Golden | Countryhumans ASEAN

『1️⃣』:: windy evening

The thought of him turning older feels like a daydream every time.

Although he was pretty much physically (and mentally) about 27 and not born on the day, everyone treats it as his birthday as he doesn't know the exact date he was born. Organizations do have a whole load of "other history" they still have yet to uncover. Annoying to notice that they don't really have an actual childhood as they are forced to grow up quickly... Annoying to him as well at the fact this was his second chance being on this forsaken planet.

He just came to Earth whenever the ASEAN contract was signed, and so August 8 is celebrated as his big day. Actually, scratch that—he did go to Earth before ASEAN. He was the same guy as the Association of Southeast Asia, without the "-n Nations". Everyone kind of knew that, including himself, but they would all agree that it's the can of worms they prefer not to open unless asked about. His personal history was way too unnatural and complicated anyway.

ASEAN didn't care about his birthday at all in his whole full honesty. He admits it, he hated celebrating his birthday, yet this year doesn't feel different—or he thought it wouldn't. One major factor: it was his 50th birthday, his golden anniversary. He knows that people will cheer on and celebrate it, right? He only just got global recognition about 10 years ago when he got chartered and let in the UN meetings on the same year.

His anniversaries—or his "birthdays"—are something he didn't want to waste his time on, literally why he hasn't planned on anything this year, but of course the entire Southeast Asia being very, well, Southeast Asian celebrates it anyway. At least none of them declared it a national holiday or something, because that would be crossing the line in the rulebook.

He went to the calendar application on his phone to check the agenda tomorrow: there's somehow a planned meeting in the morning about 10 am, which probably will involve Timor Leste to the organization and Singapore denying the entry again, and in the evening there's most possibly a kind-of-sleepover party as the usual..? Who wrote this? No, who planned this? It's somehow off, especially when literally the top of the date of the calendar said "ASEAN Anniversary", and he doesn't think he put that on there.

Are they plotting a surprise? Possible, considering the fact that he's a year closer to his demise tomorrow. At least on whatever they're planning for the next day would actually make sense unlike the meetings they have lately, in which he still doesn't understand because of the Spratly Islands controversy.

As soon as he puts down his phone, he realizes that he did leave himself outside. It was a cold night, almost 9 in the evening. He had forgotten another country had decided to join him at the backyard-balcony-garden area. Thailand, one of the three people who has been stuck with as ASA and one of the five who signed ASEAN. At the back of his head, he knows that he owes her a bunch, even if that isn't a case in reality, because she has done a whole lot in the organization and his personal life he couldn't even keep count of.

They didn't do anything nor interacted thus far but sit on a nearby bench in which they are about 5 feet apart, not because they don't communicate that often, they just zone out very often in their individual little headspaces.

Thai almost slept just looking over at the plants and the stars due to how dark and comfortable it was. They both had just finished dinner just a while ago, Malaysia and Indonesia both cooked for everyone in their own houses (or apartments) and it turned out fine. Everyone in the building left except for the two and Myanmar & the Philippines, who were said to do a private meeting in one of the meeting rooms inside. ASEAN already had a conclusion that meeting was about tomorrow because Myanmar did have some things to catch up on... He literally just arrived from a vacation that lasted for about 3 months.