Hey all you Viko fans! I apologize for not writing in a while. I had to finish up another story first. Anyway, hope you like this next chapter! Enjoy! DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN ANY OF THE FF9 CHARACTERS, CAN I STOP WRITING THESE NOW?!

*GIFTS*

Vivi woke up with a smile on his face. He had just had the most wonderful night of his life. Twice. He looked over at Eiko. She was lying there in his arm with a smile on her face too. "Eiko? Wake up honey." Vivi said and lightly shook her.

"Ugh, can I have five more minutes?"

"Not today."

"Why not?" Eiko said in a whiny voice. Vivi just smiled and looked at her before singing.

"Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday love of my life. Happy birthday to you." With that Eiko shot out of bed and started jumping around. "YAY! I'm 16 today! Woohoo!"

"Don't you think you should celebrate with something else on?"

"Huh?" Eiko looked down and realized that she was wearing nothing but her panties. "Oopse! Where are my clothes?"

"Everywhere." Vivi said and started pointing to various places. Eiko walked around and picked up all of her clothes. She got dressed and walked over to Vivi. She crawled on the bed and gave him a small kiss. 'Did you have fun last night?' she whispered in his ear. "I certainly did. And now there's a problem." Vivi said, giving Eiko a smirk. "What's that?"

"You will never leave here! MWAHAHA!" Vivi said and grabbed Eiko and they started wrestling playfully on the bed. Vivi finally pinned Eiko and started smiling at her. He leaned his head down and gave her a passionate kiss. "Vivi, I have to go to my room and change." she said, pushing Vivi off of her. "Aww, do you have to?" Vivi said with a whiny voice. "Yes I do. Later Vivi!" Eiko said and walked out the door. Vivi got up and put some clothes on and went over to his couch. He looked under it and saw a package. "Good, it's still there. I hope Zidane or Steiner has the flowers."

-In the hallway-

Eiko was humming down the hallway, thinking about last night. Steiner was walking down the hall, with half of his armor hanging off of him, and two boxes in his hands. He was walking kinda funny but stopped when he saw Eiko. "Lady Eiko! Happy birthday!" He said it so jolly it sorta scared Eiko. "Uh, Steiner? Are you ok?"

"I'm great! I had an excellent time last night! Oh, here is your present. Open it!" He handed Eiko a box wrapped in silver with a gold bow. She ripped off the wrapping and opened the box. Inside was a shining, silver flute. "I already have a flute Steiner."

"Yes, but this one is twice as strong. And fine tuned so everything you play will always sound superb! Happy birthday Eiko!"

"Thanks Steiner!" Eiko gave him a big hug. Steiner bowed to her and walked off. "Where you going?"

"I have to see Master Vivi." He said and clanked off. Eiko grabbed the box with the flute in it and walked off to her room. She opened the door and walked in and put the box on her bed. She walked over to her closet and opened the door. Haley popped out and scared her. "AAAHHH! I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THAT!"

"I know. I just had to scare you one more time for your birthday! Speaking of which, happy birthday!" Haley handed her a box wrapped in blue paper. "Open it!" Eiko did as she said and opened it. Inside were miniature Burmecian soldiers, Mini Alexandria soldiers, and a miniature Burmecia play set. "I bought them with a months worth of allowance. Hope you like them!"

"I love them! Thanks Haley!" Eiko hugged Haley and Haley got up and went to the door. "Hey, where are you going?"

"I gotta see Vivi real quick."

"Hold it! Steiner said the same thing earlier. What does Vivi have for me?"

"Uh...it's a secret. I can't tell you."

"Why?"

"Because it wouldn't be a secret then, now would it?" Haley walked out the door and down the hall.

-In Vivi's room-

Vivi and Steiner were talking about how they were gonna do this. "Alright, you got the roses right?"

"Yeah, here they are." Steiner showed the box to Vivi. There was a knock on the door. Vivi got up and answered the door. "Hi Vivi!"

"Hey Haley! Come on in." Haley walked in and saw Steiner with a box in his hands. "Is that the You Know What?"

"No, these are white roses for Eiko." Steiner said. "Oh, so your not gonna ask Eiko to marry you?"

"Yes I am. I'm also giving her these white roses just before I ask her."

"When are you gonna ask her?"

"Tonight, at her birthday party. You haven't told her have you?"

"Nope. I know how to keep a secret!"

"I hope so." Vivi said. He grabbed his coat and opened the door. "Where are you going Master Vivi?"

"I'm gonna walk around a bit. Haley, help Steiner with the arrangements and stuff. Don't let anyone in unless you know it's me." Vivi walked out the door and down the hallway.

-In the dining hall-

Eiko opened the big doors into the dining hall and was amazed by all the decorations. There were streamers, balloons, flowers of all different sorts, and a big chair with a banner above it saying, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY EIKO!!!"

"Wow! These decorations are amazing."

"Thanks! I put up lots of them! Make them look pretty." Quina said as he walked in rolling a huge birthday cake with purple icing and blue frosting music notes on the sides. "Hey Quina! Did you bake this huge cake?"

"Yup. Big cake for big birthday. This my present to you. Happy birthday Eiko!"

"Thanks Quina." Eiko said. She walked over to the cake and was about to get a finger of purple icing, but Quina grabbed it before she had a chance to get any frosting. "Hey!"

"Sorry. You no get taste until party. You must wait."

"Hmph! Alright, I guess i'll wait." Eiko said bye to Quina and headed out the door. She walked down a hall until somebody came behind her and covered her eyes. "Guess who?"

"Uh...Zidane?" Vivi took his hands off of her eyes and gave her an evil look. "I'm kidding hon!" Eiko gave him a small kiss and his evil look went away. "So, whatcha gonna get me for my birthday?"

"It's a surprise. I can't tell you. You'll see it later at the party."

"Alright." Eiko said disappointed. Vivi grabbed her chin and raised her head and gave her a kiss. "Trust me, you'll love it."

"I'd better." They both laughed. Vivi walked off and Eiko continued roaming the castle. Garnet walked down the stairs in her usual outfit just as Eiko passed. "Oh Eiko! I've been looking for you."

"You have?"

"Yeah, I got a gift for you. Actually the city does but, oh, this is complicated. I guess i'll show you." Garnet grabbed Eiko's arm and dragged her up to the balcony. Garnet covered Eiko's eyes and walked out on the balcony. She removed her hand and allowed Eiko to see. There were at least a hundred or so people outside the balcony holing up huge, purple letters spelling out, "H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y E I K O" Everyone in town simontaneousely hollered out "Happy 16th birthday Eiko!" and then started cheering for her. Eiko started to blush with embarrassment. She laughed a bit and hollered to the crowd, "Thank you all!" Eiko and Garnet walked back inside. "The whole town did this for me?"

"Actually, I sorta organized it, but they were happy to do it for you. Happy birthday Eiko."

"Thanks Garnet." They gave each other a hug and Eiko decided to keep roaming the castle. She was walking around and decided to see what Zidane was up to. She walked in the throne room sitting down, bored as usual. "Hey Zidane!"

"Hey! Happy birthday kiddo! I gotcha something." He pulled out a long box tied with a red bow. She pulled the bow off and opened the box. Inside were an assortment of rings. "It's got all the rings; Rosseta, Protect, Coral, Madain's, all of them!"

"Wow! Thanks Zidane! They're beautiful." Eiko pulled out the Madain's ring and put it on. "But this is my favorite!" She put the box in her pocket and gave Zidane a big hug. Thanks again Zidane!"

"No prob birthday girl." Zidane said as Eiko left the room and headed for hers.

-Meanwhile, back at Vivi-

Vivi walked down the hallway and headed for the throne room. He opened the doors and walked over to Zidane. "Hey man. What's up?"

"Nothing at the moment. Eiko was just here."

"Oh really?"

"Yeah, I gave her my gift. It was a bunch of very expensive rings."

"Oh man!"

"What?"

"After your gift, my ring won't look like crap!" Vivi said sarcastically. "With a diamond that big, I think she'll like your ring better than any ring I gave her!" They both laughed. "Hey, I gotta go prepare for the party tonight. I need you to hold on to the ring for me until then."

"Yeah sure." Vivi pulled the ring out and gave it to Zidane. "Be very careful with it."

"Don't worry about it."

"If you lose it I will kill you!"

"Don't worry. I won't."

"I mean it Zidane."

"I'm not gonna lose it."

"I'm trusting you with it."

"I said don't worry man! Sheesh, you need to calm down and go rest."

"Your right. Later man." Vivi said and walked out the door. Vivi thought to himself as he walked down the hall to his room. *Tonight is gonna be perfect. I'm gonna make sure of it.*

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Let's hope so! Sorry guys and gals, but i'm really tired so I think i'll stop here for now. Next chapter: It's the party! Will Vivi propose? Will he get cold feet at the last minute. Will Quina eat all the cake before Eiko even blows out the candles? You'll have to wait and see! Please review! Later!