GOODBYE SUMMER!

Skylark: Alas, it is that time of the year again when you say goodbye to your game consoles and say hello to textbooks. I'm still going to write fics but not as frequent as I used to. But it's a good thing I'm going to go back to school cos' that's where I get most of my inspiration from so expect newer and possibly better fics.

Anyway about this fic. I'm not really sure about Ryuga's age since some sites say he's 16 and some says he's 18. I even found one site that says he's 20. HE IS SOOOOO NOT THAT OLD! So I just went with 16. It doesn't really say when is his birthday but since he is the blader representing summer let's go with May. I wrote this on May 26 so I hereby dubbed that as his birthday because I said so.

Disclaimer: I don't own MFBB.

"Ryuga, when's your birthday?"

Ryuga looked up from the book he was reading and perched his reading glasses on his head. (1) Ginga was looking at him with innocent brown eyes that would make his fangirls swoon but to Ryuga those eyes meant curiousity and curiousity leads to questions and questions leads to someone being bothered. Someone, being Ryuga.

"Why do you wanna know?" Despite being on good terms for some time now the Dragon Emperor still finds the Pegasus wielder annoying, most of the time.

"I know we're not that close Ryuga…..," said teen scoffed,"…..But we are sorta, kind of, a little bit of fri-."

"The day I was born is none of your business. Now leave me alone." With that said Ryuga put his glasses back on. (fangirl drool)

"Come on Ryuga, say it. I want to throw a party for you!"

"Why?"

"Because parties are fun. There's balloons, games, presents, cake and other cool stuff."

"Sounds thrilling," said Ryuga sarcastically while trying to focus on the story and ignoring the person sitting next to him.

"It is. You must've had fun in your past birthdays."

"No."

"Eh? What do you mean?"

"Everytime I celebrate my birthday it only ended up worse than the last one."

"Really? Are you serious?"

He nodded.

"Prove it."

"Why should I?"

Ginga began scratching his chin," Tell me about all of your birthdays and why it ended up badly. If all your past birthdays are horrible I'll…."

"You'll what?"

"…be your butler for a week."

"A month."

"2 weeks."

"31 days."

"Deal."

First Birthday

"You expect me to remember that?" he asked incredulously.

"Well…What birthdays do you remember?"

"My fifth and so on."

"Then start with your fifth."

"Why are you so insistent? Are you that desperate to become a butler?"

"No and no. I'm just …..curious."

"Fine. So it goes like this…"

Fifth Birthday

"My mother baked me a cake."

"So? Cakes are great right? How was it?"

"When I first tasted it it was okay. Then I puked, passed out and woke up in the hospital. I had dyspepsia(2). My mom admitted she couldn't find any food coloring so she grabbed some reddish powder and used that instead. The powder turned out to be Shichimi tōgarashi (3). I had to spend the rest of my birthday in the hospital."

"That is bad."

"It's not over yet. My mom felt sorry for me so she got me a cupcake. Before I could even eat it this bratty kid came by and stole it. The next day the kid had to go to the hospital because of dyspepsia too. Turns out Mom gave the chili powder to the hospital cafeteria so she won't make the same mistake. The cook was grateful since it turned out to be rare and made the cupcake to thank her,"

"Let me guess. She spilled the chili in the batter."

Ryuga nodded.

"At least the kid got what he deserved right?" asked Ginga.

"No. My parents couldn't afford a private room so they sent me to a dual bed one. The kid took the other bed. He kept blaming me the whole stay. He wasn't used to the pain so he sometimes scream at random times. That's why I told mom to just order me a cake next year. Which brings us to my 6th birthday."

Sixth Birthday

"My Dad got a job by then so they were able to afford a birthday party. There was a problem with the party venue cos' instead of a birthday party in a park we ended up in a bachelor party at a club instead. My mom tried to get us out but Dad insisted on staying. They got into a fight, That was the day I learned most of the cuss words."

"Cuss words? I never heard you say of the words."

"That's because I'm always with Kenta or Madoka or Yuu are in the room."

Ginga looked around the room(They were alone in the B-Pit)warily. "You're not going to use them now, are you?"

"Only when you annoy me."

Ginga gulped.

Seventh Birthday

"We went to the zoo."

"A zoo is fun. Nothing could go wrong."

Ryuga scoffed," I wish nothing went wrong that day. A lamb in the petting zoo kicked me, a bird pooped on me, the elephant swung me around, a lion tried to scratch me, a monkey threw a banana peel which I slipped on, I almost got trample by a zebra and my balloon popped."

Ginga sweatdropped.

Eight Birthday

"My Dad got arrested for arguing with someone in a toy store where he was supposed to be getting my present. Mom was on the other side of town and won't be back until next day so I had to use the money I was saving to bail him out."

"At least your Dad got out."

"Horse-breath if you only know how much money I raised you'll be surprised at how my birthday turned out."

"How much was it?"

Ryuga leaned over and whispered something in his ear. A look of shock came on Ginga's face. "You're kidding me! That much money? And having to use it for bail? That does suck."

Ryuga smirked.

Ninth Birthday

"Mom went out that day to but me some presents. Since she was too tired to wrap them herself she had them gift wrapped instead. Here must've been a mix up because she took the wrong gifts.. When I opened them they were all junk."

"You mean you didn't find anything good out of all those presents."

"I found a cookbook, a hair curler, an umbrella, a tiara, a dress, a documentary DVD and a dog leash."

"Wow. Who in the right mind would give those as gifts?"

I have to cut off from this since I misplaced the rest of the story somewhere. I'll update as soon as I find part 2. Next chapter will show the reason why Ginga asked Ryuga about his birthday in the first place.

(1)I know Ryuga doesn't really read but I read in one fanfic where the author made Ryuga dyslexic and an image of him wearing eyeglasses suddenly popped in my head. Anyone who agrees he looks hot in glasses say I. I!

(2)Dyspepsia is a form of indigestion related to spicy food.

(3) Shichimi tōgarashi is a Japanese spice.

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