Genre: Comedy + Fluff + Sentiment
Cast: &TEAM (aka The Birthday Sabotage Squad)
Target: Harua
Mission: Do not let him suspect anything. (They fail.)

☕️ 10:03 AM — Dorm Kitchen: The Cake Situation

"I'm going to bake it," K declared.

Silence. Seven stares.

Fuma whispered, "Should we call insurance?"

But K had already tied his apron like a warrior donning armor.

Nicholas ducked behind the fridge. "He's measuring flour like it's explosives."

Maki cautiously began filming, whispering into the mic,

"Day one: K has entered the baking phase. We're all terrified."

The flour poofed like a smoke bomb. Jo coughed.

"Did he just sneeze in the batter?"

"Yes," said EJ, "and I fear we must commit to it."

🎁 11:27 AM — The EJ Gift Dilemma

EJ stood in front of two items on the table like he was choosing between paths to alternate universes.

One was a hand-carved, delicate charm with Harua's initials.
The other? A limited-edition, voice-activated smart lamp with mood-detection sensors.

Nicholas leaned in. "So, sweet or sci-fi?"

EJ groaned. "Why is caring so hard?"

Taki appeared, sipping juice. "Why not both?"

Jo: "That's emotionally unbalanced."

Taki: "So is EJ."

Maki from the corner: "Cut. Print. Use that in the vlog."

🎈 1:00 PM — Fuma's Decor Disaster

Fuma had good intentions.

He also had 400 balloons, a Pinterest board, and zero spatial awareness.

The ceiling was an ocean of strings. One popped.

Taki shrieked and dove under the couch.

Yuma walked in and got trapped in a web of streamers.

Jo tripped over a life-size cardboard cutout of Harua.

K, covered in frosting and fear:

"Why does the banner say 'SURPRISE LOSER'?!"

Fuma blinked. "I told Nicholas to spell-check."

Nicholas shouted from the other room, "I thought we were going for playful sibling energy!"

🎬 2:11 PM — Nicholas's Fake Interview

To stall Harua, Nicholas took him out for a "very important behind-the-scenes interview."

Harua, suspicious: "Why do you have three cameras?"

Nicholas: "Standard."

Harua: "Why is Jo hiding in that bush?"

Nicholas: "Atmosphere."

They sat on a bench. Nicholas held a mic upside down.

"Tell us, Harua... what's your biggest fear?"

Harua blinked. "This."

Nicholas nodded solemnly. "Correct."

🎭 3:00 PM — The Fake Fight

Back at the dorm, K and Yuma were mid-scripted argument.

Yuma: "Why don't you ever let me cut vegetables!"

K: "Because last time you tried to season rice with powdered sugar!"

Harua walked in just as Taki burst out crying on cue.

Jo yelled, "You've torn this family apart!"

Fuma fake-fainted.

Harua blinked once. "...Should I come back?"

Nicholas popped in with a megaphone: "SURPRISE LOSER!!"

Confetti exploded. The real party started.

🍜 4:00 PM — Homemade Dinner Attempt (Key Word: Attempt)

Yuma added salt until the pot resembled the Dead Sea.
Taki nearly set a ladle on fire.
Jo chopped vegetables into abstract art.

K walked in, looked once at the chaos, and snapped.

"OUT. All of you. Out."

He grabbed the spatula like a sword and went full MasterChef.

🎤 6:00 PM — The Talent Show of Dreams (and Nightmares)

Jo hosted. Badly.

First up: Jo's impression montage.

Fuma: "I'm not angry, I'm just tired." (Jo lay on the floor for five minutes.)

K: "We are not unhinged. We are focused." (Jo screamed into a whisk.)

Nicholas: "Do you love me or do you love my eyeliner?" (Cue 20-second wink.)

Everyone lost it.

Next: Taki's Harua Appreciation Rap.

"Yo, yo, it's your day Haru,
You're cool, cute, calm—never in a stew.
Except when you lost your charger,
Then you were the drama, starter!"

Maki clapped. Jo cried from laughter. K looked like he wanted to crawl under the couch.

Harua?
Laughing so hard he nearly fell off his chair.

🎥 8:00 PM — Nicholas's Cinematic Obsession

Harua wandered down the hall and found Nicholas at his laptop.

Dramatic music.
Slow-motion cake montage.
A close-up of Yuma stuck in the balloon strings.
Fuma dramatically whispering "SURPRISE LOSER" like it was Shakespeare.

Harua: "...Are you making a movie?"

Nicholas, calmly: "A trailer. It's art."

Harua: "It's unhinged."

Nicholas: "Exactly."

📱 9:00 PM — The Leak Heard Round the Fandom

EJ meant to AirDrop the trailer to Jo.

He clicked the wrong thing.

Instead... he sent it to the shared fan cloud.

Within minutes:
💬 "SURPRISE LOSER" was trending.
💬 "Yuma in the balloon trap" was a meme.
💬 "Harua appreciation rap remix" had 6,000 likes.

EJ: "I can fix this."

K: "You've already baked a cursed cake. You've done enough."

🌌 10:00 PM — The Real Moment

The lights dimmed.

Everyone gathered in the living room.

Maki hit play on the Birthday Vlog Premiere™.

There were:

Montage bloopers

Nicholas fake-crying over cake

Jo doing Harua's skincare routine impression

EJ's gift reveal: both the charm and the smart lamp

Then came the group message, recorded without Harua knowing:

"You make things quieter, even in the loudest room." — Fuma
"You ground us, even when you float." — K
"I pretend not to listen, but I do. And I like who I am when you're around." — EJ
"I didn't know what calm looked like till I met you." — Jo
"You're my favorite 'loser.'" — Nicholas
"You're home." — Maki
"You're the reason I wrote that rap. And yeah, I meant it." — Taki
"You're my hyung." — Yuma (trying to hold back tears)

Harua stared at the screen, overwhelmed, blinking fast.

Then said the only thing he could:

"...You spelled 'surprise' wrong on the cake."

Everyone shouted.

🎉 Epilogue

That night, under fairy lights and slightly burnt pasta, they all sat on the floor together.

Harua held the charm in one hand and chopsticks in the other.

Nicholas leaned in.

"So... best birthday?"

Harua smiled.

"Best disaster. Ever."

The End.
(Because in this group, chaos is just another word for love.)