The two of you went to an anime exhibition at a nearby museum for your date. Suo kept you close the entire time, his hand interlocked with yours. He loves the way your eyes sparkle as you take in exclusive drawings for this exhibition, and the life size models of all your favorite characters. Your face is glowy and your lips are pulled in a perpetual smile. You did your makeup extra nice today and used a different type of perfume. Your hands are also really soft to the touch. He squeezes your hand three times, a way of telling you I love you. His smile widens as you squeeze back. However, as the two of you reach the merch section, and you're immersed in file folders and acrylic stands, Suo hears some snickering from a few feet away. He glances over to see another group of boys eyeing the two of you. His eyes drift down to you again, to see the neck of your shirt is hanging a bit low. Suo gives your shirt's neck a gentle tug and you straighten up. You stare up at him, silently asking what's wrong. "Nothing, I was just fixing your shirt a bit," he explains. You smile, nod, and continue perusing the merchandise. However, on your way out from the venue, Suo spots those boys again. Their gazes land on you and Suo feels a type of revulsion he never has before. Suo tugs at your hand and says, "I'm gonna go to the bathroom real quick. Wait here for me, okay?" As you nod, he hurries off. When he gets in the bathroom, the boys from earlier are huddled in the corner, laughing with each other. The sound is enough to make Suo sick. He approaches the two of them and they fall silent. They look as if they're about to ask him what he wants, but Suo slams his fist against the stall door next to them. "You're pathetic. You're immature scum that shouldn't be allowed to roam the Earth," he says, his voice low and threatening. "If I ever see you again, leering at anyone like that, especially a woman, you'll pay hell? Understand?" They give meek nods, and with that, Suo leaves them trembling in the bathroom to rejoin you for the rest of your date.

➜ nirei akihiko sometimes worries about how the two of your relationship will pan out ➜ after all, to live in a world without sound means that you're experiencing everything in a very different way than he is ➜ that being said, once he realizes that despite your different situations, you're just like him, and he couldn't be happier as your boyfriend ➜ he privately makes his own sign language guides in his notebook, and memorizes the alphabet so he can spell words out for you ➜ he also takes your deafness into account with everything you guys do, so you end up doing things like going to aquariums and museums a lot since those are more visual than auditory

Nirei hands you your ticket for the aquarium, and you take it, beaming up at him. Your face is bright and cheery, the sun making you glow. You look like an angel, fit with a halo and all. He links his elbow with yours and asks, "Ready?" At your nod, he returns your smile with an equally bright one and leads you into the aquarium. The blue hue of the tanks is everything. Unlike the sun, this light makes you look cool and refreshing, and he spends the whole day snapping candid photos of you. At one point, he captures a moment your bent over the touch tank, your hand gliding over the backs of sting rays. Your fingers graze the textured spokes of the starfish and your rub some sand between your fingers. Nirei lowers his phone for a moment, taking in the look on you face as you explore this tactile wonderland. You look so inspired by it all, your mouth split into a wide grin. Momentarily, Nirei wonders if you're gonna go home and draw some moments from today in your sketchbook. As the day continues to go by, the two of you spot some otters floating on their backs. Nirei's phone vibrates and he glances down. It's a message from you. you: id like to pet one one day ^_^ Nirei chuckles and nods, "Hopefully one day. They're cute aren't they?" As you nod, Nirei can't help but notice the way your cheeks puff up as you grin. Almost against his will, he reaches up and pinches your face. You startle and your smile falls. Nirei blusters and pulls back, spouting apologies like a running faucet. "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I don't know what came over me, please ignore that-" You giggle, the sound breaking through the fog of his panic. You shake your head and pinch his cheek back, before placing a tiny peck on the area your hand had been on. He looks like a tomato for the rest of the day.

➜ sakura haruka is a lot like oushi if i'm being completely honest ToT ➜ when you first meet/start dating, he treats you like you're fine china and the entire world is a garbage disposal ready to grind you into a fine powder and dump you into an incinerator ➜ on top of everything, you're so nice to everyone. sakura is a mistrusting person, and he always thinks there's an underlying motive to anything, so he's also very protective of you. it's more overt than suo's is though ➜ he'll get into people's face a lot if they so much as glance at you the wrong way ➜ it takes a lot of convincing on your part to get him to relax, but once he understands that you're not fragile, he lays off

His phone pings again. you: harukaaaa i can take care of myself Sakura runs a hand through his hair. He looks up at you, his eyes narrowed in concern. "I know you can, but still," he sighs. you: still what? "[name], you almost got run over! You might've if I hadn't been there, and-" his voice dies as he sees the stormy expression on your face. you: youre not some savior or my keeper whatever. im leaving. You turn on your heel to leave, but startle as Sakura's hand grasps your wrist. You whip your head around and your eyes widen as you see Sakura's expression. You're not sure there's a word to describe that expression. It's something between frustration, guilt, and desperation. "I," he pauses and takes a deep breath. He starts again, but slower this time, so you can really read his lips and get the gravity of everything he's trying to say. "I know I'm not some savior or anything. I never said I was. I- I'm sorry if I made you feel that way. I'm just worried. "I get that you've been living like this for your whole life and you're used to it by now, but . . . but I'm not. I hate the fact that these kinds of experiences are like second nature to you, but for me, they're not. I hate that I can't protect you from stuff like this." Sakura sighs and relaxes his body a bit, before finally finishing off with, "I just don't want you to get hurt." You stare up at him, noting the way the light bounces differently between his two eyes. Eventually, you take out your phone and type out another message. you: i get it everyone i meet is like this at first i hope you can get used to caring about me He pauses and shakes his head. "I don't need to get used to it. I care about you, that's all there is to it," he mutters as he pats your head. Sakura sighs before saying, "I'll try to not be as condescending in the future, and tell me whenever I am, okay?"

➜ if suo is protective bf #1, then umemiya hajime is supportive bf #1 ➜ this man will have whole dates with you where he does nothing but learn sign language with you ➜ you ask multiple times if he wants to do something else, like go shopping, but no. he's perfectly (and genuinely) happy just like this ➜ you end up teaching him a lot of vocabulary related to gardening ➜ additionally, he'll buy you hand creams a lot. he loves your hands, playing with them and feeling them pat him. sometimes, he worries that your hands might be getting sore from how much they move ➜ so around once a month, he stops by a department store and brings you a bunch of tiny tubes of lavender, rose, and daisy scented lotions

As you step out onto the roof, the first thing you notice is a tiny table set up on top of a picnic blanket. The table has a few pens and notebooks on it, and you recognize Umemiya's handwriting. A tiny marble rolls towards your feet and you look up to see him standing a few feet away, holding a basket with peppers, tomatoes, and cucumbers in it. "You're early," he says. You nod and he sets the produce down next to the compositions. You walk towards him and he continues, "I got some new notebooks! Already labeled them all though, so don't worry about that." You nod, and move your hands to say I noticed. You sit next to him and he pours you some iced tea. As you drink, Umemiya opens the notebook to the first page, the crips white paper reflecting the sunlight back to both of you. You pick up a pen as he jots down the date in the corner of the page. 06-07-2016. The next hour is filled with you writing to each other about sign language. You draw diagrams for him to follow, and make notes of how he can improve in the notebooks. Once your guys' time is up, Umemiya has mostly mastered vocabulary about outings. "Alright, lemme give it a go," Umemiya says, stretching his fingers out a little. His hands move in quick succession, making the message Will you go on a date with me? You clap and smile, before quickly jotting down Good job! Umemiya blinks down at the scrawl before shaking his head and trying again. No, no, [name], you give him your full attention and he tries again, putting more emphasis on the questions. Will you go on a date with me? You stare at him in silence for a hot second, before turning redder than his tomatoes. You nod your head vigorously, and Umemiya laughs. "Don't give yourself whiplash," he says, gently holding your head and making it still. You stare at him wide eyed and he signs Thank you.

➜ togame jo initially doesn't think much of you. he thinks you're cute and stuff, but he doesn't pay you much mind otherwise ➜ however, that changes when he notices small things about you that differs from the rest of the hearing world. you never have headphones in to listen to music, you always watch movies/TV shows with subtitles on, and you spend a lot of time reading the signs in the subway rather than just listening to the announcements ➜ he can't say for sure when or how, but naturally he starts to gravitate towards you, and helps you out with some day to day tasks that are more difficult since you can't hear. he falls for you shortly thereafter ➜ he never treats you any different for your deafness however. he starts learning sign language, but it's a bit more difficult for him than it is for nirei or suo, so he sticks to notebooks for the most part ➜ he writes love letters to you, and is on top of it when it comes to texting you regularly

"Hey, she got another one!" one of your friends say excitedly. In her hands is another white envelope, the contents no doubt from Togame. You're sitting at your desk, your head on the wood as you take a nap. However, you rouse at the feeling of someone tapping against it. You raise your head to see your friend standing in front of you, the letter in her hands. "From that boy you're close with," she teases. The tone is lost on you, although the expression she wears isn't. You take the envelope and peel back the flap. You take out the letter and unfold the paper, before your eyes set to work. Togame's handwriting when you first started dating was like chicken scratch- you could hardly make out the letters. Not now though, he must've been practicing. You giggle as the image flashes through your mind, someone all tough like Togame praticing his handwriting to make it all pretty. Once you finish the letter, your friend looks at you expectantly, her eyes wide and anxious to know everything. "Well, what'd it say?" she asks, bouncing on her feet a little. You take your phone out and open your notes app. You begin typing out a message to her. Just him saying he misses me and stuff. The usual :x "The usual?" your friend asks incredulously. "That reminds, me, how often exactly are you getting these kinds of letters from him?" You shrug. He's starting to do it more nowadays. Before it used to be mostly through messages. Idk why he switched. When you first started dating Togame, he was pretty reserved and chill. You kinda felt out of place, sometimes wondering if he really did like you all that much. However, these letters and constant texts put those doubts to bed real fast. "You should ask," your friend suggests, but you shake your head. She's silent for a brief moment before sighing dreamily, "Maybe he wants something permanent for you to remember him by?" She smirks as you blush at the prospect. Just because you'd accepted that he really liked you doesn't mean it'd fully set in. You couldn't wait for it to though. You were more than ready for someone as loving as Togame in your life.