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It's just another normal day in February, Estella goes to wake up Napoleon to make sure he didn't sleep until the sun is high up in the sky.
"Napoleon, wake up! It's past 10 in the morning already!"
The next thing she knows is she's being pulled onto the bed with Napoleon for their morning kiss, Estella let the kiss linger for just a moment more and she pulls away, she has work to do after all, Sebastian did tell her that today's schedule would be much easier on her than usual, so Estella is determined to get the work done as soon as possible to spend more time with Napoleon.
When she goes into the kitchen, Sebastian is there. But what Estella didn't predict is the "work" she expected from Sebastian.
"Here's your work today, you're done for the day after you bought everything on this list, for the four days after today, I will take care of the chores, consider this a special vacation."
"Hm?" Estella looks at the list, it looks like the ingredients for a cake and a meal for two people, she approach the gate to head out into town and find Napoleon outside the gate.
"I can help you carry those bags if you're going into town."
"Thanks."
When they head into town, the air is filled with the sweet smell of chocolate and strawberries, as it it nearly time for valentine's day.
"I guess we got everything we need."
"Let's get back then."
When they get back to the mansion, Estella finds a note under the door.
"We've decided to leave the mansion for a while, since you're not going to have to work for the next four days in the mansion, we decides to leave the mansion for five days so you don't have to worry about work when you're on your vacation with Monsieur Napoleon---Sebastian."
Estella takes a peek at Napoleon's expression and notices how he's not surprised by the note.
"Why are you not surprised?"
"We will find out, but since we have these ingredients for two people's meals for a few days, we might as well eat them."
Napoleon tell Estella to seat down, she didn't understand as to why she didn't need to do anything while he's cooking, but he says it's because Sebastian told her to rest, and she complied.
They seat down with the food on the table, Napoleon even made Estella her favorite desserts, all the food on the table are her favorite food.
"Did you prepare all of this?"
Napoleon just smiles, and that tell Estella the answer she wants to know, he planned all of it just to surprise her, Estella stands up from her seat and walks across the table to give Napoleon a hug and a kiss.
"I love you, Napoleon."
"Me too."
Estella walks back to her seat and they start eating, she keeps complimenting how good everything tastes, they finished the meal and Napoleon offers to give her a massage on the shoulders after dinner.
"Why did you want to do all of this today all of a sudden, Napoleon?"
"Isn't it almost your birthday?"
"You know about my birthday?"
"Yes, Sebastian told me your birthday is on the 16th. Knowing you, I know you would want to keep things simple. You know for special occasions like this, Comte wouldn't keep things simple. And he already gave you a lot of gifts, so I think it's only fair that I give you the simple celebration like you wanted."
How did he know? Estella think to herself, it's true she didn't want to have to feel everyone's eyes on her when she's making a wish, which is often what it would be like for her in the past before she met Napoleon, but Estella didn't know it's possible for Napoleon to know what she truly wanted for a birthday celebration. Or is she way too easy to read when she's with him?
Estella stops the train of thought, Napoleon tell her that the cake is ready for her.
Napoleon get the cake from the kitchen and takes the fork, plates and knife to cut it after Estella is done making her three wishes, the chocolate cake is just the right amount of sweetness, and the strawberries on the cake are drizzled with honey just the way she like it.
"Ah, this tastes so good!"
"I'm glad you like it."
"What will you do for my birthday tomorrow?"
"Telling you would take all the fun away."
"Alright, surprise me then."
"Of course I will."