Well, you looked like you were focusing really hard on that stack there, so I didn't wanna interrupt...
[Said with an innocent enough expression on his face, but... he still could have given her SOME form of warning, the little jerk!!
He gives the DVD case of her chosen film a bit of a once-over-- it looked like the sort of schlocky flick that Tsukasa would make him watch when they were kids-- but before he can comment on it, her answer to his previous question draws him up short.]
... wait. What?
[He stares at her for a good moment or so, face dumbfounded as that bombshell finally sinks in, before he scrambles forward, nearly losing his balance on the couch in the process.]
Seriously?? Today's your birthday?? [A beat, and then, with a bit of a whine:] Why didn't you tell me earlier??
[He's your Mentor, okay!!! He should know about things!! Never mind the hypocrisy that he's never told anyone about his own birthday himself-- At the very least, he could have had some sort of gift to pass along her for the occasion, as meager as it would be with his allowance...!!]
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[Said with an innocent enough expression on his face, but... he still could have given her SOME form of warning, the little jerk!!
He gives the DVD case of her chosen film a bit of a once-over-- it looked like the sort of schlocky flick that Tsukasa would make him watch when they were kids-- but before he can comment on it, her answer to his previous question draws him up short.]
... wait. What?
[He stares at her for a good moment or so, face dumbfounded as that bombshell finally sinks in, before he scrambles forward, nearly losing his balance on the couch in the process.]
Seriously?? Today's your birthday?? [A beat, and then, with a bit of a whine:] Why didn't you tell me earlier??
[He's your Mentor, okay!!! He should know about things!!
Never mind the hypocrisy that he's never told anyone about his own birthday himself--At the very least, he could have had some sort of gift to pass along her for the occasion, as meager as it would be with his allowance...!!]