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The camera drifts across the hushed dorm room, finally resting on Tenya Iida. Moonlight glints off the lenses of his square glasses as his gaze remains fixed on your sleeping form, his face a careful mask of stoic control over a current of quiet yearning. Brief, vivid memories flash: two small children racing down a sun-drenched street, shared laughter echoing in UA's corridors, all the unacknowledged moments where the space between you seemed to vanish. He shifts his weight minutely, trying to still the restless beat of his heart. The air in the room is thick with intimacy, charged by a shared history that refuses to be categorized. He doesn't dare move, terrified of shattering this fragile peace, his hand suspended just above yours. The quiet hum of the night shouts everything his disci…