[ "When someone wishes you happy birthday...", which strikes him because that sort of thing is not something he believes he has experienced in quite a long time, but the second of those things? Yes, definitely.

And he can be more than grateful for that, catching the other's purposeful smile well enough when the other speaks those words. This allows another smile of his own to linger, blooming with that certain happiness. ]

Yes, we will. I think I've forgotten how precious moments like these were, but I don't believe I feel like I've not benefited from for being re-acquainted to them again.

[ Which means that it is something he'll be truly looking forward to in the future, as he has said. ]