[but she looks?? sad??? she's the one who was saying old people don't celebrate right and he was just confirming. this isn't sad??? he didn't think so?]
[ That's not something she ever thinks of denying, but just because her primary motivation is cake, doesn't mean she doesn't want to celebrate Majima's birthday either. ]
Birthday cake is the best flavor cake! I can't beat you up knowing you've never had birthday cake! It's too sad! Your existence is too sad! What sort of life is it without birthday cake?
[he doesn't know why he suddenly feels defensive or why this girl suddenly cares so much about his stupid birthday. Back at the orphanage they'd tried not to make a huge deal out of anyone's birthday since some kids they didn't know for sure about. There was always cake but it stopped mattering after awhile.]
[ That's the sort of pathetic existence Mafuyu is ignorant about and wishes for nobody. Especially somebody who has had birthday cake before and has forgotten the joy of it to the point of being able to say something blasphemous like "It's not a big deal."
She might be trying to strangle him right now with his own seat belt. ]
It's a big deal! There's sprinkles!! YOU GET YOUR NAME WRITTEN ON A CAKE WITH RED ICING!!!
The fact that you're just accepting defeat like that ticks me off!
[ Good thing they stopped, because Mafuyu's all but trying to stand in her seat, sitting up so fast that the seat belt catches and keeps her bound, half turned and with one knee on the seat. ]
[ And she's fully prepared to, pounding her fists on her knees and shouting at the top of her lungs about birthdays because of course. ]
Birthdays are special! People come together to be with you, they light a cake on fire just for you, and they give you things they bought while thinking of you! It's the one day, just for you, 'cause you're special to them! Appreciate that a little! Maybe that's how it is for you on all the other days of the year, but it's important to me because not every day is like that!
[very important. he'll fight you, child, but outside.]
I don't know why we're still fuckin' arguin' about this. I'm glad ya like your birthday -- I'm not sayin' you shouldn't! But people don't -- not everyone has a bunch of people who come together for them like that, ok?
[ She doesn't get to drive the car, so screw being careful. Although she does settle down a little, with a huff and crossed arms and the darkest glower at Majima. ]
You've got people who'll come together for you though! Me! I said I'll celebrate with you!
It's 'cause you offered to buy me pizza, and soda, and fight me over something. [ SHE DOESN'T REMEMBER WHAT ] And that makes us friends! So we can eat out together again!
No! I told you, we're already friends! [ She gestures to the road, them in the middle of nowhere and her having to drive this point into his head so they can get back on it. ] Pizza makes us friends!
[ ...Alright. With no reason to strangle him, Mafuyu rolls down the window and sticks half her head out like a dog so that her hair whips past her face and she can watch the road zip past behind them. ]
Cake too? It can be a friendship cake, not a birthday cake.
[ Prove that affection by giving her a good fight. Suplex her into the ground. Or buy extra toppings for their pizza, which is what Mafuyu would prefer, her eyes back up front and trained on the road, ready to jump up and point out where to turn to get to the pizza place, she has these roads memorized. ]
Next time we go camping, you gotta come with! We'll go bear hunting, and have sword fights with branches, and jump each other from the trees!
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[but she looks?? sad??? she's the one who was saying old people don't celebrate right and he was just confirming. this isn't sad??? he didn't think so?]
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[ That's not something she ever thinks of denying, but just because her primary motivation is cake, doesn't mean she doesn't want to celebrate Majima's birthday either. ]
Birthday cake is the best flavor cake! I can't beat you up knowing you've never had birthday cake! It's too sad! Your existence is too sad! What sort of life is it without birthday cake?
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[he doesn't know why he suddenly feels defensive or why this girl suddenly cares so much about his stupid birthday. Back at the orphanage they'd tried not to make a huge deal out of anyone's birthday since some kids they didn't know for sure about. There was always cake but it stopped mattering after awhile.]
But it's just cake, ya know? It's not a big deal.
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She might be trying to strangle him right now with his own seat belt. ]
It's a big deal! There's sprinkles!! YOU GET YOUR NAME WRITTEN ON A CAKE WITH RED ICING!!!
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[he's just going to pull over honestly if shes gonna try those shenanigans because he doesn't want to die???]
You're the one who wanted to prove adults don't celebrate right, why're ya goin' and gettin' all upset about this?
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[ Good thing they stopped, because Mafuyu's all but trying to stand in her seat, sitting up so fast that the seat belt catches and keeps her bound, half turned and with one knee on the seat. ]
Why don't you care about birthday cakes?!
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[he watches her, his eyes narrowing]
Ya wanna fight over this now, too? Thought ya wanted pizza. Don't see what it matters so damn much to you about the cake thing.
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[ And she's fully prepared to, pounding her fists on her knees and shouting at the top of her lungs about birthdays because of course. ]
Birthdays are special! People come together to be with you, they light a cake on fire just for you, and they give you things they bought while thinking of you! It's the one day, just for you, 'cause you're special to them! Appreciate that a little! Maybe that's how it is for you on all the other days of the year, but it's important to me because not every day is like that!
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[very important. he'll fight you, child, but outside.]
I don't know why we're still fuckin' arguin' about this. I'm glad ya like your birthday -- I'm not sayin' you shouldn't! But people don't -- not everyone has a bunch of people who come together for them like that, ok?
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You've got people who'll come together for you though! Me! I said I'll celebrate with you!
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[which....it sounds way more sketchy when he says it out loud than it felt when he offered. oh well!]
I really don't get why it's so important to ya.
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he calms down - like entirely, ends up looking almost sad for a moment.]
You wanna be friends?
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Alright, alright, let's go get pizza.
[and starts to drive again please don't try and strangle him with a seatbelt again thx]
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Cake too? It can be a friendship cake, not a birthday cake.
[ Honestly she just wants cake ]
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[majima capitulates]
But not too much if ya're gonna keep in enough shape to fight me.
[to drive his car remember mafuyu. do you]
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There's no such thing as too much cake! We'll get a whole cake, and I'll beat you ten times over!
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That's just for the cake. Ten more for the pizza, and a hundred for soda!
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[he laughs too, though, clearly not offended by it in the slightest]
Besides, keep your eye on the prize, remember? I said ya could drive Adrienne if you won.
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[ Everything else is extra, the food and the car and all of it, just an incentive on the top of it all ]
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he likes her....
so much......
rip majima]
I'm lookin' forward to it, kid. Especially if it gets ya so fired up.
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Next time we go camping, you gotta come with! We'll go bear hunting, and have sword fights with branches, and jump each other from the trees!
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Camping, huh? Who is "we"?
[he assumes she means her and some parents??]
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