Overland Park, KS, Friday Morning (September)

[vanillajello]

Six plus six was twelve, and twelve was the same as one, if you were talking about months first and then switched to years. The bottom line was, Kate and Bod had now been an item for a whole year in total. (There really was no need to talk about that four month gap between the first and second six month stretches. Because that was just a really fucking depressing topic all around.) And that was a huge fucking deal.

Enough of a huge fucking deal for it to be the first thing Kate become conscious of as she woke up this morning, all warm and tangled up with Bod, in their bed, in their room, just like they had been every night for the past week or so. That alone would've made her happy, but remembering the anniversary made her doubly so.

So, as much as it saddened her to do it, she tried slowly disentangling herself from her pale, pale boyfriend, so she'd be able to slip out of bed in her panda-print tunic. There was something she wanted to get from downstairs.

[ooc: NFB, and for that guy in the bed.]

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[therewaslife]

Bod made a quiet sound when she started to get up and even rolled into the area she'd just vacated when she was out bed. He kept dozing but the lack of Kate there would wake him up soon enough.

For now, he was cuddling her pillow and sighing, unaware yet that she'd really left but that would change pretty quickly.

[vanillajello]

Kate hoped to get back before he noticed anything was amiss, but she knew that was a longshot. For one thing, she needed to move slowly down the stairs to keep things quiet. She didn't need to wake Charmaine up and get dragged into some early morning pregnant lady shenanigans.

So, she took it slow, but she made it into the kitchen, then puttered around there for a while, getting what she needed from the cupboards and the fridge and setting it all up on a small tray.

And then she had to be careful, bringing her little tray back up the stairs. Yeah, this was taking forever compared to what she'd hoped for.

[therewaslife]

Luckily for her, Bod was juuuust starting to come around when she was walking back up the stairs. He'd rolled onto his back and was blinking his eyes up at the ceiling to clear the muzziness in his head.

"Kate?" There was no answer which might be due to her not being in bed. He sat up a little more and tried to wake up quicker.

[vanillajello]

Kate managed to sneak about halfway back into the room before she realized he was awake. So, she smiled, and chided him, "You were supposed to stay asleep." She was whispering, and she didn't know why. Probably residue from trying to stay quiet for the past few moments.

In her hands, she held a little tray. And on the tray, there were two cupcakes, each with whipped cream on top. And nestled in the whipped cream on top of each cupcake was one of those little number candles you saw on kids' birthday cakes. These ones were in the shape of a six.

Six times two was twelve.

"Happy anniversary."

[therewaslife]

"I almost stayed asleep," he tried, rubbing his eyes a little quicker so he could focus. When his eyes fell on those cupcakes, he grinned and started to get out of bed so he could help her with the tray.

"Happy six month anniversary part two," he agreed, not feeling tired at all anymore. "You're amazing."

[vanillajello]

"Bet you say that to all the girls who bring you cupcakes to bed," she murmured, amused as she stepped away from the door, nudging it closed with her foot. "But thank you."

[therewaslife]

"Yes, all of them," Bod agreed, nodding solemnly while he padded over to her. "It happens to me all the time. People just love to bring me cupcakes but even if everyone brought me cupcakes, I'd only want them from you."

[vanillajello]

"Good answer," Kate snorted, holding the tray out for him. "Think we should blow out the candles before they drip wax into the cream."

[therewaslife]

"Good plan," he said, taking the tray from her and smiling. "Would you like to do it at the same time? On three?"

[vanillajello]

"Yeah." She grinned at him over the tray, then moved one of the cupcakes a little closer to her side of it so it'd be easier to blow out the flame. "One, two --"

[therewaslife]

"Three," Bod said and proceeded to blow out the candle on the cupcake closest to him. The little flame went out easily but he still felt a sense of accomplishment. Maybe it was more about reaching six months (and a year total) with her than the actual candle.

[vanillajello]

Kate was right there with him. She chuckled and beamed at him as the flame on her cupcake went out, and then she reached up over the tray to try and give him a little kiss.

"Happy anniversary."

[therewaslife]

"Happy anniversary," he murmured into that kiss, trying to get her to linger for just a moment. He wanted to remember this kiss for as long as he lived. "Thank you for staying with me as long as you have."

[vanillajello]

Kate could linger, sure. She even reached up to rest one of her hands against the side of his neck, and felt grateful she'd picked such a small tray that they could still do a little something like this.

"No, thank you," she murmured. "I love you."

[therewaslife]

"I know you do," he said, nodding and smiling. "The feeling is very, very mutual. I love you too. I love you."

[vanillajello]

Kate didn't answer in words, just kissed him again before sliding a touch further away and gesturing at the bed.

"Wanna sit down and have anniversary cupcakes?"

[therewaslife]

"Of course I do," he replied, nodding and walking slowly towards the bed with the tray. "There's nothing else I'd rather do this morning. When did you find time to make cupcakes?"

[vanillajello]

"I'm a very resourceful person," Kate replied, smugly, as she padded over to the bed, tugging on the hem of her night shirt before taking a seat on the edge of the bed. "I'm not going to tell you my secrets."

[therewaslife]

"Did your mum make them?" Bod asked, settling the tray over his lap before he passed her one. "I know your aunt didn't because she's not a fan of cooking but maybe your mum did."

[vanillajello]

Kate snorted, taking the candle off her cupcake. "Come on, if you're gonna make guesses like that, you should at least go for the obvious one."

[therewaslife]

"I was trying to give you points for creativity," Bod said, laughing and licking the frosting off the bottom of his candle. "Isn't that what a good boyfriend is supposed to do?"

[vanillajello]

Kate shook her head. "No," she said, as she put her candle down on the tray in his lap. "You're supposed to keep assuming I baked them myself."

[therewaslife]

"Oh, forgive me," he said and laughed. "Kate, did you bake these yourself? How did you have time with me being around all week to interrupt you? You truly are amazing."

[vanillajello]

"Thanks, I know." She swiped some frosting off the cupcake, then licked it off her finger. "So amazing that I made Moosh bake them for me."

[therewaslife]

"He was my next guess," Bod said, swiping some frosting off his own cupcake and then...touching that frosting to her cheek. "See, you worked so hard getting Marshall to bake them that you've frosting on your cheek!"