"okay... everything's ready?"
[ murmuring and sound of chairs getting dragged across the floor ]
"yeah, i think all's good."
"great, taehyun can you light the candle on the cake? and kai godammit stop sitting on the balloons or it will burst!"
"but-"
"i spent two hours making that balloons so don't you dare.."
[ coughing sounds ]
"you guys know that i'm recording everything right?"
"wait what? soobin hyung, i told you to start recording when yeonjun enters the room."
"oh. haha my bad."
"gyu, what time will yeonjun arrive? i'm starving already."
"10 minutes! you can eat the chips, just don't touch the cake."
"why is there even a cake in the first place? it's not his birthday."
"it's Valentine's idiot, cake's not only for birthdays."
"you're right. if you guys die, i'll bring a cake on your funeral."
[ kai snorts ; hitting sounds ]
"stop hitting me—wait, can you guys hear that?"
"i think yeonjun's already here, turn the lights off now."
"roger that soobinie hyung~"
"eww don't flirt in front of me."
"you're just bitter because you don't have a boyfriend."
"who says i don't have one?"
"you have one?! i knew it you hoe-"
"JUST TURN THE LIGHTS OFF DIMWITS! HURRY UP!"
[ switch clicks off ]
"guys, i can't see anything."
"i think this surprise is not a good idea."
"beomgyu came up with this idea, of course it's not gonna end up good."
"pfft-"
"guys who's holding the cake?"
"tae are you holding it?"
"the only thing i'm holding is this tiny thread of patience i have for you guys. so no, i'm not holding anything."
