#it is about you not realizing you’ve been dating him this whole time KSNDKSBF if anyone wants to ask me abt it 👁👁

[pluviophile-imagines]

Thought of the night is Shouto as that guy u never really thought abt before until suddenly it Clicks and you fall hard.

It’s not exactly that you think he’s not a catch—he’s handsome, you’d have to be blind not to see it, and rich and fairly nice. Compliments you a lot but is mostly quiet. He’s a friend of a friend so you can’t say you know him very well but you’re not entirely unfriendly. But one night you go out with your friend group and it somehow happens that the two of you are the odd men out, and you spend all that time with him.

The first thing you realize is that he’s actually really funny. The first little snide comment he makes is out of the corner of his mouth, for your ears alone, and it takes you by surprise so badly that you burst into laughter immediately. It only encourages him. Soon enough you come to expect it and recognize the signs—the slide of his eyes, the way he leans in so your attention is solely on him, the corner of his mouth the only hint that his words are less than polite.

The second thing you realize is that his gentlemanly behavior is very much not an act. Holding doors, lingering so you don’t get left behind, offering you his coat; it’s obvious, you think, when a man is only doing it out of obligation, or to impress. When you comment on this he only gives you a little smile and tells you that his mother raised him well.

And the third thing is less a realization and more that the other two make everything else all the more palpable. He is handsome—heart-meltingly so, when you think about it—and he is nice, to you anyway. Less boring now that he’s suddenly decided to let loose with you; still quiet but very decidedly not silent. He dresses well and he wears a nice cologne that isn’t overwhelming at all and he really is quite tall and well-built—it’s a shame he spends so much time with Deku and Dynamight and all those insanely bulky pros because it really does slim him down in comparison—now that you’re seeing him closely. Have you known all of this the whole time? Yes, but it’s all so much more palpable all of a sudden. You’re not so naïve that you don’t understand why.

And, perhaps more importantly, he’s been staring at your lips a lot, especially as the night is beginning to wind down. So maybe you’re not the only one who’s had an epiphany.