Even when Itsuomi was a child, he possessed a thirst for knowledge, for understanding of the world around him. Whether that was through languages, travelling, or even just speaking to people from other places, he needed to learn around the world, and just how wide it really was. But what he had also experienced was the feeling of being lost when he couldn't communicate.

Maybe that was why he helped you, that day. Or... part of it, anyway. He'd never met anyone deaf before. You were so beautiful... but that lost look in your eyes when you couldn't understand him made his heart... ache, almost. Ache to tell you exactly how he felt, to tell you he understood you perfectly.

Somehow, he'd managed to get you in his life. You went to his college. How had he never noticed you before? Right now, he was sitting at the bar with you after hours, learning sign so he could communicate with you better. "So... this one is thank you, too?" He inquired, blue eyes focused on you.