Honoka: Kitten-chan said that she wanted to hold off posting this chapter until today because it was Kotori's birthday and it KotoUmi's turn.

Rin: Kitten-chan does not own Love Live Nya!

Kotori was happy when she woke up, after all it was her birthday. Her and Umi had been dating for a week now, and though Kotori spent most of the week trying to convince Umi that kissing your girlfriend was not shameless, her efforts had not been in vain, now whenever they were alone in the dorm room, Kotori could kiss Umi and vice versa without Umi becoming a blushing mess, mostly. Kotori snuggled into Umi some more, it was kind of funny to Kotori that she hadn't used her bed in almost a week, after all Umi's bed was much more comfortable because Umi was there.

"Uhm... Umi-chan," Kotori muttered, making Umi chuckle a bit a kiss Kotori's forehead.

"I love you Kotori," Umi whispered, thinking Kotori was still asleep.

"I love you too Umi-chan," Kotori smiled as Umi blushed and kissed Umi's lips.

"G-G-G-Good m-m-m-morning K-K-K-Kotori," Umi stuttered.

"Good morning Umi-chan," Kotori climbed on Umi and kissed her again. The two kept kissing, until Umi eventually stopped and hugged Kotori.

"We have to get to school," Umi told Kotori. When they were ready, they left the room and Kotori felt like a knife was digging its way into her heart. Umi never told her happy birthday. Umi. Never. Told. Her. Happy. Birthday. It was a wired thing for Kotori to be so depressed over, maybe Umi just forgot, thinking back on it Kotori had never reminded her. Still this was the first time since they were six Umi had never told Kotori happy birthday before they had gone to school.

"Bye Umi-chan!" Kotori told Umi when they reached Kotori's classroom, giving Umi a quick peck on the cheek. Kotori was still holding out hope that Umi would tell her happy birthday, she was incredibly disappointed.

"K-K-K-Kotori! A-A-Anyway, b-b-b-bye," The seventeen year old blushed and ran off. When Umi reached her classroom, she sighed and sat in her seat.

"Hey Umi!" Eli greeted. Eli sat in front of Umi, while Maki sat on pretty much the other side of the classroom.

"Hello Umi," Maki told Umi, standing to the side of Umi's desk.

"Hi Eli, Maki" Umi let out another sigh.

"What's up? You didn't give our secret away to Kotori did you?" Eli asked.

"No, but it was hard," Umi answered.

"Hard?" Eli asked, tilting her head to the side.

"She looked so upset that I didn't tell her happy birthday," Umi admitted.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Eli consoled.

"It was so hard, her last kiss on the cheek felt sad, I really want to just hug her and make her smile," Umi said mindlessly.

"U-U-U-U-Umi!" Eli stuttered.

"Geez Umi, you're and Kotori are my best friends but I didn't need to know that," Maki informed.

"W-W-Wait! I s-s-s-said t-t-t-that o-o-out l-l-loud?!" Umi blushed.

"Yes Umi,you said that out loud," Maki said with a groan, her friends could be so weird sometimes.

"I-I-It's okay Umi, I-I-I've said some things o-out l-loud I-I s-s-shouldn't of," Eli comforted.

"What, did you say you love Nozomi?" Maki teased.

"M-M-M-Maki! N-N-N-Nozomi and I-I are n-n-not d-d-d-d-dating!" Eli yelled.

"Really? You two are practically a married couple, almost as much as Kotori and Umi," Maki commented, enjoying the blushing stuttering messes she had made Umi and Eli become.

"M-M-M-Maki!" The two yelled in unison. Maki giggled as she had to go back to her seat, the red haired girl getting a lot of pleasure in her friends embarrassment. Classes went by painfully slowly for Umi, and scarily fast for Kotori. Umi wanted to see Kotori again and tell her happy birthday and that she loves her and give the sixteen year old girl her present and a kiss. For Kotori she was lost in thought about Umi, she was sad her girlfriend hadn't remembered her birthday. When class was finally over, Kotori expected Umi to come and walk with her to the club room, which was why she was so surprised when Nozomi took her arm and dragged her in that direction.

"Nozomi-chan? Wha-" Nozomi cut Kotori off.

"You'll see in a minute Kotori-chan," Kotori was so surprised when Nozomi threw the door open and her friends all jumped out and yelled surprise. But the most surprising thing to Kotori was not the party itself, it was Umi in a prince costume smiling at her.

"Happy birthday Kotori, I love you," Umi kissed Kotori square on the lips and Kotori felt like she was flying. This was hands down the best birthday ever.