"Happy birthday Momoko!"

"MIYAKO! My birthday is tomorrow! You've done this every day all week!"

"But…I just want to make sure you don't forget!"

"She won't forget Miyako, but Momoko I think there's something I should tell you about." Kaoru slipped in, grabbing the red head's hand and pulling her into a corner.

"Okay…I only thought it would be fair to let you know, I--!"

The tomboy was cut off by the professor calling for Momoko, asking her which cake she wanted. At the second the word "cake" came out, the leader skipped happily to go give her request. Kaoru sighed and stared down at her feet before forcing herself up. Miyako leaned on her back and hummed a happy tune.

Momoko drooled over the pictures of all the scrumptious cakes in the catalog. There was one cake in the form of a volcano with bright red and yellow icing for the lava. One made to look like a beach, complete with blue water icing, brown sugar sand and mini plastic chairs and palm trees. The girl wanted them all, but she finally came across one that was perfect.

It was a heart cake. Pink icing covered the cake as dark red frosting curled around the top of the rim. There were little hearts carefully drawn with a thin layer of icing on the face of the cake. And lastly, three little rose stuck out from the corners of the cake.

"I want this one!" Momoko squealed, not bothering to contain her excitement.

That night, as she pranced around her room, thinking about the cake she picked out and all the presents she would receive, a thought crept into her mind, a thought she had not thought about for a long time.

What about…hyper Blossom?

The girls had given up their powers when Momoko had turned sixteen. There were times when she regretted it and missed fighting evil a great deal. There were other times when she was glad she had given it up, and glad she could sit down and live a normal life.

The red head sat down and sighed. She missed back then, when she was so young and life was so much easier than it was now. Why had she been so desperate to grow up? She wondered if Brick wanted to get older just to make himself drunk. She wondered if Kaoru wanted to get older to be alone in a bedroom with Miyako. She wondered why everyone is so eager to grow up, only to find that being older sucks.

"Happy birthday Momoko!"

"Miyako…she knows that, I promise you; I swear on my life, she will not forget it." Kaoru moaned, walking in behind the blonde.

Miyako hugged Momoko tightly. "Well some people are very forgetful, like you Kaoru; you never remember what brand of soap I use."

The tomboy blushed darkly, sputtering for an excuse as to why she forgot something so trivial.

"B- but that's because you use l- like thirteen different brands! You use one brand for your face, one for your feet, one for your hands, one for the rest of your skin. FOR CRYING OUT LOUD you use two different kinds of shampoo for the right and left side of your head!"

Miyako huffed and placed her hands on her hips. "Well that's under thirteen! See? You exaggerate too much!"

Momoko smiled and tried not to think how the two fought like a brand new couple that just moved into their own house. She showed Miyako the picture of the cake and the girls squealed while Kaoru stared out the window, plugging her ears from the deafening screeches.

"Momoko…what's this?" The blonde asked, holding up a small bottle of pills.

"U- um…I've been getting migraines really frequently, so I got a prescription."

"Oh but look at this- side effects may include dizziness, drowsiness, itchy, watery eyes, and…loss of feeling…in the neck…" Miyako trailed off, examining the bottle, staring at the little white pills.

"Oh…I didn't see that." Momoko said, wishing Miyako had not pointed out things that could possibly happen to her and would be rather unpleasant if they did.

"Miyako, are you sure you're not taking any medications?" Kaoru snarled, attitude in her voice.

"I am NOT!" The blue puff snapped. "You'd know if I was because the side effects ALWAYS affect me, that's why I don't take medicine."

"You know, you guys shouldn't fight." Momoko whimpered, pulling Miyako away from Kaoru, although she couldn't help thinking that young couples do tend to snip at each other.

"Oh Momoko, I need to tell you…" the green puff began, only to be interrupted by a loud crashing noise.

"I'm so sorry! I'll clean it up!" Miyako wailed.

"Th-that's okay Miyako, I hated that lamp anyway." Momoko laughed nervously, vending down to pick up some of the larger pieces of glass.

"B- but…"

"It's okay, I can clean it up myself, honest it's fine, we have a vacuum cleaner."

Kaoru rolled her eyes as the blonde bent down to pick up glass with her friend. After about thirty minutes the sun was gone, the stars were out and the tomboy was insisting that she and Miyako leave. To the green puff's surprise, Momoko agreed that the two should leave and get some rest.

As they were leaving Miyako squeaked and darted back up to the red head's room.

"Hey where are you going?" Kaoru called, chasing after her.

"Momoko!" the blonde exclaimed, panting in the leader's door way.

"Oh- ah Miyako wha…"

"I forgot to tell you! Kaoru and I…we're getting married!"