling them even more.

"Oh! That's what the occasion is!"

"I can't believe we forgot that fast..."

"YOU'RE BOTH FINALLY FIFTEEN! WE'RE THE SAME AGE NOW~!"

Nitro happily hugged the twins, happy to finally be the same age as them.

However, that news was bittersweet for the twins. Because of Nitro's condition that only allows him to age up every three years, they knew that after their next birthday, they would never share the same age again. A year and a half later, Nitro would finally be able to turn sixteen, and share the same age with the twins again. But as they continue to age normally, their older brother would eventually become the youngest of the three for as long as they are together.

Nevertheless, the two put a smile on their face for his sake and embraced him.

"We got gifts for you two that's from all three of us~"

Renjun happily gave the twins their wrapped gifts, Xinrei's being wrapped with angel wrapping paper, and Xinya's being wrapped with demon wrapping paper.

Xinya opened hers first and found a lovely necklace with a boar pendant, which happened to be her favorite animal.

"This is really for me~?"

"It sure is~. And it's not just any old necklace~. There's a special power hidden within it that will aid you in your times of need. And it's just really pretty~. Be sure to keep it close~"

"I will~. Thank you so much~"

Xinrei carefully opened his present next after noticing the tiny holes that were scattered around it, finding a mysterious tiny creature inside.

"Is this..?"

"It's a sugar glider dragon~. We found him at the pet store and just had a feeling that he was meant for you~. His name is Eon~"

Suko explained to the boy, seeing how he and the tiny dragon stared directly into each other's eyes.

Xinrei carefully put his finger in front of it, and it rested one of its paws on him before it came out of the box and excitedly flew around him.

Seeing the smile that quickly crept onto the boy's face, as well as seeing him laugh, filled everyone in the room with joy. The dragon soon landed on Xinrei's shoulder and snuggled itself against his neck.

"I...really love him~. Thank you so much~"

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2 Hours Later

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Renjun and Suko took the kids into town to enjoy the little festivities they had, but they travelled with them to Haeju City to surprise them with the bigger festival that was being held for them there.

Upon arriving, the two looked around to see how the city was filled with a lot more people than usual. They could even see their family, all of Force 127, and everyone they had recruited and saved on their journey enjoying the festivities as well.

"What in the world?!"

"Where did they all come from so fast?!"

"Xinrei! Xinya! Nitro! You finally made it~!"

Tayden suddenly ran up to them with the other Paramounts, already enjoying cones of ice cream.

It was then that Xinrei and Xinya realized that everyone that lived in their household was there too, after remembering that they weren't at home when they woke up.

"Guys! What's going on?!"

"People from all of the worlds we've visited came pouring in since last night! Even demons and angels from the two realms and two other guys from a realm only Uncle Renjun has been to came here! They started opening up all of these stalls from early this morning! They're all here to celebrate your birthdays!"

"We wanted to surprise you~"

Nitro added to Jeongho's explanation.

The twins not only realized that Nitro knew about the entire thing already like everyone else, but they noticed how a lot of the foods looked different because they came from the different worlds.

"Here!"

"Try this!"

Sungmin and Suyun both had extra ice cream cones for the twins and excitedly shoved them in front of their faces, while Minkyu gave Nitro his cone.

Upon tasting the contents of the cone, the three siblings immediately got just as hyper as they were.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!"

"WHERE HAS THIS BEEN ALL MY LIFE?!"

"THIS IS SOME OF THE BEST ICE CREAM I'VE EVER TASTED!!"

"This is from a stall that came from A.C.E's city of Jiaodao~"

"There's a lot more stalls that have very interesting selections! Let's go~!"

They all followed Xuefen and Junsung to the next stalls, eager to try many of the new delicacies.

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Throughout the entire day, the kids ventured to many different stalls and got to reunite with all of their recruited members once again.

After they visited the first half of the stalls, Xinrei and Xinya were led to a large table in front of Force 127's HQ that had both of their cakes and other decorations on it.

The crowns that were presented on top of each cake were special crowns crafted by Luoyang, Zhenya, and Xinyi as their gift to them.

After everyone sang happy birthday to them and they blew out their candles after making their wishes, the kids continued to enjoy the festivities, their parents also enjoying themselves close by.

At one point while Renjun was celebrating with his brothers and their wives, he looked over at the kids as they stood together at another stall. What caught his attention the most was seeing Xinrei's smile.

As far as birthdays go, he's never seen him smile so much, or so sincerely. Witnessing him smiling and laughing with his siblings, cousins, best friend, and his new pet companion put a smile on his face.

He was overjoyed to see Xinrei and Xinya enjoying their fifteenth birthday so much, and wanted to do everything he could to make every day after that special for all of them.

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Hours Later

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"It hurts..."

"Because you stuffed your face.. I thought you would've learned since this happened last year too.."

Nitro couldn't help but smile at his sister, who was falling asleep while Renjun carried her on his back.

"I wish we could have parties like this all the time..~"

"Aaand, now she's asleep.. She'll be just fine later though"

Suko smiled, gently rubbing her back.

"Hey. Why's that guy all alone?"

Xinrei asked suddenly spotting a man sitting alone.

The man had a hood over his head so they couldn't see his face. But he sat alone on the steps of one of the closed stores.

"..Hey Su? Could you take Xinya and Nitro to the ship for me? Xinrei and I will meet you all there in a bit"

"Sure thing. You two take all the time that you need"

Renjun carefully gave Xinya to Suko for her to carry their daughter on her back, and Nitro held her hand as she led them back to their ship.

Meanwhile, Renjun and Xinrei approached the man to offer him some help. However, the man kept insisting that he was fine.

But even if he denied their kind offer, Renjun decided to make another without pestering the man.

"I'm not trying to force you to do anything. This is just another little offer. We have special wellness appointments with many people, from this world and others, right at the Hero's Department of Justice. They're kind of like therapy sessions held for the purpose of helping those that are having hard times in life. We could see you as early as tomorrow, if you're willing to come"

After a few seconds of silence, the man sighed as he finally seemed to make a decision.

"Fine. I'll give it a shot"

After giving his answer, the man got up and started walking away, until he suddenly stopped.

"See you tomorrow"

He waved at the two before walking off down a dark alleyway, leaving the two alone.

"So we'll see him tomorrow. That's great"

"Hey Rei, I'm very proud of you for thinking of others. You're really growing up to be a fine hero"

Renjun smiled as they got up and walked back to their ship together.

"I-It was nothing.. I just wanted to help him, even on my birthday..~"

Renjun simply put his arm around his shoulder, while Eon flew with them at Xinrei's side.

As they continued to walk together, Renjun suddenly spotted another person on a nearby roof, with a mask on to hide their face. But instead of saying anything, he simply looked away after a while, as if he already knew they were there the whole time and knew the exact reason why they were there.