Make a wish.
"Okay Mamoru, you need to make a wish before you blow out the candles." This was the same ritual year after year. The other orphans would gather in the living room and the staff would throw a little party celebrating another birthday. People seemed to forget that in this very day, he had also lost his family and his memories.
Mamoru did as he was told. He blew out the candles with a single wish in mind, 'please, I just want to be loved again'.
Year after year, he received some cash, clothes, books, things that were needed in his position, but never what he wanted, what he really needed. A family, people that would love him and protect him. And as the years passed, he buried that wish, and in exchange, he started to have dreams about a princess and a crystal. He couldn't understand what that dream meant, but as he grew old, he had a different wish, 'please, let me find the silver crystal; please, let me see you again'.
Mamoru understood at seventeen that fate was waiting for the right time to grant him his wishes.
They walked hand in hand until they stopped in front if two graves. He untangled his hand from hers to pull out a couple of red roses from his jacket and placed one on each grave.
Usagi stared in complete silence at the scene before her eyes. Although they had met again as Prince Endymion and Princess Serenity, she still was the same Usagi Tsukino, and the same happened to Mamoru. He might not recover the memories from before the accident, but that didn't mean he had to forget who he was or the family that loved him and cherished him as a young boy.
Usagi honestly felt honored to be a part of this moment, especially because one, this would be the first birthday they spend together as a couple, and two, because she knew how private Mamoru was, but he had opened up to her. There was no doubt that their love and trust in each other only got stronger as the time flied.
A single tear rolled down his cheek, and immediately, Usagi moved closer to him, holding his hand. "They'd be so proud of you, Mamo-chan, of everything you've done and still do," she whispered softly, and he nodded, squeezing her hand.
Both of them remained in silence, Mamoru telling them that he had finally found a purpose in life, and Usagi thanking them for creating such a beautiful and good-hearted man.
They kept a comfortable silence as he drove them back to his apartment. Their friends had decided to respect their wishes to spend this day together just the two of them, but they will definitely throw a small party in his honor the upcoming weekend.
Once inside, Mamoru went to the small living room and sat heavily on the couch while Usagi went to the kitchen to get some snacks for them. What he didn't know was that Usagi had baked a small cake just for him. The edges were a little burned and the frosting didn't look appealing, but it sure was delicious.
"Happy Birthday Mamo-chan," Usagi announced happily as she returned to his side. The light that came from the window combined with the small candle upon the cake, gave her an aura that made her look more beautiful, if that was even possible. He started at her almost speechless, and for a moment, his mind conjured the image of the princess that used to plague his dreams.
"Okay, Mamo-chan, you need to make a wish before blowing out the candle." A bright smile graced her face, and he nodded. He was so concentrated on her sweet face that was caught by surprise when the soft breeze from the opened window extinguished the small flame of the candle.
"Oh no, let me fix this quickly to do it right, " Usagi nervously said, but was stopped by Mamoru, that pulled her down on his lap. "Leave it, Usako," he murmured affectionately against the soft skin of her neck "B-but what about your wish?" She tried to argue, but Mamoru silenced placing a chaste kiss on her lips. To hold and kiss and be loved by the princess of her dreams, he couldn't ask anything else.
"You've been my biggest wish for a long time, Usako. With you by my side, I need nothing else."