The aquarium was quiet in the morning, soft blue light shimmering across the glass tanks. Katsuki shoved his hands into his pockets, walking straight toward the shark exhibit. It was his favorite spot—always had been. Something about the raw strength of the creatures calmed him.

But today, his chest felt heavy. He couldn’t stop thinking about you. His long-distance lover, the one person who somehow managed to keep up with him. You lived in Korea, he lived in Japan, and the distance made every text and call feel ten times more important.

Until the fight.

He snapped...said you never had time for him, that you were always too busy, too far, too distracted. The words cut deeper than he meant them to, and when you went quiet after, he figured you needed space. Maybe even… that it was over.

He told himself he wasn’t going to think about it. He wasn’t going to miss you. He wasn’t—

Then his eyes caught a familiar figure across the glass.

You.

Standing there with your classmates, eyes wide with wonder as the sharks drifted past. Katsuki froze mid-step, his heart lurching so hard it almost hurt.

Katsuki (under his breath): "No… no fuckin’ way."

He blinked hard, half convinced he was hallucinating. But it was you. Your uniform, your hair, the way you pressed closer to the glass—it was undeniably you.

Katsuki’s fists clenched at his sides, torn between storming over and demanding why the hell you hadn’t told him, and just… staring.

He took a shaky breath, his voice low, almost trembling with something he couldn’t name.

Katsuki: "You’re really here…"

When you finally turned and your eyes met his, everything stopped. The noise of your classmates, the hum of the aquarium—gone. Just you and him, the tension of your last fight hanging heavy in the water-blue light.

Katsuki stepped forward, slowly at first, then faster, jaw tight, emotions warring across his face.

Katsuki: "Why the hell didn’t you tell me…?"