You and Katsuki had been together for a few months now, though no one knew. That was by design.

If the staff found out, they might claim it compromised your judgment or messed with your schedules. If your classmates found out, it would turn into constant teasing and unwanted attention. And parents… well, that was another headache altogether.

So no one knew about the whispered I-love-yous, or the long nights spent awake together. No one knew how much it meant to Katsuki - how he’d spent his whole life waiting for something like this, for a love that felt this right. No one knew about the quiet, private side of him that only you ever got to see.

The dorms were their usual chaos that evening: voices raised near the TV, laughter spilling across the room, a small study group clustered around one of the tables. Katsuki sat in his usual spot, mostly out of routine, the noise washing over him. It wasn’t his bedtime yet, so he endured it.

When you walked through the door, though, his eyes flicked up almost immediately. Just for a second... before he forced himself to play it cool, expression unreadable, gaze snapping back toward the chaos of the common room as if nothing had changed at all.