First Birthday Party (Invite)

This time Rowan had taken a taxi to go to Miku's house. This time, she also did not bat her eyes at the size of the house because she already knew. Nope, the house was big, she had not expected that of Miku but she wasn't being a hypocrite about it. She held her bag close to her side, with the stupid gift, seriously Rowan hoped she bought the right game for Miku and that she didn't have too much of the same or so. The guy in the store had said that this one was really popular and thus she had bought it immediately without even looking at the price. If this was a new popular game then so be it. Rowan brushed her bangs aside and got out of the taxi as fast as she could when she arrived. She blinked in surprise when she noticed a girl that was hard to forget, "Kumoko-san?" She obviously knew the spider girl, she had freaked her out slightly last year but had been a good member of the cheerleaders, obviously, Rowan had gotten over her fear for this particular spider by seeing the girl often during their training and so on. She had no idea that Kumoko and Miku knew each other too, so she quickly hurried next to the tall girl her side to see if the door would open up, she wondered if her parents were home too and if she would see Miku's boyfriend... though he wasn't her boyfriend anymore and she wondered if Sean would arrive too or if he had cancelled. She smiled at the thought to see him though and held on to her bag a little more to keep herself from daydreaming too much.

First things first, she asked Kumoko if she rang the bell already, considering her fellow cheerleader could be shy, she wouldn't be surprised if not but would neither be surprised if she did. "How do you two know each other?" She couldn't help but ask curiously, considering she never had seen them together but sprinting around the school and doing internships separately the past year, had obviously not meant that they spend a lot of time together. It was not difficult to miss Miku's every moment. She would just wait, hoping again that her gift was fine and that she would not be a bummer compared to Kumoko's, she was hundred per cent convinced that the kind spider girl had better gifts than Rowan herself. This was going to be fine and she hoped for Miku that it was going to be a great birthday, she deserved it after all.

There was something about walking hand in hand with Tetsuko that felt so incredibly comforting for the Germanic lass. It gave her a little bit of sanctuary about the worrying thoughts that plagued her mind. While she had not shown it publically, the general reaction that was given both by former schoolmates and some of the new teachers alike left Elise with an unpleasant sense of alienation. The thought she was unwelcome, an outcast who didn't belong there. In her opinion their behavior was ridiculous: It had not even been a year since she was a student at the hero academy and the reason she had left was entirely for their sake! So she could track down the Plutocracy spy that would surely become a threat once more in the future. And what did she receive in response? Being treated like she was some sort of spy was the government!

It made her realize just how little she had truly known the students of the hero academy. Perhaps it was for that reason she was genuinely surprised when Miku had invited her and Tetsuko to her birthday. Certainly, it was natural for Tetsuko to come, since she was a classmate of the girl, but the fact Miku had actually reached out to her, that Elise felt genuinely happy. At least not everyone seemed to share the vocal part of the hero academy's opinion about her not belonging there.

Tetsuko's sudden question made Elise tilt her head slightly in confusion, her hand gently squeezing Tetsuko's own while she replied with a sheepish smile. "Could be a fun idea~ Perhaps it might make him react more positively toward me again." Indeed, things certainly had been awkward between the Eisenberg siblings. Speaking of presents, her own present seemingly was modest in size, placed inside a bag and judging from the shape it would be difficult to guess what type of present she had purchased Miku.


Elise nodded her head lightly in agreement to the Shindou's words, humming softly. "I'm sure she will be elected again, after all she did an excellent job during the second year, and I like to believe the responsibilities will help Miku-chan grow as an individual also~" She maused for a bit, her lips curving up as she remarked in a more teasing tone. "At least it means you likely won't have to deal with additional work as a class rep~ Being the Disciplinary Committee leader is more than enough work for you~"

She gently pulled herself closer to Tetsuko, nuzzling sideways against her lover while trying to muse a bit on what they should be doing next time Tetsuko had some free time. However, the arrival at the rather large house made Elise let out a soft whistle and inevitably she couldn't help but wonder: She knew Miku's father was a vigilante, did that mean he had some crazy sponsors or was his wife simply loaded like crazy?

Still, before she could comment on the subject, Tetsuko spotted two other guests at the door, and as Tetsuko approached them Elise briefly raised her bag-holding hand to wave lightly at the duo. Rowan she recognized well enough, a bit of a mysterious but overall pleasant girl to talk to, and Kumoko she had briefly met during the camping trip with Jaeger-sensei and Kiryu-sensei. "Hello Rowan-chan~ Kumoko-chan~" Turning her gaze toward the door she pondered for a bit. "Say Tetsu... do you prefer apartments or big houses like this? Just asking so I know if I should ask for a pay-raise in the future~"

Smiling sheepishly at her lover Elise's little jest did contain some not so subtle meaning in it~

Rowan showed up as the second person for Miku's birthday party and she smiled to Kumoko and was just surprised to see her but that was because it still surprised her how everyone met all the time and she was just going a bit jealous about it felt how much people she still had not talked to and had not met but at this point, and with others showing up she noticed, she knew all of them, which felt a lot safer for Rowan to consider. She would just nod at Kumoko's information and understand, oh that was a meeting and being in another club together that was interesting. It did good for Rowan to hear that the art club was back in action and that Miku had done well and that Kumoko joined, "That's great." That's when the others showed up, and she looked at Elise and Tetsuko, she had not seen Elise in a long time.

Rowan looked up at the house when Elise made a comment about it and thought it was maybe even bigger than the house of her parents but she did not feel like commenting on it. She had seen it before so that was a solution on not freaking out. She smiled at the two and nodded on the statement that Kumoko said that she already rang the bell. But before Miku could open the door, Sean appeared and Rowan nuzzled in his arms to stand close to him and hold his hand that he had wrapped around her middle. She looked up to him with a happy look on her smile, "Glad to see you." Not much later Miku opened the door. She let go of Sean when Miku opened the door and had finished hugging Kumoko to take the Spider-girl's spot and hug her best friend too before taking a step aside and let the others in.

She looked around but did not see her parents immediately. Rowan turned to look at Miku and realized indeed that they did not really have parties before. She looked up at Sean with a mischief grin before turning to Elise and Tetsuko, she was sure the first one would not mind a little game. "We should hold you an authentic birthday party. That means we will hide our presents and you have to find them." She crossed her arms, that's what she hated as a kid but it was what they did so now she was going to put that on Miku.