A/N: In the Paying it Forward universe, Celes (who makes an appearance here) feels that everyone in the Guardian Corps forgot her birthday. Will a plan from Hope, Fang and Lightning change that? Pairings: Hope/Vanille (married), Lightning/Fang (married), Celes/Locke (married) and Seven/Sice (pre-Sebusai to Sebusai).
Belated Birthday Bash
The look on Celes' face said it all that day, and for the last month and a half if anyone was really keeping count here: she was NOT in a good mood. At all. For Lightning and Hope, this made things a tad more difficult at their respective households, sometimes seeing Vanille and/or Fang rushing the kids to the Farron-Villiers house so that they won't hear the very colourful language coming from Hope and Lightning. All because Celes was being a proper bitch according to Jihl. If anyone had an opinion on this as of late, it brought down the overall morale of the Guardian Corps, with the reason why being odd in a way but at the same time, one understood Celes' frustration over the matter. The blonde had to lead a field mission with both Lightning and Hope on her birthday, which was 10 March. Said field mission lasted nearly a month. To make matters worse here, there was VERY little contact to their loved ones. It's now close to the month of May, and again if anyone was really keeping track here.
It was a Friday that sparked something within Fang, of all people, to change Celes' attitude, for it was starting to affect things at the Yun-Farron household. The brunette had enough of the blonde's Bitch Complex that any attempts of awesome sex with Lightning was squashed much quicker than Lightning's namesake, and it was going on a MONTH if Fang had to be completely honest here. Without thinking, she called Hope at GC HQ, knowing that both Seven and Sice are with her upon the call being made. "Yun-Farron!", the greeting given over the phone, put quite a shock to Fang's plan. When asked if Hope is with her, the only thing that came from Light was the reason why she is calling on a Friday. As soon as Celes' Bitch Complex came out of Fang's mouth, Lightning couldn't stop laughing her arse, knowing that to not only be true but something had to be done to resolve it, and fast. Lately, Lightning's been quite horny and Celes kept ruining things for the older Farron. It was equally bad when there's two teenagers who were just introduced to the birds and the bees at school.
Fang would be in for a shock after hearing the entire story.
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"Fang, let's throw Celes a belated birthday party at our house. We forgot to do for Lasswell as well since we missed his birthday, so it's like getting two birds with one stone..." Lightning started the idea to her wife, with Hope flashing a brotherly smile, beyond happy with the suggestion as the duo had chats about it in private, and when Celes wasn't nearby to hear them. Not only does his nephew get a birthday party but so does Celes. The only things Fang could do was smile her best smile since the day she and Lightning wed in front of family and friends (which Celes was there for), since Seven AND Sice were cheering on in the background, happy to see that Lasswell AND Celes would both have a belated birthday party. "That settles it, Light. A birthday party for both Celes and Lasswell at your house. I'm glad Fang also brought it up as well, if I had to be honest here Light. I was worried that Celes' Bitch Complex would get out of hand if it didn't yet..." Hope began to speak on the very matter at hand, right before Lightning spoke up to elaborate on a key detail that was left out of the phone call...after laughing at the 'Bitch Complex' line used to describe Celes' current mood at GC.
"It's originally Seven's idea, Hope. That teenager has been nagging Fang and I nonstop about throwing a birthday party for Lasswell since we missed his. Sice made it more interesting ever since we took her in. With that being said, I'm glad Seven said something about Lasswell though." the older Farron finished the story in a quick but to the point manner she's known for at the GC HQ. Hope, at that moment in time, decided to think about this in more clear detail. He forgot that Seven and Sice were both in his car when he had to drive them home from school as both Lightning and Fang's cars were being worked on, Snow and Serah were out of the country and Celes was sick with the cold. It was that particular car ride home that Seven wasn't in the best of moods as Lasswell's birthday had just passed which Seven and Sice made him a cake for his day, but no one else got him anything. One could even say that Hope felt devastated on the matter, now that the memory came back to the slender man, because during the shift, Lightning had a minor migraine from Seven unusually talking her mouth off on how the older Farron and Fang missed Lasswell's birthday.
Over the course of the next day it would be Lightning, Fang, Hope, Vanille and Locke organising their arses off a belated birthday bash for both Celes and Lasswell. If anyone was the happiest with the overall planning, it very surprisingly was Locke - with Lightning coming in a close second here. For the pinkette, her heart was now at ease for doing something for her close mate/friend Celes AND her son Lasswell. With Locke - he wanted the Celes he fell madly in love with back - plain and simple in his eyes. He was very sympathetic to how Celes' 'Bitch Complex' was affecting those around her, with the root cause not being her fault at all. For him, he was a force of sorts to encourage Seven to confess her romantic feelings towards Sice, something that put Fang at ease, Vanille as well. In the end, they would summon Sice to make another cake but one big enough for Celes and Lasswell to share - plus Serah to cook her heart out, with Snow's help of course.
More than one outcome would come from this.
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Snow, being the gentle giant, was driving a blindfolded Lasswell AND Celes to the Yun-Farron household, since the youngest Yun-Farron 'had to get a haircut' according to Serah, something that Celes, Lightning and Fang ALL disagreed with. It was during this car ride Celes didn't mind her shoulder being Lasswell's pillow, for the blonde treated him like a son, which was a reason why Lightning and Celes' friendship has been this solid. As for the damn oaf, he chose to not put on any music so that the two in the back could get some needed eye shut, for the ride itself was kind of long - much to Snow's dismay. Being careful driving, Snow took the scenic route to his sister-in-law's house, taking mental note of a major accident he saw on the way to the hair salon. Two hours later, the trio finally arrive at the Yun-Farron household, with Snow taking a quick peek at the open land where people waiting for both Celes and Lasswell to celebrate. A gentle shake from Snow woke both Celes and Lasswell up five minutes later, altering the napping duo that they've arrived. Going through the house, Lasswell and Celes couldn't make out what was going on even though Lasswell knows the house's lay out and they were both being led by Locke and Vanille.
"SURPRISE! Happy Belated Birthday Lasswell and Celes!" was the happy greeting from the people who came to the Yun-Farron household, to have a belated birthday bash for the two people who thought that everyone had forgotten their special day. A well done banner that was hung between two trees saw Celes cry happy tears and Lasswell being unable to speak for a good 30 minutes. I don't care whose idea this was... but they remembered... Celes happily mused to herself, realising that Lightning, Fang and Hope didn't forget about her in the end. What really made Lasswell smile was the second cake - he knew that Sice made it - it was not only for him but for Celes too. 45 minutes had passed since they first arrived that Lasswell LITERALLY took Celes' hand to get to the cake, which saw the blonde's mouth water at the mere sight of it, knowing how Sice is making cake. What made it more interesting was that the first two pieces were already cut: one for Lasswell, the other for Celes. What happened next saw everyone and their mothers smile their best smile all day: Celes and Lasswell took a bite of their piece of cake at the same time, and sharing an endearing side hug.
The birthday presents for both were of a great variety, containing some key wants and needs requested by both. It was after the birthday presents were exchanged that Celes and Lasswell both accompanied Seven to where Sice was, since they both have known about the silver haired teen's crush on the white haired teen for some time. Unbeknownst to Seven, Celes and Lasswell's birthday wish was for Seven to tell Sice show she truly felt. Sice, upon seeing the trio approaching her, blushed as red as a fire truck, with a gut feeling of what's coming from Seven's mouth. "Sice, there's something that I've been wanting to say to you for a while..." Seven began with her confession to Sice - only for the white haired teen to kiss Seven's lips, for Sice not being good with words, using actions to convey things like this instead. After the initial shock from Sice's action, Seven returned the kiss, happy to know that Sice felt the same way, that their friendship should be at the next level, as happy girlfriends in love. "Looks like our wish finally came true... Lassbrat…" Celes said with an endearing smile, causing the youngest Yun-Farron to laugh at the remark, knowing the blonde tends to call him the very nickname Seven came up with for him.
"In case you're wondering Blondie... this was originally Seven's idea..." was all Sice said about the birthday party. Celes couldn't stop smiling at the silver haired teen for her thoughtfulness on the matter. When asked why Seven wanted this for both her younger brother and Celes, "...it's the right thing to do..."
In the end, everyone had a very happy day. Celes and Lasswell celebrated their birthdays, while Seven FINALLY snagged Sice as her girlfriend.
And the Bitch Complex Celes had was no more.
FIN
A/N #2: In the Second Time Around universe, it's a Mother's Day Y'shtola and Rydia won't forget, courtesy of Seven and Lightning.
