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Reiner stared at the clock.
9:37 A.M.
Meaning, Bertholdt will return home in 8 hours. Enough time to decorate the house for his birthday. His 23rd Birthday.
Reiner immediately fixed their bed and called Annie.
Ring...Ring...
He waited impatiently, before she picked up, with a tired tone. "What?" Reiner raised an eyebrow before he replied, "It's Bert's B-Day. Remember? The 30th!"
There was silence for a moment, before he heard shuffling—and then he heard the voice of Annie again, "I'll be there in 15." The call ended.
Reiner sighed, before running to get dressed up properly. He threw on one of Bertholdt's Hoodie, (Hey, it fits!) jeans, and a pair of those fuzzy socks that made you slip on the floor. He'll probably change later on, if he doesn't forget. (Spoiler, he forgets.) Then he brushed his teeth and went downstairs to get decorating.
He grabbed the stash of decorations he was hiding from Bertholdt since November, and got to work.
Exactly 10 minutes later, he heard the doorbell ring. Reiner had almost slipped 4 times just trying to get from the living room to the front door, blame those wretched socks! But he successfully managed to get to the door in one piece.
He opened it, expecting to see Annie, but no. He was met with Gabi, his younger sister. The blonde stared at Gabi for a moment. "Gabi? What are you—" Gabi interrupted him, saying, "Annie picked me up! She was supposed to bring Falco too, but he said he was busy and he'd come help later."
Falco Grice, right. Reiner had absolutely forgotten they were dating.
Reiner nodded before he saw a blonde walk up, holding a box full of decorations.
"Hey, Annie."
"Hey."
Reiner took the box from Annie and brought it to the living room. Gabi and Annie followed along.
"Mikasa didn't come?" Reiner asked, looking at Annie, who was setting some balloons up. "No, she said she would stay with Eren and Armin to cook for B's birthday." Reiner nodded and went back to decorating. (With the "Help" of Gabi....)
After awhile, they all decided to take a short break. I mean, it was already 11, and the decorations were already looking great.
Gabi was sitting down on the couch, looking at her phone. She was scrolling before a post made her pause, and she looked up, asking, "Is Eren and Armin dating? I mean, look at this post!" She showed it to Reiner and Annie; a photo of Eren holding flowers whilst Armin carrying the long-haired boy in a bridal-style carry.
This made Reiner pause—Dating? Eren and Armin? No damn way!
Annie nodded. "Yeah, they just got together."
What?
"Oh! That's... Nice, I guess!" And the brunette went back on her phone.
Reiner was shocked—And I guess Annie saw his expression and snorted. "It's not a shocker, Rei. I mean, they were both head over heels for each other."
Right. If head over heels meant beating up each other, then—sure! Why not?
The blonde nodded slowly at the other blonde's words before he turned back to the living room. "Right... Moving on, Y'think Porco and Pieck are coming?" To which Annie replied, "Obviously. Why wouldn't they? Did you not invite them?"
Reiner winced. Annie raised an eyebrow. "Really? You didn't?"
"No! No—I did. Why wouldn't I not invite them??"
Annie let her eyebrow go down. She was skeptical but she let it go. "Right." She said, her voice monotone. "Do the decorations look good?"
Reiner thought for a moment before nodding. "Yeah. B would love it!" He smiled, thinking of Bertholdt seeing the decorations, his face lightning up with joy, those beautiful green eyes under those glasses...
"Okay, we can continue decorating when you stop drooling over your lover, Reiner."
That brought Reiner out of this thoughts for Bertholdt. And it also made him go slightly red. "I'm not—I wasn't—" He stammered out through his embarrassment.
"Suuuuree."
Reiner heard Gabi snicked, and he shot her a glare.
He grumbled, almost slipping again, before he started decorating the table. Annie helped as well, adding the covering, and Gabi added the plates, forks, knives, and spoons.
Annie put a Barney Plushie right smack in the middle of the table, Barney's purple tail almost knocking a plate off of the table. "Whoops," Gabi found it amusing, whileas Reiner was speechless. "BARNEY??"
The blonde woman nodded. "Yep. Barney. Bertholdt loves him."
It wasn't a lie, Bertholdt had loved that old purple dinosaur since kindergarten to now.
Reiner thought about it for a second before he shook his head, the ends of his lips going up until it formed a soft smile. "We'll keep it." He'd pat Barney before continue setting up other things.
They finished around 1:47PM. The house was filled of decorations and food. Mikasa, Armin, Eren, and Falco were there. (The others said they'd be there around 3:30.)
It was now 3:09.
They were all waiting at the front door, Reiner, holding the cake, and the others holding all sorts of items. Eren even had a horn???
The front door clicked open, and Bertholdt came in. What the raven-haired man didn't know was that he was going to get a mini heart-attack.
As soon as the door opened, Bertholdt was met with a—
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BERTHOLDT!"
"WHAT THE FUCK—!?"
And he almost jumped 50 feet in the air! (Not really 50ft.. But hey, you get it!)
Reiner planted a kiss on his cheek—Both Gabi and Falco pretended they were throwing up; and well... Reiner almost threw the cake on them. Mikasa and Annie were holding hands, and... Eren and Armin were giggling like high-schools girls. What the fuck is happening?
"SHUT UP! Okay—Gabi."
"Sorry!"
"Good God. Okay. I.." He looked up at Berthold, who was blushing, and smiled. "Bertholdt, my love—" Snickering from Gabi. "...Happy 23rd Birthday, B."
And he kissed him—Making Bertholdt go 5 shades red.)
The night went well, champagne everywhere, and some people decided to sleep over at their house. (Almost everyone did.)
But that was their mistake.
Bertholdt and Reiner decided to get their freak in their bedroom, and Porco could swear he heard Reiner's moans from a mile away.