VrainsWeek Link 14 Day 13: Happy Birthday
How Shima Got Everyone to Celebrate Yusaku’s Birthday
You are all probably wondering how Naoki Shima managed to get everyone to celebrate Yusaku Fujiki’s birthday. Well I’ll tell you how.
Shima discovered Yusaku’s birthday is coming up when one of the teachers asked him to deliver important student documents to the teachers lounge and one of documents had Yusaku’s birthday listed. He then proceeds to convince the Duel Club to throw a surprise birthday party after school on that day and the club though it was a great way to celebrate one of their club members. Shima then asks Aoi to help plan the party and at first Aoi didn’t want to help, but when Shima mentions the party is for Yusaku, she agrees to do it. For Aoi, this is the perfect way to show Yusaku her gratitude for helping her in Vrains a few times.
On the day of Yusaku’s birthday, Shima tries to get Yusaku to go with him to Duel Club, but as always, Yusaku politely declines his offer. Shima kept trying but Yusaku insisted he had something important to do that day. Not giving up, Shima follows Yusaku into town and he sees him meeting with Takeru at the shopping district. It appears the two of them were talking about something and Shima notices that Yusaku had a shopping bag with him and was showing the contents to Takeru. Takeru looked excited and as soon as Yusaku left, Shima confronted Takeru and wanted to know what was going on.
Takeru explained that Yusaku was looking for a present for Jin Kusanagi since it’s his birthday as well; Jin recently transferred to their school and is in the same class with Shima and Yusaku. It turns out that Jin and Yusaku share the same birthday and Yusaku wanted to celebrate Jin’s birthday with Jin’s brother Shoichi. This would cheer up both brothers, especially Shoichi since he’s happy that Jin is finally out of the hospital. With this new information, Shima asks Takeru to convince Yusaku to bring Jin with him to school to celebrate their birthdays with everyone at Duel Club. Takeru agrees and rushes off find Yusaku, but not before going back shopping to look for a present for Yusaku. Shima tells everyone in the club that the party will also be for the new kid Jin and they try their best to make adjustments to the party.
Finally Yusaku and Jin arrive at the club with Takeru leading the way. They both want to know what is going on and head over to Shoichi’s place, but Takeru said it’s a surprise. Then everyone jumps out and yells surprise, shocking both Yusaku and Jin. Shima comes forward and tells Yusaku he planned this surprise to celebrate his birthday and made the arrangements to include Jin. At first Yusaku is speechless, but once he sees everyone welcome Jin with kindness and making him feel comfortable, Yusaku smiles and thanks Shima for doing something for him and Jin. Everyone proceeds to celebrate and both Yusaku and Jin asked Shima, Takeru, Aoi, and the rest of the club if they would like to go visit Shoichi after the party and everyone agreed. The celebration continued at Shoichi’s place and everyone had a great time, especially Yusaku and Jin, and it’s all thanks to Shima‘s act of kindness.