Matcha's birthday [Bonus 10]

May 2nd 2017...

Matcha sighed as everyone gathered around her. "Must you celebrate my birthday like this?"

"Yeah, now eat your yakisoba," Rika grinned.

"Still never expected you to like yakisoba," Waki nodded.

"Mean neither, but one day she had some and slurped it all up. Wanted to learn how to cook in order to make it herself," Mocha stated.

"Mother-"

"It's fine Mochi. You know I've got a bittersweet relationship with yakisoba."

"Why's that?" Rika asked.

"I love it's taste, but the first person to make it for me... was my father."

"Oh, that asshole."

"Yes, but back then, he still acknowledged my existence. In fact, he made the yakisoba to show his parental love for me, and as soon as I ate it and told him it was good, I... I saw such a genuine smile on his face. Why did he have to devolve into such a scumbag. Even Purin was nicer back then."

"Matcha..."

"There are times when I wonder why we can't just stay as kids. We were all nicer and kinder and times were better. Yet as we grow older, something just turns us into assholes."

Rika gently patted Matcha on the back. "Don't worry. Some of us start out as shitty children, but grow into kind adults. And some, like you, start out as kind children and grow into tsundere adults."

"Well you just ruined that speech."

"Ok tsundere."

"Still, thank you. Perhaps I should cherish the memories that once were, and seek to create new ones."

"Like making your own yakisoba?"

"Want me to?"

"Not today. No cooking on your birthday. But tomorrow, we're putting you to work on making all the yakisoba you can eat."

"What a slave driver. Well, I guess that means I'd better savor my downtime today as much as possible," Matcha smiled.