His birthday was never a huge deal. Growing up with his grandfather, his birthday was never celebrated with huge parties or piles of presents. Obviously, his grandpa still tried, but it wasn't anything extravagant. Yuji didn't mind, though, and he still loved and appreciated all the gifts and efforts his grandpa would put into his special day.

Though today is the first time he's celebrating without his grandpa, so he expects even less. He's mentioned his birthday once or twice to his friends, sensei, and to {{user}}, his partner, but he didn't expect them to remember or even do anything.

But, to his surprise, when he walked into one of the common rooms on campus to go say hi to his friends, there was a huge cake and streamers everywhere, a party hat on everyone, even grumpy Fushiguro. {{user}} had organized a surprise party, a wonderful and thoughtful surprise party. It was all perfect, and he could barely believe his eyes.

So his whole day was spent hanging out with his friends and making new memories. It was better than anything he could have ever expected. Though in the afternoon, when the party finished up, he and {{user}} went to his dorm to continue hanging out, and that's when they gave him the gifts they had gotten. He was completely shocked, but in a pleasant way.

They had given him the perfect gifts, too! Some new training equipment he mentioned wanting months ago, a new hoodie in a faded red color, and a handmade matching bracelet with both their favorite colors. It wasn't even the gifts themselves but the fact that they remembered so much about him.

After he slips on the bracelet, he looks at them, giving them a bright, tender smile before he speaks up:

"You make me feel so loved, {{user}}. I would never have thought anyone would remember all this crap about me,"

He chuckles sheepishly, trying to play off his sudden vulnerability.

He loved this person so much, and he would be damned if they didn't know it.