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Chapter 53: Birthday -Epilogue-

The sound of my phone vibrating was registered in my brain and my eyes slowly stir itself awake. My eyesight was still blurry and adding to the fact that my glasses were absent but the familiar white coloured ceilings made it clear that I was in the living room.

Odd. Did I slept here last night? I can't remember.

Nevertheless, I pushed the thought away and peered to my left to see my phone still vibrating. Having grabbed hold of it, albeit slowly, I saw the notification imprinted on the screen saying 'Mei's birthday!' with glaring white colour.

Ah, yeah. Today is the day. Better get to school early...

I would have gone straight ahead upstairs to get myself all dresses up immediately but I felt my leg hit something and when I looked down, I saw something that warmed my heart.

Konoha and Touko were sleeping soundly while their pillow and blankets are scattered elsewhere and all the while, in the center of the duo, having both parties arms drapped around him, Daisuke had a small yet cute smile on his face as he holds the two arm together.

I was about to snap a picture of the trio but it was then..

"Ah! Daisuke! Help!"

The sound, clearly Touko's voice, echoed from the kitchen. My head snapped to the direction of kitchen to see the lights over there turned on and when I snapped back to my front, the trio was no longer there but the mess they made was still present.

"U-uwah! Touko-san, Konoha-kun! What should Daisuke d-"

"Oi, Touko! Look at what you are doing!"

"I don't need you to tell me, you id- Uwah!!"

While my mind stayed numb, trying to register what I had just been through, the chaos that was ever present in the kitchen was nothing but a buzzing noise like the ones you hear in the middle of the city. That was of course, until I heard the sounds of footsteps running towards me..

"Onii-chan! You finally woke up! Geez! Hurry up! We need your help!"

"Huh?"

"Touko! You didn't just left your post- Aw, come on! Daisuke switch of the fire!"

"Y-yes!"

"Come on, stupid onii-chan! What are you doing there sitting like you're daydreaming and all?! Help us!"

"Urgh... for the record, I just woke up. Give me a sec, to-"

"The water evaporated?! What did you do Touko?!"

Realising the gravity of the catastrophe Touko had just brought thanks to her godforsaken cooking skills, I immediately jolt from my seat and dash to the kitchen, hoping in my mind that the kitchen was not beyong salvation.

All the while, I pushed the thing earlier into the back of my mind, soon forgeting such an experience ever happened.

...

"Ha. Ha... ha... somehow we made it."

"You know, when I heard you say to leave the cake to you, I thought you had it under control... but... wow.."

The four that had been staying under the Yagami household were already on the floor, panting for air after we arrived at the clubroom thanks to the mad dash that we made.

"30 seconds before the expected time. Well at least you made it, huh?"

"S.. shut up..."

It was a disaster. The cake was already half done when Touko and the rest had brought it home yesterday but when Touko decided to do the finish touches... well it was already a proven fact that Touko by all means should not be in the kitchen.... well at least she did help with redoing the cake... of course away from the kitchen...