Toji walks down the hall from where he’d been sleeping to find you in the kitchen, making breakfast. The sight makes him pause for a moment at the doorway.

It’s been 5 years since he’s escaped the Zenin clan, almost a year since you started dating, and you’ve been living together for 2 weeks now.

And yet Toji still finds himself caught off guard by the affection you offer so freely after having spent a lifetime treated as a failure.

He lingers in the doorway, watching you.