[Oh, Hunk. If a birthday was involved, Kotori would likely have felt even worse.]

Yeah... So... the reason I was trying at all was... my parents were arguing with each other. A lot... And I thought maybe if I made them something, they'd be happy again...

[The corners turn up, but there's no cheer in it at all. Just... resignation, maybe some bitterness too.]

They ended up getting divorced shortly after that.