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‘Todoroki-kun. I think you’re getting ready so you can forgive him.’
‘Huh?’
‘If you really hate your dad, then I think it’s fine to not be able to forgive him. But, you’re a really kind person, so it looks to me like you’re waiting for the right moment.’
Shoto couldn’t sleep.
So much had happened that evening.
‘Thanks for being Shoto’s friend, Midoriya-kun.’
‘Oh, well… The pleasure is all mine!’
Shoto laid in his futon on the tatami-clad floor in his dorm room at UA, staring up at the ceiling.
What was this weird feeling?
‘Kacchan! Shoto-kun!’
What on Earth was this weird feeling?
‘Shoto-kun!’…
Okay, that was just his hero name, and there were two other Todorokis present at the time. It didn’t mean that Midoriya was going to start calling him by Shoto regularly…
But the “-kun”… Why did Midoriya add the “-kun” to his hero name? Did he add honorifics to others’ hero names? Shoto couldn’t remember.
‘The pleasure is all mine!’
Why did his face feel so hot we he thought about all this?
Was his quirk acting up?
‘You’re a really kind person.’
“Am I though?”
Shoto thought about that time he had confronted Midoriya right before the sports festival.
“Am I really a kind person?”
Shoto thought about those times he had been spiteful towards Yoarashi Inasa.
Midoriya is… A kind person. And since he was the one who said it, it must be true. Right?
Shoto pressed his palms to his very hot cheeks.
“Midoriya thinks…”
He rolled over to his side and dragged the kakebuton up over his head.
“Midoriya thinks that I’m kind.”