The Clones & Their Vod'ika

so cover your eyes, i have a surprise

Summary: It's Ahsoka's 15th birthday! How will the clones celebrate?

Song title credit: Birthday by Katy Perry
Warnings: None

"Is this good enough?"

Cody looked up from his table where he was writing reports, blinking as he saw Rex, Fives, and Jesse at his door, looking expectantly. Rex's hand was delicately holding a gold choker with a diamond in the middle. He immediately knew who it was for.

"When's your vod'ika's birthday?"

"Tomorrow," Jesse confirmed.

"We all want to give it tonight before we all ship out," Fives added.

Cody smiled. He knew that the five-oh-first had practically adopted their Jedi. Other legions had heard about it and wondered why. When they met Ahsoka, they all could see why Torrent Company cherished their jetii. She had given them something to fight for. Her happiness and optimism spread throughout the troops, willing them to live to fight another day. She gave love unconditionally, but never possessively favored any soldier.

When a soldier died, she was the one who would grieve as they did and let them go. Even he sometimes wished that Ahsoka worked with the two-hundred-twelfth but he knows her closest family would always be the boys in blue.

He took it gently, examining the choker. He inspected a line through the diamond, seeing that it was a locket of some sort.

"Did you put something here?" he looked towards the three people as he held it up.

They all nodded.

"You can check if you want."

Cody nodded, and opened it, grinning as he saw what picture was inside.

"You sap. You're gonna make her so happy." The Commander closed it and gave it back to him. "She'll love it."

"Are you going to get her a present?" Jesse asked, inquisitive.

Cody shrugged. "I think I'll be spending my credits with Wolffe to get her something useful."

Rex gave a nod. "We'll all be meeting up in the mess hall to give her a surprise since she's at the Temple doing her studies. She always comes back to the Resolute when she's done with that instead of staying in her temple rooms."

"She probably feels like she shouldn't act with emotions when she's at the temple. After all, all the younglings look up to her."

"That's our Commander," Fives answered with a proud smile.

"I'll be there tonight," Cody told Rex before they headed out. As the door shut, he opened his comm and dialed Wolffe. A gruff voice came through.

"Commander Wolffe of the one-oh-fourth battalion here, who is it?"

Cody didn't restrain his smile.

"Ready to give our present to the Commander?"

~~

Ahsoka was having a normal day. People had bid her a happy birthday, and she thanked them. She hadn't known it was her birthday until her Master hugged her this morning and whispered "happy birthday, Snips." Even Master Yoda had bid her a good birthday when she went to the Room of a Thousand Fountains to meditate with Barriss and the others.

They were planning to ship out tomorrow, and the last thing she wanted on her mind was some essay due for her history class. Her feet carried her to the Resolute, her mind wandering and sorting through her mental to-do list. She had finished her homework pretty early, completing everything in the quiet Archives so she could spend some time with the boys.