2555/A Very Happy Re-Birthday

A Very Happy Re-Birthday
Date of Scene:	08 March 2017
Location:	Sakura Territory
Synopsis:	It's Momo's Re-Birthday, a year since she came back from the dead, so Kyouko and Naru have a little party planned for her.
Cast of Characters:	Kyouko Sakura, Naru Osaka, Momo Sakura

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Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    March 8th- the one-year anniversary of the final battle at the North Pole. The day a lot of people died. The day a lot of people came back to life. Significantly- the day one more person came back to life than died (at least on that particular day).

    Kyouko hasn't mentioned anything in the days leading up to it, but she's been thinking about it. Although they didn't actually meet until some weeks later, this was the day that Sailor Moon made her miracle happen- and the day Momo, her little sister, came back into the world.

    Kyouko loves many things about her life currently, but Momo is one of the big points. Family is everything to her, and Momo is her only blood family. Therefore, even if it's not her 'real' birthday, Momo's rebirthday is something she wants to celebrate.

    There has been Preperations. And Kyouko is now engaged in decorating the living room of the Sakura apartment. Mostly by 'decorating' she's just hanging up a banner which says "Happy Birthday!!" in big letters, with a "Re-" drawn in with a sharpie in front of 'birthday' and "Momo" written in tiny cramped letters on the other side. (Clearly Naru did not help with the banner, but she had a different duty to perform for this particular occasion.)

    Standing on the couch in bare feet, Kyouko finishes fastening it up, and then drops down, looking up and beaming happily. "Perfect!"

Naru Osaka has posed:
The smells in the apartment say that Naru's duties have been in the kitchen. There has been baking, and cooking, and more baking, and likely bacon as well. Not even apology bacon!

It doesn't seem to matter that Naru really didn't, and doesn't even still, know exactly every detail of what went on a year ago. She is fully on board with celebrating Momo's re-birthday in the manner in which such things should be celebrated. With cake. Cakes, even.

Naru comes to the entrance of the living room, to look up at the banner as she waits on the timer. "Looks good."

Momo Sakura has posed:
Working on a rebirthday. Normally this would cause some form of grumble from Momo.

But, um, apparently she never really kept track of days in the beginning because she doesn't even know it's her rebirthday.

(And to be honest, with everyone in the penthouse acting weird like they'd been back in December for a few days, Momo isn't really sure what's going on.)

However, her nose pokes up in the air as soon as the elevator doors slide open. Dog's tail starts to wag. If possible, Momo floats down the hall as she follows the heavenly scent, hoping against hope that it is coming from her apartment and not some doors down.

That happened once. Such a sad day for Momo!

She enters the apartment and kicks off her shoes. "Hi, Kyou-nee! Hi, Naru!" Because really, who else cooks in the apartment? She trots through the small hall toward the living room. "I could smell things from down the hall and--what's this?"

She just sort of stares! What is this!

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko knew that it was getting close to the time when Momo would be returning. She beams at Naru at the compliment to her banner, looking more like a pleased kid than she is wont to do on most days. But then there's the sound of the door opening, and she puts a finger to her lips, hiding behind the couch.

    When Momo appears in the living room (with Dog in tow), she leaps up from behind the couch and shouts (maybe a touch too loudly), "Happy Re-birthday, Momo!" Beam beam. Seeing such a look of pure, almost childlike enthusiasm and delight on her faec is far-removed from the norm and both other girls would do well to soak it in while they can, because it doesn't happen very often!

    She practically bounces across the room to wrap her little sister in a hug! "Today is a year since you came back! So.. well, it ain't a real birthday but we figured it was worth celebrating!" She says, leaning back. "Naru made cake!"

Naru Osaka has posed:
There might be forgiveness in Naru not being quite as on the ball about jumping out and surprising, because she is rather too busy enjoying watching her girlfriend be all giddy delighted. D'awww. So much mushy.

"Happy Re-Birthday, Momo!" Naru adds to the chorus as Kyouko ambushes her sister and she grins. "There's cake for you, and a cake just for Dog. He doesn't get to have chocolate."

Momo Sakura has posed:
Momo is just...! What...!

Her mouth is agape and her hands are just hovering in shaking glee! She does hug her sister back, though!

"Oh! Oh oh oh! That's today? Ohhhh I completely--I didn't--! No wonder everyone's so weird!"

A quick tightening hug again for Kyouko!

She pulls back because she wants to hug Naru, but she also wants to hug Kyouko again, and she wants to do about fifty things at once! "Oh I'm so excited I might pee myself! But I won't! Don't worry!" And she decides to hug Naru! "Even for Dog? He says thank you! Thank you both so much!"

As if on cue, Dog barks and wags his tail!

And then she's hugging Kyouko again, because Sister.

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko continues to beam at Momo's reaction, laughing slightly at her sister's words. "Well.. everyone is so weird because of all the other stuff that happened, but to me, I think this is the most important." She says. "Even more-so than defeating Beryl.. though, I guess I should give that credit too, since if we didn't do that none of us would be here to celebrate this now."

    She squeezes Momo again on the second hug, shaking her head. "No peeing in the living room, please. That goes for Dog, too." She fixes the canine with a firm look, then grins and steps back. "Hey.. we never got to have big birthday parties as kids, right? So I wanted to go all-out." She glances up at the obviously jury-rigger banner, and quirks her lips. "Well. Mostly all-out."

    Then she laughs. "Sit down, we'll get snacks." And she walks over to the kitchen, stealing a smooch from Naru as she passes in to start grabbing stuff to bring out to the living room.

Naru Osaka has posed:
Naru hugs tight when her turn to get hugs comes up and then releases Momo back to the hugging of Kyouko. "Little kid birthday parties are wholly overrated. Especially the ubiquitous orange drink." She wrinkles up her nose. "Ew."

"Fortunately, none of us are little kids, so we get to have good food and real drink." Naru leans into the smooch, because the pair of them are comfortably adorable and follows Kyouko into the kitchen.

Dinner has plenty to carry out. Lots of small dishes of all sorts of fillings to go in the savoury crepes that Naru's pre-made and just waiting to come out. Bacon and cheese, and vegetables and mushrooms and pineapple, and anything else that she could think of to make the two voracious and experimental eaters in the house happy. Two cakes, one decorated with dog biscuits, wait on the counter 'til later.

Momo Sakura has posed:
Momo just beams at her sister! "I'm pretty pleased with this outcome, too!" Heck, she wouldn't even change the rocky start!

Dog's tail just wags harder at the stern look Kyouko gives him. For her part, Momo gives a firm and serious nod! Serious face, activate! "Right! No peeing in the living room!"

She claps and stares at the banner for a moment. "Can we leave it up for a long time? Can I keep it?" Because her sister made it! Momo loves it!

Momo goes in a tight little circle for a moment before she sits down as instructed. Overwhelm! In the best way!

She looks up at Naru with wide, curious eyes! "What kind of orange drink?"

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko rolls her eyes just a little. "I dunno about leaving it up for a long time, but sure, you can keep it if you want. I'll help you put it up in your room later." It can stay up in there forever, for all it matters to her!

    She says this, of course, as she is helping Naru carry out things from the kitchen.. all those crepes and all the many fillings, practically anything you can put in a crepe! It's all deposited on the table, and then Kyouko sits down next to Momo and points. "No orange drink for you. But there's soda. Just don't drink too much of it. And these awesome crepes! Naru made 'em, so make sure you say thank you. They're amazing!"

    She is clearly salivating herself, but she quirks a brow at Momo. "Birthday girl gets to go first. But.. please bear in mind the structural limits of a crepe." Momo may try to over-stuff, and that would end in tragedy.

Naru Osaka has posed:
"It'd be great in your room." Naru agrees on the decorating choice there. She passes out topping, and brings a few herself, and plates and crepes, so they can all serve themselves, and not be bound by each other's bizarre combination choices.

"Orange drink is this awful, utterly fake syrup that must have been terribly cheap, as all the fast food places had it, and you watered it down to make something that was in theory, palatable. Except every party seemed to water it down a fairly random amount, and to my tastes, there was no amount short of 'none' that rendered it tasty." Naru laughs and shakes her head as she settles kneeling at the table. "Some of my classmates, however, thought it was the best thing /ever/ and were delighted when it wasn't watered down much at a party."

Momo Sakura has posed:
Yay! Momo's determined to keep it up in her room forever! And even if forever only lasts until next week, she's already planning storage possibilities!

When Kyouko sits down she hugs on her older sister's arm with a happy little squeal and a giggle. "Thank you, Naru!"

And she continues to bounce in place!

But then, oh! She studies a crepe for a moment, then possible toppings! After a moment she comes to a mental compromise. A wee little bit of everything! Structural integrity included!

Momo blinks at Naru. "That sounds really scary. I'm glad for soda!" She likes soda! She's glad Kyouko got her some!

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    There is, in theory, whatever sort of soda Momo prefers. Soda is not an every-day drink in the Sakura household for several reasons, though it makes an ppearance from time to time, but this is a special occasion so of course there is some.

    Kyouko makes a face at Naru's tale-telling about orange drink. "Bleh. I mean.. I'll drink anything so I shouldn't complain too much but I am very satisfied with our actual selection here today."

    She herself makes the most healthy possible crepe, which is to say, stuffed with cheese and bacon, before ripping a nice big tear out of it with her sharp fangs and chewing happily. "These are fanatastic, Naru." She praises, between bites, making the crepe quickly disappear.

    All this one-armed, since Momo is currently clinging to the other one like a limpet. A cute limped, though.

Naru Osaka has posed:
Naru assembles her crepe with far fewer toppings than Momo, but just as healthy as Kyouko's. It's not like she doesn't burn through calories at an alarming rate. "You're welcome, Momo."

Naru has the advantage of not having a little sister tumour as she eats. "So how was work day, Momo?"

Momo Sakura has posed:
Momo beams at Naru with a mouth full of crepe, cheeks chipmunk-puffed with yummy.

And she has to work on swallowing her last bite for a moment before she can answer, which of course she does while making herself another crepe! This time with less variety and more of single bits. "It was good! I helped this lady find some clothes she wanted, and this old guy bought a set of drawers. And oh! There was this huge crafting delivery thing that we didn't have time to go through. I'll see if they have some fun stuff tomorrow!"

OM NOM NOM PIRAHNA!

"How about you guys? Fun day?"

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko is busily devouring crepes herself, but she's careful to make sure Momo gets what she wants in the greatest volume, avoiding the things Momo seems to be going after the most. She seems unduly pleased, both by how delicious the food is, and by how much Momo seems to like it as well.

    She listens to Momo's chatter about her day at work, grinning and shrugging when the question is returned. "Spent most of the day getting ready for this." She says, sounding pleased with herself. Then she suddenly pries herself away from Momo.

    "Keeep eating." She tells her sister, before padding out of the room, down the hall to her bedroom. She returns a moment later with a present! It's a big box wrapped in peach-colored paper with a bow! She puts it on the floor next to Momo and then sits back down, smiling. "Happy rebirthday!"

Naru Osaka has posed:
"I am boring, and spent much of the day at school." Naru is the token one amongst many who actually attends school on a regular basis. Clearly she cooked once she got home. "So I cannot exactly call it a /fun/ day, per se, but a normal one at least. No crafting deliveries to look forward to going through, just math homework and book reports."

Naru leans just a little to follow Kyouko down towards the bedroom with her gaze and then settles again as she brings back the big box. Which doesn't even require three people! She smiles.

Momo Sakura has posed:
Ack! Suddenly without a sibling prop! But she's quick to recover.

And she doesn't hafta be told twice to keep eating!

She sort of stares at Naru with large, wide eyes. "Is school like in that one movie where it's like three girls basically run everything and are super popular but kinda mean and then this new girl comes and kinda messes it up?"

But before she can get an answer, there's a sudden big box! "What! For me! What!" Hand flappies! More large eyes!

Large eyes that well up! And suddenly Kyouko's barreled against by a tight hugging imomotou. "Thank you thank you!"

And then she dives for the package!

And unwraps it by...being very careful and peeling at the tape.

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko lets out a bit of a yelp as she's tackled again, but she's laughing and lightly pushing at Momo. "You're welcome, you're welcome, jeez.. open it already, will ya?"

    She moves over to sit next to Naru as Momo is distracted by the package, reaching for her girlfriend's hand and twining fingers with her as sh watches, a happy smile on her face. The box isn't that big- definitely not a three-person job.

    But inside it is a bunch of sewing stuff! Kyouko is apparently in favor of Momo's new hobby and wants to encourage it. It's a lot of the stuff you'd expect- needles and thread and some fabrics (you can make up the specifics) and tools, but the important thing is, its all new and good quality! Like you get from a craft store, not the stuff Momo has been scrounging from the thrift store!

Naru Osaka has posed:
Questions about school can wait, there's presents to be opened. Naru twines her fingers into Kyouko's, her own smile a mirror of Kyouko's.

"Oooh!" Naru clearly didn't know what Kyouko's plan for a present was, and she admires the pile of sewing supplies openly. "That was really thoughtful, love!"

Momo Sakura has posed:
Oh. Oh oh oh my.

Momo pulls out All the Things and just STARES! Bias tape! A pin cushion! Buttons! And ohhhh, these are the needles she's been drooling over, and aaaaah, the pins that aren't rough at the ends and bobbins are so cute! And the fabric! She can feel the new softness of it all!

And everything is so nice and so perfect and she's never felt more loved and and and---

She's bawling now. "Everything is so b-b-beautifulllll!"

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko beams at Naru, clearly pleased by her girlfriend's praise.. aaaand then Momo is bawling, and she winces slightly, even as she laughs slightly, because she knows the tears are happy-tears and not upset-tears.

    She disentangles from Naru so she can slide over on her knees again and hug Momo once more. "Aww, c'mon kid, none of that." She says, grinning despite herself. "It's just the tools to make something beautiful. But I wanted you to be able to do the best you could, so I figured you needed the right tools. So.. happy rebirthday. Again."

    She laughs, getting up. "I'm gonna go bring out the cake now! And the one for Dog, too." She walks into the kitchen again, nodding at Naru to come give her a hand.

Naru Osaka has posed:
Naru slides over after Kyouko's gotten up to lean in and offer a kiss to the forehead for the happy teared one. "They are not so beautiful that you can't use them. Remember that, alright? Like a beautiful new sketchbook, it only comes to life when you use them." She smiles, delighted at fostering creativity everywhere.

Naru gets to her feet, to go and help Kyouko fetch cakes. And give Momo more time to pet fabric. Because that's really want new fabric is for.

Momo Sakura has posed:
Kyouko has a limpet once again, but only until she pulls away. When that happens, Momo sniffles and snuffles and snorts, grinning and nodding.

And oh oh! Cake! "Caaaaaake!"

Oh gosh, she is so spoiled today!

She leans into the Naru Forehead kiss and then gapes at her for a moment. "How'd you know part of me wanted to do that?" Gollyyyy! Naru's so smart!

And she does, of course, pet the fabric. And hug it. And brush her cheeks against it. So pretty! It even has that new fabric smell!

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Momo only gets a few moments to pet and sniff her new fabric before Kyouko and Naru are returning, with a cake each! Kyouko has let Naru carry the main cake, which is chocolatey and probably as large as Momo's head and might just have a single candle on it since it's her first rebirthday.

    Kyouko herself has taken the cake for dog, which is a weird pumpkin and apple sauce and peanut butter thing, decorated with dog biscuits! It's not that big but it should be big enough to please the trusty canine, for whom it is set on the floor near to his doggy bed before Kyouko returns to the table.

    She lights the candle with a convinient lighter she got from somewhere and then grins. "Make a wish." She winks, then glances around. "But make sure Kyubey isn't around, first." Even though he has no viable targets in this room anyway!

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Birthday wishes are just wishes." Naru assures as she sets the cake down. "Not Wishes." One can even /hear/ the capitalization in her voice.

There's a soft laugh at Momo's gaping about her psychic powers. "I know, because I have the exact same problem every time I get beautiful new art supplies. I put them on my desk, and I admire them and I think 'oh gosh, that notebook is too pretty to use, I'll save it for when I'm good at this'. Except that you never /get/ good without doing it, and there are always more pretty notebooks. Or pretty fabric, in this case."

Momo Sakura has posed:
Dog's tail thumps against the floor even before he sees what's coming his way. "Woof!" It's more a breath than an actual bark. He's a Good Boy and is quiet inside, unless he needs to bark!

Chomp chomp!

Momo carefully puts her fabric back in the box. It wouldn't do to get chocolate on it already! She wiggles in place a bit.

"Ohhhh that's how I feel about some of the dresses I brought home! So pretty, but I don't wanna ruin them yet!"

She gives Kyouko a Look! "It's pretty much the same one, anyway. I'm pretty sure that'd be cheating even for him!" Some tweaks of course!

She takes a DEEP BREATH and blows out the candle.

Then she blinks and looks at the two with a touch of worry. "You're...gonna have some too, right?" Because cake is amazing by yourself but its even better when shared!

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko grins proudly as she watches Momo blow out the candle.. then blinks at her as the girl asks if they are going to have some, too. "Darlin', don't forget who you're talking to." She says, mildly exasperated. "As if there could ever be a cake in this house I wouldn't at least try." She chuckles. "Luckily, Naru knows us both pretty well by this point so she made it more than big enough for us all to have some."

    This is indeed so. And soon, cake is sliced and distributed, and everyone can enjoy some of the chocolately deliciousness. (Except for Dog, but that is why he got his own cake.)

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Dresses, like fabric and sketchbooks, get lonely when they sit in closets all alone. They need to be worn and used." Naru nods firmly at that idea and then she laughs. "Three plates for cake, you're darn /right/ we're having some." There's a quick wink. "If we're feeling particularly generous, we might want to take a slice up to Endy. I know how fond he is of chocolate cake."

Momo Sakura has posed:
A sigh of relief! "Phew! Good!"

And she indicates a sliver slice of cake, then makes it a sliver or two more. "Like this?"

And then a giant cheesey grin because she's so funny! "I'm just kidding! I bet he'd like it, too! Do you think it'd help him feel better?"

She takes a bite. Yummmmmmm! Her eyes roll in bliss and she slumps over to the floor. Dramatics, she's mastering it. "So goooooooood!"

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    "That's a good idea," Kyouko says to Naru, regarding taking a piece of cake up to Mamoru when they are finished with it. She eyes Momo at her sliver-slicing, then rolls her eyes when her sister reveals it to be a joke.

    "I think it will make him feel good, one way or the other, but honestly he didn't seem to be in too bad a way last night. Then again, he was meddling in other people's business which always does seem to cheer him up." She grins a little bit.

    Then she pokes at Momo with a foot. "Don't get chocolate on the carpet, miss, even if it is your rebirthday."

Naru Osaka has posed:
"I think he'd appreciate the sentiment, regardless of the date." Naru points out and then smiles. "Possibly a little bit more sentimentality involved today, however. They did seem to be doing alright upstairs." She nods a little. "Meddling was probably helping, yes. And well.. quite honestly.. it's been a year of a lot of changes, and most of them good. It's hard to hold onto a whole lot of despair for an event when people are feeling supported and loved and life seems pretty good."

Momo Sakura has posed:
She squeaks at getting toed. "I'm being careful! I'd clean it up anyway!" Raspberries at her sister!

And then she sits up, hair wild and eyes glowing and face flushed. She is one happy Momo!

She takes another bite and nods! (And a couple more bites. Three Sakura Bites are generally taken for every one Other People Bite.)

"I'm glad! Snuggling seems to help the blues. Or shooting things."

Another three bites. And then she looks up and shrugs. "You know. At the arcade? Those shooting games? I find those very relaxing."

Kyouko Sakura has posed:
    Kyouko nods her head to Naru. "I have to agree." She says, smiling. "A lot of good changes." She sounds very happy indeed.

    Then she looks at Momo. "Just eat your cake, rebirthday girl."