The crowd cheered as the duo walked on stage.
Yuki spoke up first, “Good evening, everyone. We’re Re:vale.”
Momo hopped up, arms in the air and a wide grin on his face, “I’ve got something special to tell you all today!”
Yuki sighed, looking over at Momo, “They can’t hear it if you don’t have your microphone next to your mouth.”
The crowd laughed and Momo made a slightly surprised expression, before returning to his usual smile. “Ah! You’re right.” he flung his right arm over Yuki’s shoulders, “What would I ever do without youuu~?” he turned to the crowd and let out a small laugh, before bringing his left arm, holding the microphone, down to his face. “Anyway. You guys know what today is, right? It’s the birthday of the one and only–” Momo lifted his right arm off of Yuki’s shoulders, “Me!” he pointed down at himself with right hand, “And so, today’s show is a Momo-themed extravaganza! You know that stall outside that was selling peach tarts? That’s part of the festivities too!”
Yuki smiled at Momo, before turning back to face the crowd. “Well, let’s all celebrate Momo’s birthday together! Our first song is–”
“Wait wait!” Momo cut in, having turned to face Yuki, “Let me do that!”
Yuki sighed, a smile on his face, “Alright then. Go ahead.”
Momo’s smile widened, before turning back to the crowd. “Our first song is SILVER SKY!”
Amidst a loud applause, the duo walked of stage and headed back to the greenroom. In there, laid out on the centre table, was a large pie, surrounded by paper plates and bottles of Momo’s beloved peach-and-apple drink. Off to the side, their manager, Rinto, was clearing some space on one of the make-up desks for a wine cooler.
Momo looked at the spread with widened eyes and mouth, before turning to Yuki with a smile.
“Happy birthday, Momo.” Yuki said, smiling back at Momo and lightly patting his shoulder.
With that, Rinto noticed their presence. “Ah! Good work out there today! Honestly I am still a bit surprised you wanted to do a show on your birthday, Momo-kun, but...”
“I mean there’s no better way to spend a birthday then doing what you love with the people you love, right?” Momo cheered, flinging his arms around Yuki.
“Yeah, yeah...” Yuki looked away, though he was still smiling.
Rinto cleared his throat, “It appears the audience is asking for an encore, so I think–”
“Yup, it’s fine, I can wait!” Momo cut in, turning to leave, but before he did, he turned back, “Oh, Okarin! Go ask them to all come back here too, okay?”
“Huh?” Yuki looked a little confused.
“You invited all our kouhai here right?” Momo leaned forward.
“Ah, right. Yeah, I did.” Yuki sighed, “I was planning on inviting them to your party, but since you decided your party would be a show... naturally I got them tickets.” he cleared his throat and neatened his hair a bit, “Come on; let’s not keep our fans waiting.”
The two returned to the stage, amidst even louder applause than when they first stepped up.
In the end, they performed five more songs as encores. As they returned to their greenroom again, Momo yawned.
“Ahhhhh... so tired...!” he mumbled.
“Come on, you’ve still got your party to go to.”
“Oh yeah...” Momo muttered, “Well maybe I won’t fall asweep there...” he yawned again.
Yuki sighed, opening the door to the greenroom and gently pushing Momo in ahead of him.
“Happy birthday Momo-san!”
“Happy birthday, Momorin.”
“Happy birthday Momo-kun!”
There came the echoes of 10... no, 12 voices. In addition to the crowd, several chairs had been set up.
Momo jumped in shock, “Huh? Ban-san and Manekko-chan, you came too?!”
“Well, of course I’d also invite Ban.” Yuki stated, very matter-of-factly. “But...”
Tsumugi cleared her throat, “Well, I was going to be driving all of IDOLiSH7 here, but I didn’t particularly want to wait outside for the whole time and I also didn’t want to bother you, Yuki-san, by asking for another ticket, so I got one myself. I hope you don’t mind.”
Yuki nodded, “I se–”
“Alright kids! Let’s all figure out how to make Yuki’s birthday the best possible party!” Momo cheered, jumping up and down.
“...I see. Well, it’s up to Momo if you can stay and I think he’s fine with it.” Yuki finished. “...Speaking of which, it’s hard to believe he was yawning just a moment ago... honestly.” he sighed, muttering to himself as he looked over at the excitedly bouncing around Momo.
Gaku smiled, “That’s the ever-kind Tsumugi for you. Honestly, I’m a little jealous of I7, because of that. Sure, our manager’s really nice too but... she’s not at that same level of kindness, you know? Haha,” he laughed. Tenn, who was standing next him, started to glare at him. Feeling the increase in tension, Ryuunosuke squeezed in between the two.
“Hey, this looks like it’ll be one amazing party!” he cheered, catching Momo’s attention.
“Yup! Everyone, feel free to grab as many bottles of juice as you want!” Momo cheered, grabbing one of the bottles and opening it.
“We also have champagne and beer, if any of you old enough would prefer.” Yuki added, walking over to the cooler where they were stored. He reached for a can of beer, but someone grabbed hold of it before he could. Yuki looked up to see who. Yamato had already turned his back to Yuki and, as if he’d been unaware Yuki was even there, casually walked off, a small psst sound indicating he’d opened the can.
Yuki stayed staring at him for a while, a look of mild annoyance on his face, his head tilted over his shoulder. After a while like that, he sighed, grabbed another can and walked off.
Everyone began to chat amongst themselves. In that chatter and laughter, Sogo walked up to Momo.
“Um, excuse me, Momo-san but... that pie is sort of like a birthday cake, right?” he asked, tilting his head slightly towards the table.
“Oh, yeah, I’m pretty sure! You hungry?”
“Oh, no I’m not. And there’s no need to rush the party, even if I were.” Sogo shook his head, “But, thank you for telling me,” he bowed at an almost 90 degree angle, before standing back up and walking over to Tamaki.
Momo watched the interaction between the duo – Sogo said something to Tamaki, who looked a little mad. Ah, perhaps it was like that then.
Momo slammed the bottle he was holding on the table and yelled “Alright! Let the pie-cutting commence!”
At that, the chatter stopped and everyone’s attention focused back on Momo. Sogo jumped a bit, stumbling over his words a little as he spoke too quickly, reiterating his earlier statement on rushing the party. However, Momo payed no attention to him and continued talking.
“Hm, but fifteen slices isn’t easy to cut evenly... I know, sixteen and we play a game to decide who gets the extra slice!” he said, the cake slice in hand. He then cut the pie evenly, grabbed one slice and placed it on one of the paper plates – the only one that wasn’t plain, having “Momo” written on it in a bold, bright pink font. He grabbed the plate and a fork and flopped into the nearest chair. “Everyone help yourselves!”
With that, Tamaki slowly edged closer to the table, looking at Sogo, who sighed and walked over to the table. Sogo served himself and Tamaki each a slice of the pie. Gaku walked up to the table and held out his hand for the slice, which Sogo quickly handed over. As Gaku placed his slice on to the plate, he bumped into Tsumugi.
“Ah, if I may I could–” Gaku spoke hurriedly, a slight blush on his face, as he pointed at the pie.
“Oh no, no need I can get it myself.” Tsumugi smiled, waving her hands in front of her face.
As that conversation was going on, Momo cut through a large part of his slice with his fork and stuffed his face. When he swallowed that mouthful, he cheered out “Delicious! It’s peach and apple right?!”
Yuki nodded, as he was handed the slice. “I asked the guy running the stall outside if he could make a jumbo sized pie and well” he shrugged, “Turns out he could.”
“Ahhh~! Yuki, you’re the best! I love you!” Momo cheered, mouth full with more pie.
“Yeah yeah.” Yuki said, a small smile on his face, as he walked over to Momo and sat in a chair next to him.
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