And here's day 3! I'd like to give a huge thanks to my good friend and fellow shipper CapnDirosso for this one. I was having a lot of trouble thinking of an idea for this theme but then their art inspired me. This story is based on a birthday drawing that they made for Kirigiri's birthday. Go check out their blog on tumblr and look at their own Naegiri week stuff. Enjoy!


Unexpected

Kyoko Kirigiri wasn't really all that keen on celebrating her birthday. She understood why some people would like to make a big deal out of it, and she certainly did enjoy celebrating, she just wasn't fond of big overdone festivities, so she preferred to keep things low-profile. She told her friends and family as much, and they complied. Usually, her birthday celebration consisted of a small get-together with her closest friends and family, the occasional phone call wishing her well, unwrapping some gifts, and then some...private time with her husband. She liked it that way.

So when Makoto told her he had a special surprise for her birthday, she was a bit worried.

Kyoko trusted her husband. She had complete and absolute faith in him. She knew that he was intelligent, and she knew that he knew her well enough to not do anything stupid. But he was also very earnest, and sometimes he went a bit overboard. She wasn't expecting anything too over-the-top, and she was probably worried for nothing.

But on the other hand, he had sent her a text message telling her to come to the school gym after hours, alone, once the school was empty. So she wasn't really sure what to expect.

As she reached the doors to the gym, she took a deep breath, and prepared for the worst.

In the middle of the gym, highlighted by a single light, was a gigantic cake, covered in purple frosting and heart decorations.

"Well…" she said flatly. "That was unexpected."

She approached the cake slowly, looking around the gym for any signs of life. She was fully expecting her friends to jump out at her and yell "surprise" but she couldn't see anywhere to hide in the wide-open gym floor. Stopping in front of the cake, Kyoko placed her hand on her chin thoughtfully.

"How did he even get a cake this big?" she pondered.

"Happy Birthday Kyoko!"

Kyoko Kirigiri was prepared for a lot of things. Among the things she was not prepared for, however, was seeing her husband jump out of the cake, covered in frosting, and stark naked except for a loin-cloth and black bow-tie. So when that exact scenario unfurled in front of her, the shock proved to be a bit too much for her.

"Ah! I'm sorry Kyoko! Just hang on!" Makoto yelled as he scrambled to get out of the cake and onto the ground.

He really wasn't sure how he expected Kyoko to react to his "special surprise". The whole thing had been Hagakure's idea in the first place (which really should have been the first hint that it was a bad idea), and he had only agreed to consider it after a lot of prodding from Asahina. Eventually even Komaru was bugging him to do it, so he conceded. Out of all the ways Kyoko could have reacted, he really didn't expect to see her sprawled on the floor with a goofy grin on her face and suffering from a massive nosebleed.


"Kyoko's always the serious straight man in Naegiri! She can't be silly!" Listen. LISTEN. Let her be goofy.