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CanKong: Happy Birthday

Leon was busy making pancakes, his thoughts drifting to Matthew. Pancakes were his favourite food, and it was always a special treat on their birthday.

Ever since they found out that they shared a birthday back in kindergarten they had been friends, and they always made sure to spend their birthdays together. It helped that they got along so well, with them being quiet in general but hiding more fun-loving sides underneath. And it helped that they both had siblings that overshadowed them.

It was in sixth grade when they realised that they not only shared the same birthday, but they were born literally minutes apart. With that revelation, and since they were always together, people always joked that they were practically twins.

And in high school they started dating. It took their peers two years to figure it out, since they couldn't see a difference. And luckily people accepted it, though many of the female students were disappointed. And it helped that they had a terrifying Hungarian on their side, who they could have sworn was stalking them.

When they went to university, they moved into an apartment, sharing it. They lived together happily, and on their birthday they always had special plans.

Leon thought back to the first birthday they spent together. Leon had gotten Matthew a polar bear plush, and Matthew had gotten him a panda plush. They both laughed when they realised that they had similar thoughts. Perhaps that was where the twin idea came from.

Tears streamed down Leon's face as the memories poured in. The memory of the phone call, three months ago, telling him that Matthew was in the hospital after a car hit him. Arriving there and demanding to see Matthew, only to have the Canadian die while they were sharing one last kiss.

This was the first time that Leon was celebrating their – no, his – birthday alone.

He finally finished the pancakes, before taking a few of them.

"Happy birthday to you," Leon sang. "Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday… dear Matthew. Happy birthday to… only me."

This is the prompt: 'Your OTP had the same birthday (or Person A was born at 11:59 PM and the Person B was born at 12:01 AM the next day) and were the same age (heck, they might have been only minutes apart), and so they'd always celebrate together. This year is the first time ever since they got together that Person A celebrates it alone - Person B is dead.'

Seriously, who better for the prompt than Canada and Hong Kong? And of course I waited for as close as possible to their actual birthday to post this.