Fluff - L

 Hizashi was in the process of asking Elly about her favorite dessert when the next question was broached.

"L is for <i>love</i>," Kayama crooned.

"Of course," Elly murmured.

Yagi looked uncomfortable and yet also curious. He steepled his long fingers together and coughed when Kayama pushed further.

"So, Yamada, have you declared your love for our most excellent counselor yet?"

Hizashi gave her a very steady look and curled his arm a little more around the woman in question. "That's not the question, is it?"

"Technically, no. It's '<i>how would you show your love for her</i>?'" She paused thoughtfully, tapping her nails on the edge of the phone. "You know, like cuddling, flirting and buying her excessive amounts of gifts... <i>that</i> sort of thing."

The burn on his ears spread to his face and down his neck.

"We don't have to ask, do we." Yagi's eyes were kind as he watched the younger man squirm. "He's been doing it for so long he doesn't realize it."

"Yamada? <i>Speechless</i>? I never thought I'd see the day." Kayama glanced over at Aizawa to see if he was muting him, but he was drinking, his eyes closed.

"Uh..."

"Well?"

He laughed, though it was much weaker than anything anyone had heard come from him in a long while. "I'm not gonna confess in front of you 'cause yer desperate for a show, Kayama."

Elly agreed very softly. "There shouldn't feel like there's pressure to do it or it won't seem sincere. I honestly don't, um, expect <i>anything</i>."

He stared at her incredulously - the top of her head, anyway, seeing as she was sitting so close to him. "Ya don't  - <i>whaaat</i>? You don't expect nothin' after all this?" His voice dropped low, meant for her ears only. "I'm gonna do it later, when we're alone, ya dig?"

She sucked in a quick lungful of air, her striped tail fluffing out as her heart began to pound. Hizashi huffed once, in amusement, as she hid her face in his shirt.