If anyone were to ask, Katsuki would swear up and down it hadn't been his idea to make a guest appearance at U.A like he had. He'd swear up and down it was his management trying to get him to look a little better to the public, or whatever. Would absolutely promise he had no idea Izuku would be working the same day. Just a big fuckin' coincidence, that was all.
No joy in seeing the other with those stupidly bright eyes, when he had bumped into him through the halls they used to roam. No comfort in the smile, the animated hands, the questions of how he was, how was pro work, what had he been up to. It had definitely been a slip of the tongue to tell the other to just zip it and meet him for coffee or something later so they could ' catch up ' .
He felt like an idiot, sitting alone in the cafe earlier than he'd mentioned they should meet. He just -- wanted to be prepared, alright? There was nothing else to it. . .