-Birthday-

Leon never liked doing anything for his Birthday. He'd just sit around and play videogames all day long and drink beer. But today, Claire wanted to do something special for him.

Claire stood in front of the counter in the kitchen, mixing a bowl of cake mix in her arms. She wasn't much of a baker, heck she wasn't even much of a cook. Yet she wanted to at least make a cake for him.

"What're you doing, there?" asked Leon as he stood in the kitchen doorway. His bangs hung over his right eye, hiding it from view.

"I'm baking you a cake." replied Claire as she stirred the batter with the wooden spoon.

"Claire," stated Leon as he raised his arms, "put the bowl and spoon down slowly." he kept moving his arms up and down, telling her to set the cooking supplies down.

"No, I promise I wont burn it this time! I'll be careful, you'll see!"

Leon walked over to the oven and sighed, "You have the oven set to five-hundred degrees! The cake will catch on fire almost instantly!"

The redhead pouted and rubbed her cheek with the back of her hand, "Fine, you bake the damn thing."

Her friend shut off the oven and walked over, "I will, that is, if the cake batter is even edible." he looked at her face and chuckled. She had a bit of cake flour on her cheek. His hand reached out and wiped it off. Instinctively Claire turned her head and rested her cheek in his hand. A few seconds later, she looked up at Leon's smiling face.

"What?" he asked as he stroked her cheek lightly, as if it were a kind gesture.

"Uh.. N-nothing, Happy Birthday, Leon."

"Thanks, oh and Claire... You used salt instead of sugar." he pointed to the canister of salt that laid on it's side.

"Damn... I thought the batter tasted salty..."

A/N: I was working on this last week, and I never got around to it XD Oh well, 99 more to go!