Kiana's Birthday

A few days later, Kouro went about his day normally other than he was now Kiana's guinea pig.

Because he had previously said that her food was delicious, Kiana had become so enthusiastic in cooking that it had numbed his tongue, luckily Mei had stopped her from cooking every day and told her to take a break once in a while.

He really wanted thank to Mei, without her, he would be currently eating Kiana's cooking with a numb expression.

Even though he had Ability [Unknown] it did not mean that his tongue was able to daily endure the unexplainable taste of Kiana's food.

If it wasn't for his extraordinary determination, he would have been seen eating green grass just to give his tongue a sense of freshness.

But even so, his relationship with Kiana had at least improved a notch, she was often seen smiling happily at Kouro for no reason.

But this made Ayame who noticed Kiana's behavior feel a sense of crisis but at the same time she also found it amusing, the reason was simple...

Kiana was too cute when she smiled happily!

Especially when she saw her blush slightly and turn her head to avoid the gaze when Kouro looked back at her.

Kiana doesn't seem to know her true feelings, which is why she now looks awkward around Kouro.

Although Ayame knew that Kiana was becoming her love rival, she couldn't help but want to hug her for her innocence.

As her love rival, Kiana looks very innocent, in contrast to Mei-senpai whose approach is slow but sure, just look at it now, Kouro is seen joking with her often.

Mei-senpai... She really is a fearsome opponent.

Wait... Come to think of it, Kouro never said anything about the type of girl he likes.

Hmm... , After being with him for half a year, Ayame could see that Kouro liked girls with big 'boobs'.

She thought like this because she saw that Kouro's eyes intentionally or unintentionally always glanced at Himeko-sensei's 'booba' even if only for a moment.

...Does Kouro like big ones since Kiana, Mei, and Himeko-sensei, have big booba?

Ayame touched her bare chest, she wanted to cry, her boobies had stopped growing after she entered junior high school....

Well... At least she has Fu Hua who shares the same fate as her.

( A/N: Ayame... A wise man once said: don't judge a booba by its cover, touch it to discover.)

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Thinking about Kouro, she remembered two months ago when she saw him being taken to the hospital by the emergency unit.

She still remembered Kouro's condition at that time, he looked very miserable, his body was full of purple lines that focused towards his chest, if not for his heart still beating slowly, he would have been declared dead.

If Kouro was still conscious he would have been able to see his status interface.

[HP: 4/24,600]

Kiana also looked unconscious and was taken to the hospital at the same time as Kouro.

Seeing this, Ayame especially Mei and the others felt very scared and worried that something very terrible had happened to the mission that Fu Hua, Kouro, and Kiana were working on.

They quickly went to Fu Hua and questioned her quickly.

She still remembered Fu Hua's sad expression back then.

Fu Hua didn't say a word about why Kiana had fainted, she only said that the Honkai Eruption had occurred at the mission site where they were, and Kouro wanted to stop the eruption.

After saying that Fu Hua didn't say anything more, although her expressions said otherwise, she seemed to sign a confidentiality contract, so they couldn't do much.

They then went to the hospital together with Theresa and Fu Hua to see Kouro and Kiana.

Ayame vividly remembered the doctor's words when she saw Kouro's terrible state, "This patient... He cannot be saved, the cells inside his entire body have been completely destroyed, it is already a miracle that his body was not reduced to ashes. "

Ayame remembered that when the doctor said that, Bronya's calm personality suddenly changed, she looked at Kouro with a worried expression without blinking and muttered something like 'Trying to detect the subject's life' and so on.

She also remembered, Mei suddenly pulled the doctor's collar very hard and with her purple eyes shining coldly, she stared at the doctor sharply.

If not for Theresa's intervention, the doctor would have been dead.

Theresa's expression didn't look good at that time either.

Only Himeko looked calm, but when she returned home she drank three times more alcohol compared to usual.

Kallen who saw them like that didn't know what to do, she could only comfort and calm them down.

Luckily Kiana wasn't as bad as Kouro, the doctor said that she was just exhausted, so in a few days she would wake up, but as for Kouro... The doctor couldn't guarantee anything.

They knew that the doctors had done everything they could to cure Kouro, so they could only pray to goddess, they prayed for a miracle to happen.

One day passed...

Three days passed... A TV news informs that an eruption has occurred in Singapore, it is said that there are about 80 thousand victims who died because of the eruption...

Their expressions hardened when they saw this, they didn't know what to say in case Kouro woke up.

Five days passed...

Seven days passed... Kiana wakes up from her coma.

She looked dazed when she woke up but quickly returned to normal, the first thing she asked when she woke up was how Kouro was.

Although they didn't know why she was asking that, they quickly brought her to the room where Kouro was being treated.

When Kiana saw the state of Kouro, she looked down and cried, for Ayame this was the first time she saw her cry.

Kiana, Ayame knew was a careless, stubborn, but physically and mentally strong girl, she always smiled when injured as if she didn't care just like Kouro.

But now she was seen crying and mumbling with reddened eyes, "It's my fault... If only... If only! I... Didn't take that gem..."

Fu Hua and Mei who couldn't bear to see her like that then took Kiana back to her room to rest.

Ten days passed... Kiana was always seen sitting next to Kouro and taking care of him.

Although Kiana didn't actually know how to caring someone, she did as much as she could and sometimes asked Mei how to caring properly.

They really don't know what exactly happened to Kiana and Kouro, Fu Hua didn't explain it clearly either, so they don't know why Kiana's personality changed.

Kiana's personality now although still a little childish, she was starting to become a little mature, although Kiana herself didn't realize it.

She began to take care of Kouro wholeheartedly, combing his hair that was somehow white, she also wanted to bathe him but was intercepted by Mei.

If Kouro knew what Kiana had done in taking care of him, he would definitely do a dogeza and apologize sincerely to her.

One month has passed... But Kouro still hasn't woken up.

It's now fall and the end of the year is coming but Kouro hasn't woken up yet.

But even so Kiana continued to take care of Kouro.

Two months passed... Kouro woke up on the last day of November.

Hearing that he had woken up, they quickly flocked to see him.

They saw Kouro looking at them with a gentle smile, his white-turned hair that had lengthened to his shoulders fluttering in the breeze.

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After learning that Kiana had been taking care of him for these two months, Kouro planned to celebrate her birthday.

He told Mei and the others that he wanted to surprise Kiana.

Thinking of Kiana's struggle, they all nodded in agreement, they had two days before Kiana's birthday.

Theresa even firmly said that for the sake of her niece, the school budget could be used for Kiana's birthday.

Fortunately this was stopped quickly by Kouro and Ayame, they did not want to trouble the academy, after all for the two of them the budget was the least of their worries.

Kouro would be in charge of distracting Kiana, Mei, Theresa and Himeko would go look for ingredients to make the birthday cake, Ayame, Kallen and Bronya would look for accessories.

Kiana felt a little strange with Kouro's actions that often invited her out, but she didn't think much of it and just felt happy.

Just like that, two days passed quickly.

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Evening, at Kouro's house.

"What's going on Kouro? Why are you covering my eyes?" Kiana was seen sitting on the dining chair and said in confusion because Kouro who was behind her closed her eyes.

'Kouro's hand was soft... No! Kiana what are you thinking! "

"I wanted to make a surprise for you. "

"Surprise? "

Kiana then heard several sounds of movement in front of her for a few minutes before Kouro released his hand.

She blinked and narrowed her eyes at the sudden light before her eyes widened.

In front of her was a giant cake with beautiful accessories, on top of which was written her name with candles in the shape of the number sixteen.

"Happy birthday Kiana!" x 7

Mei-senpai, Ayame, Bronya-chan, Himeko-sensei, Theresa oba-san, Kallen-san and also, Kiana with blank expressions looked at Kouro who was currently looking at her with a wide smile.

Kouro was seen putting a red colored conical birthday hat on Kiana's head.

"~Happy birthday to you... "

"~Happy birthday to you... "

"~Happy birthday to you... "

They all clapped their hands together and sang a song rhythmically to Kiana who was wearing a completely blank expression, she didn't seem to know what expression to wear in response to her current situation.

Kiana didn't realize that her eyes had welled up with tears, there was a feeling of happiness in her heart.

"~Happy... Birthday... To you... " x 7

*Claps! * x7

They all clapped their hands enthusiastically.

"~Blow out the candle Kiana, make your wish." Kouro said softly in her ear.

Kiana looked at them all with a happy smile before blowing out the candle, she then cupped her hands together.

'I wish... Please let these happy days last forever and...' Kiana opened her eyes and glanced at Kouro.

"What's wrong?" Kouro felt strange when she looked at him.

Kiana shook her head, "It's okay, I've made a wish, let's eat the cake now. "

"Oh... What's your wish, Kiana? " Asked Kouro with a curious expression.

Kiana gave him a long look before smiling softly.

"Secret."