Happy Birthday, Dork | Backdated to August 31

[crouching_sin]

Sender: Naoya
To: Everyone
Subject: Birthday boy

My cousin, who recently arrived, has a birthday today. Wishing him a happy birthday is encouraged.

He's 18 now after all. In many places that makes you an adult, Kazuya.

Yes, I know you can see me writing this.

Comments

[belheir]

[Man... That just makes him think about how much he misses his mom and dad. It's been just over a month since he's seen them, and he knows Atsuro and Yuzu would have told them he'd survived, but...

Oof. They'd probably not take the fact that their son was the new demon lord too well. Especially not when he was off fighting God and the angels.]

Lively is one word for it.

What sort of plans did you guys make? I don't think my family would have made any plans until it was closer to my birthday.

[puellamagi]

Well... I'm hoping that I'll graduate at that time. She's talked about wanting to do something more special that day than normal, but I think I'd just be happy having a simple birthday. But somethings -- like taking a trip as a family could be a lot of fun.

But, it's probably better to wait, too. A lot the things we want change when we get older.

[belheir]

No kidding.

[ALL HE WANTS IS TO BE A NORMAL TEEN.]

Well, I hope that whenever it happens, you enjoy it to the fullest. And if you have any siblings or older cousins like I do, don't let them ruin it.

[puellamagi]

I have a little brother, but... he's so small. I think it's normal for him to misbehave at his age.

Ruin it...? But, uhm... Didn't you have fun?

[belheir]

It's the younger siblings job to make work for the older one, just remember that.

And no. I didn't.

[yes he did he's a liar.]

[puellamagi]

Mama always said that it's an older sibling's job to be a good role model for the younger ones. So... I think it's important to work hard for them, too.

( ???? really....??? She's not too sure. )

Oh -- uhm -- sorry. But, it's not over, right?

[belheir]

Well there's that too. But younger siblings exist to make trouble for the older one too. Even if Naoya isn't exactly my sibling, he's the closest I have.

It's not.

[puellamagi]

Oh, really? I thought that would change as siblings got older...

Even so, I think that it's nice to have someone so close to confide in.

Then, you still have the chance to make the day even better. Is there something that would make the day more special?

[belheir]

Killing him would make my day much better.

But people tend not to like it when I say that, so ruining his day would make mine much better.

[puellamagi]

( Yikes... )

.... Please don't kill your cousin...

On another hand... Is there something else that you could be given today that could make today more memorable?

[belheir]

[In Kazuya's defense, Naoya did beat him to death with a rock first.]

Not really. I'm not really a gift kind of guy to begin with.

[And honestly, no one can top these killer headphones he's got.]

[puellamagi]

Oh.

Instead of thinking it like a present -- is there something that you really want?

[belheir]

Not really. Nothing that anyone could give me, anyway. There just isn't a lot of things I really want in general, sorry.

[puellamagi]

Please, it's alright.

I know that it can hard to figure out what you'd want so quickly. I think it's nice if you can be content with everything that you have.

But -- I've seen even things I thought were impossible being given to others. It was hard to believe myself at first that something like that could be possible...

[belheir]

No, there's definitely no way I can get what I want. It's just not possible. And even if it was, getting it here in the dream world wouldn't mean much anyway.

[puellamagi]

Nothing is impossible. It may be hard to believe -- but even things like miracles are real. Still...

Even if you can't get what you wanted here, I'm glad that you can find some happiness here.

[belheir]

There's no miracle that would give me what I want. Besides, there's no one out there who'd give me any sort of miracle anymore.

[That's just what happens when you plan to attack and dethrone God.]

[puellamagi]

That's terrible... I'm sorry.

But... does that mean that-- it's better that you can be here...?

[belheir]

It's nice to be here, but this is only a dream world. I'm still out and about and doing whatever it is I'm doing while awake.

And I wouldn't say it's better or worse, honestly.

[puellamagi]

Even if this is a dream world, everything still feels so real... I don't think that any of our experiences happened any less because of that.

Even so... I hope that you can find some happiness here.

[belheir]

Just because I can't get what I want doesn't mean I'm not happy.

I'm happy as long as I know that the waking me is out and about and doing what needs to be done.

I'm happy that Naoya is here with me and doesn't have to deal with the normal garbage he has to deal with while awake. I'm happy he's getting a break.

[puellamagi]

Then--

I hope you can stay here together with him for a long time.