Disclaimer: I do not own KHR or any of its characters. They belong to Akira Amano. This story is a product of my imagination. Any similarities to other fan fictions are unintentional.

A/N:A Lambo x Ipin fic! There's going to be a total of 3 chapters. Hope you enjoy! Chap 1 updated (for grammars & minor details)!

A BIRTHDAY CARD FOR YOU

Step 1: Choosing a birthday card

Her birthday was coming up. November 25th, her 19th birthday.

Lambo decided that he will take this opportunity to tell her his feelings in a birthday card on her upcoming birthday. He thought it would be quite romantic.

He must have been standing in front of the display case for at least half an hour now, just wondering which one of these birthday cards she would like best. It shouldn't be that hard, right? But it was. He was expecting to be in and out of the store in a couple of minutes. But there were so many choices and he was having trouble deciding which one to get.

The card that he wanted must be perfect. Something cute but not too cheesy. Something simple, but not too bland. Something that catches your eye but not too tacky. Yes, he was demanding, but a perfect card was needed for a perfect girl.

He heard the bell on the door tinkled announcing the arrival of new customers. Out of curiosity, he took a small peek at the door and realized in horror who they were. There stood Haru, Tsuna and Ryohei. Lambo panicked at the thought that they might discover about his confession to I-pin.

I'm just buying a card, relax! He tried to tell himself to calm down, but it wasn't working.

"Lambo?"

Lambo's whole body froze at the sound of his name. He slowly turned his head mechanically towards the voice.

"Haru! Haha," he greeted nervously tugging at his tie.

Haru looked at him quizzical, "Uh okay…what are you doing here?"

"I-I was looking at these," he pointed at the shelves filled with cards.

"What kind of card are you looking for?"

"Oh, I'm just browsing you know," Lambo replied, trying to sound nonchalant. "Just a birthday card. That's all"

Haru looked up and down at the thousands of cards in front of them. "There's so many…" she noted.

Lambo agreed, "I know! It's so hard to choose. They are either too plain or too tacky."

"That's why I prefer making birthday cards myself," Haru explained and then clapping her hands together excitedly, "Oh, you know what's even better - dress up as a card!"

Lambo stared at her in disbelief, "Um, no."

He turned towards Ryohei, who was also looking at the cards. "So what do you think?"

"Hmm," Ryohei thought for a moment, crossing his arms, "Why bother with all this trouble? It's giving me an EXTREME HEADACHE!" He slammed his fist on the shelves nearby which almost toppled over if it weren't for Tsuna trying to steady it.

Ryohei apologized and helped put the cards, that dropped on the ground, back on the shelves. "Anyways, isn't saying "happy birthday" enough?"

"Uh, I guess so…" Lambo mumbled. If it was someone else's birthday, he would consider it. However, this is for I-pin's birthday!

He sighed as he picked up a random card and put it back down. It doesn't matter if he got a migraine just from choosing a card. Once he sees the radiant smile on her beautiful face when he give it to her, it will be worth it.

Suddenly a card appeared in his field of vision. He looked up and noticed Tsuna holding a card towards him.

"How's this? It's kind of cute on the outside and it's blank on the inside so you can write what you want," Tsuna asked.

Lambo examined it carefully. The front of the card has a little cow that looked very similar to the 5-year-old Lambo, and it was holding red balloons with the words happy birthday on it. There was also a pink envelope with it!

He smiled.

Perfect. It was just perfect.

TO BE CONTINUED