#thank you for keeping me company and. giving me food for thought i guess 💖

[shunin-gumis]

Nagi Birthday(2024) SSR Story

Best Wishes Snap

Happy Happy Day! (1st part)

The Yellow and white marker is Toi, Red is Ryui, Beige over black is Yodaka, Neon Pink is Netaro, and the All-black is (probably?) oshisha-sama (iykyk)

Messages Toi: Happy Birthday Nagi-kun! We love you 💖 Ryui: Happy B Day, show some energy. 🐙 Netaro: Birthday Boy 🌟🌟🌟 Yodaka: All happiness on your birthday ✨ Oshisha: My pet ➡️ Fun fact the rat ears doodled on Nagi is in reference to his radio persona named 'Nure Nezumi' meaning Drowned Rat!

Nagi: Haa.....

Boy: Mama, that man on the swing set has been staring at the ground for so long now.

Mother of the boy: It's not good to stare, we should leave him alone.

Nagi: I couldn't tell anyone it was my birthday today in the end.

Nagi: The "Random Present System"... I wonder if I was counted in it too.

Nagi: I'm sure the person who was selected to gift me a present has been decided, but no one actually knows it's my birthday today.... Besides, it must have been a hassle to get me something when the system was only just implemented....

Nagi: ...... Well, I guess it's fine even if my birthday isn't celebrated.

Nagi: Sonia sent me off with a smile and told me to enjoy the party, so I can't just go back to the shop now. I'll just return to Hama House, take a nice hot bath and sleep.

Nagi: I'm ba...ck?

Ryui: Finally! Where the hell were you off to all this time? You're late!

Nagi: Huh? Um, I'm... sorry?

Momiji: Welcome back, Nagi-kun.

Yodaka: We were just about to set off to find you.

Yodaka: It wouldn't do for the birthday boy to be absent for his own party, now would it?

Nagi: But I thought no one knew my birthday...

Netaro: What a silly goose you are Gii~ Surely you must remember the fact that you had to note down your birthday on your profile.

Momiji: It was in the company's documents too.

Nagi: Ah... you're right.

Toi: Ushio-kun prepared the cake -"Blooming Happiness ⭐ Full Bloom Flower Cake"! The flowers on top of the icing are all edible, isn't that amazing?

Nagi: Not just that, the entire table is packed with all kinds of food...

Nagi: You prepared all this... for me...?

Momiji: Nagi-kun, I've prepared a ton of vases so I can receive as many flowers as you want to give me later, so enjoy tonight as much as you want!

Nagi: ....!!

Everyone at Hama Tours: Happy Birthday!!

Renga: As fellow team leaders... let's do our best to get along and hype up HAMA.

Renga: This pink rose is my birthday gift for you.

Renga: It's thanks to your advice that my roses grew so beautifully, so you can have this one.

Nagi: ....hic.....

Renga: ...Wait, huh!? Are you crying!?

Ten: Ah... look at those tears. Renga-san, how could you do that to him....

Renga: Is this my fault!?

Renga: It's not like it's something specia- I mean, I did put a lot of thought into it, but!

Renga: O-Oi, stop crying already...!

Nagi: ....hic, I've never seen such a beautiful rose before. It's the most beautiful one in the world, no, in this entire galaxy!

Renga: I-Is that so...!

Muneuji: Hachinoya-san, please accept this watering can from me. I hope you can make use of it at your store. I wish for 'Flower Laundry' to continue to flourish and prosper.

Nagi: I-I promise to make my store one that everyone loves for the next 1000 years.

Liguang: ... He keeps crying every time someone greets him.

Ryui: He's a pain...

Nagi: Liguang-san, and Ryui... Even the two of you prepared a present for me?

Liguang: That's right. Grease and cloth included, I've prepared a maintenance tool set that you can use on your beloved bike.

Nagi: Thank you very much....

Ryui: This is a little something to ward of bad luck.

Nagi: Band-aids? It's even got a nice design...

Ryui: It's because you keep getting hurt all the time and getting Toi all worried. And stop bawling so much it's gross.

Nagi: ... Thank you for getting someone like me a gift. It's the first time my birthday's been celebrated like this...

Chihiro: Oh em gee, isn't Nagipeko crying a lil too much tho? You'll shrivel up at this rate!

Nagi: It'll be ok if I drink water right after letting it out.

Raito: Haha, guess I should prepare a pitcher for you in that case.

Nagi: I would really appreciate that.

Nagi: I want to give back all this gratitude I'm feeling. So that all of you can smile just like I am-

Nagi: I'll do a stand-up comedy right now.

Momiji: Eh, all of a sudden?

Tao: That's not what I was expecting from that speech!

Nagi: Even if you feel like cringing, please don't look away. I'd like you to accept my honest feelings of gratitude.

Momiji: Huh, wait, Nagi-kun...!

Nagi: Presenting my short skit, "How I surprised myself on my own Birthday."

Part 2

[chierafied]

December Drabbles Day 2 - Louder Than Words

Read on AO3.

Banner fan art by the amazing @sayuri-liu

For @ladygoshawk. You’re a wonderful, supportive person and you have such a great, grounding presence in the chaos that the fandom can sometimes be. I appreciate you! 💖

Day 2 - Louder Than Words

Kagome toasted with Sango, then took a hearty sip of the warm sake. Kouga was trying to catch her eye as he crooned a lovesick ballad into the microphone, so Kagome was struggling both to keep her face straight and from staring at Kouga's overly enthusiastic performance so as not to accidentally encourage him.  

The company Christmas party had been a formal and faintly boring affair of dinner, wine and speeches. This afterparty at the karaoke parlour, mostly attended by Kagome’s team and a few other work friends, was a rowdier event by far.   

Though she could do without being serenaded, Kagome conceded, hiding a grimace behind her cup.   

"Do you want me to talk to him?" A deep voice intoned by her ear.  

Kagome started and turned towards the tall man who’d been quietly sitting by her side. Sesshoumaru, Miroku's friend, who worked in the IT department. She didn’t know him too well, he was quiet and mostly kept to himself at work, but he'd been super helpful last week with a file-sharing issue that had had Kagome very close to chucking the whole damn computer out of the window.  

"What?" she asked, taken aback both by his question and that he'd bothered to initiate a conversation.   

Sesshoumaru nodded subtly towards Kouga. "It just seemed like you were uncomfortable by the attention."  

"It’s ok. Thanks. He's mostly harmless."  

Sesshoumaru raised his eyebrow.  

Kagome gulped down the rest of her sake.  

"He flirts with me. I'm sure he doesn’t mean anything by it. It’s just a bit unprofessional since we work together."  

His eyes were carefully neutral as he contemplated her reply. "You don't approve of workplace romances?"  

"Oh, no," Kagome waved her hand, "I didn't mean it like that. I have nothing against coworkers dating — I actually talked Sango into going out with Miroku. It’s more about... reading the mood, I guess? You have to get along with everyone at work so you shouldn't keep flirting with someone after they've asked you to stop." Kagome bit her lip.  

Sesshomaru frowned. "That sounds more like common sense than workplace etiquette," he said. "You sure you don't want me to talk to him?"  

Kagome smiled, touched and delighted he would offer. "I'm sure. Thanks."  

The thumping beats of a rap song echoed in the booth and Kagome laughed at Shippou's antics with the microphone.  

Miroku slid two bottles of beer from across the table to both Kagome and Sesshoumaru just as a waitress bustled in with the tray of fried chicken and other assorted snacks.  

Everyone cheered at the food, except Shippou, who was too engrossed in his chosen song.  

Kagome hadn’t realised how hungry she’d been till she bit into the first bit of fried chicken.  

"Ahh, yummy!" She closed her eyes and chewed blissfully.  

"Here, you can have mine, too."  

Kagome opened her eyes just in time to see Sesshoumaru deposit one more piece of fried chicken into her bowl.  

"Thank you!" She beamed at him.  

He nodded at her, then looked away. A light pink spread on his cheeks as he concentrated on his food.   

Kagome tilted her head in thought as she continued eating.  

He'd started a conversation with her. Offered, essentially, to defend her honour. And now he was giving her food? And blushing?  

Maybe she should keep a bit closer eye on Sesshoumaru from now on. And run into technological difficulties at work more often — that at least would be easy enough to pull off. But more than anything, she should read the mood. And maybe test the waters with some flirting of her own.  

Her mind made, Kagome offered Sesshoumaru another bright smile.

[m-siecle]

Lan Qiren: why not date him?

Why not indeed.

The moustache. It's too soft and flowing and might make me giggle. And giggling is prohibited in cloud recess 😌