Bon Anniversaire a Toi

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Who: Jehan, Demeter Cabin, anyone wanting to wish the tiny Frenchman happy birthday
What: Jehan's surprise party, because it's his birthday
Where: Cabin 4, the party cabin!
When: Today, March 6
Warnings: No clue!

Of course Peeta's doing something for his brother's birthday, although unlike the café last month, this is more low-key and informal. Over the past couple of days he's spread the word around camp quietly, a word in an ear at a pegasus riding lesson or at an encounter on the training fields, and hopefully no one's told Jehan. When the time finally comes for the party, a collusion with Naomi has gotten Jehan away from their cabin to help her practice her powers. Though knowing Naomi, she'll likely end up in a tree somehow. At least it gives him and whoever shows up to help him time to set up.

There's food, of course, though it's all simple stuff this time and not anything so elaborate as Valentine's Day: various sandwiches, vegetable sticks, fruit slices, a few bowls of candy and pretzels. And of course a cake, because this is Demeter Cabin and this is just what they do, and Jehan has a sweet tooth that's bigger than his body. Anyone's welcome to stop by and grab some food or say hi to the birthday boy, but any fighting will be ejected in a rugby tackle from Peeta so just warnin'.

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[shylyintrepid]

"Oh, no, I was simply getting someone's attention to let them know I'd gone," he explains. "No sense in scaring them, right?" He hums a little as they walk, excited to see what Dany made him and relieved to be out of there for a while. He loves his friends, but he gets tired dealing with them all the time.

[pyrkagia]

"Right, sorry...didn't mean to presume." Because, really? Dany does that a lot, and it's a habit she should really get out of. She's happy to help him out with this, though. Jehan's soft and gentle with a fierce streak - it's nice to spend time with someone like him.

She holds open the big door to the forges until Jehan goes all the way inside. Once they're there, she sits him down at a work station - there's a small wrapped parcel on the table. "This is yours."

[shylyintrepid]

Jehan grins and starts to open the package. "You really didn't have you," he repeats. "What is it? I don't want to wait until it's unwrapped to know!"

[pyrkagia]

She holds it up to the light once he's finished unwrapping, letting it sparkle through the lenses. "It's a new sight I made. For your blunderbuss."

[shylyintrepid]

Jehan is momentarily speechless, and in the end resorts to tugging Dany into the tightest hug ever.

"I love it! I needed one, my other's getting cracked and I've been meaning to get it repaired but this is just amazing!"

[pyrkagia]

She returns the hug, just as eager and tight. It's nice to feel this again, to not have to put up a wall, to sleep and to eat on a regular schedule.

"It took me a long time. I'm not so great with glassworks."

[pyrkagia]

This hug is much tighter than anticipated, and she makes a slight squeak involuntarily before returning it just as tight. There's something to be said about working in the forges that makes you strong.