alienstagestaff

[alienstagestaff]

Happy Birthday, Seiji!

(i had more visions for this piece but whatever. go my old man/silly if ur oc works at alnst yes assume they are in this even if theyre not mentioned. dae is not included in that)

Seiji wouldn't consider himself that remarkable.

They were just a simple businessman. Nothing special like their partner, who was always out shining for those aliens. Nothing special like their ex, who's wanted posters still haunted them on their worser days. Nothing special like.. her, who outshone even the brightest star in the system.

Her glory days were over, objectively. The only reason she had ever been as proficient of a guard as she was because of.. well, she still couldn't bring herself to think her name sometimes. She probably would have been just as unremarkable back then as she is today if she hadn't intervened.

The moral of the story was, Seiji wasn't anything or anyone worth remembering. When he inevitably died, there would be no fanfare. No parties. Just the quiet mourning of those he cared about more than anything.

They never felt deserving of celebration, or happiness. They weren't someone who deserved much other than what they had. They kept their head low, and let life take its course.

Except..

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!"

It certainly seemed like her group had decided otherwise.

His apartment, usually empty save for Jukai, seemed smaller than usual with everyone crowded inside. It was very obviously planned by his partner, who was all smug smiles as the others swarmed him with gifts.

They thanked each of them with a rare smile, the warmth of the moment not escaping their mind. They hadn't had a gathering like this since.. Their gaze slid over to Jukai, who gave them a smile and a bone-cracking hug. When they noticed he was trembling slightly, they didn't say anything.

Finally, she reached Ivan, who was awkwardly looking down at the ground and holding out his gift without meeting her eyes.

".. Here."

Seiji couldn't help but smile, opening up the gift before looking inside. It was a collection of photographs of the two that he hadn't even known Ivan had, with a simple phrase written at the bottom.

"Thank you for everything, Papa."

It made something swell in their chest as they took Ivan into their arms, feeling the other hold onto them a little tighter. He had always had a fear that Seiji would slip away like his mother did all those years ago. They had made the resolve long ago not to leave him behind.

As everyone came together to sing (with Jukai being purposefully loud and off-key), Seiji could only sit there and wonder how she had gotten there.

As he looked at Ivan and Jukai standing next to each other, with his partner wrapping his arm around his very disgruntled looking son, he couldn't help but reminisce on all that he had lost. On Jiyuka, on.. Yukiko.

But as they looked around and saw the others all smiling back at them, they realized that maybe, just maybe, they deserved this break.

For once, just this once, she would let herself breathe without the grief that followed her.

[alienstagestaff]

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