A Birthday Surprise

A little post for Naruto's birthday.
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As Naruto opened the apartment door, a wave of fragrant perfume filled his senses. Naruto stepped back and closed the door in confusion as he looked around. 

“I told you the flowers were a bad idea.”

Naruto frowned and leaned closer to the door.

“It wasn't the flowers that scared him off, it was that outrageous cake.”

“Outrageous?” Another voice retorted with clear indignation.

“Now will you all listen to me and let me go with my initial plan?”

Something about the voices made Naruto push the apartment door open before he could stop himself.

Harii stood beside long the thick green vines that had crawled over the apartments walls.

“Nii-san?” Naruto said but gaped as he looked at the back of the apartment.

Another Harii, clad in formal looking clothes stood beside a towering cake covered in crystal flowers.

“What?” Naruto asked with wide eyes.

“Have a drink,” another Harii said, coming to the door with a tray of coloured drink that reeked of alcohol. “Everything will make sense after a few.”

Another Harii pushed him away from Naruto. “He doesn't need to drink to make sense of this!”

“Nii-san,” Naruto latched onto his cousin with relief. “What's going on? Who are these...”

“Alternate versions of me apparently,” Harii said with a shake of his head and pointed to each of the other Hariis. “He's a gardener, a baker for the Daimyo and a bartender.”

“Why are they here?”

Harii looked at him solemnly. “Because I wanted help in creating a birthday surprise for you and the world decided to mock me.”

Naruto looked around the apartment and offered, “But at least I'm surprised. So, it's not a total loss.”

Harii stared at him for a moment and then snorted. “Hey, Bartender, bring those drinks back.”

“Shouldn't we cut the cake first?” Baker-Harii asked.

Naruto grinned. Even with their differences, they were still the same Harii.

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Small drabble only because it's been increasingly hard to get any free time for fanfiction stuff and I really wanted to post something on here today.

Happy Thanksgiving to anyone celebrating today,

Polar