Redemancy

15.

Enzo

It's Amara's birthday today. I've asked her a lot of times what her favourite birthday cake was, but she told me she never had a birthday cake, so I choose to improvise and combine all things she loves.

I decided to wake up at 5 am this morning, wanting it all to be done before she would woke up. I also told the maid to get up early and decorate the entire house, which is what she is doing at this moment.

Amara loves fruit, so I have decided to make a rose water strawberry and raspberry cake, which contains lots of fruit. For decoration, I decided on rose icing and dried rose petals, along with several strawberries and raspberries.

She hasn't really talked about her birthday with us. I guess it hasn't really been on her mind, and it will be the first birthday she will not be spending with her foster father.

As I finish the icing the kitchen door flies open and I hide the cake behind me since it could be Amara and I want to surprise her with it.

But lucky for me, it's only Xerxes. I step away from the cake and he immediately walks towards it. He looks at it before almost sliding his finger across the icing, but I slap away his hand before he gets the chance to.

"No. This is not for you." I simply say to him. Xerxes is literally always hungry, which can be very annoying at times like these.

"You've never made me a birthday cake." He says as he crosses his arms against his chest, a grin on his face.

"Well, you are not a special person, like Amara." I say before continuing. "Speaking of, is she awake yet?" I ask him as I wash the strawberries and raspberries before putting them on the cake along with the rest of the decoration.

"Not that I know of. I expect her to be soon, It is almost 10 am. You know how she gets about waking up late." Xerxes jokes as I wave him off.

"Get everyone, we're going up in five." I say and Xerxes walks out of the kitchen, to gather the rest of the guys, along with Blue.

I look at the cake and add two candles that together make 18. I hope she likes the cake. I worked five hours on it so she better like it.

A few minutes later, everyone is in the room, even Aeron and Valerius, who both look less grumpy than usual.

I light the candles before we all agree to walk upstairs.

I've got to say, it has been a while since any of us has celebrated a birthday, we barely celebrate our own as most of us don't feel the need to do so.

We all stand in front of her door for about half a minute before Lucifer decides to knock on her bedroom door.

We all wait there for a minute, not hearing a sound coming out of her room, so Lucifer decides to try again.

"Amara, are you awake?" He says before knocking on the door two times. We hear something fall in her room, telling us she's awake.

"Just a second!" She loudly says as yet another thing falls, perhaps a book this time. After a few seconds, her bedroom door opens and Amara is still in her pyjamas, and her hair is in a high bun.

"Go sit on the bed for a second, Amara." Lucifer says as I hide the cake while he pushes Amara toward her bed as we all follow.

Lucifer and Xerxes sit on the bed with her, while Seth sits on the chair behind her desk and both Aeron and Valerius stand against her bathroom door.

I walk up to her, revealing the cake as a big smile appears on her face. I place the cake on her nightstand before walking back a bit.

"You made me a cake? Enzo, you didn't have to make me a cake! This Is gorgeous! Rose petals?" She asks me as a very excited grin covers her smile.