Intimacy Arc Chapter Ten: Kyoko’s Birthday Surprise!
- Original Release: May 7, 2020 (Fanfiction.net), May 8, 2020 (AO3)
Summary
With Kyoko's birthday only a day away, Makoto comes up with an idea, but needs help to pull it off. Will he succeed in giving Kyoko her best birthday ever?Tropes
- Birthday Episode: The chapter is mainly about Makoto planning a Surprise Party for Kyoko's birthday.
- It Was a Gift: The Bojobo dolls that Jin gives to Kyoko was a gift that he and Hibiki were going to give her on her eighth birthday before Hibiki's death and Fuhito took custody of Kyoko.
- Never Had a Birthday Party: Played straight for Jin and Downplayed for Kyoko. Jin reveals that Fuhito never celebrated his birthday due to his "detective work first" mentality, causing Jin to try to celebrate Kyoko's birthday when she was younger. But when Jin left, and Fuhito got custody of Kyoko, she stopped celebrating her birthday due to her following Fuhito's rules.
- Meaningful Gift: All of Class 78 (sans Byakuya, Junko, and Toko) and Jin give Kyoko gifts befitting their likes and personalities:
- Aoi: A lavender bikini
- Sayaka: An upcoming music album
- Sakura: A supply of protein packets
- Leon: A signed baseball
- Taka: An extra school uniform
- Chihiro: A basic programming book
- Celeste: A dish of gyoza
- Hifumi: A Detective Conan DVD
- Mondo: A Crazy Diamond jacket
- Mukuro: A survival knife
- Makoto: The entire birthday party and Novoselic chocolates
- Hiro: A free fortune
- Jin: A pair of Bojobo dolls from him and her mother, Hibiki
- Mythology Gag:
- Hiro brings up his fortune of him and Makoto's children having the same mother that's brought up during the former's Free-Time Event.
- Jin gives Kyoko a pair of Bojobo dolls, a gift that can be given during her Free-Time Events that she loves.
- When She Smiles: After the party, while Kyoko's thanking Makoto, she gives a genuine laugh.Makoto: (Thinking) I’ve never really heard her laugh out loud like that. I think that must be her natural laugh. It’s…really pretty…
