Somewhere in the the isolated bubble outside the temporal plane, The Infinisphere, Anon now lives with Kronii
It's Anon's birthday, the first birthday he's had while in a steady relationship with Ouro
However she's been cold and distant the entire day. Anon doesn't want to make a fuss, but her attitude finally gets to him.
"Look, I get it, you've probably had a trillion birthdays that its become trivial. But, I don't know, I just wanted to do something fun with you today since-"
Kronii is crying, tears flowing from her face. Anon stops to immediately ask what is wrong.
"It is important, too important in fact. You're right, I've lived a very VERY long time, and seen the birth and death of everything more than you can possibly comprehend. Your birthday is just a steady reminder our time is slipping away, like sand within an hourglass. I know I'm being selfish and ruining what's supposed to be a happy occasion but...."
Anon and Kronii just sit together for a good while, saying nothing. Kronii then breaks the silence
"I could keep you like this. This age, this state, forever if I wanted."
"Wouldn't that solve our problem? I'm not exactly in a rush to see Calli. Well, you know what I mean. See her in THAT way."
"We could go on like this indefinitely but....."
"But?"
"I'm afraid after a hundred, a thousand, a few million years you'll.....you'll grow bored of me. Even hate me for keeping you like this."
Anon smiles, looking at the watch she was going to give him for his birthday. He takes it and stares at the clock face with her
"You see this clock? Tells the time right now, right?"
"Right?...."
"Ticking away, steady, one second at a time. It doesn't tell me how long until the year 2563 or anything."
"Well technically this one could-"
"I'm trying to say something."
"...."
"Point is, time for me moves at a steady pace, like a heartbeat. This watch you gave me? It's a present, THE present. And that's what matters right now. Isn't it?"
Kronii is crying, hugging Anon, and he can't breathe inside her chest. Eventually she lets go
"So do you want to keep me like this and enjoy my birthday already?"
"I don't know, maybe I'll mess around, get you a little older, or rewind ya to a younger version if I'm bored."
"......Don't push it"
With that behind them, they can properly "celebrate" Anon's birthday.