A/N: Sorry for the lack of updates, my life went a little insane for a while. I'll be double posting until I've caught up.

Time for something light-hearted! Though, I don't know how well this succeeds at being fluffy.

007: WAFFLES

Yoite stared at the soft, square, spongy things stacked in front of him.

"Uh, what exactly are these?" Yukimi asked, poking his portion with a fork.

Gau shot him a dirty look. "They're waffles, of course. Haven't you ever had them?"

Raikou was already delicately dissecting his waffles into smaller squares, eating silently.

Yukimi leaned back on his palms. "I don't like Western food that much."

Brandishing a spatula, Gau growled. "Well, they're not for you anyway! I made them for Yoite-kun's birthday."

Yoite looked up from his food. Birthday? Yoite himself didn't even know for sure when exactly he'd been born.

It'd never been celebrated before.

Gau caught Yoite's heavy gaze and flushed. "You don't-- you don't have to eat them if you don't want to! I just wanted to try out the new iron I bought and there's no point in only making enough batter for two people! And your file said today was your birthday, so--" He made a huffing noise and folded his arms, eyes directed determinedly at Yukimi's note-covered wall.

Raikou swallowed, then said softly, "They're good."

Gau flushed darker.

Yoite sat and tried to remember his age. Was he turning sixteen, or had he already been that old? Maybe he was already eighteen and he hadn't even noticed.

Yukimi took a bite of his waffle and frowned in distaste. Setting his fork aside, he pushed his plate over to Yoite before standing and stretching. "Thank for breakfast, but I'm not that hungry." He paused, then looked down at Yoite and rubbed the back of his neck. "Happy Birthday."

Yoite stabbed his fork through the top waffle and bit a large chunk out of it.

It was his first.

Hurray for ambiguity! (Please tell me that someone gets it...)

Credit for the theme goes to squidduck on the mangafox forums, and idea credit goes to Ein-Sylean on the mangafox forums, who suggested something for Yoite's birthday. Thank you!