Happy Birthday, Sweeeeeeeeeeeeetheart!

[sonoflongshot]

Twenty-first birthdays were supposed to be big things. Well, in America. In Japan, Aiden had already had his big deal birthday on his 20th. And his wee Japanese grandmother had drank him under the table. Today, however, the young Mojoworlder was trying to make everything perfect for the young lady he was going to marry.

As with all important personal holidays, Aiden made Angel breakfast in bed. Though he was a little worried about how well his present went over. And if his plans for later in the evening would leave them relatively unscathed.

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The smell of breakfast wafting through woke Angel, and she sat herself up in bed, yawning and stretching.

The day itself caught up with her. It was her birthday, wasn't it? Well, if that didn't beat all.

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Aiden came into their bedroom carrying a tray laden with their favorite breakfasts. "Happy Birthday, Angel!"

He carefully sauntered over and set the tray over her lap. "Your traditional breakfast in bed. Though is it a tradition by now?"

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"Mornin', Sugah," Angel said, grinning.

"Ah think after three times, yeah, it's pretty traditional."

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"Well, I make breakfast everyday, but it's only special days we get to eat in bed. And now, we have the added challenge of keeping Cedric off the bed!" Aiden jogged around the bed and slid across to sit next to Angel. He did not see the little black doggie, but that might have been ninja puppy moves.

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Angel giggled at that, causing something under the covers to move. In a moment, Cedric had popped out from underneath the blankets, sniffing curiously, his little stub-tail wagging.

"Well, speak of the devil!" Angel laughed.

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Aiden eyed Cedric. "Hiding under the blankets, I see. Fooling me to think I was playing footsie with my gal this morning."

He sniffed. "Your breakfast is in the kitchen. In your dog bowl, mister."

Here's seeing if Cedric was as smart as Aiden kept claiming his puppy was.

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Cedric did the classic "doggeh head tilt" at Aiden, sniffed once, then jumped off the bed and scrampered toward the kitchen.

"Think he got the message," Angel reflected.

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"He better," Aiden commented as he pulled up his pillow. He threw it at the door to shut it.

"Hope your favorite breakfast fixin's is on your wishlist."

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"'course it is, Sugah," she assured him, leaning over to kiss him. "Just havin' you here's all Ah really need... but Ah don't mind the perks neither."

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"So, you're saying all I really had to do for your birthday breakfast is be naked except for strategic whipped cream placement and you woulda been happy with that for breakfast?" He looked at the tray.

"Man, I overdid it!"

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"Now there's a mental picture to keep me warm," Angel laughed.

"You did just fine, Sugah."

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"But it's summer and you're fuzzy. That should make you a little hot. Though to be just warm... I'll have to add ice cubes?" Aiden may have not caught the connotation of where that thought would keep Angel warm.

"Well, let's dig in! We probably need energy before we have a lot of birthday sex. And then we have to go out later for your 21st rite of passage."

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Sometimes, Angel really didn't know if Aiden really didn't get some of the stuff she said or not.

"Now that," she said, "is the best plan Ah heard all day."

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Aiden was a half-Mojoworlder of mystery. Only without all the gadgets that Bond got. Though he needed to beg Valeria for a laser beam shooting watch.

"Well, some traditions are good things. My good column always has you naked."

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"You know," she told him, "come to think of it, mah good things column always has you naked too. Works out right nice, it does."

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Aiden leaned closer, mouth just inches from her ear. "Your tail's pretty high on that list."

He winked and kissed her cheek before straightening up to spear his fruit-laden waffles.

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"Well," she whispered back, "Ah wouldn't be so good if Ah didn't get lots of time to practice."

And now, breakfast. Real good, southern-fried breakfast. Aiden was so good to her.

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"We have to practice," Aiden commented around waffle and fruit. "There's so many positions we haven't tried. We got to see what's possible. So far, everything."

He shrugged and tucked into his food.

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"Bettin' we won't find much," Angel agreed, before tucking in.

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If Aiden were a less active guy, he would have the start of a belly. As it was, when he got through his breakfast, he sat back against the headboard and patted his washboard flat stomach.

"All full. For an hour or so."

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Angel ran a finger up and down his abs. "Ah do declare... where do you put it all, Sugah?"

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"In mah belly," he drawled. "Like puttin' gas in mah bike's tank."

Don't ask him where the Southern drawl was coming from. It might have been a reaction to a fuzzy fingertip rubbing past his belly button. Or it was a standard Aiden act of whimsy.

"Though what the energy's for is yo' call, darlin'."

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Either way, she liked it, she had to say.

"Oh, ah do declare, ah might have an idea or two. That is, ifin' you're willin' to listen."

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He leaned closer and grinned. "I'm all ears."

Aiden traced a fingertip along her side.

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Angel practically purred as she leaned over and whispered her idea in his ear.

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Aiden nodded slowly. "Uh huh. Uh huh. Ooh. Sounds good."

He reached for the tray with breakfast dishes to get it off the bed.

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Oh yes. They'll be there a while. But don't worry none. They're having fun.

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Much, much later, Aiden was in a naked, comfortable sprawl. Or as much of a sprawl as Angel would let him have.

"Mm. This is why we never plan on anything until late afternoon on important days, right?"

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"We do have a habit of gettin' distracted, don't we?" Angel asked, teasingly.

"Good habit, Ah reckon."

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"I think we'd explode from not having sex if had to do anything earlier," Aiden observed sagely. "Well, maybe I would. Especially if your tail teases me."

Sometimes, that particular Angel body part had a mind of its own. Or Aiden figured it expressed something Angel wasn't telling him.

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Angel smiles. "Ah think we might at that, Sugah," she agrees.

She snuggled up against him. "Ah believe you mentioned plans for today?"

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"Yeah. You turned 21 today. Big, important birthday here in the States." He stretched a little bit and wiggled his toes in case they would feel cramped later.

"So, I'm taking you out to a bar. I can't drink, but I can watch you get silly." He grinned and placed a light kiss on Angel's forehead. "And I guess I should give you a your present sometime today."

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Angel smiled. "You mean there's more? What did Ah do to get so lucky?"

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"There's always more," he answered with an eyebrow wiggle. "But that'll have to wait until we get home later."

He wrapped his arms around her. "You held onto me and didn't let go is what you did."

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"Issat so?" she asked, as she put her own arms around him, followed by a tail.

"Well, Ah reckon Ah can keep doing that."

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"Just so," he answered with a knowing nod. "And you'd better or I'd cry."

Aiden kissed her shoulder. "I don't feel like moving to get your present."

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Angel pretended to give this due consideration. "Ah'm okay with that."

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Aiden raised his eyebrows. "I need to remember that. Especially the next time I'm scrambling to get you something."

He was teasing. Mostly.

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"You do that," she teased. "Ah do suppose we really ought to get up. Even for us, Val and Sara might be gettin' ready to do the search party thing."

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"Aww. I like bein' naked with you." He pouted before slowly unwinding himself from Angel.

"Guess I should give you the best birthday gift of the day so the girls can eat my dust."

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Angel pretended to pout, just a little.

"Well... all right, Ah reckon."

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Aiden uncurled her tail from around him. Because tugging across the bed might have been painful for one of them.

He rolled over to his bedside table and pulled out a flat, thin present. He carefully rolled back.

"I. uh, made this for you." Inside was a CD of Aiden's version of some of Angel's favorite country songs.

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Angel carefully unwrapped it, and her expression grew curious.

"Well, not that Ah don't appreciate the chance to see you in chaps, Sugah, but what's this exactly?"

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Aiden blinked. "Oh! Sonova crap. I didn't have time to make a jacket with the track listing."

He pointed at the CD. "Uh, I covered some of your favorite country songs. In my style. I also loaded copies into your mp3 player."

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Angel burst into a squee of joy. "Sugah, you are the best!"

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Aiden grinned and rubbed the back of his neck. "Well, I did it for you, so I worked my hardest. And it gave me something to do while you watched... that show."

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Poor Aiden. He really didn't much care for True Blood. Well, he knew who really got her fires burnin'.

"Either way, Sugah, you are the best thing that ever happened to me. Thank-you so much!"