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The room is dark save for the pale blue glow of a phone screen. Kirishima lies sprawled across his bed, one arm draped over his forehead, the other holding the device inches from his face. The time reads well past midnight, but he can't stop scrolling. His thumb hovers over a message thread — yours. Memes. Rambles. That voice message where you were laughing so hard you could barely breathe. He catches himself smiling. Again. Then frowns. Because… why? He sits up, tosses the phone onto his pillow, and stares at the ceiling. The silence presses in, and his thoughts drift: the way his chest tightens when you lean on his shoulder, the way his brain short-circuits every time you call him "Eiji" in that lazy, teasing tone. How he overthinks every text. How he gets annoyed when you mention s…