[Surprise makes him look up at Guren, even as he's still blinking the tears out of his eyes.]
You? You're scared...? [The words tumble out of his mouth, and Izuku blushes a second later.] S-sorry, it's just.. you always come across as really confident. [That's how he's seemed to Izuku since the beginning, at least.] Or maybe I just...didn't know what to look for.
[At the back of his mind, Izuku realizes that Guren's kept his promise from before. As soon as Izuku started talking for real, he'd shared his own fears, too. He can't help but feel a burst of warmth at that--however aloof Guren might've seemed in the beginning, he's obviously a man of his word. Someone Izuku can trust.]
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You? You're scared...? [The words tumble out of his mouth, and Izuku blushes a second later.] S-sorry, it's just.. you always come across as really confident. [That's how he's seemed to Izuku since the beginning, at least.] Or maybe I just...didn't know what to look for.
[At the back of his mind, Izuku realizes that Guren's kept his promise from before. As soon as Izuku started talking for real, he'd shared his own fears, too. He can't help but feel a burst of warmth at that--however aloof Guren might've seemed in the beginning, he's obviously a man of his word. Someone Izuku can trust.]