[The pantry is cool and dark, and Al brings a stepladder with him, using it to get to the top shelf and take out some canned goods for lunch. He sets the PCD on a shelf. After getting the cans, and he heads down the ladder, he pauses, looking at something on the shelf
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He turns, catching the door with his foot so it doesn't slam closed, and moves to set the boxes on the counter.
And promptly freezes as he sees Al on that ladder.]
...o-oh.
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Here, I'll trade you. I'm already on the ladder.
[But he's got that smile on his face that he just can't get rid of.]
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[Shifting in a slightly awkward motion, he hands one of the boxes up to Al, his other hand reaching for the cans. But that smile... he hadn't seen, had he? Negi returns it, a slight smile of his own, a little shy.]
You seem like you're in a really good mood.
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I... yeah, I guess I am! It's a special day, after all.
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Happy birthday, Alphonse.
[Nope, that wasn't weird to say at all, practically saying happy birthday to someone with almost the same name as him on the same day, not at all...]
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I, uh. Have a present for you.
[It's an Optimus Prime Transformers figurine, SHUSH.]
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[That smiiiiile.]
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We're just about to have lunch.
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Lunch?
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Thanks!
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You're very welcome, my little birthday boy.
Is there anything special you'd like for me to make you for dinner tonight?
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