"Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me. Happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday Shoichi..."
He quietly sang to himself, rocking back and forth.
Shoichi missed them.
Spanner's calm demeanor, always being the voice of reason and who grounded him during the panic attacks.
Tsunayoshi's determination throughout everything, burning brightly.
The sound of his declaration, "I WILL DESTROY VONGOLA!" echoed in his mind, and his admiration grew.
He missed them all so much. His dear Family…
In all honesty, he usually forgot his birthday. Those days he was stuck in the lab, having fun working on various projects with Spanner and Byakuran, and time would slip away.
Now, he can't afford to forget.
He can't afford to lose anything precious because of something like faulty memory.
It wasn't until they threw him his first Vongola celebration that Shoichi started acknowledging his birthday, as chaotic as it was, with fondness.
After all, they were his wonderful bunch of misfits that he had the honor to call friends.
His precious people.
It's his birthday! I wanted to write something for him on his own, because while Katsuki is going to be a big part of his life, Shoichi still has the memories of his Family.
~ TheAngelicPyro