selfhelp | [Voice/Action] Forward-dated to the afternoon of the 9th

[He should have seen this coming- it's like it's some kind of retaliation for what he'd done on Teddy's birthday. He still manages to be surprised when Teddy shoos him out of the apartment some time after breakfast on the 9th, barely given time to grab his coat and stuff his laptop into a bag before he's been officially banished from his own home.

...Well then. Looks like he's in the wind today. First things first: while he isn't usually the type to announce this kind of thing, thanks to having the afternoon to himself (whereas usually his birthday is filled with doting parents and obnoxious little brothers vying for attention) he's feeling indulgent enough to go for it, and he remembers something in particular...]

Okay- first of all, question for everybody. Now that I know about that whole... Valentine's Day thing that's supposed to happen every year, does anyone know how to avoid it? Or should I just lock myself in my room for a few days and hope for the best?

And second, to the X-Men? If the team training is still on for today, it's probably safe to go ahead and assume I won't make it. I'm allowed to have plans on my birthday. But happy birthday to Logan whenever he gets back- 180 is a pretty big landmark, right?

[Hopefully he won't get killed for that one, but he just couldn't help himself. Even if the accuracy of that number is questionable.

The rest of the afternoon will be spent in the following ways: goofing off in the Battle Dome with some self-indulgent hologram scenarios blatantly ripped out of Star Trek, wasting time in Seventh Heaven with excessive amounts of coffee and his laptop like a proper teenage hipster, and then, when his battery's running dry, returning to building #5 to bully Teddy into feeding the laptop's power cord under the door, at which point he'll be curled up on the floor outside his apartment playing Minecraft or something while he waits for his boyfriend to finish... whatever he's doing in there.]

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Ohhh, no.

[He gets another hit in before Billy manages teleports away again, though he knows he'll need another tactic to avoid them all. You can't beat a master at his own game, after all.]

But if you're that eager to hand out birthday punches, Logan's good for at least a hundred of them, remember?

[Are you suggesting suicide, Billy? But Kurt keeps grinning and tries another port-and-punch. It's almost like weird training for keeping up with a fellow teleporter.]

It's too bad he's not around! But if you're so eager on me covering him, I could always transfer his punches to a birthday buddy!

Ah- geez- I think my arm would fall off before you hit fifty!

[He's just full of good ideas. Two more punches and he teleports again, hands lifting, chanting under his breath. If Kurt follows him again and tries for another punch, he'll be greeted by a friendly force field instead.]

If only you switch his healing over, too!

[And... yeah. His punch his force-fielded.]

Hey! C'mon... No fair! We're about halfway done!

[Billy maintains the shield, smirking slightly behind the blue glow.]

Nobody said powers were off-limits, so...

[He folds his arms and pouts.]

So you're going to cheat at your own birthday. Totally uncool, Billy.

I didn't hear any complaints when it was just teleporting, and you're better at that than I am!

But you started it! Do you think you'll get any presents with an attitude like that?

If your idea of a present is 17 punches to the arm, then no thanks.

Presents are completely separate from birthday punches. Haven't you had this routine before, man?

What, a guy friend giving me birthday bumps? Can't say I have.

[It's a little juvenile, but he can't really complain. Doesn't mean he's dropping his shield, though.]

So what's my present, then?

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