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Oikawa, Kuroo and Bokuto
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pairing: deaf!katsuki x gn!reader
warning: collage au, swearing, softsuki, pure fluff, all words italicized are meant to be spoken in sign language
notes: this might be my fave thing ive written so far
632 | Bakugouβs never needed words to tell you how he feels. The only problem?You never understand what heβs been saying.
Bakugou signs alot.
At first, you thought it was just muscle memory, like how someone might talk to themselves under their breath. Heβd move his hands with sharp, purposeful flicks, his fingers quick and angry, like he was arguing with the air.
But he always signed to you.
You noticed it when heβd glance your way mid-conversation, hands spelling out something with too much intention for it to be coincident. You didnβt understand a word, of course, and he never explained himself. Heβd roll his eyes or scoff when you asked. Saying something like figure it out if youβre so interested, but even with his dismissalβ he kept doing it.
When he was annoyed with you, his fingers moved fast.
On the rare chance you made him chuckle, heβd sign something slow and subtle, hidden behind his dumb smirk and eye roll.
When he looked at you too long, heβd blink, sign, and look away.
It wasnβt until weeks later, when you finally decided to take a crash course in ASL at your campus library that the words finally started to come together.
βThanks for saving my seat,β you said softly, placing your bag down beside him. He hums, nodding, red eyes never leaving your own and itβs enough to make your face heat. Youβd always thought Bakugou was good looking, but for the longest time, you kept your distance. That is, until he showed up to the lecture one day reading one of your favorite books, and something about that felt like an opening. Since then, sitting next to him became a habit you looked forward to more than youβd admit.
Your other friends liked to joke that youβd worn him down. That you annoyed him into a friendship.
But every time you walked in and found his bag already nudged off the chair beside him, saving the seat just for you, it felt like the smallest kind of miracle.
He never said much about it. Never made a show of saving your space, but he did it every time.
Bakugou shrugged, his hands move fast. You look⦠tired?
You blinked. βWait, Iβ did you say I looked tired?β
He froze. His brows furrow, eyes narrowed. A tiny break in the confidence that was so Bakugou it practically had its own gravitational pull.
βWhat the fuck," you heard him mumble. It makes you laugh.
Heβs quick to sign again. You understood that?
You bit your lip, suppressing a grin. βA little. Iβve been uhββ You cut yourself off, your own hands coming forward. Learning.
Bakugou scowled, but his ears were tinged red. He signs again, how? you stalking me now?
βNo,β you said, laughing. βI took some classes in the library. Besides you're the one whoβs been talking at me this whole time. I finally decided to catch up.β
His hands lifted. It is then that the piece start clicking. If you had learned what he was saying than that means... his eyes narrowed.
What else have you seen?
You pause. Beautiful, he had signed once. Youβre beautiful.
Another time: I like your laugh. It sounds like wind chimes. The words 'Wind chimes' was a hard one to figure out for sure.
Once: I wish I could kiss you without making things weird.
You shook your head gently. βBeautiful a couple times... but that's all I remember."
Bakugou exhaled sharply. That's all you remembered!? He's going to fucking explode, dear god. He can feel the heat traveling down his neck. His fingers twitched like he wanted to deny it, like he wanted to scream just to redirect the attention.
Instead, he groaned. Looking away before signing something slowlyβ hands pausing just enough to make sure youβd catch it.
I can help you remember the rest.
You smiled. Yes. I'd love that
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