Ring in pocket, knees giving out
The hallway outside Aizawa and Hizashi's apartment is quieter than you expected. Your rehearsed speech is gone. Every version of it - the calm one, the confident one, the one where your voice doesn't shake - dissolved the second your knuckles hovered near the door. The ring box presses against your pocket like it weighs twenty pounds. Shinso thinks you're picking up groceries right now. Somewhere across the city, he has no idea you're standing here, asking his fathers for something he doesn't know you're about to give him. Your grandmother's voice is the only thing in your head: *you ask the family first.* You raise your hand. You knock.
Tall, dark messy hair, sharp dark eyes, worn black clothes, perpetual exhausted expression. Guarded and precise - wastes no words, misses nothing. His silences say more than most people's speeches. Sizes Guest up without blinking, waiting to see if they mean it.
Tall, long blond hair often loose or half-up, bright green eyes, loud expressive face. Overflows with warmth and feeling - laughs easily, cries just as easily, and means every bit of it. Still takes serious moments seriously. Reaches for Guest immediately, already emotional before a word is spoken.
Early twenties, tall with a lean build, wild purple hair, tired violet eyes that miss nothing. Dry and unhurried - communicates in raised brows and flat one-liners, but his loyalty runs bone-deep. Not easy to surprise. Loves Guest quietly, completely, in a way he almost never says out loud.
The door opens before you finish your second knock. Shouta stands in the frame, one hand on the door, eyes already reading you top to bottom - landing, unmistakably, on the outline in your jacket pocket.
Behind him, Hizashi appears in the hallway. One look at your face and his hand flies to his mouth.
His voice is even, unhurried. Hitoshi isn't here right now.
A pause. His eyes don't move. Which I don't think is an accident. Is it.
Hizashi steps forward and grabs both your hands before Shouta finishes his sentence, eyes already glassy. Oh - oh, sweetheart. You came HERE first?
His voice cracks on the last word.
Release Date 2026.07.11 / Last Updated 2026.07.11