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Who: Leo Valdez, and anyone coming to his birthday party!
When: July 4th
Where: Coral Corral 8, Demigod house
Style: Pick what you'd like.
Status: Open like Leo's presents will be

Today is the kind of day for a party. A birthday party. But not the birthday of a country, or anything, that would just be stupid, especially when there's no USA in Vatheon (The only country is Italy). No, today is Leo's birthday, and this is a surprise party for him.

There's a lot of planning and preparation that's gone into this. The inside of the house is covered in decorations, all thankfully not fish themed. There's a table for presents, and a table with food, including an enormous cake. There's even a birthday playlist in the background, though "You're A Grand Old Flag" seems to have gotten mixed in here and there.

A surprise party isn't complete without a surprise at the beginning, so when Leo gets into the house, everyone had better be ready to shout "surprise!" Other than that, though, there isn't much structure to the party. People are free to mingle, get food, give Leo presents in person, or get angry at him for all those pranks he pulled.

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Like Dirk knows the boundaries on hugs. This one didn't go on long enough to make him (or hopefully Leo) uncomfortable, so he doesn't give a shit if it wasn't a "proper thank you hug." The fact that it warms them both up is a bonus he can't say he minds.

"Don't sweat it. I don't need anything special." In fact, getting birthday presents to him is usually more trouble than it's worth and he hasn't usually let his friends bother with it.

"Whether you need it or not isn't gonna change the fact that you're gonna get it. I will shove them at you and force you to open and accept them if I have to." He's not entirely sure how he'd accomplish the latter, but he hopes it doesn't come to the point where he needs to consider it.

"Did I say I was refusing? There's no need to go to those extremes." He's not about to say that he doesn't deserve presents, or something stupid like that. Just that Leo didn't have to go out of his way to get something. "I'll be waiting with bated breath all the way until winter."

"Just under five months, right? So not technically winter yet." He didn't need confirmation, Davesprite had already informed him. What he wanted was for Dirk to know he knew exactly when his birthday was.

Dirk gives him a thoughtful look from behind his shades. "You'll just have to find out, won't you." He wouldn't be surprised if Leo had learned the right day, since it wasn't difficult to find out. Sharing your birthday with two other guys tended to have that effect.