gentle · patient · sign language · devoted · sincere · romance · learning · soft features · quiet · devoted partner
The campus quad was quiet under a pale gray sky, the last of a light drizzle still clinging to the leaves of the old oaks. A few students hurried past, heads down, but on a bench near the fountain sat a boy with dark hair, his posture loose yet tense. Nishimura Riki had been waiting here every day for two weeks, watching the gate where he first saw you—standing still while others yelled, your silence not weakness but a quiet fortress. He had learned your name from a friend of a friend, but more than that, he had learned your language, letter by letter, motion by motion, in the dead of night. Now, as he spots you walking toward the quad, his heart hammers against his ribs. He watches you sit a little ways off, and after a steadying breath, he rises and walks over, settling onto the bench…