isn't expecting her at all.

shows up at his door anyways.

getting stuff ready for the barbeque.

knocks on is door...with her foot. Her arms are kinda full.

looks up at that and quickly goes to answer it.

grins when she's sees him "Mattie~! Happy Biiirthday~

"

blinks at her before smiling and moving to help her with something. "Ah thank you Trini."

lets him take some of it. "No, thank you. These are kinda heavy.." ^^;;

smiles at that as he invited her in after taking some of the stuff from her. "Ah why'd you bring so much stuff?"

in a very good mood "Cause it's your birthday~!"

glad to see her more than anything, he feels like he hasn't seen a lot of people.

the same way v.v She'll harass him more often!

wouldn't mind that all, he's sure Francis would like to see her more often too.

didn't know..him and Uncle Francis were back together.

didn't know they had... been apart... well they'd had some fights before but...

thought Uncle Francis was with Uncle Greg or..something. Maybe that was Min..

stared for a long moment, he... didn't...

didn't know that he didn't know. It was a really long time ago.

didn't know...

hugs him. She's sorry. She could be wrong! Uncle Greg could have been with Min, not Uncle Francis! (Though she knew the blonde had been with

_someone else..)

hugs her back a bit confused now, he hasn't talked to Francis about past relationships.

won't mention it was after their marriage...

would probably pretend to brush it off if she did.

hugs him back. She feels awkward now. "So..how's the birthday so far?"

shrugs a bit, "it's good I guess."

.."I think you need a birthday shot"

blinks at that, "a what?"

.."A birthday shot?" She holds up the rum bottle.

smiles and nods a bit now, "oh okay."

tugs him towards the couch. "Alcohol makes everything better"

nods in agreement with that. "It does..."

sits down, immediately pouring him a shot.

takes the shot and downs it, he just wanted to have fun with her tonight.

to have fun with him too. "There's lots where that came from." She refills his glass, wondering what he wanted to do.

if she's going to drink as well. "Ah what do you want to do tonight then?"

will! Soon.. "Up to you~ Is anyone else coming?"

shakes his head a bit, "I hadn't actually planned anything."

shrugs "Even better than I get to hog you to myself. Want a cake?"

blinks at that, "eh... you don't have to give me anything."

kisses his cheek "That's part of your birthday. You have to have a cake!"

blinks a bit at that but nods, "o-okay."

hugs him close "What kind do you want?"

shrugs a bit and hugs her back, "I'm not picky."

cuddles him "But you should be~"

blinks a bit as he shrugged and patted her on the shoulder. "You're cute."

pouts a little "I'm not~"

nods and smiles, "em hm... how's your boyfriend doing?" He was sure she was dating someone.

laughs a little at that "Hong? I think we kinda...drifted. He's not really around any more and caught up in his own thing I guess. Which is_

_fine. I guess it wasn't the time for him to have a girlfriend? Anyways, I'm single now..Hong was a sweetheart but it didn't work out"

frowns a bit at that but nods, "I'm sorry to hear that..." he rubbed the back of his head lightly, "how's Arthur doing?" he knew she spoke

to him far more than he did.

shrugs. "Dunno. Caught up with work? Papa's vanished again. Prolly fell asleep in a field somewhere"

blinks a bit at that before nodding. "Ah..." he got up from the couch, "would you like a drink?"

smiles a little at that "Sure~"

returned the smile, "what would you like?"

grins "Got rum?"

looks around a bit, "ah... I think so."

perks up at that. "Really?"

nods as he went to go find it.

waits happily~

found it and brought it out, dusting the bottle off a bit.

grins at the sight of it. "Perfect~!"

smiles as he hands it over to her and gets a glass for her.

would drink from the bottle, but she's being polite for Mattie's birthday >w,

*>w<

gets a glass for her and brings it to her handing it over.

takes it with a happy 'gracias' and pours them both a drink.

smiles as he sits next to her again. "You want anything to eat?"

shakes her head "I'm good for now. I might bug you for pancakes tomorrow though.." She was definitely crashing for the night.

laughs a bit as he took his drink and sipped it. "Sure." He wouldn't let her go home tonight anyway.

his pancakes "And maple syrup."