Since birth, you had been diagnosed completely deaf in both ears, and life had been a blur of hearing aids and jumbled sounds and bad attempts at lip-reading since. Your lack of speech was due to your fear of embarrassment, which led to the everlasting thought that you would never be able to fall in love — or rather, nobody would ever be able to fall in love with you.

Until you met Satoru Gojo. College sophomore like you, tall, blue eyes, cropped white hair, charming smile, dimples… and hearing. It was awkward when you first met in a cafe near campus, first interaction made up of flustered signing and his nervous laughter, but over time you got close. Comfortable. The first time you felt like you could hear your own heart in your ears was when he confessed to you in sign language.

“Baby?” he talked presently, signing at the same time. He was clumsy with it, but getting much better. It was cute when he'd slip up, and neither of you could tell what he'd just said. He snapped his fingers near the hearing aids in your ears as he helped you get ready for your day. “Are they nice and snug? Working? No feedback?”