Ezra's birthday was today, Empire Day, and he didn't plan on telling The crew. But that's not all, it was also the day the Empire took his parents away. He stayed in bed till 10:00 but decided he was hungry and chose to get up. He went to the kitchen and found Zeb still munching on food. "Well hello sleepy head. You almost missed breakfast." Hera said but Ezra didn't reply. He sat down at the table but only took a few bites. This was really concerning the crew. Ezra usually loved breakfast but he wasn't eating as much today and it was he favorite, space waffles.
He got up once he decided he was done and left to go back to his room to meditate. He thought it would clear his mind of today.
"What's wrong with the kid?" Zeb asked.
"I don't know. I'll go see if I can talk to him. And it's Empire Day so that may be a part of it. I'll tell you if I find anything." Kanan replied while getting up. He went to Ezra's cabin but felt through the force that Ezra was meditating. He didn't want to disturb him so he walked in without knocking. He found him in the middle of the floor meditating like he felt before. He crouched down to Ezra's level and put his hand on Ezra's shoulder. Ezra didn't come out, so he gently shook the teen. His violet eyes snapped open and caught sight of Kanan's eyes. The first thing Kanan noticed was the pain and sadness in Ezra's eyes. Then he felt waves of these emotions in the force.
"Ezra what's wrong?" Kanan asked with a concerned look.
"Nothing just not in the mood today." Ezra replied while getting up. Kanan knew he was lying so he gave him a 'spill it' face and Ezra just sighed.
"Kanan I'm fine. Don't worry about me." He said walking over to the bed. He sat down and so did Kanan. Ezra could feel his tears coming.
"Ezra please trust me. I know that's not what's wrong. I can feel it."
Ezra sighed again looked up at him with big watery eyes but couldn't hold his tears anymore. He jumped into Kanan's arms and started softly crying. Kanan was shocked by this. He knew now that something was very wrong. Ezra never cried in front of anyone. EVER. Kanan slowly wrapped his arms around his emotional padawan.
After Ezra had calmed down some, he looked back up at Kanan and said in an almost inaudible whisper "It's Empire Day." Kanan was confused by this. It was Empire Day and everyone resented the Empire but no one starts crying because of it. "What about Empire Day?" Kanan asked in a caring voice, looking in to the violet eyes.
In another almost inaudible whisper, "It's my birthday." Ezra said looking down.
Kanan was so shocked by this, his mouth dropped open. He didn't know what to say but before he could say anything, he heard slowed breathing and light snoring. He looked down at his padawan and saw him asleep in his arms. He couldn't but smile. He gently laid the teen downed and covered him in a blanket he found on Ezra's bed. He walked out carefully, not to wake the child.
He walked back to the living room to find the crew still in there with worried and concerned faces. "Did you find anything?" Sabine asked looking at him. They all snapped their heads to him.
"Yeah I actually did." Kanan replied while sitting down next to the crew. They looked at him impatiently. "Well?!?" The crew shouted at the same time.
"Quiet or you'll wake him up." They instantly quieted down, so he continued talking.
"You will't believe this. Today, Empire Day, is Ezra's birthday." The crew had shocked faces."He was crying when he told me this, so I'm guessing this is a touchy subject so don't talk about it much. He eventually fell asleep on me so I put him to bed on Zeb's bed so don't you dare wake him up Zeb." As he finished, The crew was looking down with sad and pained looks. "Wow wasn't expecting that." Zeb said "Hear you there. I thought he was just being moody but now I understand." They stay in silence, thinking about their young crew member. But also thinking of plans to brighten up the day.
Ezra woke up a few hours after Kanan put him to sleep and decided to go eat something so he got up and stretched. At that moment, the memories of him and Kanan came flooding in. He suddenly felt embarrassed by how he acted so he decided to apologize to him once he sees him. 'I shouldn't of done that. Now they think I'm weak.' He thought to himself. He slowly made his way to the living room.
Kanan was putting finishing touches on the cake when he felt waves embarrassed emotions in the force and immediately knew it was Ezra. He then heard a thought, 'I shouldn't have done that. Now they think I'm weak.' He was saddened by this and decided he was going to have a chat with his padawan after this plan. "He's coming!" He whispered yelled to The crew. Hey stopped what they were doing to hide for the surprise.
The door opened with the familiar 'swiss' and they all jumped out at him. "Surprise!!" They all shouted.
Ezra walked into the living room and saw streams. 'What is this?' He thought. All of a sudden, the crew jumped out at him. "Surprise!" He jumped a little by this and looked at the crew shocked. "You would do this for me?" He said looking at the crew. They all stood by him with confused faces. "Yeah, why wouldn't we?" Asked the curious Sabine. "I haven't had a birthday party since I was seven." The crew looked at him saddened by what he said. 'What did he go through on those streets?' Everyone thought."Well that's the past. Now you have us to celebrate with." Kanan said looking at him. Ezra looked up at him happily. "Well what are we waiting for, we have cake!" Zeb yelled running over to get a slice. We all chuckled at that.
They spent the rest of the day having fun, playing games and eating cake. 'This is the best birthday ever!' Ezra thought happily. Kanan heard this thought and looked to Ezra relieved he is actually genuinely happy instead of faking.  Kanan thought it was best to give the chat another day, for today was to just to be happy for Ezra.