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Cameron Carney, Mega Bony Butt Boy ([personal profile] gonnabefamous) wrote in [community profile] gooseberryhigh2018-04-25 08:49 pm

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When the ESBs get back from classes, there's a chocolate cake waiting. It's a little rough around the edges, but that just shows it's homemade. Besides, it's how it tastes that counts, and it tastes... frankly, terrible. Did he get the sugar and the salt confused? Bleh.




Sitting in Iliya's desk chair is a large cardboard box, wrapped in red paper. Inside is a plethora of candy, both muggle and magical varieties. Buried beneath the candy are two golden apples and a peacock feather. When the apples are in close proximity to each other, they glow softly. When they touch, they play music. One plays a piano part, and the other plays cello, combining to form a familiar musical piece. The peacock feather has a strip of purple paper wrapped around it, with a short note written in very poor Cyrillic: "Честит Рожден ден. Обичам те. - Cameron"
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Birthday Cake!!!!

[personal profile] iliya 2018-04-26 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
Iliya lights up when he sees the cake waiting in the cabin, because it's not like he could've possibly received enough sugar today from friends and family. The cake's looks matter less than the extremely generous use of chocolate frosting, and the fact that it was Cameron who baked it. It takes all of Iliya's patience and willpower to wait for the cake to be cut and the slices to be distributed to everyone before he digs in.

He suddenly wishes he'd waited longer, although Iliya does his best to not let it show on his face as he swallows his bite of salty cake. "This is..." Words fail him. Someone please say something so Iliya doesn't have to.
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Birthday Cake!!!!

[personal profile] casperkim 2018-04-26 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Casper, who never eats cake and who hasn't made an exception for this cake, can't say anything to finish that sentence. All he can do is lift his eyebrows when he sees the strange (and vaguely pained?) look on Iliya's face. You all right there, Birthday Boy?
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Birthday Cake!!!!

[personal profile] ulixes 2018-04-26 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
God, Iliya is such a good kid.

Ulysses retches.
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Birthday Cake!!!!

[personal profile] iliya 2018-04-26 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Iliya covers his mouth with one hand as he looks around for one of the water bottles they always have in store, for those impromptu drinking nights. He tosses one over to Ulysses, before opening another and taking a swig.

"You tried," Iliya says tactfully. This is such a waste of chocolate. He holds for a mournful moment of silence for all the ingredients that could've made up a delicious, delicious cake.
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Birthday Cake!!!!

[personal profile] ulixes 2018-04-26 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not that hard, apparently," Ulysses mutters darkly as he catches the water bottle with his left hand and swipes some nice, sweet, untainted frosting off the side of the cake with his right.
Edited (WAIT i assumed it was pre-made frosting but you know what? maybe real cam made it :|a) 2018-04-26 17:54 (UTC)
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Birthday Cake!!!!

[personal profile] ulixes 2018-04-26 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Ulysses picks up the remainder of his cake — he'd cut himself a big ol' slice back when he'd thought it was edible, and now there's a good-sized hunk still left on his plate — and chucks it at Cameron's considerate, yet culinarily impaired, head.
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Birthday Cake!!!!

[personal profile] iliya 2018-04-26 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Iliya curses in Bulgarian and scrambles out of the way. He's seen enough food fights to know that if anyone who stands still long enough will become a target, and he's not counting on his status as Birthday Boy to keep him safe from the likes of Ulysses and Cameron.
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Birthday Cake!!!!

[personal profile] casperkim 2018-04-26 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
This...is escalating quickly. Casper had been unprepared for this turn of events and it takes him a moment to intervene, crossing the room to grab the plate with the remnants of the cake on it and snap at the two boys, "I don't care how bad it tastes. You're not having a cake fight in the fucking cabin...!" It doesn't yet occur to him to grab Iliya's abandoned plate, though.
Edited (Dad's no fun. I'm sorry.) 2018-04-26 19:31 (UTC)
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Presents!!!!

[personal profile] iliya 2018-04-26 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
Thankfully, Cameron also gifted him with a palette cleanser. "Cameron," Iliya says in his awe as stares at the overstuffed box of sweets. This would've honestly been more than enough for Iliya, but at the hint that there's something hidden inside all the candy, Iliya starts digging around. Yo-Yo climbs onto the lip of the box, to help.

He finds the two golden apples first, and smiles, knowing Cameron remembered the fairy tale Iliya had told him, for their dance theme. It takes another moment to figure out what they do. "Oh!" Iliya sets them on the floor in front of him, watching how they glow in the evening light of the cabin. "Cameron, this is beautiful... Huh?"

A squeak comes from the box. Yo-Yo sits on top of a pack of M&M's, with a peacock feather clutched in his paws. He's chewing on a piece of purple paper. "Yo-Yo, stop." Leaving the apples to continue playing their music, Iliya tugs the feather from Yo-Yo's teeth. The paper unfurls easily, revealing its message. He reads it once at a glance, then again, very carefully. "Oh," Iliya whispers.
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Presents!!!!

[personal profile] iliya 2018-04-26 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah." Iliya is silent for a second too long, horribly aware of Cameron's eyes on him, and the presence of their roommates nearby. "Yes. You did not do cursive, but..."

It's a simple message, the letters unmistakable even if Cameron's writing isn't the cleanest. Iliya learned both of these phrases when he was only a child, learning from a tutor his father insisted on hiring for him. Cameron could've found it in any book.

Iliya suddenly stands up, causing Yo-Yo to squeak in surprise as the mouse falls back in the box of candy. Iliya takes a step as though he's about to leave, then turns back to carefully pick up his golden apples and put them back into the box, where they'll be safe from anyone accidentally stepping on them. The music stops as Iliya pulls the apples apart. Then he grabs Cameron's hand, and tugs him towards the exit, where there's fresh air and privacy. Iliya doesn't stop walking until they're outside, and the cabin door is securely closed behind them.
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Presents!!!!

[personal profile] iliya 2018-04-27 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
"No!" Iliya protests, voice a little too high. His face feels hot; his heart hammering like it's about to beat out of his chest. Iliya drops Cameron's hand, so he can brush his hair out of his face, which he regrets immediately upon realizing what he's done. "Sorry. Sorry! I am being weird. Again. I..."

Why does he always do this? Stumble over his words at the most inopportune times, blurt out things he doesn't mean to say, then try to physically flee any situation that makes him even a little uncomfortable. There were just too many people. And he'd always thought about how he would say this, really say this, and not hide behind a language Cameron doesn't understand, but he hadn't thought... He hadn't been thinking at all, just that there were the beautiful golden apples, like from their story, and the music, and Yo-Yo with the feather—

Iliya steps forward, and throws his arms around Cameron for a sudden hug. He presses his face into Cameron's shoulder, hiding his blush. "No," Iliya says again, this time in a whisper. "Nothing is wrong. You are... You're wonderful. All of this... it's perfect." He laughs. "Even the cake."
Edited 2018-04-27 03:58 (UTC)
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Presents!!!!

[personal profile] iliya 2018-04-27 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh yes. Entirely the recipe's fault," Iliya says drily, his smile suppressed again, but there's a mischievous light in his eyes when he pulls back to look at Cameron. "Wait. There is still icing on your face." And he puts a hand on Cameron's cheek, thumb brushing the corner of his mouth like he's wiping off a stray trace of chocolate, and Iliya kisses him. Not quick, nor lightly.

Afterwards, he leans his forehead against Cameron's, and sighs. "Thank you. I was afraid you..." Iliya trails off, then shakes his head. He'll never stop worrying too much about everything, but Cameron's affection is one thing he should trust more. "Nevermind. Not important. I love you too, yes?"
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Presents!!!!

[personal profile] iliya 2018-04-28 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Iliya rolls his eyes. "You heard me clearly." He tries to make his expression stern and tone flat, a weak defense against the full force of Cameron's radiance. I know I'm a lot to deal with, Cameron had written once, and Iliya had protested, but it is too much, sometimes. If Iliya is afraid of anything, it's that he still can't handle this. He doesn't know what to do with the fact that Cameron sounds breathless just from kissing him, or that he must have put hours into preparing this birthday surprise, or that it was Iliya he was thinking of when he wrote out those Cyrillic letters.

He doesn't know how it makes sense that he's the one who can make Cameron look so happy with only a few words, when Cameron is always full of words, an endless teasing stream that Iliya could listen to forever, if nothing stopped them.

He can't say that. "Nothing." Iliya kisses him again, on the side of his mouth where the imaginary icing was. "There is nothing to fear, lyubov moya."
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Re: OOC

[personal profile] casperkim 2018-04-26 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
If this is supposed to teach me a lesson about sending snarky emails, it will not. ♥
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[personal profile] beansontoast 2018-04-26 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
Please never stop sending snarky emails.
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[personal profile] iliya 2018-04-26 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
casper don't laugh the birthday boy doesn't deserve to suffer like this
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[personal profile] casperkim 2018-04-26 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Hey. You guys wanted to make Casper laugh.

(Don't worry. He probably won't.)
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[personal profile] lilwitchhazel 2018-04-26 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
Casper!!! Be nice and laugh for the Birthday Boy. Even if it's at the Birthday Boy.
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[personal profile] iliya 2018-04-26 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
WOW FINE casper please laugh :((((
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[personal profile] iliya 2018-04-26 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
i'm willing to make a pact for this
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[personal profile] iliya 2018-04-26 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
they all peaked in high school anyway
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[personal profile] norush 2018-04-26 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
ain’t that the truth
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[personal profile] colemoss 2018-04-26 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think you'd do that to Asher.
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[personal profile] iliya 2018-04-26 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
casper can survive and return to asher's arms
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[personal profile] colemoss 2018-04-26 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
He won't. If they die, he dies. And Asher can wonder what might have been.
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[personal profile] norush 2018-04-26 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
marin wrote too many starters and now she’s gonna have to deal with ulysses in like 19 different threads
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[personal profile] iliya 2018-04-26 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
a very bad birthday for iliya
Edited (it's not my bday i don't know why i wrote that) 2018-04-26 03:50 (UTC)
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[personal profile] godzillabutworse 2018-04-26 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
HEY that gift is really cute