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Matsukawa Issei || Happy Birthday!

 Matsukawa had never looked forward to a birthday so little in his life.

Not only was he poor - so no party, no giving himself a little more that day as a birthday present from himself - but his girlfriend was miles away from him because of some stupid internship for her job. He was so proud - as proud as a boyfriend of three years could be - but it was unfair and annoying and just down right stupid that he was going to be turning 21 and he couldn't have his girlfriend their to be happy about it with him.

Yeah, he was going to have Hanamaki and their new friends from college, and Oikawa and Iwaizumi had promised to see him that night, but it wasn't the same without her there.

And the bad thing was Matsukawa couldn't find it in himself to be angry about it because he knew that it was his fault. (f/n) had offered to come back - just a week before she told him she'd come back and spend the day with him, that the people she was interning for wouldn't mind, but he told her not to. This internship was a dream come true for (f/n), the gateway to her career, and he wouldn't want to jeopardize her chances in succeeding because he wanting to hold her and kiss her on his birthday.

He had told Hanamaki a few days before his birthday that he didn't want to do anything for the day.

"I'm just going to lie in bed all day and wait for (f/n) to have some free time so we can skype - if you wanna buy me a cake that'd be awesome though. Make it sweet and fattening as hell too. Like, kill me with how good and sweet this cake is, Makki. Can you do that?"

Hanamaki had agreed immediately - if there was anything he could do for his friend it was purchase him a sugar-coma inducing cake, what kind of a friend would he be if he couldn't manage that? - but he had a better plan up his sleeve, and set out to start it immediately.

It was fairly easy to accomplish, especially because (f/n) had been planning the surprise since before she offered to visit Matsukawa. She knew the man almost as well as Hanamaki did, and so it came as no surprise to her that he told her not to visit for his birthday.

'It's not a big deal,' he'd told her over the phone. 'It's just a birthday, not even an important one. 21 doesn't unlock any cool new achievements in Japan, we can just be super lazy next time I get to see you to make up for it.'

(f/n) knew that all of those things were bullshit; Matsukawa was the cuddly, huggy type of boyfriend. When they're in public it didn't come off much that way - he would hold her hand and keep an arm around her shoulders in busy places, but that was all amplified when they were in the confines of either of their homes or somewhere rather private. Matsukawa liked holding, cuddling, feeling (f/n) beside him while they slept and watched movies or TV shows.

He hadn't been able to hug, cuddle, kiss, see (f/n) in a month, and he'd only admitted how hellish and uncomfortable it was when (f/n) had admitted it first. He wasn't afraid to admit it - he had no problem telling (f/n) when he wanted a hug or a kiss or somebody to cuddle while he took a nap - he just didn't want (f/n) to feel like she needed to stop what she was doing for the sake of him feeling comfortable again.

It was weird waking up in the morning and not having anyone to greet with a kiss to the forehead or nose, weird not having somebody to hold hands with when he walked down the street, weird not having a body beside him while he slept. Matsukawa had three years of (f/n) kisses and hugs and love and now he was left with all this relationship knowledge that he had to put on pause.

(f/n) felt the same way, so when Hanamaki called her and practically demanded she come home and 'fix his best friend at once,' (f/n) couldn't hold in the excitement of her plan.

It was all secret texts and calls between Hanamki and (f/n) from then on, the two devising the best plan of action, the best way to surprise Matsukawa with her coming home for the weekend. It was all straightened out two days before Matsukawa's birthday, so all they had to do was wait.