A/N: Happy Birthday Sanada~ I give you all a little ficlet set sometime after Amaya and Sanada's marriage but before she finds she's pregnant.
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My eyes dart over each and every detail. Everything looks perfect. It has to be. I swallow when I hear a car door slam. My eyes close and I take a deep breath before I turn and grin at my husband as he walks through the door. "Happy Birthday!" I announce, holding my hands out. Sanada shakes his head and opens his mouth, probably to tell me I didn't need to do anything for his birthday, I don't give him the chance and hug him tightly around the waist. My lips crash against his to shut him up before turning to the meal I spent hours laboring over.
"Thank you Amaya." He murmurs, his hand settling on my hip as he leads me to the table. We sit and, like every other meal, eat together talking about our day. A few people at work gave Sanada cards, our old classmates gave him cards, he went out to lunch with Seiichi and Renji, it was a pretty good day for him. After we finished I revealed the chocolate cake I baked and decorated. With delicate, yellow letters I wrote "Happy Birthday Genichirou" on the top with flowers placed here and there.
"Tada." I grin at Sanada as I set the cake down in front of him and light a single candle. I sing him happy birthday and urge him to make a wish. His eyes close for a moment before he blows gently on the flame putting it out in a second. When those chocolate eyes open I can see mischief in them, much like Niou's eyes used to. Fast as lightning his fingers dip into the frosting before he lunges at me and smears chocolate all down my cheek. I shriek and jump back making him laugh.
My hand dips into the cake and I dive forward to smear it over his face, he jumps out of the way just in time. We spend a good twenty minutes chasing one another around our house until at last I drop into the couch and let Sanada stuff cake down my shirt with a smug look on his face. I pout up at him, "When did you get so childish?"
"It's my birthday." He states, "I can do whatever I want."
I roll my eyes and dig cake from my shirt. Sanada leans down and captures my lips, he tastes like chocolate, and before I know it his body is pressed against mine as he straddles me. "Well happy birthday." I murmur smearing chocolate down his cheek.
He hums and holds me close. "Thank you… now lets go wash off this chocolate." He smiles but, for the second time tonight, his eyes are full of mischief.