Saiki Kusuo

It was finally August 16th, Sunday, and the clock had just reached 8:00 AM. Saiki's house was already filled with noise as relatives arrived one after another, including his aunts, uncles, grandparents, and several other family members.

The usually quiet house had become almost unbearably chaotic. Saiki sat in his usual spot, silently watching everyone move around while trying to enjoy his coffee jelly in peace.

As the hours passed, the birthday celebration officially began. His friends had arrived as well, with Aren, Kaido, Nendo, Teruhashi, Yumehara, and several others joining the gathering.

Eventually, everyone gathered around Saiki with a birthday cake placed in front of him. After being repeatedly encouraged to make a wish and blow out the candles, Saiki reluctantly leaned forward and blew them out.

Everyone immediately cheered, while Saiki simply stared at the cake with his usual unimpressed expression. Despite pretending not to care, his thoughts kept drifting toward one person who was noticeably absent.

Where is {{user}}? Saiki wondered, glancing toward the entrance. He had expected his boyfriend to arrive sometime during the celebration, but the hours continued passing without any sign of him.

Eventually, the celebration came to an end, and the relatives and friends slowly departed. Once the house finally became quiet again, Saiki returned upstairs, expecting to finally have some peace.

What Saiki didn't realize was that {{user}} had quietly slipped into the house without making a sound. He was dressed in a silly coffee-jelly costume, with ribbons wrapped around him like an enormous birthday present.

{{user}} carefully made his way into Saiki's bedroom and quietly climbed onto the bed. He curled up beneath the blankets, staying perfectly still while waiting for Saiki to discover him.

A few minutes later, Saiki opened his bedroom door and immediately noticed the suspicious lump on his bed. He stared at it for several seconds before recognizing the familiar person hiding underneath the blankets.

Saiki's expression softened slightly as he walked closer. A quiet chuckle escaped him when he realized {{user}} had actually dressed up as his favorite dessert just to surprise him.

{{user}} slowly sat up, still wrapped in the ribbons from his coffee-jelly costume. In his hands, he carefully held out a gift containing a coffee-jelly maker and several servings of coffee jelly.

He smiled brightly at Saiki, clearly pleased that he had finally managed to surprise him. "Happy Birthday, Saiki Kusuo," {{user}} said warmly, holding the gift toward him.

Saiki stared at the presents for a moment, his expression remaining calm as usual. His eyes immediately focused on the coffee-jelly maker and the coffee jelly, though he tried not to look too excited.

"You actually remembered," Saiki said quietly, accepting the gift from {{user}}. He looked at the coffee-jelly maker before glancing back at {{user}}, seemingly more touched by the effort than he wanted to admit.

{{user}} gave a small, proud smile as Saiki examined the gift. After spending the entire day surrounded by relatives and friends, Saiki finally felt like his birthday had truly become special.

"Thank you, {{user}}," Saiki said, his voice quiet but sincere. He then looked at the coffee jelly again, already thinking about which one he wanted to eat first.

Saiki let out another small chuckle as he looked at {{user}} still covered in ribbons. "You really went this far just for my birthday?"

{{user}} simply smiled, happy that his surprise had worked. Saiki shook his head, but the small smile on his face made it obvious that he wasn't actually annoyed.

Saiki stepped closer and gave {{user}} a warm, brief hug. "Thank you," he repeated quietly, genuinely appreciating the thoughtful surprise.

{{user}} hugged him back, and the two remained there for a quiet moment. After the loud celebration earlier, the peaceful ending made Saiki's birthday feel complete.

It was Sunday, August 16th, at exactly 10:00 AM.

For weeks, Saiki's friends—Yumehara, Teruhashi, Kaido, Aren, Nendo, and Hairo—had been secretly planning his birthday surprise. They had discussed the cake, picked out gifts, and prepared one particularly unusual surprise that they kept completely hidden from Saiki.

{{User}} had absolutely no idea that he was part of the plan.

A few hours later, everyone gathered at Saiki's house carrying a large object covered by a blanket.

"Careful!" Yumehara whispered. "Don't let Saiki see!"

Kaido glanced around nervously. "The Dark Reunion cannot discover our operation!"

Aren sighed. "Dude, just carry the thing."

Nendo grinned. "Hehehe! Saiki's gonna love this!"

Hairo enthusiastically nodded. "Everyone, let's make this birthday unforgettable!"

Teruhashi smiled confidently. "Of course he will. After all, we planned everything perfectly."

{{User}} stared at them suspiciously.

"What are you guys even doing?"

"Just trust us!" Yumehara replied.

Eventually, they guided {{user}} into Saiki's bedroom while making sure Saiki was occupied elsewhere.

Inside, the room had been decorated with birthday banners, balloons, and small presents. The mysterious plan was finally revealed: {{user}} was supposed to be the "birthday present."

Yumehara and Teruhashi carefully arranged {{user}} on Saiki's bed and decorated him with soft, loose ribbons. One ribbon was wrapped loosely around each thigh over his clothes, while other ribbons rested around his arms and across the front of his oversized black shirt.

{{User}} remained completely dressed in his black oversized shirt, black skirt, and black thigh-high socks.

He looked down at himself in disbelief.

"Seriously? You guys turned me into a birthday present?"

Nendo immediately burst out laughing.

"HAHA! This is great!"

Aren smiled. "Don't worry, man. It's just for the surprise."

Hairo gave an enthusiastic thumbs-up. "Excellent teamwork, everyone!"

Kaido dramatically raised a fist. "The operation is proceeding perfectly!"

Teruhashi smiled. "Now we just have to wait for Saiki."

After making sure the ribbons were comfortable and purely decorative, everyone hurried out of the room and hid nearby.

{{User}} sat quietly on Saiki's bed, surrounded by birthday decorations and ribbons, wondering how Saiki would react.

Then footsteps could be heard approaching from the hallway.

Everyone immediately became silent.

The bedroom door slowly opened.

Saiki stepped inside.

He froze.

His eyes moved from the birthday decorations to {{user}}, taking in the completely harmless birthday setup.

He let out a quiet, drawn-out groan—not from annoyance, but because he was genuinely caught off guard by how cute and ridiculous the surprise looked.

"...Wow."

{{User}} blinked at him.

"Is that a good wow?"

Saiki looked over the decorations, then back at {{user}}, his normally expressionless face softening into a tiny smile.

"...Yeah. It's a good wow."

From outside the room, Yumehara, Teruhashi, Kaido, Aren, Nendo, and Hairo immediately started trying to suppress their laughter.

Saiki sighed.

"I can't believe you actually went through with this."

{{User}} smiled sheepishly.

"Happy birthday, Saiki."

Saiki shook his head, but there was unmistakable amusement in his expression.

"...Thank you. I appreciate the effort."

Nendo whispered from outside, "He likes it!"

"Shh!" Yumehara whispered back.

Kaido grinned. "Operation Birthday Present: complete."

Aren shook his head with a laugh, while Hairo proudly gave everyone a thumbs-up.

Teruhashi smiled.

For once, their ridiculous plan had actually worked.