A surprise party...?

Yes, since your father's birthday is coming up.

We'll prepare a party in secret and surprise him on the day of.

We're gonna surprise Daddy...?

Hehe. He probably won't know what to do with himself after he finds out that you helped, Kanade.

So, would you mind lending me a hand?

Yeah!

What would make him really happy?!
Oh, we should bake him a cake! I wanna puts lots and lots of whipped cream and strawberries on it!

Yes, he does like shortcake very much.
Why don't we bake one for him together?

Really...?! I get to help?!

Of course.
Let's make him the yummiest cake we can!

What else can we do for him?

(Our surprise party's gonna be so much fun...!)

(Oh, also...!
I wanna give Daddy a present.)

(What should I get him...?)

(I know...!)

(Hmm... It should be in this cupboard...)

(Found it...!)

Hm? Kanade...?
Is that your father's old keyboard? Did you bring it out?

Eep!

No, I, uhh...!
I thought I could draw this and...

You're going to draw a picture?
You didn't have to bring this one out. There's a much nicer one you can use as a model...

N-No, I wanna draw this one...!
I need to focus, Mommy, so can you go somewhere else please?

Understood.
In that case, have fun.

Okay, if I press here, it should make a noise...

Whoa...

Now I can compose my own song...!

Wait, but how do I make mine sound like Daddy's...?

*Stare*

Kanade, what are you doing all the way over there? You can sit next to me like you always do...

No, that's okay.
I have to keep things a secret!

You keep working, Daddy.
Pretend like I'm not here.

O-Okay.

Press here and here together, and then...

Oh...
That sounded a lot like what Daddy did...!

Wait, which ones did I press just now?

Mommy! Mommy!
Is there anything you wanna tell Daddy?

Your father?
Hmm... I should ask him what he'd like for dinner.

No, not about dinner!
I'm talking about his birthday!

Oh, I see.
Are you writing a letter to him?

Y-Yeah.
It's gonna be his present...

Hehe. In that case...
“Happy Birthday.
The songs you compose are always so gentle and...”

...——♪ ...——♪

Once again, dear, we'd like to wish you a very happy birthday!

Happy birthday!

Thank you both so much.
This really was a surprise.

This feast you've prepared looks absolutely delicious. I really wasn't expecting anything like this.

Kanade and I baked the cake together.

Frosting the cake was really hard, but I did my best!

Thank you very much, Kanade.
This cake looks delicious.

Hehe...

Also, dear, Kanade's prepared a present for you.

Wait, you have?

Yup!
Give me one second.

Oof. There...

Huh? That's...
My old keyboard?

Wait, Kanade, I thought you were writing a letter.

Hehe. Nope...
My present to you, Daddy, is...

A song! It's called “Mommy And Me Really Love You!”

What...?

...——♪ ...——♪

These lyrics...
It's what we talked about the other day...

Kanade...

(Mommy and Daddy both look so surprised....! Hehe. I'm so glad!)

(Uh oh... How do I play the next part again...?)

(I don't remember... Like this?)

(Oh, this works too...
It's not what I practiced, but I can just keep playing like this.)

♪—— ♪————

♪——...

Uhh...

Kanade, did you come up with that all on your own...?

Yup!
I don't know if it was as good as your songs, Daddy...

But you always seem to have a lot of fun whenever you sing, so I thought you'd like it if I sang for you...

Kanade...

That's incredible!

I agree! I had no idea you were working on your own song...!

Hehe. So my surprise worked...?

Better than that!
I don't know what to say... I couldn't be happier...

I'm also incredibly happy about you turning what I said into the lyrics for your song!

Thank you for coming up with such a lovely melody for them! You did a wonderful job!

You really did... It was nice. It felt so warm.

Do you think you can compose another song for me sometime, Kanade?

Yeah!

But to think that a girl her age can compose her own songs... I guess that makes Kanade our little prodigy.

Hehe. She certainly is.

(Thank goodness. Mommy and Daddy liked my song so much...!)

(Hehe. That makes me so happy.)

(I bet they'd really love it if I composed another one for them...)