A/N: Eighth chapter. Enjoy! And "Tanjoubi Omedetou" is happy birthday.
Notes:
" " – a term in-universe, also used when a character is talking
' ' – character is thinking
* - has an explanation for the term at the bottom of the fanfic chapter.
^ ^- Okabe or any character is speaking English/Engrish XD
(Example of the above note:
"I am Mad Scientist" – Japanese, what he's saying if we had audio is "Boku ga Mad Kagaku-sha"
"^I am Mad Scientist^" – English, or in Okabe's case, Engrish.)
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Steins;Gate and its characters, If I did, The Future Gadget Lab would be expanded.
STEINS;FATE
Chapter 8 – Engurishu Desu, Act 5. Tanjoubi Omedetou Kurisu! Part 1
Previously on Steins;Fate
Normal POV
With the date of Kurisu's birthday, comes another year of her life that she could spend with Okabe and the rest.
Mayuri and Kurisu's hotel room, 3 days before the Puzzle Convention, July 25, 2012, 6:00 AM Okabe POV
The hours had passed by; neither I nor Kurisu paying heed to the flow of time that had drifted by. We were both seated on the room's couch, gazing towards the window.
"Okabe…"
"What is it Kurisu?" I responded.
"No Christina today? That's pretty nice of you" Kurisu told me with a mischievous grin plastered on her face. Sometimes it's nice not to quarrel over petty things all the time.
"Well, just for today. It's your birthday after all, and I think that's not what you were gonna say to me" I answered with a smile.
"I sometimes wonder…"
"Wonder about what Kurisu?"
"What did you see in me? There are tons of o-other girls who are prettier, and aren't the type to be la-labeled as 'nerdy' like I am called sometimes. I do-don't know why you wou-" I stopped Kurisu right there by pulling her close to me into a hug. She reciprocated the gesture by putting her hands around me.
"With the confident aura that surrounds you most of the time, I didn't expect to hear you doubt yourself like this." I whispered to her ear, amidst the hug.
"It's not like I'm faultless either, heck it should be me who's filled with doubt. It's your birthday and you shouldn't think like this. Today should be a happy day for you" I added. I then cupped her face and stared into her deep cerulean eyes. They were a bit moist with tears that threatened to fall. I suddenly felt a pang in my chest. Somehow seeing Kurisu saddened like this made me sad as well.
"Okabe, I…" was all she could say. I then leaned forward to plant a kiss on her forehead. Both of us sported a faint blush. We then returned to gazing at the hotel's window, Kurisu leaning on my shoulder while I wrapped my arm around her.
"Kurisu-chan, Tutturu! Happy birthday!" both of us were startled a bit, we turned our heads to look at the direction of the greeter's voice. Mayuri was smiling and held both her hands behind her back. 'Must be her present' I deduced.
Mayuri and Kurisu's hotel room, 6:40 AM Kurisu POV
"Thanks, Mayuri" I flashed a smile at her. This was turning out to be a pretty good day, save for my little negativity a few minutes ago.
"Oh and I have a gift for you Kurisu-chan, hope you like it" Mayuri held out to me an intricately hand-woven jacket. Mayuri must've taken a long time to make this. It was a sight to behold.
"Thank you very much Mayuri, I love it!" I smiled at her gratefully. The three of us then had nothing much to do since it was still early in the morning, so we set out to Okabe and Hashida-san's room to check on our resident otaku.
Okabe and Itaru's hotel room, 7:05 AM Okabe POV
"Super Hacka! Rise and shi-" I was brought to a halt when the three of us were met with an empty room.
"Hashida-san's already up?" Kurisu turned to face my while asking.
"Well the last I saw of him was around midnight. Kurisu, maybe he left while we both were in your and Mayuri's room." I answered.
"Maybe Daru-kun went to Yuki-san's room downstairs. Mayushii has a feeling that those two are together." Mayuri beamed. What Mayuri said made sense. If there's anyone who Daru would be with that was nearby and not among us currently present, it was Yuki Amane.
The three of us exited the room, and proceeded to the floor below the one where our rooms were situated at. We did not expect to see what was in front of us though.
Yuki Amane's room, 7:15 AM Kurisu POV
When we arrived at the door of Yuki-san's room, we were greeted with quite the sight. Yuki-san and Hashida-san were both asleep on the couch, both in a lying-down position. Yuki-san was placed on top of Hashida. Yuki-san's head rested on Hashida-san's chest, and her arms were wrapped around Hashida-san, who also had his arms wrapped around her. Both were smiling widely in their sleep.
Mayuri, Okabe and I stared at each other. Suddenly, we all felt the urge to burst in laughter. I held in the laughter though, so that the lovebirds wouldn't be woken up. Okabe and Mayuri must've thought the same since they controlled their own laughter as well.
"Okabe, do what you do best." I urged Okabe to wake them up; I was feeling a bit mischievous today.
"Kurisu, the ramifications that Hououin Kyouma will face could be catastrophic! If I were to go along with this stunt of yours, I migh-" I gave a quick peck on Okabe's lips causing him to stop his rant. Mayuri just giggled.
"For me please?"
"Oh alright, might as well get this over with." And with that, Okabe conceded.
Okabe then went near the sleeping lovebirds, while Mayuri and I remained near the doorstep.
"FuuuuuAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Normal POV
The room was filled with the sound of a shrieking woman, "KYAAAAH?!".
Yuki POV
""KYAAAAH?!" I shrieked. I quickly got off of Daru-kun and both of us sat ourselves straight. We must've gotten into that kind of position while falling asleep. Both of us were now having a deep scarlet complexion on our faces after such an embarrassing show of ourselves.
Daru-kun came at around 3:10 AM in the morning to discuss Kurisu-chan's birthday gift. We had been talking about her birthday during our online talks, even before the meet-up at Fragrance Café. We got talking about other things, and we then supposedly fell asleep. Little did we know that we would end up in this predicament.
"So the Super Hacka and Miss Hacka are that close now huh?" Okabe snickered at me and Daru with a smug grin on his face.
"Mi-Mi-Mi-Mi-Miss H-Hacka?" I asked while stuttering one too many times. The implications of that nickname were huge.
"From now on that is my nickname for you. You two are bound to be lovebirds anyway so why not?" Okabe replied nonchalantly. Daru-kun and I blushed even more at that.
Yuki Amane's room, Normal POV
After a bit more teasing from Okabe, Mayuri and Kurisu, the five of them decided to hang out in Yuki's room. Itaru and Yuki gave their joint present to Kurisu, the present being a limited edition chemistry set encased in a leather case. Kurisu gave her thanks to the pair and accepted the gift with a smile. Things were indeed, looking good for the birthday celebrant.
The group of five then decided it was time to eat some breakfast, so after dropping by Kurisu and Mayuri's room to drop off the presents, they headed to the dining area. They were greeted by a very familiar face.
"Kyouma! Guys, it's good to see you-nya"
-Chapter 8 END-
A/N 2: Short chapter is short. I just wanted to update after so long so forgive the short chapter. And part 2 of Kurisu's birthday will be LONGER, I promise. Reviews are welcome, good, or bad. See you all next chapter