A/N: Chapter 68!
Sorry for the delay. I wanted to write a Chapter of my other story.
I was going to make it 2 Chapters, but now I'm not sure.
I kind of like the ending.
Anyways back to this story!
I thought Luna doesn't get enough screen time in this story, so this is for her!
Luna and Leo were walking home. from the bus, on a sunny Fall day.
Although it was rather cool, as the kids had some light jackets on.
"Hey," Luna asked, "Isn't Akiza's birthday coming soon?"
"Yeah," Leo said happily, "And that means cake!"
Luna then thought to herself what Leo and Luna should get her.
When they got home, Akiza and Yusei were busy doing their homework on the dinner table.
"Hey Akiza," Luna asked, "Isn't your Birthday soon?"
"Yeah," Akiza said, not looking up from her work.
"When are we getting the cake?" Leo asked as he ran up to them.
She looked up.
"Not for a while," she said with a slight laugh, "But don't worry. We will have cake."
"Yay!"
He and Luna ran off.
"I wonder when Yusei's Birthday is," Luna thought.
Later that night, the twins and Akiza were in bed.
Luna couldn't sleep and wanted to get a glass of water.
She got up and sneaked out of her room.
Although, with the way Leo snores, she could have played a trumpet and he'd still be asleep.
She then got to the corner of the hallway.
Yusei and Martha were still up.
They sat in the old sofa and chair.
"I don't want to tell them," Yusei said.
"C'mon," Martha said.
Luna stayed at the end of the hallway and listened.
"I don't want to tell them about my Birthday," Yusei said.
"But Yusei," Martha said, "I think you should tell them."
Yusei shook his head.
"It's near Akiza's Birthday. We could have a double Birthday party," Martha suggested.
"No. It's too much work. Just do what you did last year."
"Last year?" Luna thought.
"Giving you a card and money late at night? That's no fun. It's your Birthday. You should have fun."
Yusei continued to shake his head.
"It's too much work. Besides don't you remember what Akiza said? About not having a job? She wanted to spend money for school and not on me."
"You don't know that. Besides, Akiza likes you. She'd definitely spend some money for a Birthday gift."
"See! That's the problem. She shouldn't have to do that."
"You'd spend money on her Birthday gift."
"Yeah, but she does so much for me. She shouldn't have to do more."
"So that means I shouldn't get you anything?"
"Ugh...no...I"
Martha smiled.
"Yusei. Akiza and you love each other. Wouldn't it be great to celebrate your Birthdays together?"
Yusei was paused and nodded.
"Wouldn't it be great to celebrate your Birthday? Just like old times."
Yusei nodded.
"I would like to visit that one restaurant again," he noted.
Martha came over and sat on the sofa with him.
She put an arm around him
"See. So don't you worry. Akiza and the twins will find something to get you."
Yusei gasped.
"The twins? Oh no! I completely forgot! What are they going to get me?"
"Don't worry. They're all smart kids. They'll figure out something."
Luna decided that getting a glass of water now was a bad idea.
She ran to the bathroom, drank some from the faucet, and went back to bed.
Leo, somehow, was now up.
He heard Luna breathing deeply.
He went over to her bed.
"Luna! What's wrong? It looks like you've seen a ghost."
Luna looked at him.
"Should I tell him or not?" she thought.
Leo was a bit of a blabber mouth.
"Oh nothing. I'm fine," she said.
She laid down.
"Good night!"
Leo shrugged and went back to bed.
For the rest of the night, Luna had a hard time getting to sleep.
The next day, Luna was eating breakfast and was curious if Yusei would bring up his Birthday.
As everyone came to eat, the Birthday topic, let alone talking, wasn't happening.
Luna broke the silence.
"Akiza, what do you want for your Birthday?"
"Um. I don't know. I guess there is one movie I'd liked to have."
"What else?" Leo asked.
"Um...not much else..."
"Okay, lets get off that topic," Yusei said.
Everyone turned to him.
"Boy Yusei, you sure want to get off of this topic pretty quick," Leo said.
"Yeah, is there something that's bothering you?" Luna asked.
"No."
Yusei quickly got up and put his bowl in the sink.
"I wonder what that was?" Akiza asked.
"I'll go see what's wrong," Martha said.
She followed him.
"Yusei," Martha whispered to him, "Just tell them about your Birthday."
"But..."
"No "buts" Yusei. Tell them!"
Yusei sighed.
He then approached them.
"You guys...the reason I snapped...was that I never told you...about my Birthday."
"Birthday?" Leo asked.
"Your Birthday?" Akiza asked.
Luna breathed a sigh of relief.
The secret was finally out.
"My Birthday is near Akiza's."
"So wait...you didn't tell us about this last year," Akiza concluded.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Luna asked.
"Yeah!" Leo added.
"Well...I didn't want to force you guys to spend what little money you have on me."
"It's fine Yusei," Akiza said as she got up.
She put her hands onto his shoulders.
"Yusei. I love you. The twins love you. Martha loves you. You should celebrate your Birthday. We'll go out on your Birthday, just like we do for everyone else's. Just don't get as excited as Leo did for their Birthday."
_Flashback_
Everyone was at a table in a family-style restaurant.
The waiters/waitresses came out and were going to sing, "Happy Birthday."
The sang for Luna, but then Leo came out of the table for his song.
As they sang, he started dancing, in front of the whole restaurant.
"Happy Birthday to..."
"Me!" Leo shouted.
"Happy Birthday to..."
"Me!"
"Happy Birthday dear..."
"Leo!"
"Happy Birthday to..."
"Me!"
By the time they were done, Akiza had her hands covering her face, Yusei had his face buried into his arms on the table, Martha just looked stunned, and Luna had a smile on her face.
She was used to Leo acting out of the ordinary.
_ End Flashback_
"Hey, when those people came out and sang for me and Luna, I tried to make it fun!" Leo protested.
"Yeah, but you got up and started dancing and singing," Luna said.
"Hey! Happy Birthday is a fun song to dance to!"
Everyone laughed.
"Anyways, what do you want for your Birthday?"
"Um...nothing much..."
"C'mon Yusei. You obviously want something."
"Well...there is one thing..."
Everyone leaned in to hear what he wanted.
"It's too expensive," he admitted.
"Don't care about cost, we just want an idea," Martha said.
Yusei quickly grabbed a notepad from the kitchen drawer.
He took a pen from the same drawer and wrote something down.
He slid it over to Akiza and walked out of the room.
"I wanna see!" Leo said.
Akiza gave it to him.
"I want a suite," he read.
"A suite! Like a boat! Oh sweet! All hands on deck! We're getting a boat!"
Luna takes it from him.
"Leo. This says, "I want a suit."
"A suit?" they all thought.
A/N: Sorry this Chapter's short and late.
I'm worried the next one might be late too, but I'll try to get it in.
Anyways I hope this Chapter wasn't bad!
