A/N: Mizz Nikki from the SPPf Shippers' Truth or Dare thread dared me to write a drabble of a pairing of my choice playing a card game.
"Mmm, ramen," Dia mumbled happily to himself as he ate his post-breakfast meal. He picked up a loaf of bread and was about to chomp down onto it when he heard the doorbell to his house ring.
"Who can that be?" Dia asked himself, taking a bite out of the bread and carrying the loaf with him to the front door. When he opened it, he smiled. His best friend Pearl was standing there with a small but colorful paper bag in hand and a huge grin on his face.
"Happy birthday, Dia!" Pearl exclaimed happily. He held out the bag he was carrying. "This is for you. Here's to another good year."
"Thanks so much, Pearl!" Dia mumbled around a mouthful of bread. He took the bag from his friend. "Come on in. I can't wait to figure out what you got me."
Pearl chuckled as he stepped inside Dia's house and closed the door behind him. "Isn't it a little early for lunch?" Pearl asked, following Dia to the kitchen table, where Dia's meal was still set up.
"Nah, this is my post-breakfast meal," Dia said simply, placing the bread on a plate. He reached into the bag, pulled out the package inside it, and broke into a huge grin.
"Proteam Omega Uno Cards!" Dia yelled happily, clutching the box and jumping up and down. "Thanks so much Pearl!" He gave his best friend a big hug.
"I figured you'd like it," Pearl said, smiling. "Even though I don't recognize any of these characters."
"Oh, this is Proteam Omega himself!" Dia exclaimed, pointing at the robot that was taking up the majority of space on the box. "And this is Pikachu with Tauri-Plane, Poliwrath with Tauri-Liner, Gyarados with Tauri-Ship, Aerodactyl with Tauri-Balloon, and finally, here's Snorlax with Tauri-Rescue!" He pointed at each of the vehicles present on the box art. "Pearl, you got time for a game or two? I can't wait to see what the cards look like."
"Yeah, let's play some Uno!" Pearl said happily, sitting down at the other side of the table.
Dia nodded, opened up the box, and began dealing the cards. It took quite a while though, because every time a new card popped up in the deck Dia had to excitedly explain to Pearl exactly who or what was on the card.
"Haha, Demon Brioche is on the Skip card! That's pretty funny."
"Zero?! Why is Poliwrath on the Zero card? That's so rude!"
"Oh my gosh this card has the whole team on it and it's so cool."
Pearl just smiled as Dia talked, finding his friend's love of the TV show to be quite cute. He didn't watch the show, but he loved how Dia was so passionate about it.
In the end, Pearl and Dia played eight rounds of Uno before switching over to making card towers out of the Uno cards. The day ended with Dia and Pearl playing with their Pokemon and watching funny movies.
Dia couldn't ask for a better birthday than spending time with his best friend in the entire world.
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