Zen wakes up on the morning of his special day, only to get the scare of his life.

Zen slowly opened his eyes, the smell of freshly made breakfast (eggs, bacon, fresh fruit, sweet pancakes and coffee) bringing him to life with its delicious smells. He hummed sleepily, but still willed himself to sit up and fix his hair a little. He decided to leave it down as he did most mornings out of habit (more so now because Suhee mentioned that she kind of liked it that way) and turned his attention to the kitchen.

A soft smile played on his lips as he took in the familiar sight of his girlfriend busy cooking a meal for him. It was a natural occurrence sure, but today was a special day for him which made it all the more meaningful.

Not wanting to wait another minute, Zen stood and made his way to the kitchen island breakfast table and took a seat. At first he was silent, content in just watching Suhee bustling in the kitchen.

A good five minutes passed before he spoke up with a somewhat cheerful, "Good morning, my princess."

"Oh, good morning Hyun." Suhee replied in a slightly higher pitched and rather raspy voice without turning around. "I'll have a plate of breakfast made for you in a jiffy."

Zen instantly became perplexed. Not only did Suhee not sound like herself, but she also didn't turn around or come to him for a morning kiss, and she rarely ever used the word "jiffy" when she spoke to begin with.

"Uh…Babe, are you feeling okay?" he asked with concern. "I mean…your voice…"

There was a slight twitch of her shoulder in response, as she quickly gave her answer. "It's just a little cold I have. Nothing too bad."

Worry flashed across his face for a brief moment. "Suhee, you shouldn't be cooking or even up if you have a cold…"

"I'm fine! Besides, I really wanted to do this for you…on your special day…" she paused and turned around with a full plate of food. "Happy Birthday!"

Zen immediately froze, taking in the sudden revealing sight of his girlfriend. Everything looked fine from the back, but when she turned around she looked like she had aged at least seventy years! The shock was too great that his blood ran cold and he blacked out.

…

Zen slowly opened his eyes, hearing Suhee's worried cries for him to wake up. He hummed sleepily, but it then became a groan due to the pain he felt coming from the back of his head. He sat up, not bothering to fix his hair at all and then turned his attention to his girlfriend, who was kneeling next to the couch with teary eyes focused on him.

Thankfully she was her normal old self.

"Hyun, are you okay!?" she asked while moving herself to sit in front of him on the couch and gently stroking the back of his head where he felt the pain before.

"Yeah…" he replied groggily as he rubbed that place after she was done. "I just had a really freaky nightmare though. What a way to start a birthday, am I right?"

Suhee let out a sad sigh.

"Hyun that wasn't a nightmare…that was real." His eyes darted up to meet her apologetic ones and she continued with her explanation. "I'm sorry, I just…wanted to do something special for you since you did something special for my birthday and it was my first time celebrating yours with you, so I turned to Luciel and he gave me this idea…I couldn't come up with anything else so I just ran with it…"

"I should've figured he was behind this…" Zen uttered, annoyed for a moment. "Suhee," – he laid a reassuring hand on her shoulder – "You don't have to do anything super special for my birthday, preferably jokes… Anyway, just you being here is meaningful enough."

He finished with a smile which she returned.

"That aside…I can't ignore the damage you dealt to my head, physically or mentally…" Zen's smile turned into a smirk as he took Suhee's petit frame and flipped her so she was the one lying on the couch with him hovering above her.

"You're going to punish me?" Suhee asked, already red from the way they were positioned. "But Luciel's the one who gave me the idea!"

"You weren't listening…You're the cause of the damage. Besides, you're closer than Luciel at the moment." He paused in thought, mostly to make her tense because he already had a punishment in mind. "I want my morning kiss and my feel better kiss for a start…"

She was expecting the worst, but this request just threw her off. It was almost laughable.

"That's all? I can give you as many kisses as you want…" She trailed off, watching his smirk grow wider in response.

"Wrong choice of words babe~ Because you said that, I'm not even going to give you a moments rest between kisses~"

So if you had the chance to ask Zen, he would have to say that despite the rather shocking start, it was the best birthday he'd had in years…

Suhee's birthday is Feb. 20 just to let you know. Zen tried to make her a crepe for breakfast, but failed so she got pancakes instead. He sang to her and they shared breakfast in his bed and then later they met up with the rest of the members for a small party.