foshster✭

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“This is so frustrating!! I cant keep this secret from Koi!” Foshi complained to Dakota. She was excited about the plan, but felt bad for Koi in making him believe everyone forgot about him.

“Don’t worry, Foshi. The party is at 6, you just have to get through this afternoon and help me set up. Anyway, it will be good for him to be humbled, even if its only for a few hours,” Dakota replied, he was annoyed to have to host the party at his apartment - Koi was always so messy, especially if he was drunk. But Foshi had insisted on hosting - she wanted to show Koi how much they appreciated him. They had arranged for Yingue to keep Koi distracted until the party, so they could get the apartment ready.

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“Koi, try to calm down. Maybe they forgot because they’ve all had stressful weeks at work, you have too. Let’s take your mind off it.” Yingue suggested to a very miserable Koi, who felt extremely abandoned - but he was grateful for Yingue, she would never forget something so important to Koi.

Koi hadn’t even received any birthday messages - he felt so forgotten. Koi loved his birthday - it was the one day a year where people had to pay attention to him. Koi, being the youngest of 5 kids, was usually shunned to the side, so he always looked forward to his birthday, it made him feel appreciated. But for all his friends to forget?! Koi felt like a child again, overlooked and the lowest priority.

Yingue could tell Koi was devastated, but she couldn’t tell him anything - it would be worth it for the look on his face this evening.

“Let’s go out and watch a movie! How about the new John Wick film? You’ve been waiting ages for that,” she proposed, hoping he wouldn’t ask too many questions - in order to not ruin the surprise.

Koi sighed again, “Sure. Thank you for remembering, Yingue”

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Koi and Yingue happily left the theatre - the film was very entertaining, and they made their way to a shawarma restaurant for lunch - another one of Koi’s favourite foods. Koi was wearing his new outfit, and he looked stunning. The clothes fit his body shape perfectly, and the jewellery complimented his skin tone beautifully.

They sat down for lunch, and Koi checked his phone again. Still nothing.

“What if none of them really like me?” Koi wondered out loud, expressing his concern to Yingue.

“Why would you think that?” She replied, if she let him do the talking, she would be less likely to spoil the surprise.

“It’s just… Dakota’s always hated me, and what if the others actually start to agree with him? I get it, I can be annoying, and maybe rude, too. But maybe this is their way of cutting me off? What’s worse, they don’t even know about my old job in Argentina… but maybe they found out?? And now they hate me?!” Koi leaned back in his chair, he looked genuinely heartbroken. Yingue’s heart dropped to see Koi feel like this.

“Koi. Your friends appreciate you so much! I’m sure there’s a reasonable explanation for this, give them a chance,” she comforted, her eyes soft and endearing as they met Koi’s.

“You’re right,” he smiled back at her, “let’s just enjoy our food. And you can appreciate how AMAZING I look in these sunglasses!” Koi put his sunglasses on and showed them off, pulling stupid faces at Yingue.

They spent the rest of the afternoon shopping and walking through the city - it was a peaceful time, even if the city was extremely busy. Koi thrived in cities, so he felt like he was at home, finally.

Just before 6pm, Yingue took Koi’s hand and led him back towards their apartment.

Koi got suspicious when they entered Foshi’s building and not their own.

“Let’s just say hello to them, maybe they’ll remember when they see you!” Yingue lied, excited with the anticipation of seeing Koi’s face when he noticed the surprise.

“Ughh, fine. But let’s be quick - it’s embarrassing for me that they don’t remember,” koi groaned as they got to Foshi’s door.

Koi opened it quickly - Foshi usually left the door unlocked during the day. The lights were off, so Koi turned around to leave, but Yingue motioned him further inside. Koi wandered through the apartment and went into the living room. He flicked the lights on and….

“SURPRISE!!!” everyone yelled, Koi was taken aback.

The whole gang was in the living room, holding party poppers and the entire room was decorated with birthday banners and balloons. Everyone wore a party hat, even Dakota, who was clearly forced into it by Foshi, who was at the front, grinning and laughing at Koi’s bewildered face. Suzie threw balloons at him, and Guido was helping her. Fab was covering his ears from the commotion, but he still smiled enthusiastically at Koi.

Koi stood there in shock, before a large smile covered his face and he shouted in excitement. He hugged everyone, and then he hugged Yingue, who was so happy to finally reveal the secret. Koi felt like he could cry, he was so amazed that his friends arranged this just for him, and he couldn’t be more grateful for them all.

The party went on for hours, all of them drinking and laughing, and playing ridiculous party games.

“I almost forgot!! You need to open your presents!” Foshi jumped up from her seat, and ran to get a few small boxes, and an envelope.

Koi opened the boxes first - they consisted of figurines of his favourite action characters, eyeliner and some Egyptian trinkets. Koi thanked them all eagerly, before moving onto the envelope.

When he opened it, he froze, and the gang all watched as tears welled in his eyes. Guido spoke up: “we all contributed some money to buy you the tickets. We know how much you wanted to go back to Egypt, and since Sham El-Nassim is coming up, we thought you’d want to celebrate it back home.”

Koi couldn’t believe his eyes. He had been short of money for a while, and was devastated when he realised he couldn’t get to Egypt for Sham El-Nassim. He couldn’t believe his friends had given him plane tickets to go back. He was allowed to take one other person with him. Koi decided to take Guido. He apologised to Yingue, who was perfectly fine with it. It had been Koi’s dream to take Ciro and Guido to Egypt, but since Ciro couldn’t go, Koi still wanted to take Guido and fulfill the promise they had made to each other all those years ago.

Koi thanked his friends endlessly, and they all got back to partying, singing drunk karaoke and listening to Koi’s favourite songs.

It was the best birthday ever, Koi hoped nothing ever changed. He loved them all so much.

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Thanks SO MUCH for reading! Koi is so important to me so I loved writing this. Even though he’s not real I am grateful I created him because I don’t know, but I’m sure you all get how important OCs can be. Developing Koi’s story has taken years but I enjoyed every moment of it and I can’t wait to share more about him with you!