Snowfall

Katsuki wasn't exactly the candlelit dinner type of person.

Really, that wasn't much of a surprise to anyone. He seemed to yell far, far more often than he simply just talked, and he normal manner wasn't exactly something that fitted with that kind of setting.

It was honestly an enormous shock to learn that he even had a romantic side to him whatsoever. Eijirou had reached the point where he was half convinced that Katsuki wasn't capable of deeper feelings for people in that way, for one reason or another. Coming to that conclusion hadn't exactly been fun for him, but he did think that he'd come to accept that nothing was going to happen.

And just when he thought he'd made peace with that, Katsuki was the one to approach him.

A single snowflake landed on Eijirou's right cheek. It sent a quick shiver throughout his body, and afterwards he used his right hand to wipe away the now droplet of water running down his cheek.

Winter had come in full force this year around, with a seasonal fall of snow over the last few days. In that time, just about everything around had a calming coat of white snow covering it. In some placed it became quite deep, reaching about three of four inches, but for the most part, it did seem to settle rather consistently. The only reason that it didn't melt away already was because of the cold, and the fact more snow kept falling to replace any lost.

Pathways were shoveled regularly, but they were always lightly covered with maybe a couple of centimeters of snow. Even grit didn't seem to stop it from resettling. Natures seemed determined to make sure that these next few weeks were characterized by a blanket of white, no matter how much the Human Race tried to fight against it.

Speaking for himself, Eijirou didn't mind the snow. He preferred the summer months, since that meant he could wear his Hero Costume without losing just about all feeling in his entire body – One of the many downsides to having a Quirk and costume like his – but he didn't mind the winter in of itself.

There was something calming about seeing everything covered in a layer of white, all the complexities and combinations of colour simply covered up by a single colour. It was difficult to explain, but it was relaxing in a sense that probably only made sense to him. It was a nice change of scenery. That was how he'd have to describe it.

Of course, he knew Katsuki didn't like the colder months, since it completely messed with his Quirk. It took him a lot longer to get into a position where he could use his Quirk, and not having his normal level of control irritated him. He liked to be in control of himself, and he didn't like giving up that control for anything. Or anyone.

Now that Eijirou thought about it, maybe that was why it took Katsuki two years to actually reach a point where he could ask him out like he had done.

In the corner of his eye, he could see Katsuki looking at him, with both of his eyebrows buried, and one ever so slightly raised. Eijirou blinked, and turned his head to look at the blond. "What's up?"

"Nothing." Katsuki replied flatly, then turning his head back in front of him.

You had to learn to interpret things a fair bit if you ended up dating someone like Katsuki, Eijirou had figured out. He wasn't going to be emotionally up front, and just say what he felt, or do anything traditionally romantic, except on rare occasions. He didn't like showing that softer side of himself to people that was buried down there – He just didn't. He found it hard. Having a boyfriend, or any kind of partner for that matter, was something that he struggled with. Something that he had to try hard not to screw up.

He didn't really have to though. After months of dates like this, of spending time together, and just exploring this whole romance thing, anyone who could see him – Which he made sure was an exceedingly small number of people – could tell he made the effort. Especially if you compared him to how he was in the first year. That was just how he was, and how better he had tried to be in the last couple of years.