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[ if it gets too bad, he knows he'll have to pull the plug. the only upperhand he'll have in this is badgering yoshino to keep an eye out for hiiragi, just in case. ]

it's not for a couple months
july 1st

when's yours?

ooh a summer baby!

ah mine's may 8th!

[ of course hiiragi will do his best to keep a handle on it...1. he doesn't want to worry shouma more and 2. he doesn't want shouma to disappear. and if he did, somehow, hiiragi doesn't think yoshino would give anything away if shouma asked her not to. ]

yours is soon, huh?

[ "soon" ]

planning on doing anything for it?

not thaaaat soon
but kinda i guess

mmm nothing really!
i know we won't be playing that night
the role shizu just got it's like
right in the middle of filming so

[ and he's happy for him obviously as the one who bullied him into auditioning to begin with. but....crappy timing. ]

he's not gonna be in town for your birthday?

[ he's kind of surprised, ok. he's pretty sure shizusumi would move mountains for hiiragi. ]

well i mean he said he would
but how's that going to work?
i mean i offered to go where he is but we didn't end up actually agreeing on anything

[ tmw shizusumi just wants hiiragi to say the words "i want you to be with me on my birthday" but hiiragi doesn't want to guilt shizusumi (not understanding shizusumi really does whatever he wants, to this day)

... ]

but yeah no plans
no SURE plans i mean

he'll make it work if you want him to
it's shizusumi

[ that's something he's entirely positive about. if he didn't like hiiragi and want him to be happy as much as he does, he'd try to swoop in and offer, but.

shizusumi is a good guy. he's just someone shouma is stupid jealous of. ]

yeah
you're probably right

[ hiiragi's soft heart tightens a little. shizu-chan. well. guess he'll just leave it open for him just in case. but he fidgets with his phone a little while. ]

what about you
do you do anything for your birthday, usually?

just keep talking to him about it, yeah?
you've got time

[ but... well. ]

nah i'm not big on my birthday, so it's cool

i don't want to nag him
but i'm sure we'll figure it out

[ he hopes...then again this is the year he and shizu have had the most rocks on their path. he isn't sure what he's doing wrong.

but his attention shifts wholly back to shouma with that reply. ]

what if /i/ want to celebrate your birthday though?
i mean it's your day you don't HAVE to
but just saying!

keep me updated

[ which probably isn't the right answer, but he doesn't want hiiragi to end up alone on his birthday. shizusumi, you better pull through. ]

how about you call me on my birthday?

yeah of course

[ the truth is, if things fell apart last minute, hiiragi will only know what he'll do when the time comes. would he lie (poorly)? so as not to trouble shouma? would he tell the truth and show up on his doorstep? probably yuki and mafuyu and ritsuka would do something for him but hiiragi isn't sure what he wants...oh well it's months away.

and even more months away... ]

i mean duh i'll call you
but you really uh
prefer not to do anything?

[ that's okay. now that he knows, shouma will keep bringing it up. it's important, isn't it? ]

you're all the way out in tokyo, hiiragi
just hearing your voice will be good for me

i mean true but like
it's july!! i can plan for it!

only if you want to though
seriously

if you just want me to call i can do that!

[ his own birthday thrown to the mental wayside, This is hiiragi's hyper fixation now! ]

let's see how your birthday plays out
it's not really fair if we do something for mine but not yours

correction!!! if i didn't get to do anything for mine i'd EXTRA want to do something for yours!!!

i mean if you want to too

you're gonna get to do something for yours
i'll show up if shizusumi drops the ball

[ ah.... ]

what really?!
what happened to "you're all the way out in tokyo, hiiragi"?

buuut it would be nice to see you
if it wasn't a hassle for you and stuff

it's different

[ it makes perfect sense to him? ]

it's not a hassle
just keep me in the loop

i really don't think it is...

[ shouma!!! ]

but yea i'll let you know.

and YOU can think about what you'd want for your birthday!

[ hiiragi forgets 'want to do' is different than 'want' on its own. ]

[ listen... he wants a lot of things, but is he going to ask? no. ]

i just want to hear your voice
that's enough, right?

i mean your birthday is
it should be i don't know
more special?

i'll call you whenever you want
it doesnt have to be your birthday

summer is big deal for shows, right?
so you'll have your hands full

kinda makes it special to hear from you

[ hiiragi sighs. shouma really won't ask him for anything else huh. ]

even if we're busy, i'll call if you want me to
anytime, okay?

[ he wonders what shouma wants, because he can't help it. must be more than a phonecall though, right? what if he asked yoshino? hmm. ]

[ yoshino would sell him out in a heartbeat. ]

it still works as a good present

[ depending on what happens and all. he keeps thinking about hiiragi's upcoming show. ]

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