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“Shh, be quiet,” Kaede whispered to Keiko.

“Shut up,” Keiko whispered back.

“Brother owl,” (F/n) whispered as she pointed to Koutarou’s door.

It was September 20, which meant it was Koutarou’s birthday. Koutarou’s three sisters decided to greet him early in the morning. The sun wasn’t even up yet but since Koutarou woke up early for volleyball, they decided to greet him before his alarm would go off. Keiko carefully opened his bedroom door and (F/n) went inside. Koutarou was sleeping on his stomach, his arms were hugging his pillow, and his legs were spread. (F/n) happily jumped onto the bed and crawled onto his back.

“Brother-owl!!!!” (F/n) yelled, “Happy birthday!”

Koutarou groaned, feeling the weight on his back and hearing (F/n)’s greeting. Keiko hummed, picked up one of the pillows that fell off his bed, and smacked it on his head, “Get up!”

Koutarou sighed, “So early…”

“Brother owl, brother owl, brother owl!” (F/n) kept poking his back to get up to wake up. He rolled over, making (F/n) roll over before he pulled (F/n) into a hug and started tickling her ribs.

“Brother owl!” (F/n) squealed and laughed, “Stop!”

Koutarou grinned and continued before stopping, “You woke me up so early,”

(F/n) panted, “Birthday!”

Koutarou stared before realizing, “You’re right… is it my birthday,”

“Did you seriously forget?” Keiko asked, “You used to milk your birthday into your birthday month,”

He sat up and yawned, “What can I say? I’m a changed man,”

“As if,” Kaede rolled her eyes.

“Brother owl!” (F/n) poked his ribs.

“Yes baby owl?” Koutarou looked at her.

“I have surprise for you!” (F/n) said.

“A surprise?” Koutarou smiled, “What kind of surprise?”

“A surprise you won’t get till you come home tonight,” Kaede interrupted while going over to pick (F/n) up.

“No fair,” Koutarou whined as his hair deflated.

“Oh you’re fine,” Keiko ruffled his hair, “Okay, go get ready for practice, the three of us are going back to sleep,”

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Once Koutarou left and the three sisters caught up on some more sleep, they decided to go to the store to get some gifts for him.

“Do you think he’ll like this hoodie?” Kaede asked Keiko, who was looking at some shoes with (F/n) in her arms.

“I think so,” Keiko nodded, “Get one size bigger though,”

Kaede nodded in return and grabbed the same hoodie but one size up before putting it in her basket, “What are you thinking of getting him?”

Keiko shrugged, “I don’t know, he doesn’t ask for much,”

(F/n) turned her head to scan the store to see if anything peaked her interest in what she should get her brother.

“Do you see something you want to get Kou, (F/n)?” Kaede asked the girl.

(F/n) shook her head.

The three of them looked throughout the store. Kaede got more clothes which she thought Koutarou might like. Keiko managed to get a new pair of knee pads for him. (F/n) still hasn’t figured out what to give him, so her two older sisters were trying to help. They walked through every aisle and they stumbled upon the picture frames.

“That one!” (F/n) pointed to a random picture frame.

Keiko and Kaede both shot a look at one another, “A picture frame?”

(F/n) nodded, “Yes!”

Kaede grabbed the picture frame, “Why a picture frame?”

“Surprise,” (F/n) said, not wanting to reveal the reason to why she wanted to get Koutarou a picture frame.

“Are you sure you want the picture frame?” Keiko asked.

(F/n) nodded, “Please,”

Keiko looked at Kaede and she shrugged, “We’ll have to trust her,”

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“We’re home!” Keiko said as she, Kaede, and (F/n) walked into the house.

“Welcome back!” Hiromi said from the kitchen, “What did you guys buy?”

Kaede placed her shoes on the rack before putting on her slippers, “We got gifts for Kou and the ingredients you needed,”

Keiko grabbed the bag with her gift for Koutarou and (F/n)’s picture frame. Ronin stepped into the living room from being in his office.

“What did you two get him” he asked.

“I got him new knee pads because his old ones are worn out,” Keiko said, “(F/n) got a picture frame,”

Ronin tilted his head, “A picture frame?” he looked at his youngest daughter, “Why a picture frame?”

“Surprise,” (F/n) said as she grabbed the frame and took it to her room. Ronin looked at Keiko for an explanation but she shrugged.

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“Bokuto-san, it’s your birthday, you should be spending it with your family,” Akaashi said as the two were walking. Bokuto insisted in inviting Akaashi for dinner.

“I want you to join us Akaashi,” Bokuto pleaded.

Akaashi sighed, knowing if he denied the request anymore, Bokuto would go into his emo mode, “All right, I’ll come,”

Bokuto cheered, “Hey hey hey!”

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The two arrived at the Bokuto household and all the lights were turned off. Bokuto furrowed his brows before he unlocked the door with his key and entered the house. Once he and Akaashi got past the foyer where they removed their shoes, all the lights turned on.

“Surprise!”

Ronin, Hiromi, Kaede, Rui, Keiko, Hanako, and (F/n) were all there to surprise him. Koutarou blinked before his smile widened.

“Akaashi!” he turned, “Look!”

Akaashi smiled, “I know, Bokuto-san,”

Koutarou ran up to his family and hugged them, not expecting them to have a small surprise party for him. He hugged (F/n) last, picking her up while she giggled.

“Happy birthday brother owl!” (F/n) said.

“Thank you, baby owl!” Koutarou threw (F/n) up in the air before catching her. The action made Akaashi panic a bit but he relaxed, knowing he wouldn’t do anything that would potentially harm (F/n).

They all gathered in the kitchen and ate dinner. Hiromi cooked a bunch of food and everyone helped themselves to a plate. (F/n) was eating on the table, Rui on her left side and Akaashi on her right. She happily ate the various pieces of meat that were on her plate. Rui kept serving her more, despite Kaede saying that it was too much for her. Akaashi made sure (F/n) ate some of the vegetables that were there so that her dinner was more balanced.

After dinner, it was time to give out the presents. Koutarou opened everyone’s presents. (F/n) insisted that her present was to be opened last. Once he finished opening everyone else’s presents, it was time for (F/n)’s gift, which was messily wrapped up since (F/n) also insisted on wrapping it herself.

Everyone’s eyes were on the present as Koutarou carefully opened it. It was the picture frame. In the picture frame, was a drawing that (F/n) had created. It was of her and Koutarou. It was actually a pretty decent drawing and in the corner was an actual picture of him and (F/n) that Hiromi printed out.

“Baby owl…” Koutarou smiled at the picture.

“Do you like it…?” (F/n) asked.

Koutarou smiled, “I love it,” he placed the picture down before pulling (F/n) into a hug, “It’s the best present I ever got,”

(F/n) smiled, “Really?”

Everyone surrounding them cooed at how cute the two were. Rui and Kaede leaned into one another while Keiko and Hanako were taking pictures. Ronin and Hiromi were crying together and Akaashi just watched as the scene unfolded.

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Akaashi was putting his shoes on to go home. It was now later in the night and everyone had settled down. (F/n) had fallen asleep on Ronin’s lap while they watched TV in the living room. Koutarou was waiting so he could walk Akaashi to his house.

“You don’t have to,” Akaashi reminded him, “I can get home just fine,”

Bokuto nodded, “I know, but I want to,”

The two left the house and started walking to Akaashi’s home. When they arrived, Akaashi turned to face Bokuto. He rummaged through his bag and held out a gift.

“It’s not much,” Akaashi said when he handed the gift to him, “I hope you enjoy it,”

Bokuto smiled, “Akaashi, you didn’t have to,”

Akaashi shook his head, “I did. Happy birthday, Bokuto-san,”

Akaashi then left and went inside his house. Bokuto walked back to his house and into his room to open the gift. He undid Akaashi’s neat wrapping before he smiled. It was another picture frame but the picture was of him and Akaashi. It was a stolen photo of Akaashi setting to Bokuto in one of their games. Bokuto smiled to himself before he placed the picture frame next to (F/n)’s picture frame. Now both of his favorite people were on the night stand next to his bed.

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belated bday chapter for the horned owl <3