"The twins are going to love it." Padme smiled, seeing the cake the kids were decorating.

It was a simple vanilla cake, and the kids were decorating it. Boba put chocolate frosting, Anakin's favorite on the cake, and the little girls decorated it with blue frosting flowers and rainbow sprinkles, two things each of the twins loved.

"You should've seen my daddy's birthday last year." Lamenta said. "We went to an ice cream place, and we had this literally giant sundae that was bigger than me!"

"I'm getting a stomachache just thinking about it." Boba said.

"Boba and I worked together to give Daddy a great gift last year." Gabby said. "And this year is even better now that the twins are together at last. I always wondered what it'd be like to have a twin. Hmm... I wonder if I-"

"You don't have a long-lost twin, Gabby." Padme said. "You were our first and only baby the day you were born. And eventually we got another baby."

"Mom!" Boba whined as Padme ruffled his hair.

Remix mixed up a nice salad for the dinner, Carousella reminding him to leave the hay out of it.

"We don't want a repeat of when you helped make dinner last month." Carousella said.

"Yuck!" Boba said, rememberingthat incident. "I still can't believe you eat that stuff."

"Tastes pretty good to me." Remix said, munching on some hay and then burping.

"Remix!" Caroline scolded.

"'Scuse me."

Meanwhile, Anakin just finished tying the bow on a small rectangular box containing Carmine's birthday present. He'd barely slept the night before because he'd been up almost all night making sure it would be perfect.

"I hope this was all worth it."

In another room down the hall...

Carmine tied a sparkly bow on a small square box containing Anakin's present, and hoped it would be worth the time and effort put into it.

"I hope Anakin likes it."

Dinner was set, and the whole family was gathered at the table in celebration of the twins and finally getting to celebrate their birthday together.

Everything looked amazing. Both of the twins' favorite foods were served, and everything was delicious too.

Carmine and Anakin shared some stories about what their past birthdays were like.

"My sixth birthday, Dad got me my first journal so I could practice writing, and eventually I wrote the lyrics to a lot of my best songs."

"Only good thing I remember on my sixth birthday was seeing Watto get his head stuck in a bucket and then crash into the wall trying to get it off." Anakin said.

Everyone laughed.

"How did that even happen?" Carmine laughed.

"I still haven't guess." Anakin laughed. "But it was funny."

The twins soon got to blow out their candles together, but before they cut the cake, Padme proposed a toast to the twins.

"Even though today is the twins' birthday, I think it's safe to say we've all gotten a great present this year. The fact that Anakin and Carmine are together again after twenty years apart and not knowing each other's existence until earlier this year has led to both our families growing together and becoming one again. Ani, you've always been a wonderful man. From the day we met, you never stopped being that sweet little boy I met on Tatooine. And now, you are a wonderful husband and father, and I hope Carmine feels as lucky to have you as his brother as I am to have you as my husband. And Carmine, you and your family have been a wonderful blessing since you've come around. Even though we've only known each other for a few months, I believe we can all agree that we couldn't be happier to have you all in our lives."

"Happy Birthday, Daddy!" Gabby said. "Happy Birthday, Uncle Carmine."

"Happy Birthday, Daddy!" Lamenta said. "Happy Birthday, Uncle Anakin."

The girls gave each of the twins a kiss, and the twins couldn't help feeling touched and so loved today. Anakin and Carmine looked at each other and smiled. They shared the same face, but they also shared the same love and care for each other too, and now they were finally sharing their birthday. But, neither of them knew that they also had identical emotions about giving each other presents. And soon, it was time for them to open their gifts.

Everyone else got them great gifts, and the kids even drew them beautiful cards.

Anakin and Carmine each pulled out their gifts for each other and presented them to each other. Both of them looked nervous as they gave each other their gifts, but there was no turning back now. And... since they didn't know which one of them was the older twin, they decided to open their gifts at the same time.

Anakin and Carmine each held onto part of the ribbons on their gifts and counted one... two... three!

Together, the twins pulled the ribbons off and opened their gifts, finding a different gift in each of their boxes.

Carmine opened his and found an orange strap with the initials C.A.J. (Carmine Amadeus Jinn) monogramed on it. It was made out of a material that was flexible, but at the same time very strong and sturdy. Carmine recognized the material from riding some of the star cruisers and realized it was the same kind used on the safety belts.

"You made this for me?" Carmine said, feeling touched.

"I remembered how you said your guitar strap wouldn't stop breaking." Anakin said. "And then I remembered I'd seen this material survive some of the worst crashes. If this strap doesn't stay on your guitar, I don't know what will."

Carmine got his guitar and attached the strap to it and tried it out. Sure enough, it was extra sturdy, but also surprisingly comfortable. Plus, with his initials monogramed on the strap, it really helped to identify that the guitar was Carmine's.

"It's perfect." Carmine smiled. He placed his guitar down then hugged Anakin. "Thank you, Anakin."

"I'm glad you like it."

"Now let's see your gift."

And so, Anakin did continue to open his present. Inside, he found a small velvet box, in which he found... a gold locket like the one Carmine had. Except, this one had Anakin's initials engraved on the back of it.

"It's just like your locket." Anakin said.

"Look inside it. There's a picture." Carmine smiled.

And sure enough, there was a picture inside the locket. The first family photo the Skywalker-Jinn family took together.

Anakin felt happy tears coming as he looked at the picture. In the beginning, he'd only had his mother. And when he was made part of the Jedi Order, he fully expected to never have a family of his own again. But now, he had the perfect family for him.

He had a perfect wife, two beautiful children, and now he had his long-lost brother, a great sister-in-law, and an adorable niece. Anakin felt so blessed to have all of them in his life, and this picture in the locket served as a reminder that they were always in his heart.

"When Dad gave me my locket," said Carmine. "he said it would be a way of always keeping him and Grandma close to my heart. Now you have one to always keep the whole family close to yours."

Anakin put on the locket, then he hugged Carmine and said, "The real best gift of all is having my brother back in my life. I love you, Carmine. Happy Birthday."

"I love you too, Anakin." Carmine smiled, returning the hug. "Happy Birthday."

"Group hug!" Lamenta called, hugging her father and uncle, the others joining in.

It was such a perfect moment. A family all together to celebrate a birthday, twins reunited after two decades apart, and the twins managed to give each other great presents. But, they came to realize that it wasn't the presents wrapped in a perfect bow that made a perfect gift. The true greatest gift they got was each other, their family, being together and loving each other unconditionally. There's no denying it; there is no greater gift than the people we love, the gift that can never be bought or replaced by even the most precious jewels in the universe.