A/N: Requested by gamblingdementor on tumblr as a fun bit of S3 fluff. I liked the idea, so here we are.

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Weird was always fun for April. People tended towards boring suits and boring attitudes at boring workplaces, so when things broke that mold for even a moment she was excited. There wasn't a whole lot of excitement to be had at City Hall, so when people started acting strangely to her April thought it would be fun. It was, at least until she tried asking Andy about it and all she got in return was a very stuttery boyfriend who told her nothing was wrong even though she's sure she never asked that.

So April goes back to work and ignores Leslie hiding something behind her back, tucking a bit of her hair back, and looking out of breath. She's probably just pretending to totally not be into Ben, that weirdo, but it's fine because April thinks it's funny.

"Do you know why everyone's being so weird?" April asked Ron when he left his office.

"No," he said shortly. "I stand by my comment that everyone in this department is just another-"

"Yeah, yeah," she waved a finger in a circle, bored by this already. "Everyone's a government employee and on their road to punctual slavery, or something."

"Good girl," Ron noted with a brief smile before returning to do whatever it was he was doing.

The day only got weirder. Andy kept getting uncomfortable and acted even more unusual around her, skirting around April and only barely returning her kiss. It was kind of hurtful, but she didn't spend too much thinking about that. She had actions to prove otherwise, so April just brushed it off and went back to work. Noting how weird it was that the little windows were plastered with black paper, April just assumed it was something maintenance needed. Maybe they were finally painting over everything.

She attempted to open the doors but before she could get in Leslie peeled out from the corner and stood in front of her. A hurried series of negatives fell out of her, all garbled and nonsensical but clearly telling her to stay out.

"No!" she shouted after letting out a long, exasperated noise with her hands raised defensively. "You can't... there's a, party, but, no, you... April, you're more beautiful by the day and I can only hope-"

"You really know how to make someone very uncomfortable Leslie," April noted but was still barred by her. "Why is everyone being so weird today!?"

Leslie held back with a broken sentence. "Well, I... y'know, you ought to care more about work," Leslie slouched and put her hands on her hips, causing an eyeroll from April. "Like that! You're insubordinate-"

"Hey, Leslie!" Andy's voiced piped up and when he saw April and she turned to look at him, exasperated, he clammed up. "I mean, hello... Ms. Knope."

"Andy, I know you two are friends," she laughed, incredulous. "What the hell is going on?"

There wasn't a second where April was actually worried about anything. This was just all so surreal and unexpected, strange and just simply bizarre, that she had to ask what the fuck was going on. After all, Andy wasn't ever hesitant and Leslie was straining to lie. All she wanted to do was go into that stupid department, look at a stupid phone, and spend the whole day on her laptop. Was that too much to ask for?

Still, Leslie didn't move and Andy looked just as awkward as ever.

"Andy, why don't you go inside and get the... stuff ready?" Leslie asked cautiously, turning her head but never taking her eyes off of April.

"Gotcha," he said and slid between the doors.

April caught sight of something red and glittery for a second before the black paper interrupted her.

"Fine, I'll just go in through the courtyard," April shook her head and started to walk away but Leslie stood in front of her again.

As April walked, Leslie stood in front of her and going backwards. Every few feet she stumbled and looked over her shoulder in case they ran into someone, which thankfully never happened. April considered just hoofing it back to the double doors and going in through them, but was enjoying watching Leslie power-moonwalk.

"Why are you guys so-"

April had started to say something but she crossed over into the area where she could see clearly through the courtyard. Again, those Parks windows were plastered in black paper. Groaning to herself, she brushed past Leslie and made her way across the courtyard. Maybe she could just go in, grab her laptop, and leave the building. Pulling the door open, she wasn't greeted by painters or by maintenance workers.

Instead there was Andy, setting up a banner with the words "Happy 21st Birthday!" in curly, red letters against a black banner. The department wasn't coated in anything weird, or colorful, just that banner and a few other assorted hangings and balloons. A cake sat in the center of the room on a tray, something scribbled on it hastily. When she opened the door, Andy shot her a look and his face shifted quickly to worry.

"No, you weren't supposed to see all this crap yet!" he said with a groan. "Oh man, now I've gotta surprise you tomorrow."

April wanted to say something about that but instead just smirked. "What is all this crap, anyways?" she pointed to a balloon hovering over his head. "And why does that one say 'Happy 50th Anniversary?'"

Andy snatched it out of the air and quickly threw it under his arm. Leslie smashed in through the door behind her, nearly running into April in the process. She groaned when she saw the two of them talking, but just slumped her shoulders and gave Andy a disappointed look.

"This is..." Andy drew a long breath, puffing out his chest and waving his arm around the room. "The birthday you deserved to have."

"What?"

"We were setting this up since you didn't have the best night," Leslie added. "And we thought-"

"You deserved the greatest twenty-first birthday in the history of the planet," Andy said with what he thought was a sexy grin and angling of his brow. "So we were gonna throw you a surprise make-up birthday party!"

April turned to look at Leslie who nodded to confirm what he was saying. Turning back to Andy, still slightly bowed and with that curiously goofy grin and bunching of his eyebrows she had to look up and away from him for a second to gather her bearings. She let out a heavy breath and grinned.

"So, you were being weird... because you were setting this up for me?" she asked quietly, walking forward and promptly forgetting Leslie was there.

"Totally, because you are-"

She nearly leapt forward at him. She pushed him against the table with the force of the kiss and had to get all these emotions out of her as quickly as possible before they were too much to deal with and overwhelmed her. After a few heavier moments, Leslie cleared her throat but neither of them were stopping. The cake toppled over onto the floor to be replaced by Andy's back on the table, and they could hear Leslie start to say something before opening and closing the door to the courtyard. After that, they were alone.

"That was the sweetest thing anyone's ever done for me," April said softly when they were back at Burly's place.

"Sorry."

"For what?" she chuckled.

"You like creepy and weird, and I gave you sweet," he shrugged. "So I'm-"

April leaned over to kiss him again. "I don't think anyone's gonna fault you for remembering how crappy my birthday party was," she put her hand to his cheek and smiled. "And then making up for it."

"So you're not mad that it was sweet?" he asked slowly.

"Dude, no," she had a tinge of laughter in her voice but didn't look away. "That was amazing. You're amazing."

"No, you-"

He clearly meant to say something, but April busied herself cutting him off with a kiss. That really, truly, was the sweetest thing anyone had ever done for her. Maybe one day she'd get him to understand that she does like those kinds of things, just not from anyone else.