#sv3

Sv4 nervously went back and forth inside the small hut he was staying for the past few months. The giant man was stressed, and you may ask why?

Well, A few days before today, he was checking the weird future teller paper on the kitchen wall, which is apparently called ‘calendar’, and inside there he noticed an upcoming event. He tilted his head in confusion as he also was trying to figure out what it said, since reading is still a new thing for him. Luckily for him, his first ever friend, Dr. Sv3 was in the kitchen, preparing their breakfast.

“Hey pumpkin?”

Sv3 let out a hum to let him know he's paying attention.

4 Pointed at the circled date on the calendar. “What is uhm..m-my bird-day?”

Sv3 stopped what he was doing and walked over to the spot Sv4 was standing. His expression went blank when he saw the date on the calendar. “Oh.. uh yeah, it says ‘my birthday’.”

“What's that?”

“It's uh.. It's the day when I was born. People celebrate that day of their life.” He explained as he continued chopping the tomatoes. “Do you remember your own date?”

Sv4 began to think of it but in the end, he has no other memories of his childhood where it was good or seemed like he was celebrated.

“Oh.. well, we can choose a date for you and celebrate yours!”

Sv4 tilted his head in confusion. “What about yours? Aren't you celebrating yours?”

Sv3 frowned and sighed. “ I..I don't celebrate my birthday anymore. I don't have any friends to celebrate with And as a kid, all i got is my brothers throwing me to the piranhas…literally.” Since childhood, he was an out of ordinary kid. He was too nice to anything and everything, and didn't act the way a normal girl is supposed to act in this rotten world. And when people found out he's trans, nobody wanted to befriend him. He had no one to celebrate with him. Not even his parents who stopped having contact with after he came out. Not like his family ever loved him anyway.

the giant man frowned hearing this. “But it's a special day, isn't it? And you have me as your friend.”

The doctor stayed silent before he continued preparing their breakfast. “It's fine. I can survive another year of a regular day on my birthday. I'm not that important to be celebrated.” He grabbed some plates from the cabinet and placed them on the table. “Now, how about we have some breakfast?” Said it in a cheerful tone this time. Like a switch his mood changed.

The thought of not celebrating the birthday of the man who saved him left a bad taste on his mouth. He couldn't let this slide. He wanted to show sv3 that he is indeed an important person. The most important person ever.

So he began to do his own secret research. He learnt more about birthdays by threatening some of the meanie trespassers and learnt that people usually give gifts to the birthday boy/girl.

After that he was doing research on what could be the best gift for Sv3. For a couple days he was stuck. In this world they live in, It's not easy to find a good gift. All of them are too violent or just not fitting for his pumpkin.

Then a flashback came to his mind. One flashback from a very long time ago. In his own childhood.

And this time it came in handy to go back to the past.

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The young sv4, already half messed up by the experience he went through, was eating in his cell, while he heard a conversation between the two scientists who are responsible for his mutation.

“Hmmm so far the test subject shows very little sign of changes. I think we can call this a small success but a further test must be done. We need stronger animal DNA.” The smaller human scientist said as he was writing down information in his clipboard. “Hmm you know, I wonder if we would have good results as well if we would inject plant DNA in him?”

The female manananggal next to him started to think about the idea while the poor kid in his cell felt horrified by the thought of it. But before he could've panicked about it, the manananggal spoke. “As much as I'd love to test the theory, we're out of luck. There's no other plant around here, all of them are dead… well, except the middlemist red flower, but it's very rare to find. It's almost at the end of the island.”

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“That's it! The rare flower! It's the perfect gift!”

And his journey to find this flower has begun. When 3 went to work in his clinic all day, he left the hut and within a day he found the flower. He had many animalistic traits afterall, so getting to the end of the island didn't take him long. The adventure wasn't uneventful, he met a weird cult praising some kind of box, a sad clown with a poor career and some crazy toadettes asking him to buy them more jewelry. But all these crazy scenarios worth the effort to go because after hours of looking through the dead forest he found one. The legends weren't lie, it is rare, and my god it's beautiful. So beautiful it stands out from the dead plants. Despite the bad soil and dirt and 60% poisonous rain and water around it, it still blooms beautifully.

…Just like Sv3.

And now in the present day, he's nervously waiting for his pumpkin to arrive. Despite knowing his roommate well, his mind started doubting that this was a good idea. what if he doesn't like flowers? What if he really doesn't wanna be celebrated in any way in his birthday and Sv4 is now pushing it? Gasp- Or worse, who knows, this flower maybe rare to find for a reason, it could cause a disease he has no idea about!

His thoughts were cut short when he heard the door open. He looked at the direction and saw his best friend entering, looking quite exhausted.

“Hello! Sorry for being late, I had much more patients today than I expected.” He explained as he took off his work coat and placed it on the clothes hanger. As he turned around he saw his giant friend standing there nervously(or more like kneeling there, 3 still hasn't got the time to raise the roof up a bit yet).

He looked concerned at his buddy. “Sv4? Is everything okay?”

“Me? Uhm, yeah, I think I'm fine? Not sure? I'm scared?” He questioned his own feelings out loud.

Sv3 got close to his friend and put a hand on his shoulder. “Is it the microwave again? I told you I won't be mad if you broke it again, I know how the sound of it reminds you of the dark times.”

Sv4 shook his head as he looked away. “No, it's not about the microwave this time… it's uhm.. something else, i'm nervous about.”

The doctor pulled a nearby chair from the living room and sat down in front of his partner, patiently waiting for Sv4 to continue. He always gave him time to express himself and collect his thoughts before he could open about his feelings. But what he didn't expect today is that his roommate, from behind his back, reveals a flower in a messily painted pot, with the words “hepy birthday” written on it in green.

He was shocked, speechless. He touched his own chest where his heart is placed. “You… went all the way.. to get me this for me?”

Sv4 started sweating and backed away in panic. “You don't like it?”

Sv3 waved his hands around as he shook his head. “NO no no no, i like it!” He went silent as he stared at the flower in front of him. “...it's just..” He reached out for the pot and held it in his hands. “...nobody ever went through so much trouble for me to surprise me on my birthday.. I'm just speechless.”

“Well, you went through all the trouble for me too. This is the least I can do.”

Sv4 crawled closer to Sv3, sitting right next to him, looking anywhere else but Sv3 as he spoke. “ I may have never ever got a birthday before to know all the traditions but I do know one thing. And that's that you matter, 3. And you deserve to feel appreciated.”

He hugged his knees as he continued. “Before you, all I knew is that this is a cold cruel world we are living in. That there's no good in it.. but then I met you and.. realized there are some goods in this world.”

“So I got this flower I once heard about from the scientist.” He continued as his head faced Sv3's yet his gaze didn't. “A very rare flower that blooms beautifully despite the horrible nature it lives in..” And finally, he looked into the doctor's eyes. “...like you.”

Sv3 felt like his heart just melted into a pudding by hearing all these words. He felt something that he hadn't felt in such a long time.

The feeling of being loved.

He couldn't help, but stared at his roommate in awe, his heart was racing like it ran a marathon, his cheek turned into a nice shade of red. Overall, he was swooned.

Snapping out of the gaze, he smiled ear to ear, shyly looking away as he tucked some hair behind his ear. “Oh wow, heh, uhm- khm. I really don't know what to say, other than…Thank you. I am truly feeling special.”

Sv4 smiled back, feeling happy that his plan was a success. “I'm glad to hear that.. I heard you get cakes on birthdays too. I wanted to bake a cake as well but uhm.. things got messy.” he looked away sheepishly, feeling slightly embarrassed by the thought about what he had caused to the kitchen while preparing this birthday.

Sv3 giggled as he placed a hand on his shoulder. “We can bake the cake together. Let me put this flower in my room.”

As he got up to go to his room, he stopped for a second. Hesitantly, but in the end, he tippy-toed up to Sv4's face to plant a kiss on his cheek. “Thanks again, for this amazing gift.” And he walked towards his room. Sv4 sat there shocked, having one hand placed on that cheek he got the kiss. His face heated up as well as he felt warm feelings in his heart. He has had these symptoms for a while now, almost ever since he formed a friendship with Sv3.

He wasn't sure what kind of disease is causing you to have positive warm feelings, but he decided not to worry about it right now. He asks Sv3 later if he remembers this time.