Wednesday

8:00 A.M.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!" Screamed the family into Larka's ear. The family consisting of an orange haired Zar wearing a helmet, a too innocent looking Lilith with her hands behind her back, a tired Miles, and finally a half-naked Hax (wearing just his boxers) sprawled across the foot of the bed. Oh and there was also Kaiser, Larka's husband, but since he was still asleep next to her he wasn't counted. A tray of food was placed before her; Larka looked at it quizzically.
"Breakfast in bed again?" She asks.
Hax leans his head back to look at his mom.
"No it's different this time; we didn't make it we went to the continental breakfast the hotel offers." Larka takes a bite out of her toast.
"That's why nothing is burnt...Look we got our toast, French toast, orange juice, cinnamon roll...with a bite out of it..."
"...Sorry Aunt Larka." Apologizes Miles, "I got hungry on our way back and it was there..."
"He was testing to make sure it wasn't poison!" Interrupts Hax quickly, trying to cover for his nephew. Larka finishes off her toast and wraps her fingers around the small box of orange juice.
"So what do you need this time Hax?"
"Huh?" He looks at her cocking his head.
"Every year you come here with the breakfast in bed and all and you ask for something. Like...like last year when you asked for money for school. The year before that you asked for new bed sheets." Hax fiddles with his toes.
"Well I kinda need some new clothes..."
"What happened to your old ones?"
"Last night Dai was...you know and I was excited and knew that I was your favorite son and all so I figured-" Larka sighs.
"That I would buy you brand new clothes with my money. On my birthday because you didn't have the patience to take off your clothes like normal people and instead you shred them."
"Aw, come on Mom...they were old clothes anyway..."
"Hax she's already-"
"I know but Molly was a good sport about it." Hax had a thing for talking about his daughter like she was already born, it made Larka chuckle.
SMASH!!!
Lilith had pulled a bottle of sake from behind her back and crashed hard onto the top of Zar's skull, which thankfully, was covered with a helmet. He was pushed to his knees from the impact, holding in cusses.
"That's for getting me to sing karaoke last night!" Lilith shouted. Larka, though she was drunk, said that Lilith could smash a bottle of sake over Zar's head if she sang a song...opps...well to late now. Kaiser turns over in bed away from Lilith and Zar; pulling the covers farther over his head.
"This happens every year," states Larka, "Kaiser leaves me alone to face the idiot-hey! I see you smiling Kaiser! You're not asleep!" That causes his grin to get bigger, but he refuses to open his eyes yet and admit defeat so Larka continues.
"It's the same crappy party every year-"
"Yes, but this is special, this is your big chance to have the same crappy party you have every year but in Japan!" Larka turns her head towards Miles, surprised, this is only the second time he's spoken.
"What's the status on gifts?"
"Pending."
"Working on it."
"You're still alive aren't you?"
"Don't worry about it."
Larka laughs. "I thought so. Now get out of my room."
"What?" Hax asks, taken back.
"Get out. Kaiser and I are trying to sleep!" Huffing, the four kids left the room, leaving the glass from the broken sake bottle as a free gift.
"Aren't kids fun?" Jokes Kaiser.
"Why did we have any again?" Larka jokes back, playfully batting at his head.
Kaiser snickers, "Seemed like a good idea at the time."
Yawning Larka replies, "See you in an hour ok?" She sets the tray on the ground and lays back down, pulling the covers up to her neck.  Kaiser grunts an "hm mh" back.

7:13 P.M.
In a little field off a little ways from the city, grass where the pavement hasn't yet expanded. The sun dipping below the horizon casting out a dark neonish orange glow streaked with pink, covering the clouds in dark red stains.
"A beautiful sunset that can only be made prefect if abortions were available even after the kid was born." Larka chuckles to herself.
"Larka-" Starts Kaiser.
Larka starts to calm down. "Yes I know that joke is getting old, but I still think it's funny." Kaiser grins and rolls his eyes, earning him a playful slap from Larka.
"Oh shut up!"  
"Come on having kids wasn't that bad."
"Kaiser...what's that look for...?"
"What look~?"
"That one...with your crooked smirk, staring sparkly eyes, the way you're slightly dipping your head...You want another kid!?"
"Larka our youngest one is over thirty, we're going to live forever don't tell me you're done with kids."
"What about Lilith?"
"We fostered her for a little while, we didn't have her...what happened to having twenty kids?"
"Kaiser you made up that number, we never agreed on it." Kaiser makes a whining noise and nudges Larka.
"You're acting like Hax! Well now we know where he gets it from."
"Yeah , but I'm sure as hell the stupidity isn't from my side." Larka glares, gets up, and starts to walk away.
"Larka!!" Kaiser runs after her. Larka giggles and breaks out into a run.
"Come on Kaiser! Run! If you want something you have to come and take it!"
Kaiser rolls his eyes and speeds up.