Oh…

-Doki doki.-

I take it that’s…  It’s a hit, then.

I didn’t know if you’d want to put it on or if I would be, so… Um…

-She takes a moment to dig through her pocket before holding up a little gold name tag that says “Noriaki.”-

I-I’m kinda glad I actually went through with this if you like it that much.

-He takes the name tag carefully.-

-And he attaches it immediately. And he gives it a little flick with his finger so that it makes a pleasant clinking sound on the collar where it rests.-

-He is exceedingly pleased.-

I am a good dog.

Oh!  That, I…  well…

It’s kind of… It’s something I got you on a bit of impulse, I s-suppose, it’s…

-Well, he’s opening it, so no take backs.  There it is.-

-A green leather collar.  Just right there.  And a leash.-

I didn’t know if you… liked that?  I can wear?  You can wear?  You’re the… birthday boy.

I hope this isn’t too much or too weird.

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-He puts it on immediately.-

-He puts it on, and he puts on the ears, and he puts on the tail. He is so intense about this. Where are his little pawgloves? There they are. He gets them. And then he stands in front of her and wags his butt a little to make it appear like his tail is wagging.-

-She leans up to his kiss as he looks over everything.-

O-Of course…!

-However, it seems that she has hidden something under the pair of wolves!  There’s another box that’s unwrapped but looks a little bit big.-

I try…  I really hope you like those–as soon as I saw someone making plushes, I knew exactly what to get you!  And I had them make the ears, and… um…

-He is already putting on the ears, setting the plushes together on a chair, and starting to unwrap some of the Nintendo goodies when he spies the other box still hiding underneath! He quickly goes to open that first.-

-She watches as he opens it, waiting for his reaction.  Settled inside a basket is a a cherry-patterned face plate for his 3DS as well as a few cute keychains and charms to go with it.  A nice pair of wolf ears and a tail to pin on–but the center piece seems to be a matching pair of plushes.  One seems to match Howlin’ Wolf, whereas the other closely matches the fursuit in the closet.-

-She waits.-

-Oh goodness, he is absolutely delighted. Look at this cute little basket. Look at all these cute things inside! He makes little sounds of awe and admiration as he sorts through all these lovely gifts, and blushes a little when he sees the fuzzier parts of this gift basket. He gets a sheepish little smile when taking out the ears, but his eyes gleam when he sees the plushes. Are his eyes watering up? Perhaps just a little! He takes them both out and gives them a soft squeeze.-

This is...This is more than I could have imagined! You didn’t have to go through such trouble...I...

Thank you, Maaru-chan. You’re absolutely the best.

Well, I hope you like it–hold on…

-She pauses before pressing a small kiss to his cheek and pulling away.  She ducks into her closet–fortunately, the one without a huge fursuit taking up space.-

It’s kinda corny, but…

-The box isn’t exactly small when she offers it to him.-

Happy birthday?

I’m sure it’s not corny at all, my dear!...Unless you got me actual ears of corn for my birthday. In which case, I suppose that would be quite corny.

W-Well, I made something for you!  And I have presents, too…

Well, it is your birthday, though… So you get to choose what you wanna do…  I had take-out and cake planned.  Unless you wanted to go do something fancy?

Oh my! You did? I want to see! Certainly, please show me! It’s a little childish of me, I guess, but I’ve always liked to open my presents right away...

-Look at all these kisses she’s getting!  She tries to keep up, but no, he is too speedy with those kisses.  Is that cherry lip gloss she’s snuck on?  Perhaps.-

Of course I remembered!  Especially after all those stuffed animals and… and you know, on my birthday…

-She’s turning more and more red.-

Oh my gosh, you’re just too sweet...! Look at you and your cute blush!

-He has taken notice of the cherry lip gloss. It earns her a little bit of a NIBBLE, in fact. Then he just settles into nuzzling her, curling an arm around her shoulders to pull her close for maximum cuddle.-

-He goes into complete shock.-

-Then just. Sneaks this into the closet. Oh lord. He has to move his fursuit to get it to fit in there. Jesus christ. How was he going to explain this to dear, sweet, innocent Maruna??-

-And yet...-

There’s the birthday boy!  

-She’s quick to come over to him, all smiles.-

-Although it’s his birthday, it seems Maaru is the one to be gifted with plenty of kisses!-

-HE IS INITIALLY SPOOKED.-

-But it seems nothing bad is happening to him! In fact...there is a little piece of paper sticking up out of his pocket, and he goes to take a look at it. His hair doodle flies up in shock at the $100 gift card, like an excitable cockatoo’s crest. Holy crap! This was a lot of money to buy a lot of games! What was a GameStop anyway? He was going to find out.-