“It’s great to see you. I couldn’t have asked for a better surprise. You make getting older worth it.”
She nuzzled against him gentle. She had been asleep just a little while ago, but now she was definitely wide awake from the feeling of his warmth at her back and the arms around her waist. “More than great. I can’t even say how much I loved your surprise. And you look great in an apron.”
She wanted to say it quietly, to get her own feelings across, but she had to raise her voice a little to be heard over the cacophony of cheerful children. Especially since some of them were very loud about their playful “ewwws” and teasing at seeing the couples’ affections.
She just shook her head and smiled as they all headed to the kitchen. The smell of this fancy birthday breakfast was almost enough to make her mouth water.
“You must have really rushed to get here even before I woke up. I can’t even imagine how fast you were going to get here. We’re all happy to see you again.” She had to add the last part when she saw how well he was getting along with the kids again. The little girls and the little boys all looked up to him like he was a superhero and a prince all wrapped into one --even the kids who understood what the tragedy of war meant would rather imagine him as something more firmly from a book or a movie in their eyes, it was more fun for them and less messy to think about. Celintha thought that was fine for now.
“I might be a little jealous. You have to teach me how to make things this cute sometime. Sooo, I know you didn’t come all this way to surprise me-- and the kids-- just with breakfast,” she said hopefully. Not that she would be disappoint with that at all.
“Do I get to ask if there are any other big birthday plans? I’m happy to clear my whole schedule to make some time and some new plans if I have to. My birthday only comes once a year, after all.”
The kids whispered amongst themselves loudly, getting more and more excited as they ran off and told each other to hurry, the sound of little feet pitter-patter out the kitchen and dragging something down.
Celintha giggled and ate some food. “We can bring them along or have them stay here today. That depends on what your plans are,” she added, now that they were out of earshot.
And they were back. Children were fast little balls of energy.
The kids were all practically falling over each other to get to help hold up the large banner that they all definitely painted themselves. It was messy, and colorful, with glitter and feathers and all the neat little things they could think to glue on to give it more personality.
Well, more than the extra trimmings, the picture they had all drawn had a lot of personality to it, itself. It was a wedding picture... of sorts.
Celintha in a wedding dress (now that was an odd thought to her, for some reason), Kira in a black tuxedo, and behind them, two large gundams dressed just the same apparently also getting married (which was less odd in Celintha’s mind, for some reason again). And from the colors and the glitter that was probably supposed to be stars, it all seemed to be happening in space.
Children were creative little balls of energy.
She was caught between heartwarming and hilarious, bringing her hand up to her mouth to stop the chuckle and keep it at just a very bright smile. “It’s... so beautiful,” she finally said after she swallowed down her mouthful of food. She grinned and glanced over at Kira because she had to see what his reaction to their gesture would be. “I don’t know how they made that without me knowing about it, but I definitely haven’t seen this before!”
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